The 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions (TOC) concluded its second day Monday with Mike “The Mouth” Matusow leading the field in the chase for the $500,000 first prize.  There is just one problem, though.  There are 17 players left when there were only supposed to be nine.
When the Tournament of Champions was [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | June 29, 2010

Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing, John Stockton, Dan Marino, Barry Sanders, Dan Fouts, Ernie Banks, Ted Williams, Barry Bonds.  These are just some of the names that come up when sports fans talk about the greatest athletes without a professional championship.  Poker has a similar list: the best players without a World Series of Poker bracelet.  [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | June 28, 2010

Next week, PartyPoker will launch its newest monthly promotion, dubbed “Card Rush XL.” Beginning at the stroke of midnight Eastern time on Monday, June 28th, and ending one minute before midnight on Saturday, July 31st, Card Rush XL is like past PartyPoker promos in that involves earning cards through collecting points. But unlike past promos, [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | June 25, 2010

PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room, launched its Summer of Laughs promotion this week, giving Canadian customers the opportunity to play poker and then treat their funny bone to a workout.  Through a series of freerolls and FPP qualifiers, players will have the chance to win a prize package to the Just For Laughs [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | June 24, 2010

And we all thought that he had achieved all he could achieve when he appeared on the cover of Cigar Aficionado this Spring.  But no, Phil Ivey wasn’t close to his peak yet.
Tuesday morning, the Full Tilt Poker pro took another step towards what appears to be his inevitable poker immortality by winning the $3,000 [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | June 23, 2010

Outpacing a field that was larger than all but the last five World Series of Poker Main Events, Sun City, Florida’s Harold Angle won the $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em event at the WSOP Monday morning, earning $487,994 in the process.  With 3,142 players, the tournament was by far the largest Seniors event in the history [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | June 22, 2010

PartyGaming, operator of online poker room PartyPoker.com, reported Thursday that its corporate and social responsibility credentials have been endorsed by four important organizations in the gaming industry.
The first, the FTSE4Good Index, is something that PartyGaming had already been a member of, but it is still important that its membership was retained.  The FTSE Group is [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | June 21, 2010

PartyPoker’s Antanas “Tony G” Guoga, one of the best poker players in the world without a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet, has left the WSOP and gone home to London.
Typically, the world’s top players will stay in Las Vegas for the duration of the Series, taking only short breaks here and there depending on [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | June 18, 2010

On Wednesday, Harrah’s released the results of the voting for the 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions (TOC), results which will likely surprise nobody.  Leading the way were fan favorites Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu, who were separated by just 28 votes, each being named on over 16,000 ballots.
A total of 27 players [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | June 17, 2010

We’re at the half-way point of the 2010 World Series of Poker, which also means that the highly anticipated $10,000 Main Event is approaching.  Those hopeful players who still want to play in the big tournament but don’t quite have the coin to plunk down need not worry.  There are still plenty of opportunities to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | June 16, 2010