As the year-ending major tournaments draw closer the tournament action is once again picking up. Not only is the action picking up, but attendance has been on an uptick, which is a very good sign for the poker economy. Strong turnout for the inaugural WSOPC Cincinnati 740 playersRead Full Article

As the tournament series builds-up to the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) London Main Event, several other high-profile events are on the schedule this weekend, including the EPT London Super-High-Roller event and the UKIPT London Main Event. The Super-High-Roller One of the biggest events on the schedule ofRead Full Article

WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown issues $10 million guarantee Earlier this year the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown drew a big crowd thanks to the eye-opening and potentially expensive $10 million guarantee placed on the tournament. The event easily surpassed the guarantee, and because of the tournament’sRead Full Article

Every Thursday PokerNewsBoy.com brings you the latest gossip, debates, and disputes from the world of Poker Blogs, Forums, Editorials, and Social Media in what we are calling The Poker Buzz. If it’s an interesting story or idea you’ll find it here every Thursday. Spencer Bacchus retiring The pokerRead Full Article

The 2013 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event absolutely shattered its $8 million guarantee as a total of 2,133 players registered for the $5,200 buy-in tournament, generating a total prize-pool in excess of $10 million. Of the 2,133 original entrants only 296 managed to makeRead Full Article

When it comes to cheating in poker virtually all of the forum chatter revolves around super-users, tampered laptops, poker bots, and so on. Because online poker cheats get all the attention I thought it would be a good idea to demonstrate that online poker isn’t the only partRead Full Article

We were in a holding pattern for major tournaments over the past week, in between the Borgata Poker Open and the upcoming PokerStars EPT London series, but there was still plenty of action at smaller events across the globe Tong Victorious at HPT Commerce Despite a final tableRead Full Article

There were so many secondary stories in the poker world over the past week that it was hard to pare the list down to just four entries, but pare it down I did, and now I present you with this week’s overlooked/underreported poker news. Commerce Signs November NinerRead Full Article

Every Thursday PokerNewsBoy.com brings you the latest gossip, debates, and disputes from the world of Poker Blogs, Forums, Editorials, and Social Media in what we are calling The Poker Buzz. If it’s an interesting story or idea you’ll find it here every Thursday. ChrisMoorman.com launches Today could beRead Full Article

Chris Bjorin, Humberto Brenes, David Chiu, Thor Hansen, Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow, Tom McEvoy, Carlos Mortensen, Scotty Nguyen, and Huckleberry Seed. Those are the 10 names that were announced by the WSOP on Wednesday as finalists for the Poker Hall of Fame Class of 2013. 40 Is Too YoungRead Full Article