Chris "Jesus" Ferguson has over $6 million in lifetime tournament cashes. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California. Ferguson approached poker as a serious endeavor after 20 years in academia, and his results speak for themselves. Recently, Ferguson won his…
This season of the National Poker League is winding down as the $15,000 buy-in Tournament of Champions begins on Monday. Winners from each event at all NPL stops, including the United Kingdom Open, Asia Open, Australian Open, and Vegas Open, will converge in The Venetian's poker room at 1…
The Seminole Tribe of Florida signed a compact with the governor that gives it the right to operate gaming facilities at seven locations across Florida for the next 25 years. The locations are in Immokalee, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hillsborough and Broward County (which has three locations)….
Phil Hellmuth is lending his popularity to earn money and awareness for the TASER Foundation by hosting the Beauty and the Bet charity event tomorrow at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. The first tournament starts at noon and is a $500 buy-in no-limit hold'em event with unlimited $500 rebuys…
This summer, Steven Garfinkle's e-mail inbox was flooded with congratulatory messages from students and colleagues, with many of the students asking if it would be all right if they stopped by his office to talk about the World Series of Poker. Garfinkle, an associate professor of history at…
The Bellagio poker room is the stomping grounds for many of the industry's biggest names, so it is not surprising to see a room full of recognizable faces showing up for the annual World Poker Tour Five-Diamond World Poker Classic. Festivities began on Monday as satellites fired up for…
The Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) is holding its second intercollegiate poker match tomorrow when teams from the University of Southern California and UCLA meet on UCLA's campus. The match takes place at 1 p.m. PT. Annie Duke is scheduled to speak on the psychology of poker…
On November 14th, just one day before the U.S. Department of Interior’s deadline for Florida to work out an agreement with the Seminoles, Florida Governor Charlie Crist signed a 25-year compact with the tribe, granting them…
In the past, Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo was strictly an online phenom, known throughout the poker world for his accomplishments. He turned 21 in late 2006, and now, that’s all changing. Bonomo first attracted attention for breaking…
Yesterday, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. announced that it had received approval from the Missouri Gaming Commission for the company’s proposed acquisition by Apollo Management and TPG Capital. Missouri is just one of the many jurisdictions…
