The PCA is in full swing, the Main Event is winding its way down to the final table, and the side event action has been heating up. There are still a number of prelim events left to go, and below you’ll find some of the bigger names thatRead Full Article

There are few tournaments left in the poker world that offers a $1 million first-place prize, but thanks to some creative structural ideas, the Season XI running of the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamonds World Poker Classic will be one of the few events that willRead Full Article

There have been a number of poker tournaments that have grabbed headlines for reasons other than what happens on the felt. From the Big One for One Drop to the Epic Poker League, the poker world has had plenty to digest regarding everything from structural issues, to what’sRead 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

If a recent Twitter exchange is to be believed, there are apparently two more young poker pros who are trying to prove that the life of a professional poker player makes you tough. Daniel “jungleman12” Cates and high-stakes British poker pro Andrew Feldman are seemingly trying to arrangeRead Full Article

There aren’t many players that have been more important to Norwegian poker than two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Thor Hansen. On Tuesday the poker world was saddened to hear the news that the 64 year-old has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The news has come viaRead Full Article

The title of the article basically says it all, so here are my choices for the 15 craziest, zaniest, mind-boggling stories from the world of poker over the past year. So in no particular order here are #’s 1-5: Matt Perrins wins WSOP bracelet after watching YouTube tutorialRead Full Article

It’s that time again; time to vote for the 2011 PokerNewsBoy.com Awards. For 2011 the categories have been streamlined to 10, with 5 Player of the Year Awards up for grabs, as well as five other awards ranging from Poker Moment of the Year to Best Poker Blog.Read Full Article

With a €4 million guarantee the 579 players who registered for the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event over the two starting days easily eclipsed that number, generating a total prize-pool of €4,342,500. However, this number is way off of last year’s pace, which saw 764 players ante-up theRead Full Article

During 2011 Erik Seidel has been no stranger at major final tables, and has won more than his fair share of tournaments as well. So even though the fact that the hottest player in poker reached his second straight Epic Poker League Main Event final table would beRead Full Article