It appears as if the World Poker Tour will be one-and-done on the Game Show Network (GSN).The WPT’s parent company, World Poker Tour Enterprises, Inc. (WPTE), announced Monday that GSN will not be picking it up for another season, after only one – WPT Season VI – on the network.The Travel Channel was the home [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | June 10, 2008

MommasBigGun and olkku agreed to a deal at 8:40 PM EST Sunday night to bring the June 8 Party Poker 300K guaranteed to a close. The deal was virtually a 50-50 split of the remaining $93,000 in prize money with MommasBigGun taking $47,402.20 and olkku taking $45,597.81.
The deal was made after olkku suggested to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | June 9, 2008

It’s rare for the best player to win the tournament. From the WSOP to the weekly Party Poker 300K guaranteed, poker is just not a game where the best player always wins.
Which is a big part of the beauty of poker. The fact that Aces get cracked, that flushes find full houses and players [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | June 9, 2008

There is no “get out of jail free” card when the US DoJ is involved. To prevent arrests and heavy fines like those inflicted on Neteller, Citadel Commerce reached a Deferred Prosecution Agreement for over $9 million, meaning they will not be prosecuted for processing illegal gaming transactions if they fulfill certain conditions.
The US Department [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | June 9, 2008

At the start of the 2008 WSOP, Howard Lederer was asked about adding more players to Full Tilt’s team of pros."There are really only three guys out there that belong on Team Full Tilt,” he said. “Daniel (Negreanu), Doyle (Brunson), and Patrik (Antonius).”
Only Daniel and Doyle left to go.The above question was asked at a [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | June 6, 2008

Barack Obama has the better hand. He has more chips, he’s won more hands and the blinds are getting big. At this point in the pot, we’re past the flop and there is absolutely no doubt about who has the better hand. But Hillary is still in the pot – in fact, she just bet [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | June 5, 2008

It has not been as publicized as Full Tilt Poker’s Mini Series of Poker, but Absolute Poker has also been running its own miniaturized version of this year’s WSOP.This one, called the World Series of Absolute Poker (WSAP), is not nearly as big as Full Tilt’s – because of the basic fact that Absolute’s player [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | June 5, 2008

Event #2 of the 2008 World Series of Poker will go down as boasting the fourth largest tournament field ever, trailing only the 2005, 2006, and 2007 Main Events. It was the largest non-Main Event tournament in the history of the WSOP, an enormous record already shattered just a few days into the 2008 World [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | June 4, 2008

While her name has yet to show up on the list of pros in the PokerStars software client, it appears as if Kathy Liebert has signed on with the internet’s largest poker room.PokerStars sponsored the long-time pro at the final table of the first event at this year’s World Series of Poker, a sponsorship which [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | June 3, 2008

Looking to capitalize on the success of last year’s inaugural Super Series, online poker room PKR.com is ready to bring back its young tournament series for another run.Beginning June 18, the Super Series will consist of 14 events, culminating with the $100,000 guaranteed “Deep Stack Masters.”
One very nice thing about the Super Series, compared to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | June 3, 2008