The PCA is in full swing, the Main Event is winding its way down to the final table, and the side event action has been heating up. There are still a number of prelim events left to go, and below you’ll find some of the bigger names thatRead Full Article

For the 720 players who returned to the Rio poker tables on Friday it has been a long, strange, trip filled with ups and downs, frustration and exuberance, but through it all they persevered, surviving three full days of play in the biggest poker tournament in the worldRead Full Article

Sometime today, on Friday the 13th, the money-bubble at the 2012 World Series of poker will burst, when just 666 players remain in the field; which is quite a coincidence that two of the most superstitious numbers in the world will collide in such a way during aRead Full Article

With Andy Bloch scratching his name off of the “Best player to never win a bracelet” list at the 2012 WSOP, and with several big names like Gus Hansen, Gavin Smith, ElkY and Phil Laak also crossing their names off last year, I figured it was time toRead Full Article

After an amazing Sunday at the World Series of Poker it’s hard to know precisely where to begin in this installment of the WSOP Notebook. Phil Hellmuth claimed his 12th WSOP bracelet, Phil Ivey fell just short of #8, and the $5k Limit Holdem tournament looks to beRead Full Article

On Wednesday night at the Aviation Club in Paris, France the 2011 European Poker Awards were handed out. Among the winners of the coveted awards were Sam Trickett (Poker Player of the Year) and Pius Heinz (Best Tournament Performance) with longtime poker insider Jesse May heading home withRead Full Article

Yesterday we worried the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure might not reach 1,000 entrants for the first time since 2008, but a solid turnout on Day 1b of the event put those fears to rest. In all 654 players registered on Day 1b of the tournament, which when addedRead Full Article

The public voting stage of the 2011 Poker Hall of Fame induction process is now complete, and it is now on to the next step; where the Top 10, eligible, vote-getters will be voted on by a select group of 17 men and women from the poker mediaRead Full Article