It was a strange week for poker pro Ryan Eriquezzo, first there was the very public breakup with his girlfriend, fellow poker pro Amanda Musumeci, that saw far too much dirty laundry aired on the Twitterverse; then Eriquezzo had to get ready for the $1,000,000 WSOPC National Championship invitationalRead Full Article

Team PokerStars Pro Viktor Blom is best known for his ultra-high-stakes cash-game exploits, but after his run in the SCOOP tournament series at PokerStars early this week, Blom may suddenly find his tournament skills the talk of the online poker forums. Blom, who plays under his infamous screen-nameRead Full Article

Tommy Vedes put in the performance of a lifetime to pick up his second World Poker Tour title on Monday. The longtime poker pro not only had to battle a tough field, including three-handed play against former November Niner John Dolan and WPT Player of the Year contenderRead Full Article

Our new weekly article is designed to get everyone caught up on the weekend’s action in the poker world. So whether you’ve been putting in 18-hour sessions at the local card-room, or simply don’t keep tabs on the poker world on the weekends, fear not, we have youRead Full Article

In a recent blog post, one of poker’s all-time greats offered up his thoughts on why the poker world should go easy on Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson. Judging by his blog post Doyle Brunson feels the poker world is being a little too hard on the FullRead Full Article

While it’s not the first domino to fall in the Black Friday scandal, the recent guilty plea by Absolute Poker co-founder Brent Beckley could very well prove to be one of the most important. According to an AP article that hit the Internet today, Beckley, who is 31Read Full Article

In a year when top tournament players have amassed some amazing records and numbers –Sam Trickett, Erik Seidel, Jake Cody, Bertrand Grospellier, Chris Moorman, Eugene Katchalov, Ben Lamb, and so on– Andrey Pateychuk has quietly put together a remarkable year of his own, with his latest resume boosterRead Full Article

When a single female participant makes the final table of a major tournament it’s usually enough of a story to receive a mention in the wrap-ups, so when three females landed at the final table of the International Poker Federations World Championship, unless President Obama was the winnerRead Full Article

If you’ve ever participated in a home poker tournament you’ve likely seen a number of disputes, mistakes, and headaches arise over one particular facet of the game: The tournament clock. Whether it’s a player forgetting to call out a level increase, or constant questions about when the levelRead Full Article

A large percentage of the few online poker rooms that still allow US players can be found on the Merge Gaming Network, but the most US-friendly poker network in existence even had to halt new signups from the US for a considerable period in the aftermath of BlackRead Full Article