Black Friday shattered a lot of dreams and sent many poker players into a forced early retirement, but even before Black Friday the writing was on the wall; poker simply wasn’t as profitable as it used to be. First we heard of players “focusing on other interests” orRead Full Article

Most people would have assumed that the huge field on Day 1c –more than double Day 1a or Day 1b—of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event would make for some big end-of-day chip-counts, however, the chip-leader at the end of the day ended up being long-timeRead Full Article

 At this rate every player who lists their occupation as ‘professional poker player’ will win a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2011, as yet another longtime poker player, Sam Stein, captured his first WSOP bracelet on Sunday by winning the $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) tournament.Read Full Article

The amazing streak of first-time bracelet winners continued on Thursday as Mark Radoja captured his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $5k NLHE Shootout tournament, defeating a very tough final table in the process.–of the 24 winners at the 2011 WSOP only five-time bracelet winner JohnRead Full Article

In order to have a full final table of 10 players the World Series of Poker altered the format for Day 2 of the $5k No Limit Holdem Shootout, moving from four tables of 10, to 10 tables of four players. The short-handed format would seem to benefitRead Full Article

Last year Vanessa Selbst won the inaugural PokerStars NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event in April, and went on to have one of the best years on the tournament trail in recent memory, winning around $4 million total. Now Selbst is back where it all began, and after twoRead Full Article