Daniel Negreanu is easily one of the most popular, if not the most popular figure in professional poker. When he speaks, people listen. When he makes a big play in a poker tournament, people watch. It’s no surprise that his love life has been the subject of much scrutiny over the years. Whenever he is […]
Doyle Brunson tried to run one helluva bluff last summer when he said he would be leaving poker after WSOP season. Of course, that bluff was short lived as he later modified his statement to say he was quitting tournaments. Brunson continued to play in high stakes cash games and has even been featured a […]
A couple of POY races came down to the wire in 2018 but now we know the official winners for both the CardPlayer Player of the Year race and the GPI POY 2018 race. Jake Schindler held on to win the CardPlayer POY race while Alex Foxen streaked his way to the GPI POY 2018. […]
Even casual poker fans have noticed the shift in live poker towards larger buy-ins and more high roller tournaments. With larger tournaments and larger prize pools, the natural result is players winning more money each year. A couple of years ago, I started tracking the number of “poker millionaires” created in live poker each year […]
Are you ready for the 2019 World Series of Poker? On Thursday, WSOP officials released the dates for the 50th Edition of the World Series of Poker. The event will run from May 28 through July 16, 2019 with a limited smattering of WSOP events announced. To celebrate the 50th anniversary, WSOP officials have announced […]
Super High Roller Bowl V is officially int he books and what a final table we had. This event boasted a superstar final table with the majority of players earning their largest live tournament cashes of their careers. In the end, it was 33-year old Isaac Haxton that managed to take down the event and […]
Back in 2011, an opinion from the US Department of Justice about the Federal Wire Act opened the door for states to regulate online gambling in the United States. Anti-gambling lobbyists have since been attempting, often unsuccessfully, to have this opinion reversed. If a report from Online Poker Report holds true, there is a good […]
The Super High Roller Bowl V kicked off on Monday at the PokerGO Studios at the ARIA in Las Vegas. As expected, the event failed to perform as well as past incarnations, but the eventual winner will still walk away with over $3.6 million in prize money. Also, the format of the event sparked a […]
The final World Poker Tour event of 2018 is in the books. As has been customary for the tour, the year-ending event was the Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. This year’s Main Event broke records for the largest $10k event WPT history. A field of 1,001 entries took their […]
EPT Prague and the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic are two year-end events that draw out the pros, so it’s never a surprise when numerous big names take down events. Over at EPT Prague, Thomas Boivin and Matthias Eibinger took down the €25,000 and €50,000 High Roller Events. Over at the WPT Five Diamond, […]
