The opening event of the 2013 Aussie Millions was wildly successful with a mammoth field of 1,338 players registering for the $1,000 No Limit Holdem tournament. Of the 1,338 registrations only 701 were unique players, as nearly half the registrations came via the repercharge format (the Australian wordRead Full Article
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
This is my first shot at a late-night version of the WSOP Notebook and there is plenty to talk about, including some very intriguing news coming out of the One Drop tournament, which is now less than two weeks away. I’ll also take a look at a WSOPRead Full Article
After adding yet another World Series of Poker bracelet to his already record of 11, Phil Hellmuth is starting to change people’s opinions of where the self-titled “Poker Brat” stands when compared to other legends of the game. Just two years ago I would have told you thatRead Full Article
On Sunday night Phil Hellmuth won the twelfth World Series of Poker bracelet of his storied career, and it was the first of his record twelve bracelets that came in an event other than Texas Holdem. Hellmuth has been the butt of many jokes (for both his anticsRead Full Article
In one of the toughest final tables in recent memory (which is definitely saying something considering the star-studded final tables we have seen throughout 2011) the UK’s James “flushy” Dempsey managed to win his first WPT title, adding to his World Series of Poker bracelet he won backRead Full Article
The recently launched free-play online poker site Game Face has just added their second sponsored player to their roster, adding the very polarizing Men “The Master” Nguyen to their marketing campaign. Nguyen joins former WSOP Main Event Champion and poker author Tom McEvoy as representatives of the onlineRead Full Article
Despite a €1.3 million first-place prize, as well as being won by Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst, the big story during the 2010 Partouche Poker Tour Main Event was the cheating scandal that was uncovered involving Ali Tekintamgac (who disputes these claims) that saw the former WPT championRead Full Article
Andy Frankenberger burst onto the poker scene in 2010 with an incredible run on the World Poker Tour where he won the WPT Legends of Poker Championship in August, finished 5th at the WPT Festa al Lago in October, and nearly made a third WPT final table inRead Full Article
With just 28 players remaining in Event #28, a $1,500 No Limit Holdem tournament, Season IX WPT Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger is right in the thick of things currently sitting in fourth place on the leader-board. Frankenberger is looking for his first WSOP win to goRead Full Article