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So you’re watching a poker tournament on television and there are five minutes left. Say Phil Ivey has a 9 to 1 chip lead over Phil Hellmuth. Who do you think is going to win? World Poker Tour founder Steve Lipscomb realized a flaw in the presentation of his poker tournaments to date. In [continue]

An issue that has recently arisen in the poker world is the rules that govern tournament play. Unlike the the PGA Tour, where golfers can expect the same procedures to take place at every tournament, poker has a different system going, and most complain it is a lack of one. According to Miguel [continue]

Finally, nine people remain after a grueling 12 day battle in the 2008 Main Event where 6,844 began with hopes of joining the ranks of some of poker’s best as world champion. The problem is that these golden nine will have to wait until November 9th to finish their journeys due to the fact [continue]

The battle between McCain and Obama for the title of 44th President of the United States is in full swing, and poker players and non-poker players alike are trying to decide which of the candidates is best. Oddly enough, this election will most likely be more influenced by poker than any other in the [continue]

So, the Day 1’s are over. Now it’s break day before Day 2A begins. Of course, I am talking about the World Series of Poker’s 2008 Main Event. There was much speculation as to whether this year’s Main Event would have more entrants than last year’s, and in the end it did. [continue]

Today marks day one of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event.  For many professionals and amateurs alike the Main Event is a chance for poker glory and immortality.  Although, the Main Event is certainly enough excitement for a day in the poker community, there is another gripping and unusual poker competition beginning today; [continue]

Event 46 of this years World Series of Poker was the largest buy-in 6-max No Limit Hold’Em tournament of the series. The $5,000 tournament drew 805 entrants for a total prize pool of $3,783,500. 6-max No Limit Hold’Em is a different beast than full-ring and most consider it more conducive to the styles [continue]

With the seemingly never ending growth in the world of poker it is no surprise it has even extended to the theater.  According to PokerPages, All In: The Poker Musical will make its debut in a one hour concert on July 4th and 5th. The performance will take place at the Masquerade Theater in the [continue]

Event 9 of this 2008 World Series of Poker was one of three, 6-max, No Limit Hold’Em tournaments on the schedule.  6-max Event 31 has a buy-in of $2500 and 6-max Event 46 has a buy-in of $5000, but Event 9 lead the way to the bigger cash with a buy-in of $1500.
The event featured [continue]

According to UK PokerNews, Irish Professional Padraig Parkinson has joined the PokerTrillion Team. Best known for his ebullient personality at the poker table, he is also a successful tournament player with over 1.3 million dollars in career tournament winnings.
Parkinson’s best finish was his win of the 2002 Grand Finale on the British television series [continue]