A duo of online poker players are in trouble with the law. However, this story has nothing to do with actions at the poker table or at an online poker room. Two PokerStars Pros are accused of cheating a Nevada casino, Wynn Las Vegas, out of $700,000 at the Craps table. Leonardo Fernandez and Veronica [...]

Full Tilt Poker…yeesh, what a year! 2011 has been quite the rough run. The company has reportedly been bought out, but in the mean time, there is still a lot (and I do mean a very large amount) of hot water to wade through. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has labeled the formerly-respected company as [...]

Annie Duke’s day job is as a promoter, and she’s clearly good at her job. Epic Poker is yet again in the headlines; although, to be fair, not for the best of reasons. The Epic Poker League (EPL) has suspended two of its most prominent players: Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson. U.S. District Attorney Preet [...]

Going from bad to worse, Full Tilt is still in hot water, and wow: they are getting scalded. The Department of Justice just claimed that Full Tilt was a massive, international Ponzi scheme racking up $444 million in Ponzi-ed money. Back in April, Tom Dwan was so confident that Full Tilt was going to be [...]

Erik Seidel has won more than $16 million in lifetime live tournaments. That number only includes public live tournaments, and doesn’t include private tournaments or cash games. With the kind of bank roll this consistent pro has, it would be very difficult to guess just how much he has won in private games with the [...]

Mike ‘Timex’ McDonald just retired from poker, at age 20. McDonald made his name by winning the EPT Main Event for $1.3 million, and by earning himself a seven figure bankroll in online poker. But months later, he’s right back out of retirement, making major tracks. He wrote on his blog, “I don’t hate poker [...]

Thuy Doan, the young female poker pro who immigrated to the United States from Vietnam at the age of 7, has lost her battle with cancer. Thuy got seriously involved with poker and improved her game to the level of top professional while in college in Virginia, coming into her own at the same time [...]

Mike Matusow isn’t called ‘The Mouth’ for nothing. Two weeks ago, Matusow played a highly controversial hand with Hellmuth on Poker After Dark, although ‘played’ might be too generous a term. The majority response has condemned both players, but you can judge for yourself by watching the video below. Since the episode aired, Matusow has [...]

Ah, the thrill of big pots. You might play $0.25-$0.50 and get excited by $10 pots, $1-$2 and find yourself jazzed over a $450 pot, but no matter what level you play, you know what size pot is always exciting? $1 million pots. Unfortunately for this round-up of bar-none, par-excellence poker videos guaranteed to entertain [...]

Poker players in America have been up the creek since the FBI’s crackdown on April 15, 2011, finding it difficult to find a reliable internet poker home. There has been talk of American players moving overseas to be able to play again, but until recently, much of that has been half hearted at best. With [...]