It appears we’ve been snookered by of all people the World Series of Poker! After a Tweet Tuesday night claiming the end of the November Nine, it was revealed today –when the full schedule and format changes were revealed—that the end of the November Nine is more of a technicality. Due to the 2012 elections, the WSOP has decided to move the final tableRead Full Article

In a not so surprising announcement on Tuesday the World Series of Poker announced they would be releasing a number of “hints” for the 2012 WSOP schedule, but did reveal that the November Nine has run its course via the official WSOP Twitter account: “A few hints on WSOP schedule coming tomorrow…you won’t find the November Nine returning.” The move to eliminate the NovemberRead Full Article

The past week’s headlines have been dominated by the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) but there were plenty of other tournaments taking place around the globe, including the inaugural stop at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California for the World Series of Poker Circuit Series, as well as the vaunted Aussie Millions tournament series getting underway at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, AustraliaRead Full Article

Four people have been arrested for last week’s brazen daytime home invasion, beating, and robbery of 2012 World Series of Poker Champion Jonathan Duhamel according to the Montreal Gazette. Mark David, a spokesman for the Agglomeration de Longueuil police department, stated that four people (three men and one woman) have been arrested in conjunction with the crime. According to earlier reports, two men rangRead Full Article

As the final major tournaments of 2011 concluded just before the Christmas holiday Ben Lamb’s 2011 tournament credentials received yet another boost, as his historic year was capped off with his entrance into a very exclusive club. Lamb, who won the World Series of Poker Player of the Year Award, has now become the second player to win the WSOP POY Award as wellRead Full Article

On Wednesday we learned that 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel was the victim of a brutal home invasion at his home in Boucherville, Quebec just outside of Montreal. The initial details were few and far between (with local police not even willing to confirm the identity of the victim, something Duhamel’s agent did) we did learn that Duhamel wasRead Full Article

When the idea of a special $1 million buy-in tournament (with some proceeds going to the OneDrop Charity, precisely $111,111 from every entry) during the 2012 WSOP was first announced during the World Series of Poker, many eyebrows were raised. Even more eyebrows went up when WSOP officials stated that IF the tournament attracted 22 or more players (the number of entrants in theRead Full Article

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 before the end of the year.  Thinking ahead to next year, here are a few changes IRead Full Article

* Heads-Up Poker is extremely boring to watch This is a very important consideration for producers working on next year’s live feed, since poker in general is boring to begin with! During Sunday’s action it started off a bit slow, but well paced, and as players were eliminated you could actually feel the tension growing and the speed increasing. But once Ben Lamb wasRead 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