I sometimes fantasize about redoing my house and building an elegant club room in which to play poker with my friends. I’d put in a beautiful high-end table and nice chairs for a cash game, and then add a couple more for good…

Some say (though I hate that as an opening line), that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson losing the Secretary of State post to ‘Billary’ is a huge personal blow and being offered Commerce Secretary is the consolation prize…

At 17 hours, it was the longest final table in World Series of Poker history. Thanks to some seamless editing, it was fit neatly into a two-hour time block for ESPN. Depending on whom you ask, the 2008 main event final table was either a massive failure or a huge success. Or you could ask the…

Check out CardPlayer.com every Friday for a weekly wrapup of the news from the live poker tournament trail. Card Player Player of the Year Update POY Standings: John Phan - 6,704 Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier - 5,410 David "The Dragon" Pham - 5,222 Ivan Demidov - 4,940 Erik…

On Sunday, Nov. 30, the nation will be told about the online poker cheating scandal that rocked the poker world during this week's broadcast of "60 Minutes." Titled "The Cheaters," the segment will focus on how online players uncovered cheating at UltimateBet and Absolute…

The fourth day of action at the PartyPoker Premier League III brought a bit of order to the proceedings, as heat victories by Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan and Peter Eastgate and another strong performance by overall leader JC Tran helped…

When asked to name the greatest "poker faces" of all time, one might immediately conjure up names like Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson or Howard Lederer. However, after watching Katja Thater at the table, one could make a serious case…

Bodog Poker is giving online poker players reason to be thankful this weekend with a series of special Thanksgiving online tournaments. Starting Thanksgiving Thursday, there will be a different tournament each day of the weekend featuring a different format and buy-in level, including a special…

Day 3 action in the PartyPoker Premier League III in London found Phil Hellmuth and Peter Eastgate winning heats to move into contention for one of the six seats in the final. Eastgate dominated his heat to move into second…

Your chance to go home the 2009 Aussie Millions Champion is here – Watch out for two $12,500 packages coming up shortly thanks to Full Tilt Poker…