Poker After Dark - Three Players After Dark

Often in the matches played out on TV the hands are of the "raise and take it" variety. During the director's cut of International Week of the hit NBC poker show Poker After Dark, however, they took out the weak hands and left in the more interesting plays.

Russia's Largest Poker Tourney

Online poker room Titan Poker is going to host what organizers are calling the largest poker tournament to take place on Russian soil in history. The White Night Millions, as the event is to be called, will take place in St. Petersburg, and will run for eight days...

Online Poker Room Offers Millions Monthly

There is a lot of money to be made playing online poker according to a recent announcement by online poker room Bet365. Bet365 Poker announced they will be offering $12.5 million every month guaranteed. This is a jump from the $10 million they were offering just a few months ago...

WPT Faces Bad Beat on Stock Exchange

The World Poker Tour Enterprises may lose its listing on NASDAQ according to recent reports. The company's stock dropped below the NASDAQ min limit of $1, where it stayed for 30 days. The WPT stock closed at $1.04 on the first of July, and has been at under a dollar ever since...

Chili Poker

All we need to say about this site is that the software was developed by Playtech and they are part of the iPoker network, and anyone with a pulse should know this is as much the mark of quality as a BMW logo on the front of your car.

Poker After Dark - Andy's Toughest Table

Andy Bloch has had a lot of success in the poker world and is considered a bit of a superstar himself. So when this former MIT blackjack guru says he is facing one of his toughest poker tables of all time, it is truly saying something about the competition.

Flying Online Poker Ad Campaign

One of the most innovative online poker rooms around, PKR, continued their trend of flying high with an aerial advertising campaign recently. Joining with aerial advertising company Helibanners, PKR has commissioned a 25,000 square foot banner to be displayed in London. This oversized banner will be visible for 10 miles around...

Poker After Dark - Sometimes You Just Shouldn't Bluff

Bluffing is always risky, especially in poker. In this particular hand we saw how one player was trying to play on his table image, which is fairly common and usually works fairly well. But he was playing with five of the toughest No Limit Holdem players at the time.

High Stakes Poker - Farha's Lucky Cigarette

Sammy Farha looks like the kind of guy you would find at a high stakes poker game, so it is no surprise to find him playing High Stakes Poker, a show on the Game Show Network where poker pros pay $100k of their own money to play cash poker.

It Begins Again

Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, the salmon swimming upstream for some fishy version of nookie, or a chocolate addict making his way to a buffet line, one of the most anticipated times in the poker calendar has arrived: players can now pre-register for the World Series of Poker.

Poker After Dark - Caution on the River

The river can be a dangerous place in a poker game. The last card to be dealt in Texas Holdem, it can turn a lead into a disaster, and so often good players will - even when ahead in the hand - settle for checking it down on the last card.

Be Your Own Online Tourney Director

At online poker room Mansion Poker they have created a feature that is sure to make players happy - the "Create Your Own Tournament" feature. Here you can customize your very own tournament and then invite all your poker pals or the people from the office to come and play.

Paying for a Free Card

Convincing people to shell out some of their hard earned cash in order to get something for free is the sort of fuzzy economics that have made Ron Popeil not only a millionaire but also gives him the ability to rule the world of infomercials with an iron fist.

CelebPoker

CelebPoker.com got its name from the fact that this is a place that has a number of the industry's most recognizeable names playing online at any given moment. This is a benefit to the player in more than one way. The celebrities act as bait for star struck amateurs.

Charity Poker Room in Bay City

The Big House Sports Bar recently opened their establishment as a poker room with bonus casino games, all for a good cause. The new establishment was renamed the Big House Sports Bar & Poker Room. The location will have gambling going on but the proceeds are all going to local charities...

New Features on CryptoLogic Poker Network

The online poker software company CryptoLogic recently announced two new features that will have online poker players excited. The first is the ability for poker players to set up and host their own tournaments. The second is a filtering and sorting tool that allows players to customize their own preferences...

Swedish Tourney Ends in Jail Time for Organizers

A million-kronor poker tournament resulted in four men being charged by police. It turns out the poker event was illegal, and two of the four have been jailed so far. Around 700 people took place in the poker tournament, which resulted in two men getting six and eight months in prison...

Poker After Dark - Thanks for Letting Me Back In

You have to have thick skin to play poker. Because the game is all about making the correct decisions, and other players know that if they can emotionally disturb someone that person will not make good decisions, whenever bad decisions are made players usually get a healthy amount of teasing.

