In a bizarre poker headline this week, American online poker pro Daniel Cates, who plays under the screen names Jungleman and w00ki3z, was denied entry into Canada. Cates was attempting to move to Canada to continue his online nosebleed play, as he posted on his Twitter July 26th, “leaving for Vancouver tomorrow, time to crush [...]

Events that generate real column inches at the WSOP usually involve big pros making the final table. Sometimes, amid stories of Mercier’s second and Hellmuth’s close shave, the success of an ordinary man or woman can be overshadowed. Kirk Caldwell is just such a gentleman. His victory in Event #32 – a $1500 No Limit [...]

The poker boom stemmed from the World Series of Poker, a huge series of tournaments with humongous prize pools and thousands of players involved. A tournament series is usually very exciting since players will be taking shots at huge sums of money. This November, PokerStars will be hosting three separate tournament series’. Each of the [...]

In a perfect world, the politicians would instantly see why it is impossible to tax gambling winnings. They would see that the money generated by gambling for the players is theoretically highly inconsistent, and that no matter how hard any given player tries, the game is inherently a negative sum game and therefore in the [...]

Bodog Poker is offering players a chance to sit in on the action at Montreal’s Four Aces Poker Pro Canada Classic. The live event cranks up staring April 15, with players vying for an expected prize pool of $500,000.

There was another $1,500,000 at stake on Sunday night over at the Full Tilt Poker tournament tables. The tenth FTOPS event of 2010 kicked off at 6:03 PM ET, hosted by renowned pro Chris Ferguson. 4,682 players bought in to the $300+$22 event in which the top 720 places were paid.