The first $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold'em event of the 2008 World Series of Poker was the largest non-main-event turnout for any WSOP tournament it its 39-year history. A field of 3,929 entrants generated a prize pool of almost $5.4 million, and tonight on ESPN, viewers will get to see the…
So many women taking the stage these days! Some say that it happens because of the internet where one doesn’t directly confront other players. That might be true, but on the other hand it can only happen…
A poker player who took his winnings to a brothel, only to get robbed, West Virgina fireman taking heat over charity poker tournaments, and PokerTek secures new financing - all today in this issue of Poker News Bytes…
With $2.2 million in live winnings on his résumé, including a win in the 2006 WPT MandalayBay Poker Championship, tournament grinder Joe Tehan has been one of the more recognizable faces on tour for the past four years. Tehan is no stranger to the wear and tear of the summer tournament…
Season four of NBC's Poker After Dark is once again switching from its original format for an all-new week of episodes that will feature heads-up play between the four previous winners of NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Phil Hellmuth (2005), Ted Forrest (2006), Paul Wasicka…
PokerStars Sunday Million Attendance at last night's PokerStars Sunday Million was down from last week when 8,370 entrants bought in. The numbers may have been lower, but the attendance and prize pool were still significantly higher than they were averaging before the hugely popular $2…
On July 14, the final nine players of the 6,844 who entered the $10,000 World Series of Poker main event turned a page in their poker career and began on a three-and-a-half-month journey that will ultimately lead to the final table of the biggest tournament of their lives. Immediately, the global…
Sunday was a really big day for PokerStars, as the online poker site made its million dollar guarantee for its Sunday Tournament – Twice, actually. The Sunday Million had its usual massive field, with over 8,000 players…
Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG, described as the proprietors of UltimateBet, issued a summary statement on Friday as it turned over to the Kahnawake Gaming Commission the results of its internal investigation…
Johnny Chan may be one of the busiest superstars in the poker world today. He was congenial on the phone when I contacted him and suggested meeting at the Bellagio VIP lounge for a 9:00 AM interview, as he would be checking out…
