One of the most popular poker tournaments in the world got started on Friday as 523 players registered for the World Poker Tour Season X LA Poker Classic. Among the entrants were some of the biggest names in the poker world, including Phil Ivey, making the WPT LARead Full Article

Poker enthusiasts will not be watching Season 2 of the PokerStars.net Big Game on Fox Sports thanks to Black Friday, but with the show already filmed PokerStars has decided not to let the footage go to waste, and will air Season 2 of the Big Game on PokerStars.tvRead Full Article

The next domino in what is surely the downfall of both UB Poker and Absolute Poker has fallen, as the Cereus Poker Network announced on Monday that they would be parting ways with all of their sponsored pros –a total of 11 sponsored players. 10 players from UBRead Full Article

There are always players who get a lot more attention than they deserve in the poker world, and it’s usually a lot of fun to discuss who the most overrated poker players are; whether it’s because of previous accomplishments, a good PR campaign, or perhaps they are simplyRead Full Article

Say hello to the newest UB Poker pro Prahlad Friedman! UB Poker officially announced the signing of Friedman today –although it was one of the worst kept secrets in poker over the past week—with an extensive blog entry including a welcome interview with Friedman. Friedman’s picture is nowRead Full Article

The online poker screen-names ‘SpiritRock’ and ‘Mahatma’ will likely go down in poker lore as the first online poker superstars; while the man behind both of those names, Prahlad Friedman, has had his share of controversy, success, and failure in the course of his poker career. Now FriedmanRead Full Article

The friend of online Texas Holdem superstar, Prahlad Friedman has won the 2010 WPT Legends of Poker tournament at the Bicycle Casino, California for a cool $750,000. Andy Frankenberger won his first WPT title in only his second-ever WPT event, taking his career winnings close to $1,000,000. ThisRead Full Article

Friedman, who has no problem shooting first and asking questions later –just ask Jeff Lisandro, from there infamous ‘Ante-Gate’ confrontation at the WSOP—went off on Tom “kingofcards” Marchese, accusing him of sharing his account with Rich “nutsinho” Lykander. The chat between the two players –with tidbits from DaniRead Full Article

Kevin Schaffel, riding a wave of success after making the WSOP Main Event final table, went into yesterday’s WPT Legends of Poker final table with a commanding chip lead. That said Schaffel knew he had his work cut out for him at a final table that featured topRead Full Article