With the inevitable ups and downs in poker it’s a rare site to see a player top the leader-board on 5 consecutive days of play, but that is exactly what PokerStars pro and Deuces Cracked instructor Vanessa Selbst was able to accomplish. Selbst turned in one of theRead Full Article

With three days of play in the books at the North American Poker Tour stop at Mohegan Sun, PokerStars pro and Deuces Cracked instructor Vanessa Selbst leads the remaining 24 players with 2.285 million chips. Selbst has been in the top 3 chip counts at the conclusion ofRead Full Article

As the Merge network prepares to add Sportbook, Superbook,Lock Poker and PlayersOnly to their roster of poker sites the network is preparing for what could be a 400%+ increase in player traffic. Currently ranked 20th in online poker traffic, the Merge Gaming Network has been occupying a no-man’sRead Full Article

The good news is French poker players now have a legalized and regulated online poker market due to recent legislation passed by the French legislature; the bad news is that they have lost access to the entire Cake Poker Network, and will likely lose many other online pokerRead Full Article

The North American Poker Tour event at Mohegan Sun began with 716 players on Day 1 and by the end of the first day of play only 443 players remained; of those 443 players only 125 will return for Day 3 of the tournament. Among those 125 playersRead Full Article

Prior to the tournament PokerStars was hoping for about 600 entrants for the North American Poker Tour Main Event being held at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut. With 60 tables setup in the main ballroom they were prepared to easily handle 600 players, but as registrations keptRead Full Article

The final vote was 299 to 223 in favor of legalizing and regulating the online poker industry in France. The landmark bill marks yet another country taking a stand on online poker, and online gambling in general, whether for or against it. We can only wonder when theRead Full Article

Full Tilt Poker is rolling out their latest addition to the popular online poker sites impressive arsenal of talent, a commercial featuring the latest addition to Team Full Tilt Tom Dwan. The online poker superstar was the biggest free agent in poker before he signed with Full TiltRead Full Article

Despite being one of the two faces of the online poker industry, along with PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker has faced a number of allegations in its brief 5-year history. The popular online poker site is batting 1.000 up to this point, but the latest probe has nothing toRead Full Article

Not many people would consider 5-betting a 5-2 off-suit, but then again those players are not Phil Ivey! And when Phil 5-bet poker pro Andrew Robl with 5-2 he took down an uncontested $70,000 pot. A move host Gabe Kaplan called, “One of the greatest bluffs in theRead Full Article