When it comes to all-time great final tables I usually have two contenders: The 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event final table and the 2008 WSOP $5k PLO final table. But now it appears I will have to add a third final table to that list –andRead Full Article

It appears that the poker world is not averse to recycling, considering two very high-profile entities (one a person and the other a software company/provider) involved with now-defunct Ultimate Bet/Absolute Poker have landed key roles in the emerging US online poker market. Paul Leggett lands at Amaya GamingRead Full Article

From the outset the Season 9 PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final has seen the cream rise right to the top, and now heading into Day 5 of one of the most prestigious events in poker the final 16 players in the EPT Grand Final Main Event featuresRead Full Article

You’ll probably never see a stronger assemblage of players atop a leader-board than the Top Eight chip-leaders at the end of Day 2 at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final Main Event. Out in front at the end of the day is Team PokerStars Pro JohnnyRead Full Article

In August of 2012 the poker world discovered that Phil Ivey runs even better than we thought, as he booked a £7.3 – £7.8 million (about $12 million) win playing Punto Banco Baccarat at the London casino Crockfords. However, it also turns out that he can run reallyRead Full Article

After an anemic 108 players registered for Day 1a of the EPT Grand Final, which is the biggest tournament of the year on the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) schedule, it was pretty obvious the final attendance number would be bad, but just how bad nobody quite knew.Read Full Article

Well, this just got interesting. On Monday PokerStars via their parent company the Rational Group filed a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Atlantic Club Casino – broken down to Resorts International Holdings, Eric Matejevich, Michael Frawley, RIH Propco and Irwin Apartment Trust. The TRO claims that theRead Full Article

Every year in Las Vegas there is a single person who can forever stamp their name in the annals of poker history: and that person is the player who wins the World Series of Poker Main Event Championship. Winning the WSOP Main Event is far different than winningRead Full Article

The World Poker Tour’s Season XI stop in Montreal for the verbosely titled, Party Poker World Poker Tour Canadian Spring Championship (rivaled only by the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamonds World Poker Championship) attracted a starting field of 735 players over the three Day 1 startingRead Full Article

It wasn’t until a few days ago that I realized the 2013 World Series of Poker would mark the 10-year anniversary of Chris Moneymaker’s improbable WSOP Main Event win back in 2003, so I thought it would be a good time to take a look at just howRead Full Article