In South Carolina authorities have taken up the task of wiping out home poker by investigating games and then raiding them with force usually reserved for drug busts. The law the police are using to nail these players has been on the books since 1802 and restricts the playing of any type of game…
PokerStars Sunday Million PokerStars held its monthly $500 buy-in version of the Sunday Million last night, which meant fewer entrants but a bigger prize pool than normal. The tournament started with 3,119 entrants, which meant a prize pool of $1,559,500 and a first-place prize of $272,000…
Gus Hansen knocked out every player from the final table of the $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship this weekend - except one. David Chiu, who stayed out of Hansen's way as he destroyed the final table, came back from way behind to win the championship and $3 million-plus. Click here for…
A very busy summer for poker in Las Vegas, both at the World Series of Poker and elsewhere, has become even busier with Caesars Palace’s creation of its new Mega Stack Series. The series increases competition for the deep stack…
Austrian Erich Kollmann made short work of his remaining opponents, taking down the PokerNews Cup Austria Main Event in just over four hours of final-table play. Kollmann started the day with a significant chip lead over his nearest…
The first ever World Poker Tour Ladies Championship took place Friday night at the Bellagio, and Nancy Todd Tyner took home the title. At the televised final table, she defeated Vanessa Selbst heads up to receive the nearly $79,000 first-place prize and the coveted title. Selbst was awarded…
So, how do you follow up being the Online Player of the Year in 2007? Well, Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron tried to answer this question by taking down one of the biggest tournament of the year, the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final. He came very close to accomplishing that…
There was quite a poker ceremony held at the Bellagio last Monday, April 21st, in the Vegas showroom that hosts the "O" show six nights each week. The occasion was special, as it honored all the World Poker Tour’s individual…
Leading online poker site PokerStars has added another international star to their "Team PokerStars" by announcing the signing of popular British pro Victoria Coren. Coren, often dubbed the "Princess of Poker," has been…
With 31 players remaining in the PokerNews Cup Austria Main Event, the early focus on Day 3 was the bubble. 27 places paid, so the first four players eliminated in Saturday’s play would see nothing for their work. Pierre Marceau…
