Often I have friends and even other poker players ask for tips to stay on the cheap at casinos and in casino towns without having to rack up a huge amount of hours at the blackjack table or being forced to put in numerous hours at the cash game tables in the poker room.  As such, here are a few of my tips forRead Full Article

On Sunday US poker pro matt Waxman became the first American player to win a World Poker Tour tournament in Paris after outlasting a starting field of 312 players and defeating a final table that included European sensation Martin Jacobson. Waxman pocketed nearly $750k in prize-money for the win as well as a seat into the $25k WPT Championship at the Bellagio. Jacobson, whoRead Full Article

As Season X of the World Poker Tour kicks into gear the tour is getting ready to head stateside for some of the biggest events on the schedule. With a stop in Barcelona, Spain in late May and another stop in the far flung poker destination of Slovenia out of the way the WPT is now heading to Los Angeles for one of theRead Full Article

This past week, I took a trip to Atlantic City for some post-WSOP poker relaxation.  My intention was to go up, play a lot of cash and maybe take part in a couple of tournaments.  While there seemed to be plenty of players at the slot machines and a decent amount at the game tables, the poker room I played at was a differentRead Full Article

Andrew Amatrudo is 102 years old and still playing poker. He has reached that fine age by playing poker at Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, which is next door to where he lives in Atlantic City. Better known as Andy, he celebrated his 102nd birthday last Monday at the place he loves, and doing what he loves to do, having a beer and playingRead Full Article

The experiment that was the Borgata Poker Open Main Championship has come to close with Frenchman Oliver Busquet walking away with the coveted title, and around $925,000. Busquet went into the final table with a commanding chip lead (nearly 2-to-1 on his nearest competitor) and was able to stay out of the way while Jeremy Brown (the eventual 2nd place finisher) did the dirtyRead Full Article

When the dust settled it appears the organizers of the Borgata Poker Open made a great decision by dropping the buy-in for the Main Event (a WPT Championship tournament) from $10,000 to $3,500. When the final tally came in on day 1b, a whopping 1,018 had entered the event. This figure is even more impressive when you take into account many poker players madeRead Full Article

Tournament officials for the Borgata Poker Open took a calculated risk by dropping the entrants-fee from $10,000 to $3,500, and guaranteeing a $2 million prize-pool. And after day 1a the results the verdict would be: So far so good for the organizers of the Borgata Poker Open. Day 1a attracted 326 players (an amount many WPT events would like to draw for their totalRead Full Article

A bit of bizarre poker news has trickled out of Atlantic City, where a male, 65 year-old Abraham Korotki, was not only allowed to play in Woman’s only poker tournament, but managed to win the thing! Korotki paid the $300 entrant’s fee and was never informed he was ineligible by tournament officials. Korotki defied the odds by beating a field of over 260 womenRead Full Article