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Well, we've winnowed the WSOP Big Dance field down to nine survivors who will compete for The Bracelet in November. But one race that started earlier in the event is still going on, and presumably will continue right up until November. Read more »
The entire poker world is anxiously awaiting the final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, which will be played this November. The finalists have been dubbed the "November Nine" because of the four-month delay of the final table. Read more »
The world of internet poker is never lacking for controversy. The latest involves arguably the most respected online poker room in the industry, PokerStars. Read more »
Very shortly, you'll be seeing the first phase of a new tournament schedule at Cake Poker. We're very excited about it and we think that once you see it, you will be too. Read more »
I was cruising around the internet this week reading a number of poker blogs, as I am apt to do, when I queued up Daniel Negreanu's. Never one to shy away from giving his opinion, he was adamant that No Limit Hold'em should be the only game played at the final table of the $50,000 HORSE event at the World Series of Poker, just as it was when Chip Reese won the first edition of it in 2006. Read more »
In an exclusive interview with Poker News Daily, "Celebrity Apprentice" runner-up and Ultimate Bet pro Annie Duke discusses the findings of the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, the Aruba Poker Classic, and Tiffany Michelle's appearance on the CBS reality program "Amazing Race." Read more »
I recently returned from a 10-day trip to Indiana. The first part of the trip was spent at the Hollywood Casino (formerly Argosy Casino) in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The new $336 million facility is more than twice the size of its former vessel. Read more »
In poker, sometimes the hand you hold has differing potential depending upon the game you're playing. What would be a great hand in one form of poker will, in essence, be junk in another discipline. In this continuing series of articles, we'll examine particular hands and what strategies a player should use. Read more »
If the opposite of a bad beat is a good beat, then the player sitting at Table 67/Seat 2 during a typical night at this year's World Series of Poker (WSOP) was most certainly the benefactor of a miraculous catch – in other words, a good beat. Most players remember their bad beats, but we usually forget the synchronized miracles that are dealt just as impartially. Read more »
In poker, the hand you hold has different posiblities depending upon the game that you're playing: what would be a great hand in one form of poker will, in essence, be total junk in another discipline of the game. Read more »
One might think that when Republicans suffered much-deserved humiliation in the last general election, the notorious Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIEGA) would soon be history. Remember, it was back in 2006 that Senate Republican leadership effectively guillotined the "Moneymaker Effect." Read more »
A couple of decades ago, billionaire entrepreneur Donald Trump wrote a book called "The Art Of The Deal." In it, he detailed out how he went about creating, executing, and finishing major real estate transactions. The same idea can be applied to one of the most difficult tasks in poker, bluffing. Read more »
Last year, Full Tilt Poker introduced a new type of Sit-and-Go tournament called Matrix tournaments. They received a decent amount of attention at the time as players tried them out, but after a while, interest faded. Read more »
With the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the midst of a four month hiatus, the members of the November Nine are currently engaged in the inevitable media onslaught. Of course, these players are also mentally preparing to return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino to battle for the coveted WSOP Main Event bracelet, the $8.5 million first prize, and instant poker stardom. Read more »
Our first installment of Hand of the Week comes from the final table of the Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XIII Event #17: $300 Six-handed NLHE with rebuys. The remaining four players had locked up a minimum of $87,334, but a first-place prize of $246,071 was on the line, as well as the coveted FTOPS jersey. Read more »
Ok, ok, ok. I know the topic of tells in online poker has probably been done already on a gazillion poker websites, but after an involuntary hiatus from online poker (having a second kid will do that to a person), I have played a bit lately and sort of re-noticed things that I had taken for granted when I used to play more often. Read more »
I had the best job of anyone on the World Poker Tour. I got to travel all over the world, meet lots of awesome people, get my hair and makeup done, entertain an audience of poker players, and say "Shuffle Up and Deal!" I also got to work with an incredible crew including Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten. Read more »
I am going to admit up front that this column does not offer up anything in the way of poker "strategy." Rather, I am going with a bit of advice this week. Advice that, thanks to one of the most out of touch, obtuse, stubborn, self-centered poker message board posters of all time giving me the perfect jumping off point, may help you avoid some potential headaches down the road. Read more »
Not convinced poker is a game of skill? This article might alter your opinion of No Limit Hold'em as we delve into the mind of one of the top tournament poker players in the world. Read more »
Poker News Daily: The 2009 WSOP will begin airing this week on ESPN. You've had a lot of success in the $10,000 buy-in tournament. What are some of your favorite moments? Duke: I have probably three favorite WSOP Main Event moments. The first one was the very first Main Event I played in, where I got down to three tables. Read more »
I just got back from two weeks at the World Series of Poker. It had the usual mix of high drama, low humor, insanity, and all the things you count on at the WSOP. More importantly, it had the wonderful opportunities to reconnect with friends from all over the poker world that I don't get to see often enough. Read more »
In my last column, I talked about my 2006 WSOP, in particular the Pot Limit Hold'em event. I covered a lot of the early tournament play that brought me up beyond my starting stack and got me cruising through to the middle stages of the tournament. Check out my recap of the 2006 WSOP Main Event. Read more »
We just started our eighth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT). It's actually pretty amazing to think we've been on television for seven seasons! And it's more amazing how time flies. Read more »
Jordan "scarface_79" Smith won his first World Series of Poker bracelet on June 20, 2009. He bested a field of 1,659 players to capture the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Event (#36), collecting $586,212 in the process. Read more »
In the game of poker, sometimes the hand you hold has different capabilities depending upon the game that you're playing: what would be a great hand in one form of poker will be mere junk in another discipline of the game. Read more »
