The World Series of Poker Circuit Series is entering its ninth season, and even though the tour looks far different than it did when it was first launched, with $5k and $10k Man Events built up around mini-WSOP tournament series, but the WSOPC is still one of theRead Full Article

If you are a no frills, I just want to get in as many hands as possible in the shortest amount of time; you can stop reading this article right now. Ok, for the rest of you that made it past the first sentence, PKR Poker has justRead Full Article

Back in early June the 10 finalists for the 2012 Class of the Women in Poker Hall of Fame were announced, and this past weekend two deserving players were announced as having met the induction criterion and will be honored at a soirée at the Golden Nugget CasinoRead Full Article

Party Poker has made a stunning move this week, eliminating all high-stakes games from the site. Without warning the site simply eliminated all stakes above $5/$10 No Limit and $30/$60 Limit games. While the move is sure to draw the ire of the sites high-stakes/high-volume players, in theRead Full Article

In the fall of 2003 the world (the world of young males in the United States anyway) had already caught poker fever; Chris Moneymaker, and his fated run to the World Series of Poker Main Event title was simply the tipping point; a culmination of events that leadRead Full Article

By now you may have heard of the new online poker site Skillbet.com, where players compete against one another in game of “Duplicate Poker” where each player is given the same two hold cards and the person who plays them the most skillfully (wins the most money orRead Full Article

While all eyes are on the World Series of Poker the online poker world continues to trudge on, and not all of the news is good, as two sites have basically closed up shop, but on the flipside another poker room launched a Rush Poker type game andRead Full Article

The World Series of Poker has been stealing the headlines over the past week but there are still plenty of other stories happening in the world of poker. Here is a look at some of the stories over the past week that you have missed while following theRead Full Article

This year at the World Series of Poker there will be a renewed emphasis on “Fun” according to WSOP officials, and perhaps the biggest indicator of this will be the changes that have been announced to long-standing rules like the “No talking about your hand rule” and theRead Full Article

According to the World Series of Poker officials, this could be another record-setting year at the summer tournament series in Las Vegas, Nevada. On a conference call, Jack Effel, Ty Stewart, and Seth Palansky were all optimistic that the 2012 WSOP could reach $200 million in total prize-money.Read Full Article