The Den, described as the first women-owned poker room, is set to open in Rowlett, Texas, on November 12. The room is owned by Marjorie Bradford and Jamie Kempf. 

CoinPoker and PokerGO are launching PGT Online, a joint series of online tournaments. The first stage begins on November 8, and 50 players will qualify for a tournament in Las Vegas at the end of the season, where the winner will receive $1 million. 

Sammy Farha, 67, has been banned for life from a Houston club where he regularly played. He struck a dealer after a verbal altercation; the dealer had retrieved an acquaintance’s hand from the muck and turned it face up.  

After criticism from Sean Deeb, WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas reduced the rake in 12 of its 20 bracelet events. The cuts are as high as 50%: in $50,000 high rollers, for example, the rake dropped to $1,000 from $2,000. 

Jeremy Ausmus won Event #7 of Poker Masters, a $15,700 no-limit hold'em tournament, for $278,400. In Event #8, Vitaly Zavorotny came close to claiming his second title of the year but lost heads-up to Keith Lehr.

2005 world champion Joe Hachem won an Omaha Hi-Lo tournament with 48 entries in Melbourne, Australia. It was the 60-year-old's seventh career tournament victory. 

After busting on the bubble several times, Adrian Mateos finally won a $10,500 NLH event at Poker Masters for $229,500. He also took the lead in the race for the series' Player of the Series title and its Purple Jacket. 

CoinPoker cash games have become more expensive: the site has started charging preflop rake, raised the caps at high stakes and increased the ante from 0.16 to 0.25 BB. 

GGPoker has banned third-party software outright and introduced new security measures. The company also said it had traced some of the funds stolen by Paul Gregg and was trying to recover them. 

At Poker Masters in Las Vegas, Adrian Mateos finished on the direct bubble in three of his four tournaments. In the fourth, he took second place, losing heads-up to Nikki Palme.