The World Series of Poker is always coming up with new ideas and formats to keep the yearly poker mecca fresh and exciting. Alongside a raft of new features for the 2010 WSOP, an old favorite is set to re-take the stage. The WSOP Tournament of Champions will have it’s very own 2010 edition, with [...]

The 41st annual World Series of Poker may still be more than 6 months away, but the dynamic team behind the scenes is nothing if not prepared. The full schedule for next year’s most prestigious poker event has been released, with 57 bracelet tournaments packed into a month and a half. Action will get underway [...]

Joe Cada 2009 World Series of Poker Champion On November 10th, Joe Cada changed poker history as the youngest man to ever win the World Series of Poker Main Event.  Few expected the record would be broken so soon, since Peter Eastgate had just set it in 2008 at the age of 22, but the [...]

The slow decline of poker’s most historic venue continues, following the news that Binion’s Hotel and Casino have shut their 365 room hotel. In 1970, the titular casino owner Benny Binion created the World Series of Poker, undoubtedly the most successful poker tournament in the history of the game. For 35 years, the casino and [...]

It is pretty much business as usual at PokerStars. Nothing major has taken place, but there are a few things to note. First, in celebration of awarding $5million since the inception of the Battle of the Planet leaderboards began, they are doubling the prize pool for each division from Nov 8 – Nov 21. If [...]

After three successful years at the helm of the poker’s most prestigious event, Jeffery Pollack has announced that he is stepping down as the Commissioner of the World Series of Poker. Under his aegis the WSOP has grown dramatically and Pollack has become a popular figure in the poker community. His departure from Harrah’s appears [...]

The story of this year’s World Series of Poker belongs to the 46-year old Darvin Moon.  A logger from the small town of Oakland, Maryland, he has become the everyman’s poker icon similar to Chris Moneymaker in 2003.  However, in many ways, Darvin Moon is different. Moon learned to play poker with his grandfather with [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. The [...]