Day 1a of the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (better known by the acronym PCA) saw a total of 418 players register for the prestigious tournament, a far cry from the 647 players that registered on Day 1a last year. Despite the attendance decline (which most assuredly had something to do with the fallout from Black Friday) the tournament still looks to be on paceRead Full Article

While the total attendance is a far cry from the numbers Foxwoods used to attract in the glory days of the World Poker Tour, the 189 player field that made its way to the Connecticut woods for the 10th running of the WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals had plenty of star-power, many of whom managed to make their way into the money as playRead Full Article

At the end of play on Day 2 of the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event the field had been pared down to just 116 players, from the original starting number of 593, and poker fans will find a number of recognizable names amongst the chip leaders. In the Top 10 alone you’ll find the names of Hoyt Corkins, Triple Crown WinnerRead Full Article

With 28 players remaining in the hunt for the World Poker Tour Foxwoods World Poker Finals championship there are a number of big-name poker pros still alive and kicking. Attendance was markedly down at Foxwoods this year –no doubt because of the EPT Vienna tournament running at the same time, as well as the WSOPC Hammond finishing the day before the Foxwoods Main Event.Read Full Article

With the Bellagio’s late registration structure, that allows players to register up until level 8 on Day 2, as well as the tournament buy-in dropping from $15,000 to $10,000, the World Poker Tour Festa al Lago drew an impressive 335 entrants compared to the 275 entrants the WPT Festa al Lago drew in 2009. Sitting atop the leader-board heading into Day 3 are twoRead Full Article

Longtime poker pro Hoyt Corkins captured his second World Poker Tour championship this week after outlasting a strong field in the Southern Poker Championship Main Event and was able to outlast Jonathan Kantor in the heads-up duel. Corkins is one of the unsung poker pros on the tournament trail, who seems better known for his run-ins with Phil Hellmuth –who considers Corkins some kindRead Full Article