Professional Players

World famous poker players are almost always signed to one company or another. There are very few well known pros who continue to operate without the backing of a major online poker site. Tom Dwan was one of these players, but has now been snapped up by the most pro-friendly site of them all - [continue]

Joan Rivers has made a career out of not pulling her punches; a comedic tactic that has alienated countless members of her audience throughout her 50-year career. Earlier this year she took part in Celebrity Apprentice, alongside well known poker player Annie Duke. The pair locked horns early on and Annie was regularly on the [continue]

Full Tilt Poker, the site with the slogan “Learn, Chat, and Play With the Pros”, has added a new member to the team.  Normally,when a new member is announced, there really is not much fanfare or anticipation.  Full Tilt has dozens and dozens of “Red Pros” on their site; so called because their names appear [continue]

The WSOP Main Event has already come and gone. The final table started with 9 players who would play 17 hours until the last two were left standing. The biggest story coming into the final table was Phil Ivey’s presence. Despite being short stacked, many felt if Ivey could accumulate chips, he could dominate the [continue]

November 11th 2009 – In his biggest live win to date RedKings Finnish Qualifier Ville Salmi scooped €100,000 by winning Estoril Live in Portugal this week.
Playing great poker throughout the Tournament Ville just let his cards do the talking especially dominating the final sessions with strong play and some aggressive Finnish poker play.
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After four months of waiting, the much anticipated final table action of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event have played out and left Joe Cada as the youngest ever World Series of Poker champion.  The 21 year old walked away with a total of $8,546,435 along with the coveted World Series of Poker [continue]

We know Phil Ivey is now playing for the most coveted prize in poker, the WSOP Main Even bracelet. What we don’t know much about is Ivey’s personal life, until now. Ivey allowed ESPN’s E60 crew to follow him around the globe from north America to Europe for a busy four days in September.
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For all their obvious poker talent both on and off the felt, the Shulman family haven’t shown much aptitude for endearing themselves to the poker community. After years of influential media coverage at the helm of CardPlayer Magazine, father Barry and son Jeff have been on a hot streak at the world’s biggest tournaments. Jeff [continue]

IRISH FESTIVAL: €100K- FREE BUT FAR FROM EASY FOR ROLFE
FREE entry Thomas Rolfe was celebrating after coming through a mammoth five and a half hour final table to land the Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker €100,000 first prize, last weekend. The Nottingham-based player (alias ‘r0lfus’) plans to invest his biggest ever win in property after capturing the [continue]

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 [continue]