This week Daniel Cates made it official that the Durrrr Challenge is now officially on hold –although virtually everyone who has followed the match between Daniel Cates and Tom Dwan already knew this to be the case. Cates made the announcement via his Twitter account, stating: “Regarding the Durrrr Challenge @Tom_Dwan and I have decided to wait until we know the fate of FullRead Full Article

After Chino Rheem’s $1,000,000 win at the inaugural Epic Poker League Main Event you would expect him to be followed to the cashier’s cage by friends and well-wishers, which was in fact the case. However, in addition to Rheem’s friends and family, there was also another group of people following Rheem as he collected his tournament prize; a growing list of debt collectors fromRead Full Article

The list of online poker players from the United States making the move to friendlier locales has notched yet another well-known pro on Thursday, as Justin Bonomo announced his intentions to leave the US for Malta in the coming weeks. Bonomo’s announcement came via his Facebook page where he wrote the following: “I guess now is as good a time as any to announceRead Full Article

With the Epic Poker League’s debut now come and gone I thought I’d take a look at the pros and cons that I’ve noticed about the league from two different perspectives: The League and The Players. First I’ll take a look at the pros and cons from the EPL’s point of view: Epic Poker League PROS: * $1 million first-place prize-money I have alwaysRead Full Article

Former November Nine member Chino Rheem came under fire last week in a thread on 2+2 created by poker pro Will Molson, and after more poker pros came forward detailing their frustrations with Chino’s failure to repay loans and debts the story picked up even more steam as Chino cashed in the Epic Poker League Main Event, made the final table, and eventually wonRead Full Article

After months of speculation and planning the Epic Poker League was set to begin its life on Tuesday with its first $20k buy-in Main Event, and the only remaining question to be answered was; how many people would show up? In the end, a solid turnout of 137 entrants –including the nine qualifiers from the Pro/Am—showed up at the Palms Casino to take partRead Full Article

Earlier this week it came to light that Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond had moved to the great white north in order to continue to play online poker, and now it appears that another online poker legend, Daniel “jungleman12” Cates, will be following Galfond to Canada, and more specifically, will be taking up residence in the Vancouver area –which can now lay claim to two ofRead Full Article

Likely caused by the unrelenting swarms of former Full Tilt Poker trying to get their funds returned –and likely just as many people whose only interest is in pestering Dwan—Tom ‘durrrr” Dwan decided to take to his Twitter account to address his guarantee to return all of the money he received from Full Tilt Poker to US players should the site not make goodRead Full Article

One of the more sinister prop bets in poker history occurred during the $1k No Limit Holdem on Sunday courtesy of Antonio Esfandiari –one of the more prolific pro bettors in poker to begin with—but unlike the usual side-bet between poker players this time around it was a railbird who would be wagering with Esfandiari. According to PokerNews.com’s live reporting team an Antonio fanRead Full Article

With Fabrice Soulier and Shawn Buchanan battling for one of the most prestigious bracelets at the World Series of Poker, and therefore in poker, the $10k HORSE Championship was called to a halt due to the 10-Level Rule. Making matters much worse was the fact that Buchanan has just over 3-bets left in his stack! Theoretically the two players could be returning to theRead Full Article