With affordable buy-ins and satellites but big prize pools, we're giving players of all levels a great live poker tournament experience, whatever their bankroll. Last year's Dublin Main Event attracted over 1,600 entries for a €330,000 prize pool – our …
Canadian poker pro and 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel is no longer a member of the Team PokerStars Pro, PokerNews recently learned. Although the poker room decided not to share any details about Duhamel's …
Gevork Kasabyan took down the $1,675 World Series of Poker Circuit's main event on March 18 at Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, pocketing $205,720. He beat nearly 670 players over three days, starting Day 3 in fifth place out of 14 remaining players.
As with much in poker, developing mental toughness is a process. It's not attaining perfection but instead reaching for excellence. The difference between perfection and excellence is your attitude toward mistakes. If you want to be perfect or are a …
Each week, the Talking Poker series will highlight a particular poker term. We'll give you a clear, to-the-point definition of the term and an example of the strategic concept to which it refers, so that you can start using the term and implementing …
Late in the day, 2014 World Series of Poker bracelet winner Kyle Cartwright grabbed the chip lead, stacking a player with a turned straight against rivered top two pair and never looked back. He kept his foot firmly on the gas through the last two …
You don't want to come from, “It's not possible,” because obviously it is. There are thousands of professional poker players in the world, but I can't think of a handful of pros that are successful today that are not treating it like a serious job and …
On Saturday, the final two starting flights of the 2015 RunGood Poker Series Hard Rock Tulsa Main Event took place. Combining with the 125 entries from Day 1a, the 112 from Day 1b and 126 from Day 1c generated a field size of 363 entries and a prize …
The day prior to hosting the World Poker Tour World Championship, Borgata in Atlantic City concluded the 2015 Borgata Spring Poker Open Main Event, a tournament that attracted 447 entries. After four days of intense play, Brian Lemke emerged victorious …
The 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final is just days away, and the anticipation couldn't be higher for one of the greatest poker festivals of the year. Once again, the Grand Final will take to Monte Carlo Bay Hotel …
Preflop, with the blinds at 1,200 and 2,400 and a 300 ante, Jorry van Hoof raised to 5,700, Drinan called in the cutoff seat, Altman reraised to 24,000 from the big blind, van Hoof folded, and Drinan called. On the flop Altman bet 17,000 and Drinan called.
Last weekend's apparent cessation of services at US-facing online poker site Lock Poker likely came far too late to reclaim the player funds embezzled from Lock by primary owner Jen Larson and other Lock execs. However, at least it signals the probable …
lock-poker-logo-150×150 Lock Poker, the beleagured online poker site, has shut its website down and it is claimed that the business owes its players millions of dollars. According to PokerFuse, the website remains up but does not connect to servers …
lock_image Lock Poker, the long-troubled online poker site that continued to cater to American poker players after Black Friday despite severe legal and financial hurdles, has seemingly gone offline for good – leaving an estimated $15 million in player …
The 2015 World Series of Poker is just a little over a month away with the first events starting on May 27. Playing the WSOP is a bucket list item for many players. The prospect of earning fame, glory, and perhaps even piles of cash can be …
Poker players dedicated to improving their win rates eventually realize keeping close records of their results is imperative. Not only does it help for the purposes of bankroll management and knowing at a glance whether they are winning or losing, but …
Day 1a saw 136 players pony up $675 and push the 2015 RunGood Poker Series Hard Rock Tulsa Main Event prize pool to over 80 percent of the $100,000 guarantee, with two starting flights still to play. After 12 levels of play at 30 minutes per, it was …
Carnegie Mellon University's artificially intelligent program Claudico will play four human poker pros in a heads-up, no-limit Texas Hold'em competition testing its capabilities. The games are streamed live (with a 30-minute delay) on Twitch. Photo by …