One of poker’s top players had some high expectations going into the 2011 World Series of Poker, as Daniel Negreanu wrote at great length how he felt ready for the 6-week long tournament series. But after a disappointing performance –even with a pretty deep run in the MainRead Full Article

After two days of play, and with around $4 million in prize-money still to be decided, the final five players in the 2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) were in the dealing mood. The final table deal saw eventual winner, Thomas ‘Kallllle’ Pedersen, lock-up the lion’sRead Full Article

Two of the online poker world’s biggest stars cashed in during recent events in the 2011 PokerStars WCOOP, as Dan “djk123” Kelly and Steve “gboro780” Gross both won WCOOP bracelets. For Kelly the win marked his 3rd career WCOOP victory, while Gross earned his first WCOOP bracelet. Kelly’sRead Full Article

A report last week by the website Subject: Poker regarding possible Department of Justice action against payment processors working in conjunction with the Merge Gaming Network saw the site take a tremendous hit in terms of overall traffic –with pokerscout.com detailing a 25% drop in traffic this pastRead Full Article

Just days after parting ways with three long-time members of Team PokerStars –Tom McEvoy, Dennis Phillips, and Bill Chen—PokerStars has now added a fresher face on the poker scene, signing online poker tournament legend Mickey “Mement_Mori” Petersen to their Team Online roster. The signing comes just a dayRead Full Article

The fact that most of the US online poker community has been forced to sit out the 2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) hasn’t hindered some of the biggest names in online poker from flourishing in the 2-day old tournament series. After Ashley “DYBYBX” Mason triumphedRead Full Article

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) kicked off this week with a two-day $200 NLHE tournament, as well as the much anticipated $10k buy-in High-Roller tournament, and both tournaments managed to easily surpassed the guaranteed prize-pools PokerStars had set prior to the WCOOP. The $200 NLHERead Full Article

For the first time in its history the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker will be played without players from the US market. The site is still running a full slate of tournaments, although the guaranteed prize-pool has been altered accordingly. The 62 tournaments have a total guaranteedRead Full Article

With the daily grind of the World Series of Poker now over, the online poker world will soon turn its attention to the 2011 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) at PokerStars, so fasten your seat belts as we prepare to embark upon a 23-day, 62-tournament journey withRead Full Article

October 2010 may just go down as the year of the signing, considering a slew of poker and entertainment talent has been gobbled-up by a number of online poker sites, mostly by Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars. The latest in this rash of signings is Felipe Ramos, theRead Full Article