Another World Poker Tour (WPT) final table means another stacked WPT final table, considering the final six players competing for the Season X LA Poker Classic title includes four of the top young players in the game: David Sands, Jason Somerville, Dan Kelly, and Noah Schwartz. I’ve alreadyRead Full Article

Thursday, January 19, 2012 marks the start of the inaugural Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) at the world’s #1 poker site, PokerStars. The tournament series will run for a total of 11 days, featuring a mind-numbing 50 tournaments with at least $10 million scheduled to be awarded.Read Full Article

One of the first promotions PokerStars started hyping for its 10th Anniversary was the Sunday Million tournament scheduled for December 18th, 2011. Yesterday’s tournament touted an impressive $10 million guarantee as well as a $2 million guaranteed prize for the winner of the historic event. The undertaking wasRead Full Article

One of poker’s top players had some high expectations going into the 2011 World Series of Poker, as Daniel Negreanu wrote at great length how he felt ready for the 6-week long tournament series. But after a disappointing performance –even with a pretty deep run in the MainRead Full Article

After two days of play, and with around $4 million in prize-money still to be decided, the final five players in the 2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) were in the dealing mood. The final table deal saw eventual winner, Thomas ‘Kallllle’ Pedersen, lock-up the lion’sRead Full Article

Two of the online poker world’s biggest stars cashed in during recent events in the 2011 PokerStars WCOOP, as Dan “djk123” Kelly and Steve “gboro780” Gross both won WCOOP bracelets. For Kelly the win marked his 3rd career WCOOP victory, while Gross earned his first WCOOP bracelet. Kelly’sRead Full Article

A report last week by the website Subject: Poker regarding possible Department of Justice action against payment processors working in conjunction with the Merge Gaming Network saw the site take a tremendous hit in terms of overall traffic –with pokerscout.com detailing a 25% drop in traffic this pastRead Full Article

Just days after parting ways with three long-time members of Team PokerStars –Tom McEvoy, Dennis Phillips, and Bill Chen—PokerStars has now added a fresher face on the poker scene, signing online poker tournament legend Mickey “Mement_Mori” Petersen to their Team Online roster. The signing comes just a dayRead Full Article

The fact that most of the US online poker community has been forced to sit out the 2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) hasn’t hindered some of the biggest names in online poker from flourishing in the 2-day old tournament series. After Ashley “DYBYBX” Mason triumphedRead Full Article

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) kicked off this week with a two-day $200 NLHE tournament, as well as the much anticipated $10k buy-in High-Roller tournament, and both tournaments managed to easily surpassed the guaranteed prize-pools PokerStars had set prior to the WCOOP. The $200 NLHERead Full Article