After a day-off on Wednesday, the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event was back in action on Thursday, and what a wild day it was! The field was cut from 1,864 players down to 852 –639 players will make the money—and the day was full of action,Read Full Article

Entering the final table of the €25,000 buy-in PokerStars EPT Madrid High-Roller tournament, Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier was way behind the chip-leaders, and somehow managed to hang around until three-handed play began –despite not being involved in any major confrontations—which is when ElkY finally woke-up andRead Full Article

The full roster for the upcoming NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship was released today, and now that the entire 64 player field is known I thought I would take a look at some of the favorites amongst the field. First, here is a look at the complete 64Read Full Article

The PokerNewsBoy Awards have come to a close and now it’s time to look at the winners chosen by you the fans. Here is a look at the winners in the PokerNewsBoy Player Awards Categories: ·    Best Newcomer (Player) – Winner: Jake Cody (46% of the vote) –Read Full Article

Head on over to the PokerNewsBoy forums to cast your vote for the hottest poker chick! Here is a list of the nominees, which I’m sure is the first time our researchers actually enjoyed scouring the Internet for images! Vanessa Rousso – The GoDaddy girl and PokerStars proRead Full Article

It’s been a topsy-turvy first season for Party Gaming, the new owners of the World Poker Tour, with attendance numbers all over the map. There is no better illustration of this than the tour’s last two stops which include the recently concluded WPT Marrakech tournament which saw anRead Full Article

The Godfather of Poker, Doyle Brunson, has been turning into the Godfather of Social Media lately, evidenced by a series of polls regarding poker players. Brunson tweeted a few poll questions to his followers asking their thoughts on the following three questions: Which poker player would you likeRead Full Article

PokerStars continued its push to become the leading sponsor and poker site for female players by adding Liv Boeree to their roster of sponsored pros. Boeree recently parted ways with her long-time sponsor UB Poker, and most in the industry had her penciled in at either PokerStars orRead Full Article

Despite only constituting 3% of the field –216 out of 7,391—female poker players are having a very strong showing at the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event thus far. Through 2 full days of play there are a number of top female poker pros who have putRead Full Article

With a lower than expected turnout for the PokerStars North American Poker Tour High-Roller Bounty Shootout the structure was changed to a 6-max event; with 5 tables of 6 players and a single table of 5 players. Looking for a turnout in the high 70’s to low 80’s,Read Full Article