As the final major tournaments of 2011 concluded just before the Christmas holiday Ben Lamb’s 2011 tournament credentials received yet another boost, as his historic year was capped off with his entrance into a very exclusive club. Lamb, who won the World Series of Poker Player of theRead Full Article

Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi is now a multiple bracelet winner at the World Series of Poker, having captured his second bracelet in the €10k Split Format Holdem tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe tournament series. Bracelet #2 will join Mizrachi’s $50k Players Championship title fromRead Full Article

Long-time poker pro Will Failla (often referred to by his nickname of Will “the Thrill”) is no stranger to deep runs in major poker tournaments. However, up to this point in his career the East Coast native had been shut-out when it comes to claiming victory in aRead Full Article

The final six players have been decided at the 2011 World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event taking place at the bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California, and leading the way is a familiar name in the poker world, Will “The Thrilla” Failla. The final handRead Full Article

After three days of action, one of the preeminent stops on the World Poker Tour, The Legends of Poker Main Event at the Bicycle Casino, is down to just three tables featuring seven players each. The tournament began with two Day 1 starting flights that saw a totalRead Full Article

If Chino Rheem makes the final table of the Epic Poker League currently taking place at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas (UPDATE: Rheem did in fact make today’s final table) you can likely expect a larger than average rail, with many players who are owed money byRead Full Article

The Circus Casino at the Star City Complex in Birmingham is the place to be this September, as Genting have today announced details for this years Players Championships. A prizepool in the region of £85,000 is expected for the second running of this event, and Genting are hopingRead Full Article

With all of the preliminary tournaments out of the way it’s time to hand out the first-ever PokerNewsBoy.com World Series of Poker Awards! Winners were chosen by me (in the most non-scientific selection process of all-time) in a total of six categories: Comeback Player of the Year –Read Full Article

Once again three days of action was not enough time to complete a tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker, and yet again play was halted with just two players remaining thanks to the atrocious Hard-Stop Rule put in place for the 2011 WSOP. Hopefully neither NickRead Full Article

Having watched nearly the entire 12 hour live feed on of the $50k Players Championship final table on ESPN3.com I can truly say that this was a final table for the ages. Not only were some of poker’s biggest names seated on the Main Stage at the Rio,Read Full Article