A pair of double bracelet winners, Brian Rast and Greg Mueller, advanced to the final table of Event #9, the $1,500 NLHE tournament with reentries. In addition to Rast and Mueller, Amanda Musumeci continued the good run of women at the 2012 WSOP, as she enters the finalRead Full Article
With Kevin Vandersmissen nipping on his heels for the #1 spot on the all-timed Belgian money-list, David Kitai gave himself some breathing room on Saturday after defeating a very tough final table at the EPT Berlin Main Event. Kitai became the first Belgian winner on the EPT tour,Read Full Article
Phil Hellmuth is fond of saying that when the US government legalizes online poker there will be a second, even larger, poker boom. In Hellmuth’s version of reality, the WSOP will see the Main Event attendance balloon to unprecedented levels as new players pour into the poker economy.Read Full Article
The 2011 Worlds Series of Poker concluded last week with Pius Heinz taking down the Main Event crown. Now, everyone is beginning to look forward to the 2012 WSOP. Jack Effel recently announced on twitter that the schedule was in the works, but would not be ready beforeRead Full Article
It seems odd that as poker is seemingly waning, especially in the US that so many new players would jump into the poker game, trying to lead the next wave of poker innovations. First there was the announcement of the Epic Poker League (EPL), which was followed byRead Full Article
With all of the preliminary tournaments out of the way it’s time to hand out the first-ever PokerNewsBoy.com World Series of Poker Awards! Winners were chosen by me (in the most non-scientific selection process of all-time) in a total of six categories: Comeback Player of the Year –Read Full Article
With both bracelet events on Thursday falling prey to the Hard-Stop Rule we knew at least two WSOP bracelets would be handed out on Friday, with the possibility of up to four bracelets being awarded. In the end three bracelets found new homes around the wrists of first-timeRead Full Article
The 2011 World Series of Poker took a chance this year and added Badugi to the 10-Game Mix Event. They also reinstated the $2,500 Omaha 8/Stud 8 Event. While the WSOP is always the one place in of poker where you can consistently find more games than justRead Full Article
One of the most exclusive clubs in the poker world is the Triple Crown –players who have won a World Series of Poker bracelet, a World Poker Tour Championship, and a European Poker Tour Championship. With just four current members, the Triple Crown is one of tournament poker’sRead Full Article
For those of you who are able to play online poker, the announcement on the PokerTracker.com forums regarding the upcoming release of the beta-version of PokerTracker 4 will likely have you drooling. PokerTracker has been on the cutting edge of poker software for nearly a decade now, andRead Full Article