On Wednesday, Harrah's Entertainment released its Fourth Quarter and Full Year financial results, giving us a window into the largest casino operator in the world and a view of the health of the industry at large. As the rights holder... more
Michael Martin took the chip lead into the final table, and carried the lead all the way into heads-up play, but it was Ben Hock who walked away with the gold ring at the Horseshoe in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the World Series of Poker Circuit... more
Who is Dianna Donofrio? I asked this question a few years ago when I kept hearing her name. Then, when I was finally introduced to her, I recognized her as one of the many staff that runs around the World Series of Poker, frantically... more
Three masked men fired shots and then burst into the back door of a San Antonio Texas home where a poker game was being held. In the course of robbing the game of approximately $3000 and the players' wallets, a player was shot twice... more
There are another €13,500 worth of PokerNews Cup Austria Packages to look forward to this week. All freerolls are exclusive to PokerNews players and cost next to nothing to qualify… more
27 players returned to The Horseshoe at Council Bluffs, Iowa for Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit series Main Event, with Howard Wolper leading the pack as play began. Players took barely five levels to work down to the final... more
Students attending Carnegie Mellon, the prominent research university located just a few miles out of downtown, have faced their fair share of ups and downs when it comes to poker. On the upside has been the impressive list of growing... more
98 men and one woman took to the felt yesterday at the Horseshoe in Council Bluffs, Iowa to vie for the World Series of Poker Circuit Championship ring and a seat at the World Series of Poker Main Event, with notable players such... more
Titan Poker's massive $2 Million guaranteed tournament kicks off this Sunday March 2, followed by five €1,500 PokerNews Cup Austria Freerolls and the launch of the second European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOPII). more
There are many Stu Ungar stories from his glory years, and some consider him the greatest tournament poker player that ever lived. However, what is perhaps Stu's most famous hand occurred in a heads-up tournament against reigning World... more
I have hundreds of poker books in my library and most of them are not very good, in my opinion. I am trying to recommend a few good books to put on your shelves, though, and that has made me re-examine some titles that had gone into... more
If you won $7,000,000 on a three-month rush, and stacked up all the cash on a big table, would you then risk it all playing the world's greatest players, including Chip Reese, Doyle Brunson, Stu Ungar, Johnny Chan, and a host... more
Early qualifiers have just started for a major new event on 888.com, the World Poker Crown, with a $3 million prize pool. The final eight players in a series of online events which began on February 20th and will run into late April... more
With the addition of two qualifiers from Caesars Palace qualifiers and a couple of replacements in the original announced list of invitations, the 64-player lineup for the upcoming 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship... more
Timothy Vance took the chip lead into the final table of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Copenhagen championship, and after a marathon heads-up battle, he bested Soren Jensen for the title and the $1,236,095 first prize money... more
New Mexico has a nice cluster of poker rooms situated within 30 minutes of the corridor between Santa Fe and Albuquerque. There are seven rooms in all – though some don't operate full time, and only one has a full host of games... more
DuplicatePoker.com has announced its first-ever 'Duplicate Poker World Championship,' which will run for several months and culminate with the championship final this fall. The 2008 competition uses the unique Duplicate Poker format more
Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, has introduced a bill in California that will study the legality of intrastate online poker in California. The bill is designed to evaluate the potential for California to establish and... more
I have some problems for you to ponder until next week when I'll fill you in on my answers. For now, take out a piece of paper and jot down what you think the best answers are to the following questions. Don't sweat... more
Event Structure: Since the inception of the WSOP in 1970, the tournaments have always been dollar for dollar. In 2007, WSOP management decided that they would follow what many of the other tournaments have done and give double... more