As we get ready to ring in the New Year (which means two of the biggest poker tournaments of the year are about to take place: The PCA and the Aussie Millions) there are a few loose ends that need to be tied, and a few stories toRead Full Article

The tournament poker world is always a hectic place right before Christmas, and with the PokerStars PCA and the Aussie Millions occurring in January the schedule only gets more intense. In this installment I’ll update you on some recent results from events around the world, as well asRead Full Article

It’s becoming abundantly clear that outside of a few specific events around the world Main Event tournaments simply cannot last with buy-ins of over $5,000. Case in point is the €7,500 buy-in WPT Grand Prix de Paris. Last year 312 players took part in the €7,500 buy-in WPTRead Full Article

Three $10k buy-in events; a $5,200 buy-in Main Event with a million-dollar prize guaranteed to the winner; the Player of the Series leader-board; and a total of 65 tournaments in 22 days, with at least $30 million up for grabs… Welcome to the 2012 PokerStars World Championship ofRead Full Article

Overall it was a pretty slow in the world of poker, but there were still plenty of interesting side-stories unraveling. Here is a look at some of the bigger moments and more interesting stories over the past week or so. Isildur1 and PokerStars call it a day It’sRead Full Article

One of the biggest names in the history of online poker has decided not to part ways with his sponsor. On Tuesday PokerStars announced that Viktor “Isildur1” Blom will no longer be a part of Team PokerStars Pro, stating that the decision was “mutual’. The news first brokeRead Full Article

Every year there are a handful of players who have a tremendous amount of success at the World Series of Poker. Often times these players seem to come out of nowhere, or are longtime professionals who finally have their breakout moment; in this column I’m going to takeRead Full Article

With a week that started off with a ton of Word Series of Poker news, as well as the rumors (that were later confirmed) that Lock Poker was leaving the Merge Gaming Network and purchasing the Cake Poker Network, it seemed like we were going to run outRead Full Article

The talk of the tournament heading into Day 4 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Berlin Main Event was the three former champions who were still in the hunt for the title, as well as EPT history considering a win by any of the three would crown theRead Full Article

Bubble Protection, the world leader in online poker tournament entry fee protection and indemnity, today announced the appointment of Will “The Thrill” Failla as company spokesman. Will Failla has amassed over four million dollars in career earnings, winning multiple titles both live and online. Mr. Failla is theRead Full Article