Only 24 players are left of the initial record-setting 1529 hopefuls that showed up in Atlantis Resort and Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Ryan ‘g0lfa’ D’Angelo is no stranger to this blog, and once again he makes an appearance, this time as the overwhelming Top Chip with 24 to go in the 2010 [...]

PokerStars.net is delighted to announce the launch of the long awaited PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour (NAPT). The NAPT is the first major poker tour in North America created by poker players for poker players with accessible buy-ins, expectations for massive prize pools and thousands of players from around the world all competing for millions [...]

What tilt leads players to do is quite amazing. Some steam ala Phil Hellmuth, others simply decide to play tighter and become as still as a mouse. But according to several reports and a forum posting on TwoPlusTwo, someone at the Bellagio decided to take matters into their own hands and strangled a fellow player [...]

On September 25, 2009 high stakes gambler and Las Vegas innovator Bob Stupak passed away of leukaemia.  He was 67 years old and had been battling the cancer for some time.  He spent the last moments of his life with close family at Desert Springs Hospital.  Following his wishes, Stupak will be cremated and no [...]

The Borgata Poker Open main event has long been a popular stop on the World Poker Tour and a thriving multi-event festival has grown up around it. In particular, the annual Ladies Championship has become a regular draw for the card playing members of the fairer sex. This year’s event looked set to be as [...]

As you could have seen reported by other FTR bloggers, The 40th World Series of Poker event is already underway! I would like to take a minute to tell you why you should qualify using PokerStars to play in these events if you do not happen to have $10,000 in spare cash lying around. First of [...]

397 poker players competed for more than $2 million in prize money at the first-ever World Poker Tour® tournament in Italy. Last week, 397 players participated in the first ever World Poker Tour® event in Italy — WPT Venice™, powered by bwin. The €4,000 tournament kicked off May 6 at Casino di Venezia, with a [...]

SunPoker is giving players a chance to qualify for some of the world’s best live tournaments through their online satellites.  So far, SunPoker players have cashed for more than €300,000 in the Casinos Austria Poker Tournament series.  Now, they want to give you a chance to make the next big cash! They are offering a [...]

Holy crap! Pigs are flying! Or maybe they finally realized that jails were getting too full and people decided to stop imprisoning people based on stupid laws. Delaware, the second smallest state after Rhode Island, has voted and passed Sports Betting and Table games as legal in the state. This proposal, by the governor of [...]

Play to qualify for the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this summer via Ladbrokes, and you will be in for a real treat. Ladbrokes Poker is offering all the players who are attempting to qualify for the WSOP in one of their weekly running Vegas Dream Satellites a package which has much more [...]