The Seven Craziest Poker Variants Ever Spread Online

Want to unfold your hand, or play with a 20-card stripped deck? How about a Chinese Poker/Hold’em blend or 25-game mix? We review some of the strangest online poker variants of the past and present. 2x2v3w


Exclusive: partypoker to Implement Fixed Buy-in Functionality at Cash Games by the End of June

As a part of partypoker’s ongoing changes to improve ecology, all cash games will have a fixed 100 big-blind buy-in by the end of this month.


Exclusive: 6+ Hold'em, Showtime and Fusion to Return to PokerStars in Tournament Format

Both Hold’em and Omaha versions of Showtime are among the games that will soon make their debut as MTTs.


6+ Hold'em to Debut in Italy and it Could be Permanent

6+ will be the only variant in the recent wave of new games from PokerStars to go live in a segregated market.


PokerStars Takes Down Fusion, Six Plus Hold'em Could Make its Debut on January 16

After successfully running for more than two months, PokerStars has withdrawn Fusion from its poker client.


888 to Launch a New Poker Game: Pik'em Poker

The latest innovation from 888poker is expected to be released later this month.


PokerStars Hints that Showtime, Split Hold'em May Return in Tournament Format

MTT versions of recent limited-run games have been requested by players.


PokerStars Folds Unfold Poker: Online Poker Giant Set to Remove Latest Poker Innovation After Six-Week Test Run

Unfold will be the third new cash game product innovation from the online poker giant this year that will be withdrawn after a limited time.


Exclusive: PokerStars' Next New Online Poker Game Could be Six Plus Hold'em

New leak suggests that the online poker room plans to launch 6+ Hold’em, also known as Short Deck Poker, the action-filled online poker variant that’s proved a hit in Asia.