Continuing his early rebound, Phil Ivey posted a profit of $476,000 this past weekend against some of the top talent in the online world.

It’s a rising feeling in your gut, that travels up and sparks a light bulb in your brain. “I know what he’s got,” you think. “If I bet here, he has to fold. He just has to.” Seasoned poker players will tell that there’s nothing quite like getting a read on a guy. For amateurs, [...]

While the Asian Poker Tour Macau had a rather low turnout, the real story during the tournament has been the reported cash game Full Tilt Red Pros Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, Chau Giang and John Juanda have been playing with some Chinese businessmen. The game has been taking place mostly at StarWorld Casino, though a [...]

With the Halloween weekend rapidly approaching, it seems as though one of poker’s biggest names may be playing in costume.

The player in question is “raiseonce”, who has become a frequent fixture at the nosebleed tables over at PokerStars. After appearing sometime during 2009, the mystery man has made a name for himself with a hard-driving, aggressive style. This, combined with several other factors, has led many online wizards to predict that raiseonce is, in fact, Full Tilt pro Phil Ivey.

Poker enthusiasts have a pretty sweet life these days, with poker so much in the mainstream that we’re seeing more and more television shows devoted to everyone’s favorite card game. There’s a whole range of different shows boasting exciting action and famous players on offer, but GSN has recently come out with a new show [...]

The poker spotlight has shifted across the pond this month, with the World Series of Poker Europe taking place in London. Hundreds of poker professionals and hopeful amateurs alike have been testing their skills on the felt over the past several days in a variety of events, and now we’re in the middle of the [...]

Yesterday the biggest tournament day of the week saw the biggest buy-in of this year’s WCOOP: the $25,000+$500 No Limit Hold’em High Roller Heads-Up event. 31 entries meant that the tournament barely made its $750,000 guaranteed prize pool, and the players were competing for a 1st place prize of $348,750. A total of four people [...]

It was the ride of a lifetime this week for Moritz Kranich as the World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup VI came to a close in Las Vegas. Kranich outlasted a final table of exceptional players, including world-renowned Phil Ivey, to take down the tournament and the WPT title. The young German will surely remember this [...]

Poker rooms sponsor poker professionals in a similar way large brands sponsor NASCAR racers. The poker professional is expected to promote their brand by wearing their branded apparel and being seen on television. In return, sponsored professionals receive free entries into tournaments, free play at their respective poker site, and other perks. These sponsorships help [...]

With two new series and the ever-popular High Stakes Poker now on Saturday night, Game Show Network could be the best place to watch professional players hit the felt. With ratings going up and up, and with the start of the 2010 World Series of Poker today, watching poker is more popular than ever before. [...]