Poker News Websites

Poker News Websites - Best Online Poker News Sites

With the explosion of online poker in 2003, there was suddenly a lot of "poker news" to report on. In the years since, many 'poker news websites' have sprouted up and then died. It is a lot of work t keep up with the daily happenings of the online and offline poker worlds, let alone cover all of the news stories well. There are many more bad "poker news websites" than good one, but we have the good poker news sites listed here.

Poker News Sites By Website Traffic

The chart above shows the website traffic by month for the past 12 months for the five most popular Online Poker News websites. This chart is updated monthly.

Poker News Websites

• PokerNews.com - The premier poker news website, PokerNews.com has top quality writers and in-depth articles. Although only a few large stories are reported each day, PN.com has the "Nightly Turbo" - a daily column recapping all of the day's poker events. Excellent live tournament coverage.
• PokerNewsDaily.com - Poker News Daily has become my favorite poker news website with very in-depth investigative coverage of poker news. Several high quality writers focus on getting the scoop with lots of details every day. Best coverage of the online poker business side of the industry.
• RecentPoker.com - Covers all gambling news. With an average of more than 10 news articles per day, there is always plenty to read about on Recent Poker. Although the news stories can be a bit thin, RP.com breaks lots of stories before other sites, and if you are a poker news junkie, Recent Poker has all the latest news, all day.

Poker Websites With Poker News Sections

Many poker websites provide high quality poker news although their main focus is not "poker news" exclusively. The following pages are amazing sources of poker news. All links are direct links to the page listed.

• TwoPlusTwo.com's News, Views, and Gossip - 2+2's "NVG" forum is one where poker players post anything they come across that could be considered news or gossip. Although there is a lot to weed through, there is tons of breaking news - mostly about online poker - that is posted here every hour of every day. If you like chatting and gossiping about the poker news, there is no better place than 2p2's NVG.
• CompatiblePoker.com's USA Poker - Roger's Compatible Poker USA poker page has been providing up to the minute updates about the American online poker "situation" since 2006, when the UIGEA was passed into law by the US government. There is an incredible wealth of information about US poker on this page. A must bookmark.