Every year I like to take a look at a few of the tournament grinders who have been quite successful over the past few years, but have yet to “breakout” as poker superstars — had a few cards fallen differently they would already be household names in the poker world and received plenty of gambling news headlines. So here is Part 2 of myRead Full Article

With just 13 players remaining in the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Championship –the 10th Anniversary of the tournament—some of poker’s biggest names are looking to win the historic tournament, including 2010 WT Five Diamond champion Antonio Esfandiari, looking to pull off the rare “repeat win”. There were six former champions in the field of 49 players who began the dayRead 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

After a record-setting field of 1,312 entrants, and top names like Vanessa Selbst, David Williams, Jeff Madsen, and recent WPT Legends of Poker champ Will Failla emerging as serious contenders, it seemed the 2012 WPT Borgata Poker Open was on its way to a star-studded final table. Unfortunately, on the penultimate day of the tournament all of the big names and possible storylines endedRead Full Article

Will “The Thrill” Failla has been on quite the hot streak over the past month. The 2011 Legends of Poker Champion followed up his first major tournament victory with a 14th place showing in the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event, and now he has a chance to become the first back-to-back winner on the WPT as he heads into Day 4 of the WPTRead Full Article

When Matt Graham was eliminated in 19th place late Wednesday night, the 18 remaining players in the Epic Poker League Main Event are all guaranteed at least $43k in prize-money. But considering the caliber of the field, having come this far, and with a potential Million Dollar payday on the line, the $43k score is assuredly not what any of the players left areRead Full Article

As is to be expected in a $50k buy-in tournament featuring an 8-game format the final table of the $50k Players Championship at the 2011 World Series of Poker is absolutely stacked with names like 2011 WSOP bracelet winner Brian Rast, Phil Hellmuth looking to improve upon two runner-up finishes in 2011, 2011 WPT Champion Scott Seiver, and 2011 WSOP POY frontrunner Ben Lamb.Read Full Article

With two days of play in the books, 74 of the original 128 players are still in the running for one of the most prestigious titles in poker, the $50k Players Championship at the World Series of Poker. A familiar name sits atop the leader-board in the form of Ben Lamb, who has already won a bracelet and finished second in another event atRead Full Article

For the first time at the 2011 World Series of Poker, the Hard-Stop Rule came into play at a very strange time on Day 2 of a tournament, halting the $10k PLO Championship with just 38 players remaining and the money bubble set to burst at 36 players. So two very unlucky poker players will return to the Rio for a third day ofRead Full Article

Another No Limit Holdem event at the 2011 World Series of Poker means one thing, yet another big turnout as 1,340 players registered for the $1,500 Triple-Chance NLHE tournament on Tuesday. With rebuy lammers all over the place during the early action it’s amazing that just 160 players ended up bagging chips at the end of the night, including some well known poker pros.Read Full Article