The 2011 Worlds Series of Poker concluded last week with Pius Heinz taking down the Main Event crown.  Now, everyone is beginning to look forward to the 2012 WSOP.  Jack Effel recently announced on twitter that the schedule was in the works, but would not be ready beforeRead Full Article

On Tuesday, the final three of the 2011 WSOP November Nine took center stage at the Rio in Las Vegas, NV.  After over six grueling hours of play, Pius Heinz emerged as the champion.  Here are some of my thoughts and impressions of the final three spectacle. BenRead Full Article

Like many in the poker world on Sunday, I tuned in to the WSOP Main Event coverage on ESPN2.  I actually stayed with the broadcast for the entire day and into the late night here in Virginia, making it the longest I have watched poker in a veryRead Full Article

During the WSOP November Nine conference call on Wednesday, a question was asked about when a woman would break through to the final nine.  Norman Chad said it best when he said that it is hard for a woman to break through when women comprise only 3 percentRead Full Article

Last week, Congress conducted a hearing regarding online poker.  One of the main concerns brought up repeatedly in the hearing was consumer protection.  It was agreed by everyone that consumer protection needed to be one of the top priorities of any bill passed by Congress.  With that inRead Full Article

Gary Johnson has setup a link on his website where he openly states that he supports legalizing online poker and if you vote for him, he will support your freedom.  The page on his website tells poker players that they are getting a raw deal and that heRead Full Article

Yesterday, I spoke with legal expert and poker writer Shari Gellar regarding the chances of poker getting legalized this year.  In addition, I spoke with her regarding the recent Full Tilt Poker acquisition agreement with Group Bernard Tapie. JG: In your opinion, what is the best chance forRead Full Article

Two weeks ago, I wrote an article entitled Let’s Recruit the Potheads to Save Online Poker.  I pointed out in that article that potheads outnumbered us 101,792 to around 7,000.   Now that a couple of weeks have passed, I thought I would check in and see how ourRead Full Article

Last week, Full Tilt announced that it had reached an acquisition agreement with Group Bernard Tapie.  Since that time, various information has been released either through lawyers or directly from Bernard Tapie in the form of interviews.  Here is the good, the bad, and the ugly from theRead Full Article

Upon looking at the whitehouse.gov’s list of petitions to the Obama administration tonight, I have finally come up with a way to get our voices hear regarding online poker.  Forget the Poker Player’s Alliance.  Forget Greg Raymer and all the talking heads on CNN.  What online poker needsRead Full Article