Martin Staszko’s life has changed a great deal over the past year. First the 35 year-old from Trinec, Czech Republic decided to quit his job as a foreman at a manufacturing plant in his hometown to take on the challenge of becoming a professional poker player. Little did the former chess and darts player know that just a year later he would be oneRead Full Article

Once again the Global Poker Index (GPI) finds the #1 all-time-money-winner in tournament poker history, Erik Seidel, holding its top spot, with now-familiar names Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier, Jason Mercier, Eugene Katchalov, and Shawn Buchanan rounding out the Top 5. One of the big moves in recent weeks on the GPI is the rise of Sam Trickett, who has cracked the Top 10, landing inRead Full Article

It’s no surprise that Phil Ivey’s first poker tournament since Black Friday would take place at the APT Macau, since the big games that have historically sprung up around the tournament have seen some of the biggest pots in the history of the game, and attracts some biggest names in poker and the business world. Ivey took part in Day 1a of the APTRead Full Article

While few people have shown any interest in accepting the heads-up No Limit Holdem Challenge issued by Daniel “jungleman12” Cates, one player who has never shied away from any type of challenge, Tony G, had this to say when a PokerNews mic was thrust in his face: “Jungle, Jungle, Jungleman… I’m coming after you. I just need a good deal that the G deserves;Read Full Article

Apparently having signed 2011 World Series of Poker champion Pius Heinz has given PokerStars a little wiggle room when it comes to the worth of their other Team PokerStars from Europe, and two of those players have seemingly been let go by the site: JP Kelly from the UK and Juan Maceiras from Spain. Both players have been removed from the Team PokerStars rosterRead Full Article

After a week of build-up PKR Poker has finally let the cat out of the bag as to the identity of their newest Team PKR Poker Pro: Jake Cody. With the signing of the youngest Triple Crown winner in poker history (Cody is all of 23 years old) PKR Poker was not simply overstating that their new Team PKR Pro member was one ofRead Full Article

It looks like Phil Ivey’s divorce is about to get as messy as his contentious relationship with Full Tilt Poker. Carri Geer Thevenot of the Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting that Ivey’s ex-wife (the couple was officially divorced in late 2009) has filed a petition to the court over concerns of Judicial Bias stemming from campaign contributions made to Family Court Judge Bill GonzalezRead Full Article

Just before one of the greatest final table showdowns in World Series of Poker history, where two potential future poker giants Martin Staszko and Pius Heinz clashed in a heads-up battle that lasted over 100 hands, two other poker giants were honored with their induction into the Poker Hall of Fame: Barry Greenstein and Linda Johnson. Greenstein, known as the “Robin Hood of Poker”Read Full Article

The recently launched free-play online poker site Game Face has just added their second sponsored player to their roster, adding the very polarizing Men “The Master” Nguyen to their marketing campaign. Nguyen joins former WSOP Main Event Champion and poker author Tom McEvoy as representatives of the online poker, backgammon, and chess site. Nguyen is one of the most accomplished tournament players in theRead Full Article

Petersen is not setting out to create an Occupy Denmark movement or anything along those lines, but the Danish poker phenom has had his own issues with a certain banking giant recently. So, even though this week’s bizarre poker story has to do with a poker player and a bank, but likely not in the way you are thinking. Team PokerStars Pro Mickey PetersenRead Full Article