The Living Legend that is Doyle Brunson is not going to be seen at the WSOP Tournament tables this yeah. No, he’s not dead, as far as I’m aware the 79 year old Texas Dolly is still very much alive and kicking. On Tuesday Night he tweeted a short comment that has ended an era, [...]

FlopTurnRiver have learned that discussions are ongoing to include Poker as an Olympic sport for the 2020 games. From what we have heard, Poker is to take the place of Windsurfing in the summer games program. In February, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to drop Wrestling from the Olympic Program, and this has started [...]

Do you remember back in the day, Tom “durrrr” Dwan issued a challenge to playone not named “Phil Galfond” heads up for 50,000 hands at No Limit Hold’em or Pot Limit Omaha at $200/$400 or higher? The deal included a bonus to the winner, if durrrr won, his opponent would pay $500,000, while if durrrr [...]

Towards the end of last week, a challenge was laid down on Full Tilt Poker, it was for $1,000,000. The two players? Patrik Antonius, and Rui Cao. Most of you will have heard of Patrik, he was a member of the Full Tilt stable of pros before Black Friday, is a former tennis player, a regular on [...]

Just one month after Full Tilt Poker reopened their doors, they’ve already begun the 21st edition of their Full Tilt Online Poker Series. There was some speculation as to how many people would turn up for these events after the 18 months of down time that Full Tilt Poker experienced. We’re glad to report that [...]

Recently, staff members from FlopTurnRiver.com had the honor of interviewing some of the best poker players in the world.  Whether you are a fan of online or live poker, or both, you will be amazed by what these PokerStars professional players had to say! Did you know that Barry Greenstein called the fellow in charge [...]

Born Thomas Austin Preston, Jr. on New Year’s Eve in 1928, Amarillo Slim succumbed to colon cancer on Sunday, April 29, 2012, while receiving hospice care in Amarillo, Texas.  He was 83 years-old at the time of his death. Referring to himself as the “World’s Greatest Gambler,” Amarillo Slim helped to promote the game of [...]

Annette Obrestad, known as Annette_15 online, was recently named a Lock Pro for the Lock Poker site on the Merge Network. Annette who started her poker career at a very young age is mostly known for winning the PokerStars Sunday Quarter Million, and then being the youngest player ever to win the W.S.O.P.E. Main Event [...]

The truly original documentary “All in: The Poker Movie” was developed to investigate the explosion in popularity of poker around the world. Featuring interviews with many well-known professional players, it chronicles the journey of poker from its shady backroom past to the post-2003 Moneymaker online poker boom. The indie movie was first screened at the [...]

PokerStars has added Roy “GodlikeRoy” Bhasin to the ranks of its sponsored players.