After waiting nearly four months to reconvene the final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, everyone was excited to get the action going.  None could have been more excited than the 22-year-old Peter Eastgate, who broke Phil Hellmuth’s record and is now the youngest main event champion to ever grace the [...]

He might be leading the field right now, but 2008 WSOP main event chip-leader Dennis Phillips is not taking anything for granted. In addition to bringing in Roy “The Oracle” Winston to help improve his game, he has now organized a final warm up event on November 7th – two days before the final table [...]

Although the sum of the media attention surrounding the members of the November Nine could not be described as a furor, as the resumption of the WSOP main event final table on November 11th draws ever closer the media circus is beginning to ramp up. Despite the relative lull, claims he has kept a low [...]

Ivan Demidov has proven his skill in more ways than one.  Not only is he part of the 2008 World Series of Poker’s November Nine, but he also made the final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe’s Main Event.  That is amazing!  This is the first time a player has been a [...]

In May, Harrah’s unprecedented decision to postpone the final table of the World Series by four months sent shock waves through the poker community. Over time the voices of derision have faded away, but they have been replaced by a mumbles of bemused un-interest. The lack of any recognizable face at the final table has [...]

Last night the first 2 episodes of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event were aired on ESPN and ESPN HD.  All of the world’s best poker players were on hand for the 39th playing of the $10,000 buy-in event.  Because of the recent popularity of poker, the Main Event has been split into [...]

Although the poker world will have to wait until November to crown a champion one player is already setting himself apart from the field.  Dennis Phillips, chip-leader of the Main Event, has pledged to donate 1% of his earnings to putting “a Bad Beat on Cancer”.  While 1% may not sound like a huge amount, [...]

After a disastrous May the release of the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s report on revenues in June has come as a ray of sunlight, despite still showing a marginal downturn. A worrying slide has been taking place in Las Vegas over the last few months, with gambling revenues in May down 15% year-on-year. The most [...]

The majority of movies that Hollywood has made about the game of poker have been pretty big disasters.  Often these films not only fail at the box office but they also fail to capture the essence of the game itself.  Well the movie industry is preparing to take another crack at a poker flick in the [...]

The summer is halfway over, and as often happens this time of the year, live tournaments are in a bit of a lull. The 2008 World Series of Poker is all over, except for the final table of the Main Event, which won’t be going down until November. The next seasons of the APPT and [...]