Beginning May 1, 2011 PartyPoker.com will be running a promotion that will challenge even the most dedicated poker player. You are invited to compete in the event that will see thousands of dollars in cash prizes awarded and the chance to win a seat to the World Series of Poker Main Event. On top of that, everyone who earns at least 5 points on 5 days during the Gladiator Challenge will be given a ticket into a special freeroll tournament where cash prizes will be awarded to the winners.

11 time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner and online poker pro, Phil Hellmuth enjoyed quite an eventful weekend and tweeted all his adventures throughout the last few days. He attended the Super Bowl in Texas and even met former President George W. Bush. He also talked a bit about Dancing with the Stars.

Kathy Liebert, a well respected poker pro recently tweeted about PokerStars and fellow pro player Greg Raymer saying, “I heard that PokerStars was cutting many of their Team Pros’ compensation. Take it or leave it.

Chris Moorman broke a new record this week after taking down three major online poker tournaments within just days of each other. This title is known as the Triple Crown and it is an honor to receive just one of these in a lifetime so to say 11 Triple Crowns for one person is amazing is an understatement.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that logging long hours of poker online can be disastrous for your waist line. People are not made to sit in one place for hours on end and if you are not careful you can easily pack on 10 or 20 extra pounds. It isn't impossible to stay in shape while grinding at the tables but it will take some conscious effort on your part and a little of your free time.

Social network game developers, Zynga, have released their popular Facebook games, Mafia Wars and Poker for Android devices. Mafia Wars has been available for a while, but Zynga Poker is one of the most recent apps to hit the Android Market. It allows for up to ten players to face off in Texas Hold'em at a time and it uses Facebook for authentication, so you will still have access to all the chips you worked hard for while playing on the web.

 PokerStars pro Vanessa Rousso has become the latest poker pro to join the eBay trend. Now you can own a little bit of poker history and drive home in the phenom's 2007 yellow Lamborghini Gallardo. That is if you can outbid other fans at the auction block.  

Former Ultimate Fighting Champion Chuck Liddell has announced his engagement to professional poker player Heidi Northcott. Liddell recently proposed to Northcott during a romantic helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon and she apparently accepted. The happy couple were spotted in Miami Beach yesterday and it appears that Liddell spared no cost as Northcott was seen wearing a giant three-stone engagement ring.

It appears that Phil Ivey may have lost his cool while playing craps at the Las Vegas Wynn this week. Several users on the 2+2 forums posted that they saw the eight-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner screaming obscenities at casino staff and storming out of the casino.

Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Dan “jungleman12” Cates continued the durrrr Challenge last night. The two meet up just after 11p.m. to play a quick 20 minute session that lasted only 258 hands. Dwan made a small dent in Cates massive lead departing with $31,778 in profits.