Poker News

The European Poker Tour's 11th season kicks off in Barcelona in only a few weeks, and it will likely be remembered as the 'sweetest' one ever organized by PokerStars. On Monday, the EPT announced Austrian chocolate distributor Suesswaren Grasel as the …

If New Jersey's iPoker operators don't already feel a sense of urgency to improve their poker products, then I suggest that they look at their calendars. In just 90 days, Amaya Gaming is expected to complete its acquisition of the Rational Group. Given …

Nine players bagged up their chips a little after 4 AM on day 2 of the 2014 World Series of Poker Big One For One Drop $1 million buy-in event, but only eight of them will make the money on day 3. Those who do cash will guarantee themselves at least …

Now the 23-year-old from Holden, Massachusetts is ranked sixth on the all-time money list with $17,988,859, largely as a result of winning the 2014 World Series of Poker $1 million buy-in Big One For One Drop. Colman topped a field of 42 players in the …

Chad Brown, 2006 BLUFF Player of the Year, has died in New York following a long battle with a rare form of cancer. He was 52 years old. Born and raised in New York City, Brown first found poker thanks to the Italian cafes scattered throughout the Bronx.

At around 7 p.m. local time in Las Vegas, play was heads-up in the $1 million Big One for One Drop tournament at the 2014 World Series of Poker. One of the players players was Daniel Negreanu, who by lasting until the final two, has secured the top …

The big preliminary event at the 2014 World Series of Poker was the Millionaire Maker, which drew 7,977 entries and creating a $10,768,950, but nobody expected the $1,1500 Monster Stack event to rival it. The tournament, which gave players 15,000 in …

At this summer's World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, players can test their skills in 16 modern variants of our 200-year-old national card game. These include badugi, badeucy, seven-card stud, deuce-to-seven triple draw, pot-limit Omaha high-low-split …

Just like in the stories of the old wild west, a poker game in Marshfield 100 years ago, ended in an argument and someone pulling a gun. Luckily, in this scenario, no one died, although it did cost one man his livelihood. The Marshfield Times led into …

The body of 29 year old German poker professional, Johannes Strassman was found in the Ljublianica River in Slovenia, over a week after the player was reported missing. Slovenian authorities have ruled out that Strassman died from a violent act.

Online poker figures continued to grow in the state of Nevada, despite a weaker performance in Delaware. According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, online poker contributed $862,000 to the overall revenue of $970.3 million from all gambling sectors …

As the debate over the future of France's online poker industry heats up, many local players keep trying to come up with some solutions to help the country's regulator ARJEL stop the decline that started in 2010, right when France decided to regulate …

Forty-two players wound up paying $1 million apiece to play in the second biennial Big One for One Drop, a three-day poker tournament at the Rio in Las Vegas. Already, the hugely remunerative contest — widely considered the heavyweight championship of …

In 2012, during the inaugural World Series of Poker $1 million buy-in Big One For One Drop, the interest was so strong that people were actually turned away from the 48-player capped field. So when it was announced that Guy Laliberte and his hosts were …

Simon Deadman The Hollywood Poker Open Championship kicked off Friday at the M Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas and after an extended registration period, a total of 692 players posted the $2,500 buy-in creating a prize pool of $1,560,450. The field …

While the 2014 World Series of Poker is rapidly nearing a conclusion, back home our elite online players are continuing to crush all that stand before them and have put in some excellent results. Patrick Leonard is still on top of the UK online poker …

Chad Brown Now In End-of-life Facility Back in 2011, Chad Brown was suffering from a rare form of cancer and had to have a huge 10lb tumour removed from his abdomen. Over the past few years the 52 year-old American actor, poker player and …

Jean-Robert Bellande waits for play to resume after a break in the Big One for One Drop, a $1,000,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em charity poker tournament, at the Rio Sunday, June 26, 2014. The $1 million buy-in is the largest ever for a poker event …