The Mountain

Mountains are the world's best pre-made metaphors for struggles, challenges, and hierarchies. What's even better, they're almost universal. There are mountains everywhere, and just about everyone has seen a mountain of one size or another at least once in their life. The mountain, therefore, is a wonderful metaphor for poker.

Binion's Hosts World Tavern Poker Open

Binion's casino, formally Binion's Horseshoe, is a famous destination in Las Vegas, being the birthplace of the World Series of Poker. When they sold the franchise to Harrah's Entertainment they needed something to fill the tables, and one way they do that is by hosting the World Tavern Poker Open.

2008 California State Poker Championship

The 2008 California State Poker Championship is coming at the turn of the month, with some estimated $7 million in total prize pool for the series. Starting on September 2nd, 18 events will take place at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. Players can buy in for as low as $120 to as high as $1,580...

India to Air WPT

The World Poker Tour continues to conquer various parts of the globe with their TV show, now invading India. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited has announced the addition of the World Poker Tour to the Zee Sports line up. Zee Sports is India's first private sports channel, the vanguard of Zee Network...

Poker After Dark - French Acting Class

When Poker After Dark decided to host a Couples Week they made a lot of smart casting decisions and invited the right people for a fun and lively poker game. Jennifer Tilly, Phil Laak, David Benyamine, Erica Schoenberg, Jennifer Harman, and Marco Traniello were the players, making three very different couples.

Poker After Dark - Antonius Wins $120,000

During International Week players like Daniel Negreanu, Marco Traniello, and Gus Hansen from Canada, Italy, and Holland had all busted out leaving just two players. At the table there were Brad "Yukon" Booth and Patrik Antonius, both vying for the $120,000 cash prize that goes to the first-place player. Second-place pays nothing.

Ongoing Charity Poker Festival

The 2008 Nautica Charity Poker Festival recently moved their activities indoors at the Powerhouse, and as such are planning on a year long poker palooza. The festival was opened on March 27th at the Nautica Entertainment Complex, where it will stay for now. The poker will be running from Thursday through Sunday...

Poker Machine Time Limits May Be Forthcoming

In Australia the debate over poker machines and problem gambling continues. The Victorian Government recently announced a new idea to tackle the old problem, implementing time limits for gambling on the infamous poker machines. Starting in the year 2010 voluntary time limits will be available for gamblers to set on the machines...

Poker After Dark - Grizzly Donkey

One thing is for sure: when you put together a Poker After Dark show and call it "Hecklers' Week", you are sure to get players that will voice their opinions. With the table, that opinion is normally centered around how good the individual player is, and how bad the rest are.

First Bodog Poker Open Closed

Online poker room Bodog Poker has wrapped up their very first online poker series with a three hundred thousand dollar prize pool. The Main Event drew 596 players competing for the cash, along with $25k of added cash from the room itself. The final victory went to online player Shawn "phatcat" Luman...

World Poker Tour: 2008 Bay 101 Shooting Star

The Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, CA isn't the hotspot that many of the Vegas Casinos are. It isn't the biggest or the best in California, etiher, but when it came time for the World Poker Tour to find partners for their fledgling idea, the Bay 101 got on the short list.

South African Poker Gains Ground

The big poker boom started in the United States (although it owes a nod to Europe for the idea of showing the players' hole cards on TV) and then echoed out to Europe. From there the Oriental world picked up the action, and now it looks like Africa is gaining ground.

Poker After Dark - Top Pair Predicament

During the Mega Match week of the NBC poker show Poker After Dark, $50k was on the table form six players, two of whom were gone. Four remained, fighting for the $300k winner take all purse, and in this hand a big chunk of that money was about to swap owners.

Online Poker Series Worth €150,000

Online poker room CelebPoker is putting up a €150,000 freeroll poker series. A freeroll poker tournament is one that offers prizes and cash but does not cost any money to play. The Euro-centric poker site is putting up the prizes on its own, with no buy in required to play in the events...

Mini Boom for Poker in July

Last month many of the major online poker rooms saw a jump in their numbers averaging an increase of 5% across the board. This is counter to the general idea that online poker is on the decline. In June of 2008 more than 12 million unique visitors took a turn at various online gambling sites...

First Ever Two Time Split Winner at WSOP

The 39th annual World Series of Poker continues to offer up firsts this year in Las Vegas. For the first time a single poker player has won two gold bracelets in the Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split event. The winner of this year's $1,500 buy in Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split event is Ryan Hughes...

