After two days of play the field of the 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship has been pared down to just eight players and it’s an intriguing group to say the least. Each of the players in the Elite 8 has played three heads-up matches over the pastRead Full Article
Dan Smith looking for a clean sweep in Player of Year races Since Bluff Magazine started their Player of the Year award back in 2005, only one poker player has managed to win both the Bluff and Cardplayer POY award in the same year, John Phan in 2008.Read Full Article
With the tournament down to just 24 players, some of the biggest names in poker are battling for one of the eight spots at the final table of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event final table. Among the players competing for a the chance toRead Full Article
A total of 228 entrants (some using the reentry format on Day 1b to register twice) was trimmed down to 143 players after the two opening day flights of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris Main Event. Day 2 saw the field reduced down toRead Full Article
With three outlets now handing out Player of the Year awards, tournament poker players have even more opportunities to promote themselves within the poker world, and should a player manage to capture two, or possibly all three Player of the Year awards, they would surely become one ofRead Full Article
The Player of the Year race (now, like boxing, consisting of three separate titles) is heating up as the first three months of the tournament year is now behind us. With the poker world gearing up for some of the biggest events of the year, including the EPTRead Full Article
There were plenty of big names sitting at the final table of the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event, but by the end of the day it was stockbroker John Dibella who would hoist the trophy and walk away with the $2 million first-place prize-money. Dibella’s runRead Full Article
The 2012 PokerStars PCA Main Event is down to the final day of play, as just eight of the original 1,071 players are still in the hunt for the title. While the fin al table didn’t produce any big-names, there are two young players who have the chanceRead Full Article
Most people probably didn’t think Faraz Jaka could play any better, or run any hotter at the PokerStars PCA after he jumped out to the Day 1a chip-lead, and then seemingly cruised along on Day 2 of the tournament to once again holding the chip-lead at the endRead Full Article
The 1,000+ player field for the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event has been trimmed to just 8 tables, and a total of 64 players remaining heading into Day 4 of the prestigious tournament. With plenty of the game’s best poker players still alive, like Barry Greenstein,Read Full Article