With a record-setting field and nearly $1 million set to be awarded to the winner of the 2011 WPT Borgata Poker Open tensions were running extremely high from the outset. There was no better evidence of this than a near altercation between final table chip-leader Fred Goldberg andRead Full Article

After a record-setting field of 1,312 entrants, and top names like Vanessa Selbst, David Williams, Jeff Madsen, and recent WPT Legends of Poker champ Will Failla emerging as serious contenders, it seemed the 2012 WPT Borgata Poker Open was on its way to a star-studded final table. Unfortunately,Read Full Article

Will “The Thrill” Failla has been on quite the hot streak over the past month. The 2011 Legends of Poker Champion followed up his first major tournament victory with a 14th place showing in the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event, and now he has a chance to becomeRead Full Article

After scoring his first major win at the WPT Grand Prix de Paris, tournament poker pro Matt Waxman vaulted up the Bluff Magazine Player of the Year leader-board. Waxman has been a consistent tournament player over the past few years, but without a major tournament victory it’s hardRead Full Article

Leo “The Mechanic” Boxell has been grinding poker tournaments in the Melbourne area for the better part of four decades, and he now has his first major tournament victory after winning the PokerStars.net APPT Melbourne Main Event. Boxell may look like your average grandfather, but he doesn’t playRead Full Article

One of the most disappointing performances by players making the switch from online poker to the live poker tournament trail has to be Shaun Deeb. The online legend who has won just about every major tournament at every online poker room has for whatever reason managed only limitedRead Full Article

Longtime poker pro Jason Somerville has had some close brushes with a World Series of Poker bracelet over the past two years, including four final tables in 2009 and 2010 with four top five finishes including a runner-up finish in the 2009 $1,500 No Limit Holdem Shootout. AndRead Full Article

After three days of play at the Crown Poker Room in Melbourne Australia we were left with an Aussie final table that included two female players, in addition to one of poker’s young guns, James Obst. As players began to be eliminated the tournament came down to justRead Full Article