As we all know, the 2008 World Series of Poker kicked off on May 30th with the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’Em World Championship. There were 352 entrants to the tournament creating a prize pool of $3,308,800 and a first place prize of $794,112. When 343 players had been eliminated, the final table read like a [...]

Costa Rica is Spanish for the rich coast, most likely because of its beautiful beaches and cultural offerings. But, this year the rich coast takes on a new meaning as almost 400 poker players arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica for the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) San Jose tournament. A buy-in of $2500+$200 is [...]

FTOPS 8 Event 11 was a $1000+$60 No Limit Hold’Em tournament, the second largest buy-in in the FTOPS, with a guaranteed prize pool of $1,500,000.  The event, hosted by Nick Shulman, drew 1593 players creating an ending prize pool of $1,593,000 with a 1st place prize of $342,495. The event drew a plethora of FullTilt [...]

Tomorrow, May 19th, marks the last tournament of the World Series of Poker’s final 2008 circuit stop at Harrah’s New Orleans. So far we have seen 11 circuit stops beginning with the Grand Casino in Tunica and most recently in Casesars Palace in Las Vegas. With only 12 more days until the action begins on [...]

Poker seems to be growing by the second and many novices are hitting the felt alongside seasoned professionals to try and make their mark.  We have all heard the term “beginners luck” and although short term poker success is possible without formal training, true poker players know that a lot of hands coupled with good [...]

With the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) approaching there is more excitement and anticipation by the day.  Today sports-betting giant and online poker site Bodog.com posted odds for which celebrity poker player will go the farthest in the this years Main Event. The best odds are 5 to 1 given to actors James Woods, [...]

The second event of FTOPS 8 was a $240+$16 Pot Limit Omaha Knockout event hosted by Max Pescatori.  It was the first event of six involving Pot Limit Omaha in this series. Being a “Knockout” event meant, not only are the normal prizes awarded for finishing top in the field, but $40 are set aside [...]

According to the Capital Times, this week Harrah’s Entertainment, owner of several casinos and the World Series of Poker (WSOP), announced that the final table for this years WSOP Main Event will be moved back to November. This 117 day break in the action is so ESPN can potentially provide a same day telecast of [...]

Mrickett, reported on UltimateBet’s amazing promotion for the World Series of Poker (WSOP), but they are not the only ones getting in WSOP giveaway mode. According to OnlineCasinos.com, with the 2008 WSOP only months away, there has been an massive increase in seat sponsorship promotions. While FullTilt and PokerStars are offering there usual plethora of [...]

There seemed to be an increase in the light at the end of the tunnel for poker players when South Carolina Representative Wallace Scarborough introduced a bill that would reverse a 200 year old law making card and dice games illegal.  Scarborough drafted the bill after hearing about a police raid of a poker game [...]