John Phan Wins WSOP Bracelet

Poker pro John Phan has joined the ranks of fellow pro poker players running rings around the amateurs at the 2008 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Phan took down a 716 player field, carving out the biggest part of the $1,976,160 prize pool. Pham won $434,789 in the $3,000 buy in No Limit Holdem tournament...

Poker After Dark - Phil Can Actually Play Poker

He gets a lot of ribbing from his fellow professional poker players, but Phil "The Poker Brat" Hellmuth really can play poker: he does have 11 WSOP bracelets, and when he appears on Poker After Dark, he is sometimes teased to the point that one begins to suspect the other players are jealous.

Poker After Dark - You Look Real Weak

Phil Hellmuth is arguably the best No Limit Texas Holdem tournament poker player in the world. He does have 11 WSOP bracelets, most of them in that game, to prove it. He is also known as the Poker Brat because of his behavior at the table, and seems to deserve that as well.

WSOP's Former Director Now Consultant

The 2002's World Series of Poker was directed by one Steve Morrow, who also was instrumental in heading online poker room PokerStars. This experience makes him a natural fit to lead poker consultation business Paradigm Poker Consultants, Inc. This outfit will focus on helping organizations set up customer service and tournament direction...

Poker After Dark - Brat Not Worst

During the 3rd season of Poker After Dark there were a lot of themed weeks. One that many were looking forward to, Heckler's Week, would give them a chance to see how the new hostess Marianela Pereyra would fare with some of the biggest trouble makers in the game of pro poker.

Poker After Dark - An Odds Call

A lot of the time when playing poker, and especially No Limit Texas Holdem poker, a player will get involved in a hand not because they like the cards that they are holding, but because so many other players are in it that the pot odds become too good to pass up.

Pre-Super Bowl Charity Poker Fundraiser

This Wednesday a special charity poker fundraiser is set to take place at The Venue of Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Hearts and Helmets poker tournament â€Â" and the accompanying party â€Â" will be presided over by Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson and NBA star Shawn Marion. The event will raise money for several charities...

Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival Done

Hosted by online poker room Ladbrokes Poker, the Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival has come and gone and has a winner. The Killarney event had a whopping 832 players with a €416,000 prize pool, and a top prize of €100,000. The big win went to Jimmy McSweeney, the chip leader of the start of the final table...

2008 Borgata Poker Open Breaks Records

The opening day of the 2008 Borgata Poker Open broke some records with a registration of 1,192 players and a $5 million guaranteed prize pool. The sixth annual Borgata Poker Open boasts plenty of Atlantic City regulars among the poker pros that travel in to play. Local players include Tony Salerno, Davidson Matthew and Dale Pinchot...

Poker After Dark - A Light Bluff

The poker show on NBC, Poker After Dark, has a lot of fans, players that would watch the show and imagine how they would play the pros in such a format, but as it is an invitational only event, there is no chance to live that fantasy. And then Ken Light came along.

Poker After Dark - A Curious Call

On NBC's most popular poker show, Poker After Dark, one amateur player won a chance to put together his Dream Table. Ken Light, who won this chance at one online poker room, tapped Scotty Nguyen, Jen Harman, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow, and his favorite player Daniel Negreanu, and got to play them all.

Poker Software Bought by Vega

A MMOG platform has been acquired by Vega Promotional Systems, Inc. to be used as a gaming platform, according to a recent press release. MMOG platforms are the support behind Massively Multiplayer Online Games, such as World of Warcraft, that allow millions of players to interact in an ever changing, responsive online world...

Poker After Dark - Five Bracelets Won't Save You

When a poker player ends up with a bracelet from the World Series of Poker it is a sign that he knows what he is doing at the poker table. On this particular week of the hit NBC show Poker After Dark it was Battle of the Bracelets, with 45 braclets between the players.

Phil Gordon, Other Poker Pros Raise Money

Started by pro poker player Phil Gordon, the "Bad Beat on Cancer" Texas Holdem poker tournament is a popular event among poker pros and celebrities, and the fourth annual event was no exception. Played on May 6th the event was held in Washington, D.C. and raised more than $300,000 thanks to the 130 entrants...

Poker After Dark - Who Do You Think You Are Playing With?

There is a long time enmity between two pro poker players, one that literally led to blows during one WSOP competition. Sam Grizzle and Phil Hellmuth just rub each other the wrong way, which was exactly the reason to put them both at the table during Hecklers' Week of NBC's Poker After Dark.

