One of poker’s top talents is now a free agent, as UK poker pro Sam Trickett announced that he was parting ways with Titan Poker today, ending a year-long sponsorship deal he had with the popular iPoker Network site. Trickett was one of two sponsored players at TitanRead Full Article
The Australian Poker Hall of Fame (APHOF) was formed in 2009, and over the past few years they have been busy honoring some of the biggest names in Australian Poker History. This year’s inductees into the very exclusive club were revealed at the 2012 Aussie Millions tournament series,Read Full Article
Move over Phil Ivey; step aside Tom “durrrr” Dwan; make room Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond; there is a new candidate for the title of the best poker player in the world, and it’s the UK’s talented young star Sam Trickett. While the reports are nearly impossible to verify, itRead Full Article
My suspicions as to the veracity of the $100 million poker tournament in Macau that was being flouted seem to have proven correct, as one of the Macau poker scene’s major players, Tom Hall, took to the 2+2 poker forums yesterday to offer his opinions on what wasRead Full Article
The Macau poker scene is best known for the ultra-high-stakes cash-games that take place in what has become known as the Las Vegas of the Near East, but there is also a major poker tournament that is the genesis of those high-stakes poker games, the APT Macau MainRead Full Article
According to the numbers that were thrown around on Andrew Robl’s Twitter last night, the big cash-games have once again sprung-up around the APT Macau tournament, and they could be even bigger than ever this year. According to a post on his Twitter account, the young poker star,Read Full Article
* Heads-Up Poker is extremely boring to watch This is a very important consideration for producers working on next year’s live feed, since poker in general is boring to begin with! During Sunday’s action it started off a bit slow, but well paced, and as players were eliminatedRead Full Article
A report last week by the website Subject: Poker regarding possible Department of Justice action against payment processors working in conjunction with the Merge Gaming Network saw the site take a tremendous hit in terms of overall traffic –with pokerscout.com detailing a 25% drop in traffic this pastRead Full Article
If you think that cheating in poker is limited to online poker, and elaborate schemes like the current “Girah”, “junglemna12”, “DogisHead” scandal unfolding on 2+2, think again; marked cards, collusion, chip-dumping, and all manner of nefarious dealings are still a problem on the live poker scene –just lookRead Full Article
The PokerStars EPT tour has just released a massive schedule for their upcoming stop in London, England –one of the highest profile stops on the EPT tour. The tournament series will feature an unprecedented 31 tournaments spread across the week of the September 30th, 2011 through October 6th,Read Full Article