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Full House Poker Not Getting A New Season

12:00PM September 30, 2011 | Owen Good

The leaves have turned and still Full House Poker‘s online “Texas Heat” tournament is in day 119 (and counting), stoking fears that the game will head the way of spiritual predecessor 1 vs 100. More »


Mobile

You Can Play Video Strip Poker On The iPad 2 Tomorrow

2:40AM August 11, 2011 | Brian Crecente

OK, Full Deck Hold’Em certainly isn’t meant to be a strip poker game. It is the latest game from Graeme Devine, creator of The 7th Guest and former game guru at Apple. But when you combine live video streaming with poker, you’ve got to expect that at least a little nudity might happen. More »


PC

Can You Spot This Guy’s Tell Playing Online Poker With Kinect?

10:30AM May 7, 2011 | Owen Good

If you can’t spot the sucker in the first 30 seconds of this video, then you are the sucker. More »


News

Department Of Justice Deals Out Indictment To Top Poker Sites

5:40AM April 16, 2011 | Mike Fahey

In case you needed proof that online poker sites were shady, the Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment against the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker, charging defendants with bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling.


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PlayStation’s Top US Exec Cleans Up Pro Poker Tour Event

9:00AM March 19, 2011 | Owen Good

That, folks, is a 10-6 unsuited. In poker jargon, that hand is known as “garbage”. But for Jack Tretton, the CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, they were the winning cards at a pro-am poker event earlier this week. More »


Microsoft Is Beta Testing An Episodic Xbox Live Poker Game Show

3:20AM November 5, 2010 | Mike Fahey

It looks as if the studio that brought us Xbox Live’s 1 Vs 100 has a new episodic game show in the works, as beta test emails go out for Microsoft Game Studios’ Full House Poker. More »


Watch Professional Poker Players Compete In… Excitebots?!

10:40AM June 26, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

Despite positive reviews for the Monster Games-developed Wii game, Nintendo’s Excitebots: Trick Racing didn’t burn up sales charts, moving a meager 13,000 copies in its first month on sale. Odd, considering it features playable poker and SUPER SANDWICHES. More »


News

The Godfather II Gambles On PlayStation Home

6:20AM April 9, 2009 | Mike Fahey

EA joins the ranks of companies with a PlayStation Home presence a bit earlier than anticipated with The Godfather II space, complete with Texas Hold’Em table.


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Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Oz Launch Party

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11:45AM March 20, 2008 | Logan Booker

If you’re wondering who the joker is in the above photo, it’s me.

This shot was taken yesterday night on the upper floor of the Vegas Hotel in Kings Cross, where Ubisoft held the Australian launch party for Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Along with a bunch of linked-up Xbox 360s, PS3s with the game were dotted around the bar.

In the back room several rounds of Texas Hold’Em were played. I sat in on one of the later rounds and made it to the final four. That is until the last hand (yes, there was a time limit on the sessions) when ex-Gizmodo AU editor Seamus Byrne cleaned me out with cards that were, as you can imagine, much better than mine. Gun to my head, I think I had a J/6 off-suit, while he had three Queens.

I had a quick go of the game and managed to die within 15 seconds of picking up the controller. I blame the beer.

The game’s available as of today, if you’d like to pick it up. Bonus shot of the world’s most confused Xbox 360 after the jump. More »


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High Stakes On The Vegas Strip Hits PSN Thursday

9:40AM September 12, 2007 | Michael McWhertor