There have been two debates raging on social media and across the poker world of late, as players debate whether tournament structures are too fast or too slow, and more recently the prevalence of reentry events, and whether or not they are hurting the game. Overall it seemsRead Full Article

The story in the poker world the past week was the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event where event organizers claimed there was never a €5 million guarantee associated with the tournament, despite numerous mentions of it on their own website and across the internet. After a scathing speechRead Full Article

One of the few assets held by the failed Federated Sports + Gaming that people assigned any value to was the Global Poker Index, a patent-pending formula for ranking the best tournament poker players in the world. The Global poker Index (GPI), along with the Heartland Poker TourRead Full Article

With the turn of a card on Monday night the final table of the 2012 World Series of poker Main Event was decided, and it would be Frenchwoman Gaelle Baumann who would feel the sting of being the 2012 WSOP final table bubble-victim. Baumann was the last womenRead Full Article

The World Series of Poker is in full swing and just before the tournament series got underway we were treated with a new SrslySirius song/video, this one ringing in the 2012 WSOP in the way only SrslySirius could do. So before we get into what is going atRead Full Article

Jimmy Somemerfeld, founder of Poker Tournament Consultants and storied tournament director, has announced his retirement after turning in a letter of resignation to Caesar’s Entertainment. Sommerfeld broke the story himself on TwoPlusTwo forums and explained the reason for the decision.  He said: I started in the poker businessRead Full Article