Poker After Dark - More Cautions

They say that the best poker style to play a game like No Limit Texas Holdem is Tight Aggressive. This means that a player does not get involved in too many pots (that makes them tight versus loose) and when they take action, they bet hard (that makes them aggressive instead of passive.)

Venetian Deep Stack Poker Extravaganza Begins Monday

Last year was the first for the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza, a live poker event at the Venetian casino in Las Vegas, and this year's version kicks off on Monday. The first event is a $300 buy in No Limit Holdem tournament. The first season was a 19 event series, followed by a 31 event series...

Poker After Dark - Allen's Mega Match

The current chip leader was Allen Cunningham, who alone was left to face Eli Elezra at the table for the win. Each of these players had a one in two shot at walking away with that three hundred grand, although Allen had the advantage by about six to one with his chip lead.

Automated Poker Tables Win Fans

The idea was a new one: poker tables with no dealers. There were no chips or cards either - at least not the physical kind. Players sat down and swiped their credit card to play, each with their very own touch screen to use in playing the most popular poker game around, Texas Holdem...

Check Raising with a Weak Hand

In the book Super System, Doyle Brunson claims to have made very sparing use of the check/raise. Usually if Mr. Brunson has something to say about the game of poker most people usually just sit crossed legged on the floor and listen to him like children hearing Aesop spin his favorite fables.

Yet Another ECOOP

The European Championship of Online Poker will be coming around the bend once more in November at online poker room Titan Poker, according to a recent announcement. Playing from November 24th through December 7th, the ECOOP will have 14 events. Players can expect to see buy in prices from around $100 to a bit more than $1,000...

WPT Losing Money

While the World Poker Tour got some good news when the Fox Sports Network bought the WPT's seventh season, the numbers they have posted for the second quarter of 2008 don't look very good. WPT revenues have dropped from $7.7 million last year to $5.1 million in 2008. Steve Lipscomb, the WPT president and CEO, is optimistic, however...

Poker After Dark - Big Man Straight

When Poker After Dark started their new season, they started to bring in some new blood as well. In the Cash Game episode, where players paid $100k to play, Phil Hellmuth, Tom Dwan, Allen Cunningham, Guy Laliberte, Mike Baxter, and David Peat were invited to play, with only Allen and Phil being old timers.

European Championship of Online Poker Underway

The European Championship of Online Poker has gotten underway, sponsored by online poker room Bet365. The events, comprised of ten different poker tournaments held online, will offer $3.5 million in prizes guaranteed. Many of the players of the ECOOP will get in for free, thanks to the Bet365 freeroll series that offered seats as prizes...

Gamma Labs Official Sponsor of WSOP

With the World Series of Poker just around the corner the announcements of official sponsorships have begun. Last year there were official sponsors for just about every thing from cards to peanuts, and this year there is an official testosterone booster. Gamma Labs announced that they have become an official sponsor of the 2008 WSOP...

Coast to Coast Poker Today

The River Rock Casino Resort is the location of the Coast to Coast Poker Championship, which kicks off today. The first of seven events will be a $500 No Limit Holdem event. The main event will be a $3,000 buy in freezeout, and it will be filmed for broadcast by the WPT (World Poker Tour) Canada...

Poker After Dark - Even the Pros Check It Down

One of the reasons why No Limit Texas Holdem poker is so interesting is the ability for any poker player at any time to push all in. It is the most aggressive game in poker which means it's also the most dramatic. Yet sometimes it is the passive play that results in a win.

E-Wallet Company Says No to Poker

In order to make deposits to various online poker accounts, poker players typically have to use an e-wallet company. This is a company that handles financial transactions between a player's bank and the poker room in question. One of the popular e-wallet companies is ePassporte which may no longer be available to poker players...

EPT Copenhagen Won by Qualifier

The poker world got a big shot in the arm from Chris Moneymaker in 2003, when that player won the World Series of Poker after qualifying for his seat in a $40 online tournament. The trend continued recently when Tim Vance from St. Louis, Missouri, took down the Scandinavian Open, part of the European Poker Tour...

2008 World Series of Poker Circuit San Diego

World Series of Poker Circus keeps traveling across the US, and the 2008 WSOP Circuit event at the Harrah's Rincon in San Diego, California, has begun at the end of January. San Diego is a great place to visit, but very expensive to live - unless you win this event, and then you should be set.

World Poker Tour: 2008 LA Poker Classic

There are few places better to be in the cold months of January and February (and even March) than California. There are few places in California that are better to be than Los Angeles, so all you poker fans are in luck if you plan on attending the World Poker Tour: 2008 LA Poker Classic.

