This year three poker players added their names to the growing list of poker Player of the Year winners, as Greg Merson, Dan Smith, and Marvin Rettenmaier joined the fairly exclusive club. The first Player of the Year was crowned in 1997 by Cardplayer Magazine (the only entityRead 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 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

For the second time since signing with Party Poker Marvin Rettenmaier (known as Mad Marvin throughout the poker world) has captured a World Poker Tour title; an amazing and fluky accomplishment when you take into account that Rettenmaier’s new home, Party Poker, owns the World Poker Tour! OnRead Full Article

When I wrote yesterday “get ready for a wild Sunday” I was speaking more about the action at the Rio, but as it turns out Sunday was indeed a wild one, with controversies in multiple events including a massive fail on the part of the WSOP. Here isRead Full Article

German poker pro, and recently signed representative for Party Poker, Marvin Rettenmaier maintained his chip-lead during Day 5 of the World Poker Tour $25k Championship, and will take a commanding lead into Saturday’s official final table. Nine players took their seats on Thursday, with the tournament scheduled toRead Full Article

There are at least two more known competitors in the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for OneDrop poker tournament that will take place during the 2012 World Series of Poker: Sam Trickett and Andrew Robl. The duo announced that they would be playing in the prestigious, and incredibly exclusive,Read Full Article

It’s been a good year for the man known as “Flushy”. James Dempsey may not be the most well-known when it comes to the influx of top tournament players from the UK, but he is quickly racking up a number of career accomplishments that would make any tournamentRead Full Article

On Monday, November 28th, Titan Poker will launch its iPoker Online Poker Series (iPOPS) with $1,000,000 up for grabs over the course of the four tournament series. The Main Event of the iPOPS will be a $125 buy-in NLHE Freezeout tournament with a massive guaranteed prize-pool of $500,000.Read Full Article

It’s hard to believe that we are entering the tenth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) as it seems like only a few years ago we were introduced to the tournament series that brought us Mike and Vince in the booth, created superstars like Gus Hansen andRead Full Article