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In a surprising and stunning move by the United States Department of Justice, a federal indictment was unsealed in the southern district court of New York that has charged three of the largest online poker websites in the world with bank fraud and other illegal gambling offenses.

Full Tilt Poker has released some more details on the six-stop Onyx Cup Series of high buy-in poker tournaments, with the dates and location of the second stop announced, as well as tentative dates and locations for the remainder of the tournament stops.

The 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure featured a number of milestones, big wins, and goings-on, and they all happened within the space of a week or so! Therefore, a number of stories may have slipped through the cracks or gone unnoticed by the vast majority of poker fans.

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA for short) is turning into the model for how to run a major poker tournament. This year’s tournament attracted a total of 1,560 participants, a small increase of 31 players over last year’s record-setting 1,529 entrants.

With the 2010 tournament season winding down you can expect a lot of action at the remaining stops on the World Poker Tour, as players try to finish off 2010 with a big score, and players in the hunt for coveted Player of the Year awards look to rack-up as many points as possible.

Online poker players have been waiting months for Full Tilt Poker to roll-out their new VIP Rewards Program, and that time has finally arrived. Full Tilt Poker made two significant changes to their VIP Program; both of which will be beneficial to high volume players on Full Tilt.