Well, it looks like I was dead wrong with my prediction that Day 1c of the 2012 Aussie Million Main Event would attract only 200 entrants, and that attendance would be down some 25% year-over-year! While the Aussie Million Main Event did not reach last year’s attendance total of 721 players, Day 1c drew an impressive 317 entrants, putting the final tally at 657Read Full Article

With a final table that included established poker pros like Tony G, Sam Trickett, Gus Hansen, Joe Hachem, and Sorel Mizzi, it was young gun Dan Smith who would come away victorious in the $100k Challenge tournament at the 2012 Aussie Millions. The $100k buy-in event saw a total of 22 players register for the tournament on Sunday, and eight of those players reachRead Full Article

Attendance in the $100k Challenge at the Aussie Millions was way down from last year’s impressive 38 entrants, with just 22 players registering for the $100k buy-in tournament this time around. Even with the attendance drop the tournament still managed to attract some of the biggest names in poker, including Gus Hansen, Tom Dwan, Daniel Cates, and even Phil Ivey, all of whom haveRead Full Article

The Australian Poker Hall of Fame (APHOF) was formed in 2009, and over the past few years they have been busy honoring some of the biggest names in Australian Poker History. This year’s inductees into the very exclusive club were revealed at the 2012 Aussie Millions tournament series, and even the two players who made the final cut, David Gorr and Jason Gray, wereRead Full Article

The PokerStars EPT was expecting a record-setting turnout for the 2011 EPT PokerStars London Main Event, but hopes were quickly dashed when Day 1a of the tournament attracted a less than overwhelming 280 entrants –in 2010 Day 1a attendance was 339. On Day 1b the tournament would need to have a huge turnout to surpass the 2010 attendance record of 848 players. Unfortunately, attendanceRead Full Article

Despite nobody in the top 10 producing any meaningful results this past week there was a big surge by Erik Seidel, who shot all the way up to #2 on the leader-board –although he was sitting at #3 so its not that impressive– bypassing Jason Mercier, but falling short of overtaking Betrand “ElkY” Grosspellier for the top spot on the Global Poker Index rankings.Read Full Article

After over a month of poker tournament, after poker tournament, after poker tournament, the 2011 World Series of Poker had its first full day-off on Wednesday as the remaining players from the two Day 2 flights of the 2011 Main Event get set for Wednesday’s Day 3; the first day when the entire field of the 2011 WSOP Main Event will be combined. WithRead Full Article

Poker enthusiasts will not be watching Season 2 of the PokerStars.net Big Game on Fox Sports thanks to Black Friday, but with the show already filmed PokerStars has decided not to let the footage go to waste, and will air Season 2 of the Big Game on PokerStars.tv according to the PokerStars blog. There will be six episodes –broken up into five parts each–Read Full Article

Thus far at the 2011 World Series of Poker the first-time events have drawn sizable fields, with the $25k Heads-Up Championship setting a prize-pool record, and the 10-Game Mix tournament attracting a solid field. Yesterday another new format was introduced as the $5k buy-in 6-Handed PLO tournament got underway, and once again the poker world responded with 507 players registering for the event –LastRead Full Article

The full roster for the upcoming NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship was released today, and now that the entire 64 player field is known I thought I would take a look at some of the favorites amongst the field. First, here is a look at the complete 64 player field: The majority of entrants are poker players, including Phil Galfond, Sorel Mizzi, Patrik Antonius,Read Full Article