When the field of 64 players was announced for the 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship last week there were a few “controversial” selections, players that maybe were prematurely invited and players whose better days are now in the rearview mirror. Well, as it turns out it wasRead Full Article

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

NBC has been playing their cards close to their vest when it comes to the roster for the 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which is set to take place in less than 10 days. Normally the roster would already be in, and be scrutinized and debated adRead Full Article

Every day the poker world is inundated with more news, reports, and gossip, than any of us can read. At PokerNewsBoy.com we understand that there are only so many hours in the day, and only so much time you can set aside to follow all of the storiesRead Full Article

The PokerStars PCA may be dominating the headlines in the tournament poker world –soon to be overtaken by the upcoming Aussie Millions—but there are a number of developments on several different fronts including some major changes to the ISPT, the terrific turnout for the Multi-Prize Pool tournament that tookRead Full Article

Leeann Tweeden has been a longtime figure on the sports’ scene and in recent years the former correspondent for the Best Damn Sports Show Period has been a major part of the poker scene; hosting numerous televised poker shows including Poker After Dark (which she began hosting inRead Full Article

One of the longest tenured poker telecasts has come to an end according to multiple sources in the poker industry, as NBC has announced that it will not be bringing back the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship in 2012, which would have been the tournament’s eighth season. TheRead Full Article

I can’t recall another person in the history of sports and gaming that has a career-defining year AFTER they were elected into the Hall of Fame! But this is precisely what Erik Seidel has done since being inducted into the Poker hall of Fame last November and hisRead Full Article

Heading into Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) $100k buy-in Super-High-Roller tournament Erik Seidel was sitting at the bottom of the leader-board, with his chances for another big score in 2011 hanging on by a thread. And then on Day 2 of the tournament it seemedRead Full Article

With all of the poker programming that has been pulled from the airwaves over the past week it’s good to see that some shows will remain for all of us die-hard poker enthusiasts. With PokerStars NAPT being pulled from ESPN, as well as FOX pulling the PokerStars.net BigRead Full Article