Andy Bloch – Brainiac

When asked if he has a WSOP bracelet, Andy Bloch is fond of saying he has 0.93 bracelets. He hasn’t got an actual bracelet, but he did make it to heads-up play in the $50,000 HORSE event in 2006. He... continued

Allen Cunningham – One ‘Clever Piggy’

Allen ‘Clever Piggy’ Cunningham earned his chops alongside legends Layne Flack, Phil Ivey, John Juanda, and Daniel Negreanu, who were sometimes collectively referred to as the “Crew,” and who as... continued

Jason Mercier

Jason Mercier has come a very long way in a couple of years. He was 22 in 2008 when he entered into the consciousness of the poker world on April 1st like someone’s idea of an April Fool’s Day prank... continued

PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour New Season

Online poker powerhouse PokerStars recently revealed their plans for the fourth season of the incredibly popular Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) which will kick off in February, giving players plenty... continued

Randal Flowers – Youngest Double WPT Winner

At the World Poker Tour (WPT) Festa Al Lago main event in autumn of 2010, 22-year-old Randal Flowers became the youngest player ever to win multiple titles. Additionally, in the history of the tour, only... continued

Tom McEvoy

Tom McEvoy once did for live tournament poker what Chris Moneymaker did years later for the WSOP in a much bigger way: Ignite the idea that almost anyone dedicated enough could come out of nowhere and... continued

Antonio Esfandiari Wins Second WPT Title

At one point when the World Poker Tour (WPT) Doyle Brunson North American Five Diamond Poker Classic was steaming towards the final table, Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari was almost knocked out in... continued

Dusty Schmidt – Don’t Listen To Phil Hellmuth

In what has to be one of the most provocative titles for a poker book ever penned, Poker pro Dusty “Leatherass” Schmidt has written a book entitled Don’t Listen To Phil Hellmuth: Correcting The 50... continued

Online Poker Legislation – Proposed Bill Includes Blackout Period

Nevada’s Harry Reid, the Majority Leader in the U.S. Senate and the highest ranking Democrat on Capitol Hill, just barely held onto his seat in this past November in an election season seething with... continued

Huck Seed

An assortment of the best poker players in the world were randomly paired up recently in Full Tilt Poker’s Double Poker Championship, with sixteen qualifying matches and two semifinals matches, culminating... continued

EPT Barcelona – Poker Players Robbed

The recently concluded PokerStars EPT Barcelona proved dangerous to a couple of visiting pros. World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder as well as the previous year’s winner of EPT Barcelona... continued

Thomas Marchese – Player of the Year?

When he came in fifth place at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour bounty shootout, Thomas Marchese copped the top spot in the Player of the Year rankings. He’s been rising steadily in the rankings... continued

Sorel Mizzi – The Super Run

In late October 2010 Sorel Mizzi’s hot streak showed no sign of cooling. The Canadian poker pro beat out a field of almost 5,000 entrants creating a prize pool in PokerStars Sunday Warm-up of $957,200... continued

Bobby Baldwin: Poker Playing Casino Boss

Back when the World Series of Poker began and was played at the legendary Horseshoe Casino, Bobby Baldwin was in 1978 the youngest person ever to win the game at twenty-eight. In the last few years, with... continued

John Juanda Can Hang

The official Asian Poker Tour (APT) Macau Festival is now over with an 18-year-old player named Zhang Dan Peng taking down the Main Event for a first prize of HKD $1.68 million (equivalent to US $215,000). Although... continued

Gavin Smith

At this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Full Tilt Poker pro Gavin Smith stood out amidst the gushing tide of Canadian pride by wearing a blue Toronto Maple Leafs hockey jersey as opposed to those... continued

2008 WSOP Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate

When 2008’s WSOP champion’s bracelet showed up on eBay recently, it provoked a lot of talk on poker forums, and it seemed posters were somewhat divided between those who thought he had completely lost... continued

ESPN, WSOP Final Table Ratings Decline

There has been a lot of talk within the industry this week as viewer numbers for this year’s WSOP Main Event revealed a 26% drop in viewers, from 2.1 million for the year 2009 to the 1.5 million who... continued

Erick Lindgren

Erick “E-Dog” Lindgren was once asked in an interview what the most challenging part of poker was for him these days. And given the relative youthfulness of this year’s WSOP Final Table his answer... continued

The Ambassador of Poker: Mike Sexton

The internationally syndicated show the World Poker Tour (WPT) co-host Mike Sexton had never cashed in a WPT tourney before the 2010 WPT Borgata Poker Open, because prior to this year he was contractually... continued

Full Tilt – Second Largest Online Poker Room Blocks Players From Washington

In what can hardly come as a surprise to many, online poker room Full Tilt announced it would no longer be accepting real money game play from residents of Washington State, following the move by industry... continued

Jonathan Duhamel – First Class Canadian Poker Champ

The journey began three years ago when Jonathan Duhamel deposited $100 into an online poker account and ended with him becoming a World Poker Champion and the hero to a nation. The 23-year-old former strawberry... continued

WSOP Player of the Year: Frank Kassela

In a short ceremony held before the start of heads-up play in the 2010 WSOP Main Event, Frank “Lights Out” Kassela was officially named WSOP Player of the Year. The POY honor is the outcome of a six-week... continued

Poker Cheating Ring Busted

While most of the focus of the poker world was on the WSOP Final Table play resuming, a drama was unfolding in Cannes at the Partouche Poker Tour that saw the winner of the WPT Barcelona disqualified for... continued

Past Poker Greats: Puggy Pearson

On Friday, April 28, 2006 poker lost a true legend. Voted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1987, Walter Clyde “Puggy” Pearson died at the age of 77. Besides being generally beloved by all who... continued

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