The title of the article basically says it all, so here are my choices for the 15 craziest, zaniest, mind-boggling stories from the world of poker over the past year. So in no particular order here are #’s 1-5: Matt Perrins wins WSOP bracelet after watching YouTube tutorial Proving ANYONE can win a poker tournament, UK poker pro Matt Perrins decided to play inRead Full Article

On Wednesday a total of 100 players registered for the third Epic Poker League Main Event, which is being played as a NLHE Mix-Max tournament –Day 1 is played at 8-Max tables, Day 2 at 7-Max tables, Day 3 at 6-Max, and Day 4 at 4-Max. Among the players who entered the $20,000 buy-in tournament were Erik Seidel (who surprise, surprise ended the dayRead Full Article

With a €4 million guarantee the 579 players who registered for the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event over the two starting days easily eclipsed that number, generating a total prize-pool of €4,342,500. However, this number is way off of last year’s pace, which saw 764 players ante-up the €7,500 buy-in. Despite the drastic decrease in attendance the winner of the 2011 Partouche Poker TourRead Full Article

I’m pretty certain that when they came up with the idea of a “Loose Cannon”, as the PokerStars.net Big Game calls the online qualifier that appears on the show, PokerStars was not expecting an Italian semi-pro to come in and out agro the pros, which is precisely what Italian Massimiliano Martinez did on the latest episodes of the Big Game, winning an astounding $163k!Read Full Article

Pot Limit Omaha 8 or better is one of the newest poker formats around and the intricacies of the game are still being tested and tinkered by the best poker minds in the world, but after seeing the performances put on by the poker pros in this event one thing is for certain; the game favors experienced poker players with a good understanding ofRead Full Article

Once again three days of action was not enough time to complete a tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker, and yet again play was halted with just two players remaining thanks to the atrocious Hard-Stop Rule put in place for the 2011 WSOP. Hopefully neither Nick Binger nor David Bach were planning on playing Day 1b of the Main Event since theyRead Full Article

The 2011 running of the $50k Players Championship saw a dramatic increase in attendance for the second straight year, but still well below the tournaments heydays of the mid 2000’s when attendance often flirted with 150 players. With a total of 128 entrants –12 more than in 2010—the prize-pool swelled to over $6.1 million, with over $1.7 million going to the winner and 16Read Full Article

The $10k No Limit Holdem 6-Max Championship is the first tournament of the 2011 World Series of Poker that will award $1 million to the winner, thanks to the 474 entrants who created the $4,455,600 prize-pool. By the end of the day a mere 162 players remained in contention for the title, including 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Cada, who has been quietlyRead Full Article

The second running of the $10k HORSE Championship saw practically no change in attendance from last year when 241 players entered the tournament –this time around 240 players registered for the tournament. As with all mixed-games and $10k Championship events the field was basically made up of poker pros, with a scant few amateurs and unknowns scattered amongst the tables. After a full dayRead Full Article

What happened to Seven-Card-Stud? The once popular poker format has been steadily declining over the last decade in terms of popularity, and at the 2011 World Series of Poker this was on full display as the $10k Seven-Card-Stud Championship drew an identical number of participants as the $10k No Limit 2-7 Championship –not widely considered to be a “popular” form of poker. Of course,Read Full Article