The three players remaining in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event are quite a contrast. You have the stereotypical US poker star in Ben Lamb; the up-and-coming European Internet whiz kid in Pius Heinz; and the older, more workmanlike, player in Martin Staszko. But which ofRead Full Article

During the WSOP November Nine conference call on Wednesday, a question was asked about when a woman would break through to the final nine.  Norman Chad said it best when he said that it is hard for a woman to break through when women comprise only 3 percentRead Full Article

The World Series of Poker Circuit Series was in Hammond this past week and the turnout for the Main Event was impressive to say the least. The WSOPC Hammond shattered the attendance record for a WSOPC Main Event as 1,615 decided to take their shot at what wouldRead Full Article

This is the second stop for the PokerStars EPT in San Remo this year as the tour transitioned from Season 7 to Season 8, and the San Remo stop was moved up on the calendar, and it appears that attendance for the once prominent poker tournament will onceRead Full Article

If you hadn’t heard, Tony G decided to make a small wager (well, small by his standards) of $20,000 at Matchbook.com, betting on his chances of making the money at the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. Well, on Day 3 of the WSOPE Main Event,Read Full Article

Apparently ESPN felt the ratings for their “live” coverage of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event this summer were strong enough to warrant the network to adopt the “near-live” format for the Final Table of the WSOP Main Event set to air in early November. ESPNRead Full Article

No, this story isn’t the plot-line for an upcoming Ocean’s Eleven movie, this actually happened. According to an article first published on FoxNews.com it seems that a small group of Italian poker players were cheating other players at the table by marking cards that was only visible toRead 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

Going into the final table of the €5,300 buy-in PLO tournament at the World Series of Poker Europe the talk of the tournament was Sam Trickett, as the young UK star sought yet another big score, as well as his first WSOP bracelet. Trickett entered Wednesday’s final tableRead Full Article

With Phillip Gruissem winning his second straight EPT High-Roller tournament (Gruissem won the EPT Barcelona High-Roller in August) as well as a 28th place finish in the World Series of Poker Main Event in July, it looks as if we may be watching one of poker’s up-and-coming playersRead Full Article