Out of 257 original entrants, only eight made the final table of the APT Macau Main Event at the StarWorld Galaxy Hotel and Casino. Of those eight, Casey Kastle held the lead in big tournament experience and chips, but it was 20-year-old... more
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The World Series of Poker Academy, poker's premier training camp, is coming to Los Angeles for the first time with a two-day event to be held at the Bicycle Casino on September 6 and 7. Announced instructors for the upcoming event... more
The Imperial Palace has the ideal location for a great poker room. It's right in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, between the Flamingo and Harrah's and across the street from Caesars and the Mirage. It is perhaps the Strip casino... more
Sixty-seven players returned to the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau for Day 2 of the APT Macau Main Event. By the time the dust settled on Day 2, only eight players remained to fight for the title and the event's $500,000... more
Bart Simpson is not known for his charity and compassion, but the woman who has given him his voice for over twenty years is once again hosting a charity tournament this September benefiting a local youth program. Actress Nancy Cartwright... more
Poker Battle, the brand new poker "social networking" and high-end poker fashion brand, has added several more new faces to its official brand pre-launch on the Partouche Poker Tour in Cannes, France, September 2-7, 2008. The Poker Battle... more
One hundred and fifty-four players joined the field for Day 1b of Asian Poker Tour Macau play, bringing the total number of entrants to 257 for the event at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino. Among the entrants were John Juanda, J.J. Liu... more
Full Tilt Poker has announced an all-star lineup for its third season of the Million Dollar Cash Game, which will take place on September 17th and 18th in central London and will be taped for later broadcast. In Season 2, Team Full Tilt... more
His friends call him 'The Razor' — not only for his tendency to raise every pot he's in or his affinity for the sleek Motorola cell phone, but for his uncanny instincts for reading weakness in his opponents. To the uninitiated, John Phan... more
Brian 'sbrugby' Townsend, one of the principals of poker video instruction site CardRunners.com, has admitted in a recent blog post to using two accounts on both of the largest online poker sites, Full Tilt and PokerStars. Full Tilt... more
The stars of the poker universe were shining brightly at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau, China as the second event of the 2008 Asian Poker Tour kicked off. With poker legends Jack Binion and Doyle Brunson announcing... more
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour today released the names of the five finalists in the 'Best Overseas Player' category, another of the seven honors awarded as part of its upcoming EPT Awards ceremony in Barcelona on September 9th... more
Women's poker is growing rapidly across the United States. Poker rooms are seeing more women entering tournaments and playing in the cash games. With that growth comes more opportunities for women to gain skill and confidence... more
It's been a long time since I felt like the Olympics were a big deal to us Americans. Maybe the last Olympics that felt this 'present' in American culture was 1976. Bruce Jenner was winning decathlon Gold, Nadia Comeneci was cute as a button... more
Nearly two years ago at the Copenhagen European Poker Tour event I played at a table where a young man was the media favorite of passers-by. He was filmed and asked questions in several languages, always answering politely... more
In a surprising turnaround, the Republican Platform Committee today stripped language urging a prohibition of Internet gambling from its draft platform. Considering one of the leading opponents of an internet gambling ban... more
Today promises to be a busy day as the Asian Poker Tour (APT) lands with a splash in Macau. The APT Macau event, the second leg of the 2008 Asian Poker Tournament, will run from August 27 through 31. But as players and fans descend... more
With the Republican National Convention just a week away, supporters of online gambling have turned their attention to two troubling sentences of the Republican Party's platform... more
Another big weekend on the online poker circuit saw both the big tournaments just get by their published guarantee numbers. Both the big rooms proved they are psychic when it comes to knowing their user bases, and how to set their guarantees.... more
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