When Alan Meltzer passed away last October, he left behind $1 million in his will to his chauffeur and another $500,000 to the doorman of his building. An entrepreneurial success story, Meltzer built his fortune in the music business and gained fame in the poker world when he appeared on Season 5 of High Stakes [...]
High stakes online play has dried up during the World Series of Poker – everywhere but on the iPoker Network that is. On Sunday, June 6th, the best online players will compete in the final event of the European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP). The game is a $1,580 No Limit Hold’em tournament with $1.5 [...]
There are two ways to steal money at a poker tournament: with guns, like in the recent German poker heist, or with sleight of hand, like this week in the World Series of Poker. Instead of prison, the thief now faces a humiliating lifetime ban. In the third level of play of a $1,000 NLHE [...]
For professionals and poker fans around the world, the start of the WSOP in Vegas today marks the beginning of the greatest tournaments that the poker world has to offer. The series kicks off with the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship, an event designed for true masters of the game. With its sky-high buy in and [...]
Annie Duke, once better known as Howard Lederer’s sister, can now add a new bullet point to her resume: “NBC National Heads-Up Champ, 2010″. She has demonstrated extraordinary poker prowess, and dominated the whole minefield that is the road to that particular title, and did what Vanessa Rousso fell just short of doing last year: [...]
In 2010, do not miss the chance to defend your national pride and proudly display your flag’s colors in the Everest Poker European Cup! But on top of showing other nations who’s boss, there will also be a very juicy €100,000 guaranteed prize pool that you will be able to win your share of while [...]
We’ve all fallen prey to the common ills of online poker – playing while you’re too tired, playing for too many hours, forgoing meals or hydration, or sitting at the table with too many thoughts swimming in our heads. Here are a few simple tips that are guaranteed to make you feel better at the digital felt.