Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list, visit the official GPI website.
Toronto-based poker pro Ben Sulsky decided to enter the $50,000 Players Championship this year at the WSOP thanks to recently adding the mixed games to his online play. So far this year, Sulsky is up around $930,000 online, bringing his lifetime …
The first year that we ran the Hollywood Poker Open, we had a price point that we realized was probably a little too high, so we listened to the players and lowered the buy-ins. Our structures are better than anybody else out there and our fees are …
From June 29 through July 1, an invite-only poker cash game will be filmed at ARIA inside the Bristlecone Ballroom in the convention center. The no-limit hold'em cash game, called Super High Roller Cash Game, will be played eight handed at …
The media coverage Sulsky has received over the years on PokerNews is not small by any means, and neither are the stakes he's used to playing, but stacked up against the familiar faces from countless poker TV broadcasts he almost seems like the new kid …
The title of the hearing is: “The Legality of Internet Poker – How Prepared Is California to Regulate It?” Representatives from the likes of the Poker Players Alliance, Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Amaya Gaming, Commerce Casino and the Bicycle …
Male tech moguls, CEOs and athletes were relegated to dealing cards at a power-women's poker night in Harlem on Monday hosted by Internet entrepreneur Heidi Messer. Croupiers included former Time Warner boss Richard Parsons, Etsy's CEO Chad …
Poker Central, an upcoming 24/7 poker TV network, announced this week that the Super High Roller Celebrity Shooout, scheduled to take place June 27-28 at Aria on the Las Vegas Strip, will feature some very familiar faces to the poker community.
The increases in online gaming were due to a mix-change between online casino revenues and online poker revenues. PartTimePoker reported that online casino revenue in May 2015 represented 84.56 percent of the total mix when compared with 79.40 …
The Central Carolina Community College Foundation used the recent Patrick Barnes Memorial Poker Run not only to pay tribute to a "loyal and faithful member" of the college's board of trustees, but also to raise money for a good cause. “We are thankful …
THE family of Hull legend David "Devilfish" Ulliott are calling for his name to be added to the Poker Hall of Fame. Mr Ulliott's wife, Anpaktita, together with his eight children, are supporting a nomination made by poker players Phil Hellmuth and Tony …
On July 2, it will be one year to the day beloved poker pro Chad Brown, 52, passed away after a three-year battle with cancer. To honor him, friends and poker players from around the world are invited to participate in the 2nd Annual Chad Brown …
The 2015 running of the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship closed registration early this week with 84 entrants, the fewest in the event's nine-year history. The posted first place prize of $1,270,086 was also the smallest ever for the tournament.
Bryan Micon, former operator of bitcoin poker website Seals with Clubs, is set to face a Nevada judge this week after being charged with operating an unlicensed gaming website. Micon will return from his home in Antigua for a hearing on Thursday in Las …
Pescatori, who now has four bracelets overall, won his third bracelet just two weeks earlier in the $1,500 razz event. For the victory, the man known as the “Italian Pirate” banked $292,158. “I believed I could do it, because stud is my best game …
With his winning hand on one side and his first-place bracelet on the other, Wildwood High School graduate Jeff Tomlinson is all smiles after winning more than $500,000 at the World Series of Poker's No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed tournament earlier this …
An urgency clause was included last week in Internet poker legislation being sponsored by California Sen. Isadore Hall, a move one Capitol Hill source said would seem to negate public reports the bill has been shelved for the 2015 session. “I don't …
Bryan Micon, who left the country after federal agents raided his home for running an unlicensed gaming operation that accepted bitcoin, is expected back in Nevada for a court appearance on Thursday, according to The Las Vegas Review Journal.