While the WPT Borgata Poker Open was busy setting the record for the largest field in WPT history, another WPT tournament series was taking place across the Atlantic, as the WPT made its first visit to the island nation of Malta. And even though the WPT Borgata PokerRead Full Article

The list of online poker players from the United States making the move to friendlier locales has notched yet another well-known pro on Thursday, as Justin Bonomo announced his intentions to leave the US for Malta in the coming weeks. Bonomo’s announcement came via his Facebook page whereRead Full Article

When Matt Graham was eliminated in 19th place late Wednesday night, the 18 remaining players in the Epic Poker League Main Event are all guaranteed at least $43k in prize-money. But considering the caliber of the field, having come this far, and with a potential Million Dollar paydayRead Full Article

In a bombshell thread on 2+2, Jose “Girah” Macedo responded to allegations that he setup a private study group with other high-stakes pros, and would “sweat” these players, all the while playing against them from another account –in effect becoming an external super-user. Girah wholly admitted to theRead 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

It seems Ben Lamb is not going to simply concede the 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year award to Phil Hellmuth, considering Lamb will head into Day 3 of the WSOP Main Event on Thursday as the chip-leader with over 550,000 chips. Lamb will notRead Full Article

The $10k No Limit Holdem 6-Max Championship is the first tournament of the 2011 World Series of Poker that will award $1 million to the winner, thanks to the 474 entrants who created the $4,455,600 prize-pool. By the end of the day a mere 162 players remained inRead Full Article

The second running of the $10k HORSE Championship saw practically no change in attendance from last year when 241 players entered the tournament –this time around 240 players registered for the tournament. As with all mixed-games and $10k Championship events the field was basically made up of pokerRead 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

One of the most discussed statistics prior to the 2011 WSOP kicking-off was the size of the fields that would take part in the different events, with many people under the impression that the higher buy-in non-NLHE events would suffer the most from Black Friday. So far thisRead Full Article