Coaxing Money from the Conservative Player

As we know, in the game of poker all the talk of strategy, bluffing, tells, etc. are about one thing: making money. Most people don't get into casino or competitive poker for the purpose of giving away their paychecks. Anybody who does that sort of thing probably also uses a cactus as a loofa.

Online Poker Room William Hill Looks to the Caribbean

When the weather turns cold, online poker room William Hill Poker will be sending players to the tropical sun-drenched sands of the Caribbean. Ten Caribbean Poker Classic packages will be added to the suite of offerings at the poker room. A number of freezeouts and rebuy tourneys will be held, ranging in price from £1 to £30...

Another Event Hosted by the PPA

At the recently held Democratic National Convention poker pros nearby held a poker tournament for charity, raising money for the Paralyzed Veterans of America. The event was hosted by the Poker Players Alliance. Now another poker tournament hosted by the PPA and benefiting the PVA will be held, this time during the Republican National Convention...

State Trooper Victim of Poker Game Holdup

A man has been arrested in Hagerstown as a suspect of a robbery of a poker game where 18 players, including a state trooper, lost a total of $4000. The suspect, 22 year-old Michael Joseph Campher, is being held on a $400,000 bond and being charged with armed robbery and first-degree assault. A second suspect is still at large...

Gulf Coast Poker Championship - The Greatest Comeback in World Poker Tour History

The WPT is all about dramatic poker. The blind levels are fast and aggressive, the buy-in is usually $10,000 or as much as $25,000, the final TV tables are only six handed instead of 10 handed and the show is heavily edited to emphasize the drama. But none of that was necessary in the case of Bill Edler.

Banging Them Out

Sometimes you just want to make a few bucks. Maybe there's that new flashy toy you want, maybe you have bills to pay, or maybe you just like having your wallet a little fatter. There are a thousand different reasons why someone would want more money, and not many reasons why someone would want less.

Poker After Dark - You Are Due, TJ

T.J. Cloutier is one of those players that always seems to come very close to a major victory, only to ship it to someone else. That is not always true, of course, which can be proved by his participation in this particular week's game of the NBC late night poker show Poker After Dark.

Bulgarian Online Poker

Online poker has come to Bulgaria with a fully customized site designed to entice local players. Bwin, a Vienna listed online gambling outfit, has created the site in the Bulgarian language. While Bulgarian poker players have always been able to access Bwin's products, never before have they been able to do so in their native tongue...

WSOPE PLO Victor Jorgensen

The latest World Series of Poker Europe event is over, and Theo Jorgensen has captured the crown. The pro poker player from Denmark took the second event of the second WSOPE season with his victory in the £5000 Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) event. Other pros were in the event, such as Chris “Jesus” Ferguson and Max Pescatori...

Online Poker Room Breaks Own Record

Online poker room Titan Poker has announced their guaranteed for the third Titan Poker European Championship of Online Poker, and the number beats their old guarantee soundly. Last year the ECOOP guarantee was at $3.6 million, and this year the guarantee is $4.15 million. The series will stretch out over two weeks leading up to the main event...

Jennifer Leigh Finds Sponsorship

The online poker pro known as Jennicide has finally found an online poker room willing to sponsor her, and in fact she is the first sponsored player at IronDuke.com. Leigh hasn't been exclusively an online poker pro, although that is how she cut her teeth. She was a popular figure on Poker Royale, on GSN...

World Poker Open - A Paper Tiger

There is a concept called "Paper Tiger" that refers to something that appears fierce - or wants to appear fierce - but is instead completely harmless. During the final table play of the World Poker Tour World Poker Open, played at the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, the pros witnessed an amateur player being a Paper Tiger.

Changes to Future NBC Heads-Up Poker

This week a list was released from the NBC National Heads-Up Championship detailing how future invites will be handed out. The popular poker show brings pros and celebrities together to play No Limit Texas Holdem poker one on one. The first show was won by Phil Hellmuth, followed by Ted Forrest, Paul Wasicka and Chris Ferguson...

Aidily "Lily" Elviro: Well Stacked

Certainly one cannot deny that it is difficult to look at Lily Elviro without quickly taking notice of her distinctly bountiful assets. Not referring to her stack of chips - she is often, obviously, described as being "stacked". It is no miracle of science then that she caught the eye of poker player Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi.

Poker Pro Reportedly Put in Prostitution Ring

A well known high stakes pro poker player has his name on a list of clients run by Kristin Davis, according to various reports. Davis is the high profile madam linked to the former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. Allegedly Davis ran more than one prostitution ring, and is facing charges on prostitution and money laundering...

