With the rise in popularity of the Apple Mac over the past few years, it was only a matter of time before the poker industry began to take notice.  Snow Leopard, the latest OS for the Mac, was released last week and now Apple devotees have another reason to get excited

Europe's largest poker event will kick off this week when the Poker In The Park festival returns to Leicester Square, London for it's third year.  This year’s poker extravaganza will take place on Thu 13th August from 5pm – 9pm and on Friday 14th from 12pm – 9.30pm.

The two giants of the online poker world, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, have been competing in a game of one-upmanship for the past month, which is reaping benefits for online poker players.

Full Tilt Poker have launched a new version of their poker software that includes a new-look lobby and a large bonuses for current players.  The new software allows players to customise their poker environment and find the games they want to play faster and easier than ever.

Full Tilt poker broke the record for the world’s largest online tournament on Sunday and then proceeded to lose it again to PokerStars, who broke the record again a short time later.

Online poker room, Ultimate Bet, will be jumping on the Twitter bandwagon this Friday when they host a free online tournament that is open exclusively to those who follow the poker rooms twitterings

Popular 3D poker site PKR poker have lauched a series of upgrades to their already ground breaking software.  PKR Poker has revolutionised online poker by innovating a 3D poker platform that closely resembles the experience of playing in a real Casino.

Everest Poker are offering a unique bonus to all it qualifiers for this years World Series Of Poker.  Everest Poker are the official sponsor of the WSOP this year and to mark the event they will match the total WSOP winnings by its players and split it evenly among player that qualifies for the tournament through their poker room.

888 Pacific Poker are offering their players to play against A list celebrities like Ben Affleck and Matt Damon at this years Cannes Film Festival.  The charity poker event is being held to raise money for the children's charities "One Voice For Freedom" and "Not On Our Watch".

With the World Series Of Poker less than 3 months away, Full Tilt Poker have begun running regular qualifiers for this years event which kicks off on May 27th.  By signing up with Full Tilt Poker, players can now can qualify now for 1 of 150 Main Event prize packages worth $12,000 in a a $500 + $35 buy-in satellite tournament.

As part of its 10th Anniversary celebrations, UltimateBet is offering players a chance to win a seat at this year's World Series Of Poker (WSOP) and convert the $0.10 entry fee into a  $10 Million sponsorship deal with the poker room.

Online poker room, Ultimate Bet, have announced that they will be the official Canadian sponsor for this years WWE Wrestlemania. The special 25th Anniversary event will be held at the Reliant Stadium in Houston on April 5th, 2009.

The world's largest poker room, PokerStars, are on the verge of dealing their 25 billionth hand. The poker room, who reached their 10 billionth hand only 18 months ago, are marking this historic occasion by running one of their biggest promotions ever.

Paddy Power Poker, one of Europes leading bookmakers and poker rooms, have announced that they will be running a special $1 rebuy tournament, which will see the winner gain a place at this years Irish Open.

Carbon Poker, the US friendly poker room, has been attracting a lot of attention recently because of their Bad Beat jackpot. The poker room has set a world record for the biggest ever bad beat jackpot online.

The Carbon Poker Bad Beat Jackpot broke a new record this week when it reached $770,000.  The jackpot, already the biggest of its kind online, is expected to break the $800,000 mark by the end of the month.