Full Tilt Poker: Mike Sowers Cashes in Twice in the Same Tournament

Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers was on a tear, and was playing so well, he not only won the $1K Monday tournament on Full Tilt, he cashed in for ninth place money as well. Confused, don’t worry, many people... continued

Full Tilt – Partnership With Casino Operators

Shortly after online poker giant PokerStars announced a partnership deal with Wynn Resorts to form an online identity to be called PokerStarsWynn.com, its chief competitor Full Tilt Poker confirmed it... continued

Bellagio Casino Hit by Ocean’s Eleven Heist

In a daring early a.m. robbery this past Tuesday that many are comparing to the brazenness of the fictional character Danny Ocean, a lone biker made off with a $1.5 million dollar jackpot by robbing a... 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

Vanessa Rousso – PokerStars Pro Selling Lamborghini on eBay

Did someone send around a memo? It seems recently pro poker players have discovered the online auction site eBay and as a result there has been an interesting grouping of exotic items being put up for... 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

Harrison Gimbel – Wins WPT Regional Series Florida

He may look a little like Harry Potter and be too young to gamble in Las Vegas, but 20-year-old Harrison “gibler321” Gimbel just won another major tournament, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Fall Poker... 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

Eric Baldwin Wins NAPT Los Angeles Bounty Shootout

The PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Los Angeles Bounty Shootout is held at the Crystal Casino in Compton, the notorious gansta’ hood known for drive-bys and gangbanging. So when UB.com pro... 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

November Niner Soi Nguyen Picks Up FTOPS Win

Self-proclaimed amateur Soi Nguyen was the first player knocked out at the 2010 WSOP Main Event Final Table, yet he has boosted his ninth place cash by winning his first FTOPS event as a Full Tilt Red... 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

2008 WSOP Main Event Bracelet For Sale

In an unusual move, 2008 WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate has authorized the sale of his diamond-encrusted bracelet on the auction site eBay, with all the proceeds going to the charitable organization... 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

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

Oh Canada! Jonathan Duhamel Wins WSOP Main Event

After a monster run the previous day left him with a seemingly insurmountable lead, Canadian Jonathan Duhamel finished off Florida native John Racener to take first place at the WSOP Main Event. Duhamel... 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

2010 WSOP Main Event – Will a Canadian win Tonight?

At 8 pm this evening a twenty-five year old professional poker player from Florida with $1,858,272 in earnings, 85 career cashes and 4 titles will be the underdog against what could be the first Canadian... continued

2010 WSOP Main Event – Grinding Rags to Riches

In May we noted that Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi had been having a run of bad luck. The 2006 Card Player Magazine “Player of the Year” saw the IRS foreclose on his homes in Miramar and Hollywood,... continued

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