Neil "Bad Beat" Channing: Gambling Is Like a Magnet

Neil "Bad Beat" Channing of Battersea, London has been drawn to gambling from a very young age. Born in Reading, Berkshire on December 9, 1967 - Channing played in both pool and card games when he was just eight years old. Since that time Channing has spent most of his life in hot pursuit of his favorite gambling activities.

Poker After Dark - Bad Boy Bellande

Jean-Robert Bellande was playing in Heckler's Week during the 3rd season of NBC's Poker After Dark, and spent a few hands re-establishing his skill as a player. The reason he needed to do so was that he was in danger of being more well known for his appearance on Survior: China than his success at poker.

Poker After Dark - Do I Have a Diamond?

Some players hide their faces and try so hard not to give away a thing to the other players. Others, however, are very animated - their face moves, they grin, they chat. They still win, and lose, and sometimes they give away a thing or two, but by contrast to the stone faces they seem super confident.

New Online Poker Room Face

Online poker room Absolute Poker got a lot of attention with Canadian model Serinda Swan on board, and now they are bringing in an astrophysicist. Liv Boeree is actually a former astrophysicist, current model and now the new face at Absolute Poker. She is also hopeful to add pro poker player to her list of accomplishments...

Update to WSOP Dates

The 2008 World Series of Poker schedule has been modified by two date changes according to a recent Harrah's Entertainment announcement, in order to better accommodate the ESPN coverage for what is swiftly becoming the most prestigious event at the WSOP, the $50,000 buy in H.O.R.S.E. World Championship. The H.O.R.S.E...

Poker After Dark - No Broadway

The poker name for the highest non-flush straight is Broadway - Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten. This hand is a great hand when you get it, as any other straight is likely to pay you off and you know you have the pot won if there are no flush, full house or quad options on the board.

Tournament Strategy: A Made Hand

Tournament poker and one's freshman year in college have something in common: both of these events will cause people to do things that they wouldn't normally do under less permissive circumstances. Just like the college kid who explains his actions with the words "I didn't inhale", tournament poker will often involve some experimentation with personal boundaries.

Teenager Catches Lightning in a Bottle

Despite the fact that catching unregulated electricity in a container is generally a bad idea, this is a pretty good description for what happened during a German poker tournament that saw an 18 year old winning 1.4 million dollars. The truly amazing bit of this story is that this kid has only been playing poker for six months.

Jump in Italian Online Poker

A tentative test of online poker in Italy was conducted this month and thousands took place. During the first weekend of September players were only online from 2pm to 5pm, Microgame and Gioco Digitale hosted over two thousand games with over sixty five hundred players. The tournaments ranged in cost between 0.50 Euros and the maximum of 100 Euros...

H.O.R.S.E. WSOP Event on ESPN Tomorrow

Tuesday nights are poker nights these days on ESPN, the station that filmed and is now broadcasting the World Series of Poker events for this year. This Tuesday the event will be the biggest tournament in the WSOP season outside of the Main Event, the $50,000 HORSE. The show will be aired at 8 PM eastern time on ESPN...

Russian Goverment Sanctions Poker

In Russia, poker is more than just a game, it is a sport. This is the official word as the Russian Government has sanctioned poker as a sport, which means the upcoming Zavidovo Open has a special stamp of approval. This event is the tip of the growing poker iceberg in Russia, where the sport is booming...

Poker After Dark - Hard to Read

All the players at Poker After Dark's the Cash Game show admitted one thing: Durr was hard to read. In the $100k buy in event Phil Hellmuth, Allen Cunningham, Guy Laliberte, Mike Baxter, and David Peat were playing with a crafty player better known for his skill online as Durr, but his real name was Tom Dwan.

Poker After Dark - The Cash Game

Poker After Dark is one of the most popular of all the poker games shown on TV, and one reason is because they so often mix up their themes. The latest idea is The Cash Game, a $100k buy in event featuring six players: Phil Hellmuth, Tom Dwar, Allen Cunningham, Guy Laliberte, Mike Baxter, and David Peat.

Sky Poker Changes Channels

One of the more innovative ways to anticipate in a poker game, Sky Poker, has changed channels. Sky Poker players are able to play online poker as well as Poker on TV using the remote control for special events. The new channel is 865 and Sky Poker commemorated the event of the channel change with a special promotion...

