Online poker pro, Luke “FullFlush1” Schwartz, is no stranger to bans –Full Tilt has revoked his chat privileges in the past, which caused Scwartz to switch sites– but his current ban from an entire poker tour is unprecedented! The initial transgression came when Schwartz refused to remove his hat at the Vic Casino in London: Schwartz then had a fellow poker pro vouch forRead Full Article

After completing their second day of play, the WSOPE Main Event is down to 92 players. Day 3 action will kick off at noon, with the remaining participants playing down to 36 –which happens to be the number of players who will reach the money. Day 2 saw a lot of high-profile casualties including: Howard Lederer, Erik Seidel, Phil Hellmuth, David Williams, Mike Matusow,Read Full Article

The 2009 WSOPE is underway, and it took only one event for the tournament to set a record: The l1,000 NLHE tournament set the record for the largest tournament in London with 608 entrants. Even with the WPT Borgata main Event going on across the pond –which drew an impressive 1,018 entrants after the buy-in was lowered to a mere $3,500—the WSOPE has kickedRead Full Article