With 79 players still in contention for the title at the World Poker Tour North American Poker Championship, the $1,387,224 first-place prize seemed light years away. But the day started with a flourish of bustouts and players dropped from the race at an extraordinary rate. It didn't take…
Annie Duke has lent her star power to many causes over the years, and this weekend, she added another. A Palo Alto non-profit organization called the Decision Education Fund (DEF) added Duke as its newest board member. The foundation is committed to help children learn how to make better…
PokerStars is now offering "steps" tournaments, wherein players can win entry and vacation packages for either the European Poker Tour's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) or Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) events. The steps system gives players another path into these large buy-in…
Hands that qualify for a bad-beat jackpot are very uncommon, since quad eights are rarely beaten. Two bad-beat jackpots being hit within hours of each other is even rarer, but UltimateBet had just that happen earlier this week. The first jackpot hit at 6:29 a.m. ET on Oct. 25. With $612,393.75…
The fires sweeping through Southern California have forced evacuations for more than 600,000 people and destroyed or damaged more than 2,000 homes. Like many businesses in the area, casinos have also been affected, forcing the temporary closure of many. Although gambling may be the last thought…
The 234 remaining players in the North American Poker Championship finally met on Monday in their first full flight of the tournament. With registration closed and half the field eliminated, tournament staff finally announced the payouts that players will battle four more days to win. The…
The Battle of the Bloggers tournament series has begun at Full Tilt, and it will run through Sunday, Dec. 16. There are three weekly tournaments and one monthly tournament hosted by different bloggers wherein winners will receive a seat into a Tournament of Champions, which gives away one $18,000…
Eighty-Nine players took the field at the Royal Dublin Society for the first day of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Dublin Championship, including such local favorites as Jason O’Toole, Andy Black and Conor Doyle…
Another semester has nearly passed at the University of Minnesota, which would typically mean yet another cold front is on the horizon for students looking for poker action around the Twin Cities. But this year seems to go against…
An unattributed statement released late in the week on behalf of Absolute Poker continued that company’s attempts to put the best spin possible on the still-unfolding scandal focused on the site. That situation involves the acknowledged…