Poker After Dark - Two in a Row

Sometimes a poker game can drag on and on for some time; this is one reason why poker tournaments are scheduled with rising blind levels, to make sure that players bust out as their stacks shrink in proportion to the rising blinds. But then again, sometimes it's just the action of the game that busts out players.

Young Gun Wins Shootout at WSOP

The winner of one of the more interesting events at the 2008 World Series of Poker, Event 17, $1,500 NL Shootout, is Jason Young. Exactly 1,000 players showed up to start the event, which required each player who wished to advance to win the table they started at. Round two players were all competing for a spot at the final table...

NBC National Heads-Up Championship - If a Tree Falls on Ted Forrest

When the first round of NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship got underway, it was four brackets of a total of sixty four poker pros and celebrities all trying to knock each other out of the running, one by one. A match up that folks figured they could call with all confidence was Orel Hershiser vs. Ted Forrest.

Poker After Dark - I Knew He Was Trying to Bust Me

Gabe Kaplan was a stand up comedian. He started in a popular show in the 1970's called "Welcome Back Kotter" and then sort of dropped from view. But since then he has become a regular poker pro and poker commentator, and was a great fit in the Cowboy Week shows of season three of Poker After Dark.

Poker Organizer Dodges Death

Harry Bowman was assaulted on May 3rd, the day before opening Day Four of an international poker tournament in Lviv. Bowman opened the door to an unknown person who had brought him a package of champagne and sweets, and had Bowman sign a receipt. The delivery man then shoved Bowman to the floor and produce a pistol...

Poker Egg Hunt

With the Easter Weekend drawing nigh, online poker room Absolute Poker wants to celebrate by putting up a slew of guaranteed poker tournaments equaling more than $225,000. Included in these guarantees is the $10,000 Absolute Poker Easter Egg Hunt event. If a player joins a game with EGG as the prefix, they are up for part of the $10,000 prize...

Tax Spy Gadgets Possible for Poker Machines

High tech spy gadgets may find their way into poker machines in the near future, if Deleon Guerrero, R-Saipan has anything to say about it. The representative suggested that the idea is under review, with the purpose of ensuring the right amount of taxes are being paid and collected from the poker machines. Vice Speaker Joseph P...

To Finish, Or Not Finish Someone Off

There is a strange visceral joy a lot of people feel when they take somebody's last chip or the last dollar they brought to the game. Despite the fact that knocking somebody out of the game gives a player some bragging rights, there are times where you have to wonder if it is really worth the effort.

Poker After Dark - Just His Luck

If you are the owner of five or more World Series of Poker bracelets then you are in a very special company - there are only 12 people living in the world today who can make that claim, and half of them gathered to play in the NBC late night poker show hosted by Shana Hiatt - Poker After Dark.

Poker After Dark - Golfing Tomorrow?

Phil Ivey is not only a super poker pro, but a golfer as well. As he saw his tourney life ending during Mega Match week on the Poker After Dark NBC poker show, he leaned over to his pal Barry Greenstein and asked, "So you want to go golfing tomorrow?" assuming his game was just about up.

Machines vs. Dealers

It wasn't so long ago that fully automated poker tables were first introduced to the public. These machines were greeted with reactions that ranged from the sort of giddy, breathless adulation that would be better placed at a Keith Partridge concert to a response similar to one that resembles somebody going to the doctor for a colonoscopy.

Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau

It was the first event of its kind, and it signifies the hope that poker may yet put down roots in the People's Republic of China, where currently gambling is an illegal activity. It was the Poker Stars sponsored Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau, which took place in the only territory in China where poker could happen.

Online Poker Checks Bouncing

Some players have been reporting that they are getting payouts from online poker rooms that seem to be printed on rubber checks. The checks have been bouncing that were processed from Zip Payments, an online payment processing company that handled payouts for some online poker rooms. Poker forums are buzzing with the news, some more positive than others...

Poker After Dark - Chad Is Sneaky, Phil Is Mad

Poker shows are always better when there is an analyst there to provide expert commentary, but when do these poker talkers get to play? On the NBC show Poker After Dark it was Analysts Week, and Chad Brown, Howard Lederer, Mark Gergorich, Phil Gordon, Ali Nejad, and Robert Williamson III all got a chance to show their stuff.

Bell Rings in a Winner at WSOP

The latest champ at the 2008 World Series of Poker is Duncan Bell, who rung out the competition in the $2,500 buy in No Limit Holdem event, Event #13. A prize pool of over three million was up for grabs, thanks to the nearly 1,400 players who participated. Ninety nine place paid, but none more than place number one, taken by Bell...

