One of the poker highlights each year has been the World Poker Tour’s $25,000 buy-in championship event that takes place at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas. The hefty price-tag brings out the best of the best in the poker world, as they battle it out for oneRead Full Article

It was a case of revolving Phil’s on this week’s episode of GSN’s High Stakes Poker as Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond replaced Phil Ivey at the High Stakes Poker table.  Galfond wasted no time, getting involved in one of the biggest hands of the evening. Galfond found himself mixedRead Full Article

27 year-old Daniel Tzvetkoff was in Las Vegas attending a 10-day conference when at least one poker player spotted him and tipped off the FBI. Tzvetkoff who ran the now bankrupt Australian payment processor IntaBill was left with debts totaling around $80 million when his company went belly-up,Read Full Article

The European Poker Tour stop in San Remo Italy seems to break its own European attendance record each year, with this year’s field topping out at a massive 1,240 players (62 better than last year’s mark). Perhaps the idea of Italy in mid-April adds to the appeal ofRead Full Article

Full Tilt Poker’s recent innovation, Rush Poker, has become the crack-cocaine of poker cash games, and yesterday saw the popular online poker site add tournament poker to Rush Poker’s arsenal. Rush Poker tournaments work in the same manner as Rush Poker cash games; when your hand is foldedRead Full Article

Australian co-captains Antanas Gouga –better known as Tony G – and Jeffrey Lisandro have announced the entire Australian team that will be competing in the inaugural World Team Poker event that will be held in Las Vegas in May. Long-time tournament veterans Billy “The Croc” Argyros, Gary Benson,Read Full Article

The state of Kentucky is taking absurd and frivolous lawsuits to a whole new level. After a victory in their quest to shut down 141 online gambling domain names the state of Kentucky has upped the ante, and is now going after Full Tilt Poker; not only toRead Full Article

In a very long heads-up battle, that lasted nearly 4 hours, Jason Mercier outlasted a very game Sam Stein to capture the PokerStars North American Poker Tour High-Roller title –and the $350,000 that went to the winner. In what was one of the better heads-up battle in aRead Full Article

Actress and UB poker pro Tiffany Michelle is going to be going out on a blind-date with one lucky poker player courtesy of UB Poker. The site has announced a $2,000 freeroll tournament for its members and in addition to the prize-pool the winner will get to goRead Full Article

With a lower than expected turnout for the PokerStars North American Poker Tour High-Roller Bounty Shootout the structure was changed to a 6-max event; with 5 tables of 6 players and a single table of 5 players. Looking for a turnout in the high 70’s to low 80’s,Read Full Article