Baseball card collecting sure has come a long way since I was a kid! This week Leaf announced they will be producing a series of high-end trading cards featuring real autographs from some of the top poker players in the world. Each box contains just a single packRead Full Article

With the Epic Poker League’s debut now come and gone I thought I’d take a look at the pros and cons that I’ve noticed about the league from two different perspectives: The League and The Players. First I’ll take a look at the pros and cons from theRead Full Article

After months of speculation and planning the Epic Poker League was set to begin its life on Tuesday with its first $20k buy-in Main Event, and the only remaining question to be answered was; how many people would show up? In the end, a solid turnout of 137Read Full Article

After months of press releases, announcements, marketing and PR campaigns, op-ed columns, and professional poker players chiming in with their two-cents, the Epic Poker league began its life on Friday with its inaugural Pro-Am tournament, which will award 9 seats into the $20k buy-in Main Event. The Pro-AmRead Full Article

What started out as a simple announcement in January that Annie Duke and Jeffrey Pollack would be forming a professionals-only poker league–which at the time seemed like an absolute disaster in the making—has taken a long strange trip to where it is today, with the Epic Poker LeagueRead Full Article

In a press release on Wednesday the Annie Duke and Jeffrey Pollack led Epic Poker League added the final piece of the puzzle as the long awaited debut of the exclusive poker league is just days away, announcing that they have signed a television deal with CBS andRead Full Article

The WSOP isn’t the only poker tour in the news this week. Not only did we get our first look at the World Poker Tour Season X schedule –the first half of it anyway—but on Monday the long anticipated name of the Federated Sports + Gaming poker leagueRead Full Article

The full roster for the upcoming NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship was released today, and now that the entire 64 player field is known I thought I would take a look at some of the favorites amongst the field. First, here is a look at the complete 64Read Full Article

Now that more details have emerged regarding the professional-only poker league formed by Annie Duke and Jeffrey Pollack that is being backed by Federated Sports and Gaming my concerns about a stale production trying to one-up the now defunct Professional Poker Tour have been put at ease, butRead Full Article

The professional poker league formed by the likes of Annie Duke and Jeffrey Pollack released their schedule for their inaugural 2011/2012 season, as well as some additional details regarding the buy-ins, structure, and format of the events. The tournaments will be played at the Palms Casino in LasRead Full Article