Thirty-year lowball specialist Steven Gee picked up his first World Series of Poker bracelet in Event #13 Wednesday night after outlasting a field of over 3,000 players. Young-gun Carter Phillips, just 21, bested the field in Event #16 to bag his...
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It's that time again, time for you to get your daily fix off all things poker news. France opened up its online gaming market and there are a couple of poker television shows that are getting ready to premiere. Check out those two stories and more...
Poker isn't a sport, you say? Don't tell that to the people who showed up at the World Series of Poker this week. The World Cup came early in Las Vegas, complete with packed stadium seating for durrrr's final table, cheers being volleyed across...
Tuesday night, or rather early Wednesday morning, belonged to Frank Kassela. The army veteran captured his first WSOP gold bracelet after outlasting a tough field of 170 of poker's best players. Internet sensations are making themselves known in...
We sat down with Evan "MacDaddy34" Panesis recently to talk poker, his World Series of Poker schedule, who he would like to switch places with for the day, and more.
Hello Mr. MacDaddy! First off, congrats on earning your top hat on Poker...
We know that the 2010 World Series of Poker is under way already, but they are only a week in to the festivities in Las Vegas. How would you like to join them? PokerNews and Bodog are bringing you an exciting opportunity to win your way to the...
Details have been released as to how the final World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions seat will be given away and Brian Balsbaugh takes a look at the Nevada Gaming Control Board's online poker issues and gives us his view on the situation...
Monday was somewhat of a quiet day at the 2010 World Series of Poker with only four events in progress. Yan Chen ended the night early in Event #14 when he bested Mike Wattel during a heads up battle that was over well before midnight. Just 18...
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and the federal hearing in the House Ways and Means Committee have grabbed the headlines of late, but it's significant movement at the state level that could make a bigger impact by the end of the...
This week in Inside Gaming, BodogBrand.com dropped a big chunk of change on the domain name, "Slots.com." Harrah's got a deal on its purchase of Thistledown Racetrack in Ohio. And Station Casinos moved another step closer to auctioning 11 of...
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Nacho Barbero won the PokerStars LAPT Lima over the weekend and Poker After Dark is back with an exciting new cash-game series. Obviously, those two stories aren't the only things going on in the world of poker, but you'll have to read on to find...
Simon Watt not only won his first WSOP bracelet early Monday morning in Event #11: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, but the Kiwi also saved poker pros an undisclosed massive amount of money when he kept Tom Dwan from winning a bracelet. Matt Matros joined...
Last weekend, GSN held a debut of its new Saturday night poker block featuring coverage of the 2010 Aussie Millions paired with a mini-marathon of High Stakes Poker. This week’s coverage focused on the opening levels of the $100,000 buy-in...
For the second consecutive weekend, the overall numbers were down on the virtual felt. The World Series of Poker is surely taking away from the Sunday Majors, but that did not stop seven players from locking up six-figure pay days. Over on Full...
Day 9 of the 41st Annual World Series of Poker is in in the books and it was chock full of excitement. Men "The Master" Nguyen won his seventh WSOP bracelet, James "Flushy" Dempsey won his second, and Tom "durrrr" Dwan is making a serious run for...
If you missed any of the news this week because you were running deep in a World Series of Poker event, don't worry, we've got you covered. A player was banned from the WSOP for life and Brian Townsend stepped down from his lead instructor spot at...
With one full week of poker in the books at the World Series of Poker Day 8 saw Pascal LeFrancois take down a WSOP bracelet in Event #8, JJ Liu made the Event #9 final table, and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi in the hunt for his second WSOP...