Poker Books, TV and Movies

In this category, you can find stories about poker in the media. Whether its poker on TV, a review of an old poker movie, or TV stars who play poker, this is the place to find out about TV poker.

• 2 Months. 2 Million: “Bling, Blang, Blaow!”

  August 17, 2009,

  “Bling, blang, blaow!” That was Jay “Krantz” Rosenkrantz’s reaction upon laying eyes on the Spanish-revival style estate he and his three best friends (Dani “Ansky” Stern, Emil “whitelime” Patel, and Brian “Flawless_Victory”...

   

• 2 Months. 2 Million: A Preview

  August 16, 2009,

  The summer of 2009 has already brought poker fans more than their fair share of new TV programming, what with the prime-time kickoff of NBC's Face the Ace, fresh episodes of ESPN's World Series of Poker coverage, and the premiere of Playboy TV's...

   

• PokerNews Playlist: Volume 3

  August 16, 2009,

  For both serious, and casual online poker players, Sundays are (hopefully) a long grind. For those who don't want to play in a meditative state, music can be the perfect middle ground between total silence and the distraction of television. Don't...

   

• Weekend Survival Guide: 2M2M, Borgata Deals, Gunnar Optiks and More

  August 14, 2009,

  In honor of the impending weekend, PokerNews will be offering up a few things that'll allow you to spend some of that hard-earned bankroll, since nothing's better than working hard, but playing harder. B]Go If you're on the East Coast, make...

   

• 2009 WSOP Ante Up for Africa Recap

  August 12, 2009,

  ESPN’s third week of 2009 WSOP coverage aired last night with the Ante Up for Africa event. Dozens of celebrities and poker pros showed up for this event.

   

• ESPN Brings Plenty of Poker Action Tonight

  August 11, 2009,

  Tuesday nights continue to offer poker players plenty of exciting poker action as ESPN once again fills the airwaves with great content.

   

• Face the Ace: Episode 2

  August 10, 2009,

  Face the Ace, which returned for its second episode this past Saturday night was hyped as potentially bringing us our first millionaire in Don Topel, a truck driver who beat both Erick Lindgren, and Howard Lederer before deciding to risk it all...

   

• PokerNews Playlist: Volume 2

  August 09, 2009,

  For both serious and casual online poker players, Sundays are (hopefully) a long grind. For those who don't want to play in a meditative state, music can be the perfect middle ground between total silence and the distraction of television. Don't...

   

• Weekend Survival Guide: Vegas Deals, Gadgets, G.I. Joe, and More

  August 07, 2009,

  In honor of the impending weekend, PokerNews will be offering up a few things that'll allow you to spend some of that hard-earned bankroll, since nothing's better than working hard, but playing harder.

   

• Face The Ace: Can Poker Survive Primetime?

  August 06, 2009,

  With the recent premiere of NBC’s Face the Ace and its subsequent poor ratings, PokerNews HQ has been a buzz with all sorts of chatter on whether the show will be a success or not.

   

• WSOP Champions Invitational Debuts Tonight

  August 04, 2009,

  ESPN’s coverage of the World Series of Poker continues tonight with the debut of the first-ever Champions Invitational. The event was open to the select group of players who have won a Main Event bracelet. This star-studded 20-man tournament should prov

   

• ESPN Inside Deal: A Closer Look

  August 01, 2009,

  Presented by Pokerstars, ESPN Inside deal is a weekly show that will run for three months leading up to the return of the November Nine in Las Vegas. This Web-only program will allow audiences to interact

   

• Poker Book Review: Jeff Hwang’s ‘Advanced Pot-Limit Omaha, Volume I’

  July 28, 2009,

  'What else could you possibly say about Omaha that you didn’t say in the first book?' Such was the question Jeff Hwang...

   

• Poker Book Review: ‘Pass the Sugar’ by Joe Hachem and Peter Ralph

  July 09, 2009,

  'Pass the Sugar,' the auto-biography of 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe Hachem, co-authored by Peter Ralph, is an entertaining...

   

• Full Tilt Announces “Face the Ace” Online Qualifiers

  June 30, 2009,

  Looking for a chance to match your heads-up poker skills against some of poker’s most famous names? Full Tilt is providing just that opportunity...

   

• Poker Book Review: ‘Small Stakes No-Limit Hold’em’ by Ed Miller, Sunny Mehta, and Matt Flynn

  June 21, 2009,

  One of the more anticipated poker strategy texts of the year has finally arrived with 'Small Stakes No-Limit Hold’em', the latest offering from...

   

• Poker Book Review: ‘Deal Me In’ by Stephen John and Marvin Karlins

  June 09, 2009,

  The first book to appear from Phil Hellmuth, Jr.’s latest commercial venture, Phil’s House Publishing, 'Deal Me In' by Stephen John and Marvin...

   

• Hellmuth Announces New Book, Publishing Company

  May 28, 2009,

  Amid a busy day that included being selected to proclaim 'Shuffle up and deal!' at the first event of the 2009 World Series of Poker, Phil Hellmuth, Jr....

   

• Inside Mike Matusow's Head: The Writing of ‘Mike Matusow: Check-Raising the Devil’

  May 17, 2009,

  PokerNews recently caught up with Tim Lavalli and Amy Calistri, the writers who helped Mike Matusow...

   

• Poker Book Review: ‘Check-Raising the Devil’ by Mike Matusow, with Amy Calistri and Tim Lavalli

  May 12, 2009,

  'I suppose if things had happened in a slightly different way, I wouldn’t be writing this book.' So explains...

   

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