I played at Arizona Charlie's on Decatur during my most recent trip to Las Vegas, during the World Series of Poker. I had decided to go to the poker rooms that were off the beaten track. Anything in North Las Vegas, as Arizona Charlie's... more
PartyPoker and Matchroom Sport have announced the latest edition of their popular 'Poker Den' series. 'PartyPoker.com Poker Den: The Big Game III' is set to film in London on September 30th and October 1st, 2008, and promises to draw... more
In his new book, 'The Poker Tournament Formula 2', Arnold Snyder shifts focus from his previous discussion of strategies for no-limit hold'em tournaments with fast structures, here examining more specifically tournaments with slower... more
The second stop on the 2008 Asian Poker Tour (APT) is fast approaching. It's APT Macau, scheduled for August 28-31, 2008, set to take place amid one of the world's grandest gambling destinations. With a $1.5 million prize purse... more
The Venetian has announced the last 2008 installment of its popular Deep Stack Extravaganza series. Deep Stack Extravaganza IV will run November 1-25, 2008, offering one no-limit hold'em event on each of 23 consecutive start days... more
David Benyamine is one of those rare individuals who, perhaps by sheer will and drive, have found success in every professional endeavor he's attempted. Born in Paris, Benyamine was a highly ranked tennis player in his youth. Though he was... more
Several publicly traded casino companies have posted their second-quarter earnings over the last couple of weeks. While results were mixed, Wall Street loved the news, sending almost every gaming stock higher on the results... more
Wednesday's Event #17 of FTOPS IX drew 1,059 entrants, and the $300+22 six-max format produced 2,239 rebuys and 727 add-ons to build a total prize pool of $1,207,500. Several big names fell just short of the final table... more
In the grand scheme of things twenty years is not a very long time, but over the past two decades women have been finding their way and exploring new territory both in society as well as in the poker world... more
There was more apprehension than normal pending the monthly release of Nevada's gaming revenues. Last month's release, detailing May's revenue statistics, marked the second worst year-over-year performance... more
As we learned in Part 1, when Johnny Chan decided to turn pro and move to Las Vegas in 1978, it was a decision that met considerable resistance from his parents. Attending the University of Houston seemed to be the right path... more
The Poker Players Alliance has announced a fundraiser to be held at Coors Field in Denver, amid the hoopla surrounding the Democratic National Convention held in that city later this month. The August 26th event will be called 'Poker... more
FTOPS IX Event #12 attracted a field of 1,405 players to the $1,000+60 six-max NLHE affair, generating a prize pool of $1,500,000 and a winner's share of $300,000. With so much talent and skill in the field, there were several big... more
An action filed in an Isle of Man court by British citizen Natalie Teltscher against PokerStars, alleging a wrongful disqualification in PokerStars' 2007 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event, has been dropped... more
Daniel 'ziggy47' Bokesch pulled off one of the most unlikely final-table, "worst to first" runs in recent online memory to take down the weekend's biggest event by total prize purse, the PokerStars Sunday Million.... more
FTOPS IX Event #10 drew 4,985 entrants to the $300+22 no-limit hold'em event, with a total prize pool of a guaranteed $1,500,000. Full Tilt pros Scott Clements and Paul Sexton made the money, but it was Josh Arieh with far and away... more
Considering that 2008 has been a challenging year for the casino industry thus far, Harrah's Entertainment did a good job managing its top line. In its second quarter 2008 results, Harrah's revenues were down only 3.7% for the quarter... more
After three days of play and a grueling final table, Jose Miguel Espinar found himself atop the field at the end of the PokerStars.net Latin America Poker Tour Punte del Este championship, adding an LAPT win to his PokerStars Caribbean... more
Much like its namesake, the mythical underseas continent off in the Atlantic, the Atlantis is in its own little world. It's removed from the well traveled streets of downtown Reno – and even a mile or two from the Peppermill... more
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure will return for its sixth edition in early 2009, according to information recently released by the popular online site. PokerStars has announced that the 2009 PCA – also an official stop... more
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