Nobody can argue that Men Nguyen isn’t one of the most prolific tournament players in poker history, and after a long drought dating back to 2003 Men finally captured his 7th WSOP bracelet in 2010 –Men has had an astonishing four WSOP Circuit wins in the interim. Yesterday Men had a chance to capture his 8th bracelet after making a miraculous comeback, but fell just short of becoming the first player in 2010 with 2 WSOP wins. Nguyen started theRead Full Article

Phil Ivey tore up the 2009 World Series of Poker, and even though he hasn’t gotten off to a blistering start in 2010 he has been sniffing around the final tables of a number of events. This is Ivey’s third cash in 2010 –he is also alive in the $10k NLHE Heads-Up Championship which has reached the round of 64. Ivey’s best chance thus far is his current one; sitting in 9th place with 15 players remaining in the $2,500Read Full Article

There is no love lost between two of the biggest names in poker: Daniel Negreanu and Annie Duke have a long history of disagreeing that stems from one of their first meetings at a poker table way back in 1996! The poker industry was first made aware of the feud back in 2002, on the now defunct rec.gambling.poker forums where everyone from Doyle Brunson to Mike Caro, and Daniel Negreanu to Howard Lederer would talk poker. Negreanu has called outRead Full Article

Lacey Jones wasn’t a poker free agent for very long; after parting ways with Absolute Poker last month the poker pro and hostess has signed with Full Tilt Poker. Jones’s departure from Absolute Poker seemed to be on very good terms, considering she has spent a number of years as an Absolute Poker sponsored player, but it was clear to most involved that the sought after hostess would quickly swell the ranks of either PokerStars or Full Tilt Poker. FullRead Full Article

With four World Series of Poker bracelets, 53 cashes, and over $3.75 million in career WSOP earnings John Juanda has set the bar pretty high for what constitutes a big WSOP. Well, with three final tables thus far, all in Championship Events, and over $600k in winnings I’d say that qualifies. Juanda’s first final table came in the $50k Players Championship where he finished 4th, pocketing $436,835. His second final table came in the $10k Seven Card Stud hi/lo WorldRead Full Article

Annette Obrestad made some serious headlines this past week, and it wasn’t because the World Series of Poker rookie made a big score in a poker tournament. No, Annette made news thanks to an interview in ESPN the Magazine where she said “Girls suck at poker”, and that she would rather square off against poker legend Doyle Brunson than online poker players because, “Online players process information so much faster and don’t let their egos get in the way ofRead Full Article

In one of the stranger poker stories –and that is saying quite a bit as anyone who follows poker knows—professional poker player, and Full Tilt Poker sponsored pro, Andrew Feldman has lost his court case in the UK. Feldman filed suit against Rabbi Simon Nissim after Nissim lost some £136,000 of Feldman’s money betting on the stock market. Apparently Nissim was placing bets for Feldman on his account, with Feldman covering any losses, as well as reaping any profits –NissimRead Full Article

Yesterday saw 8 top poker players, and one poker playing celebrity, take to the felt to determine the final entrant in the 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions. Mike Mizrachi, Tom Dwan, Andy Bloch, Bertrand Grospellier, Gus Hansen, Sorel Mizzi, Liv Boeree, Paul Wasicka and Don Cheadle were all invited to take part in the single table freezeout tournament, with the winner gaining entry into the million dollar free-roll tournament. Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi came in riding hisRead Full Article

With the monkey off his back after winning Event #12 at the 2010 WSOP –$1,500 Limit Holdem—longtime poker pro Matt Matros has worked his way to the final table of another Limit Holdem Event, this time in the $2,000 buy-in Event #18. Matt Matros enters the final table with 224,000 chips, trailing chip-leader Eric Buchman, who is leading the way with 453,000 chips. Buchman, who finished 4th in last year’s WSOP Main Event, is looking to add his first WSOPRead Full Article

After news started trickling in about the magnitude of money Tom Dwan –better known as durrrr—stood to gain should he win a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2010 the numbers are absolutely astounding. His second place finish in the $1,500 No Limit Holdem event will probably go down as the biggest prize differential between first and second place; in fact the $600k+ he would have booked for the win wouldn’t have even touched what he would owe in taxesRead Full Article