As the 2012 World Series of poker approaches I thought it would be a good time to take a look at some of the questions poker players and the poker media will have going into the nearly two-month long summer poker series in Las Vegas. In this installmentRead Full Article

As the 2012 World Series of poker approaches I thought it would be a good time to take a look at some of the questions poker players and the poker media will have going into the nearly two-month long summer poker series in Las Vegas. In the firstRead Full Article

In an effort to capitalize on the growing popularity of poker across the Asia-Pacific region the World Series of Poker and the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia have announced a multi-year agreement that will bring the WSOP brand to Australia for a major tournament series. The announcement wasRead Full Article

Earlier this year the World Series of Poker announced that the Big One for OneDrop million-dollar buy-in tournament had reached the 22 player threshold that was set to make the event a certified WSOP bracelet tournament. Now it appears the Big One for OneDrop is gaining even moreRead Full Article

There wasn’t a lot of tournament action over the past week but there were plenty of announcements regarding upcoming poker tournaments including the massive $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for OneDrop and two separate poker cruises –yes poker tournaments on cruise ships are coming back! In addition to theRead Full Article

Satellite tournaments have been the norm in the poker world since the 1980’s, and since that time players have been winning their way into tournaments like the World Series of Poker Main Event for a fraction of the buy-in amount –with Tom McEvoy being the first player toRead Full Article

The $1,000,000 buy-in poker tournament scheduled to take place at the 2012 World Series of Poker will feature some of the biggest names in the world of poker, as well as some titans of industry, and now we know precisely when the tournament will take place and whatRead Full Article

For the second straight year the World Series of Poker Europe tournament series will take place in Cannes on the French Riviera (a far better locale in the fall than dreary old London), and in 2012 the WSOP Europe will award seven bracelets according to the schedule releasedRead Full Article

This week the World Series of Poker announced that five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and 1998 WSOP Main Event Champion Scotty Nguyen will be hosting the second annual World Series of Poker Africa, which will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nguyen’s hosting duties will extendRead Full Article

When the police contacted Jonathan Duhamel to tell him that they had finally recovered his missing 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Championship bracelet they probably started the conversation with the adage, “We have GOOD news and BAD news.” The bracelet was stolen along with over $100kRead Full Article