Poker Brat on Beer

The World Series of Poker and Phil Hellmuth have a lot in common. The former WSOP champ is the world leader in WSOP bracelets with eleven to his name, and now there is another link between the two. The sponsor for the 2008 WSOP is Milwaukee's Best Light, and now Phil is going to be on the beer's can...

New Online Poker Deal with CryptoLogic

One of the leading online poker software companies is CryptoLogic, which recently announced yet another big online poker deal. CryptoLogic, affiliated with WagerLogic, recently signed a deal with a new online poker website called OPoker, a deal that is for three years. The exclusive licensing agreement will mean that CryptoLogic will be the online software provider for OPoker...

Poker Cruise Has Set Sail

A cruise ship set sail from Venice yesterday packed with poker players, all of whom are hoping to end the cruise a millionaire. The ship is hosting the PartyPoker Million VI, an institution in the poker tournament world. The Million was the first major poker cruise to hit the open ocean and has been going strong ever since...

Maine Poker Tournament Raided

A rehab club was recently raided by Maine State Police, who found 30 people playing poker but no tournament games license. The 24-Hour Club on Lincoln Street in Bangor, Maine, was holding a poker event where players put up $100 to play, but the club failed to obtain the required licenses in advance. More than $6,000 was seized by the police...

Online Poker Room Finishes Migration of Accounts

A few weeks ago online poker room Absolute Poker announced they would be assimilating the player accounts from another online poker room, Vegas Poker 24/7. A recent press release has confirmed that the migration of player accounts has been completed. This means that players who have accounts with Vegas Poker 24/7 will now be able to play at Absolute Poker...

Poker Player's Stabbing Death

The Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City was the scene of a crime that left a man dead. Sixty one year old Arthur Prince, of Toms River, had a disagreement with fifty seven year old Vincente Pereze, from Macon, Ga. The disagreement started at a poker table in the casino's poker room and then continued outside...

Filling the Vacuum

Phil Zajac of Henderson, NV has figured out a unique structure that could very well be a road map for anyone who wants to create an event to compete with the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Taking some inspiration from the structure that is best known for "duplicate bridge", Zajac has come up with the idea for "duplicate poker".

Making Big Bets

What is the best way for a novice player to level the playing field when playing No Limit Holdem? Well unless you can slip something into the drinks of everyone around you the best way to close the gap between your minutes of experience and their years in the game is to use your chips like a hammer.

First Ever Bodog Poker Open

This March online poker room Bodog Poker will be hosting the Inaugural Bodog Poker Open, or BPO. Kicking off on Monday, March 3, the action will lead to a championship event on March 9 with a $500 buy in. The victor of that event will not only get the cash but also a special Omega Speedmaster watch, engraved for the winner...

Who Is the Ultimate Bounty Hunter?

Adding new elements to home poker games makes for a lot of fun, and bounties are a great way to do that. But if you are not inclined to put up more money for bounties and collecting a bounty chip without the cash leaves you cold, consider running a season long bounty game called the Ultimate Bounty Hunter.

Men the Master at LA Poker Classic

Men the Master, also known by his given name of Men Nguyen, has just won his third event at the LA Poker Classic. Event 20, which was a $2,500 buy in limit Holdem tournament, was the latest, bringing $43,000 for Men. Men did not pick up player of the year points, however, as only fifty two players showed up to play...

Why Native Mac Clients for Poker Rooms?

With so much emphasis placed on no download version of poker room software, games that are played in the browser and require only an internet connection, why is there a push for major poker rooms to put out native Macintosh poker rooms? The answer lies in the ability for poker rooms to attract those loyal Mac computer owners.

The Dangers of Heads Up Play for Inexperienced Players

Experience will come by default as we play the game. There are no burgeoning players out there who will be willing to suffer a financial broken leg in order to gain experience. So there is a delicate strategic balancing act that one must do when trying to gain experience, but not lose the farm at the same time.

Magnetic

Magnets attract and repel. It's one of those cool little bits of science that we get to play with in school, and it's another important bit of science when it comes to the modern world. Magnets are super important for so many of today's conveniences, from computers to trains. In poker, you want to be like a magnet.

Poker Player's Home Burglarized

When pro poker player Hoyt "The Alabama Cowboy" Corkins returned to his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, after a month long trip, he found a few things missing. Not only were three vehicles gone but $10k in cash, a safe, and three championship bracelets. Corkins won those bracelets at the World Series of Poker (2) and the World Poker Tour (1)...