Poker Tournaments

The 2010 Bellagio Five Star World Poker Classic got underway this week and, due to low turnouts for the first three events, several changes have already been made to the schedule. Read more »

Drag the Bar pro Dusty "Leatherass" Schmidt will play in the PartyPoker Big Game IV, a high-stakes poker cash game that will be filmed at the Les Ambassadeurs Club in London from April 11th to 13th. Read more »

PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, announced a new live tour dubbed the France Poker Series. There will be seven stops as part of the series, each with €1,200 buy-in events and culminating in the Grand Final in Paris, which will be a €2,500 buy-in tournament. Read more »

The mysterious Swede known simply by the online moniker Isildur1 will step out from behind the computer and play in the PartyPoker Big Game IV live in London. The cash game will be held at the Les Ambassadeurs Club in Mayfair from April 11th to 13th. Read more »

Battling through a host of the finest women players in the game today, England's Pippa Flanders defeated fellow countrywoman Helen Firth to emerge as the champion of the PartyPoker Women's World Open IV last night. Read more »

Reality television star and Absolute Poker celebrity endorser Trishelle Cannatella has been tabbed as the co-host of V Foundation Charity Poker Tournament, which begins today at the Grand Sierra Resort Casino in Reno. Read more »

With the way things are going for him at the poker tables, maybe someday soon he will be known as Tony Hachem instead of "Joe Hachem's Brother." This weekend, the lesser-known Hachem won the ANZPT Perth event. Read more »

All four suspects in the March 6th heist of the European Poker Tour (EPT) stop at Berlin are now in custody, as police arrested two men at Berlin's Tegel Airport Saturday. Read more »

The latest trend for online poker companies is to have their own live tournament schedules so that customers can participate in the game away from the internet. Full Tilt Poker recently announced that its own sponsored poker tour would be back for the second year. Read more »

One of the four suspects who robbed the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin tournament 10 days ago has surrendered to police, according to the Associated Press. He also named his three accomplices, who remain at large. Read more »

On March 24th, the Grand Sierra Resort Casino in Reno will host a $220 buy-in charity poker tournament benefiting the V Foundation. The event will be televised on ESPN2 and kicks off at 7:00pm local time. Read more »

The armed robbery that took place during the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin festivities was featured on the German television program "Aktenzeichen XY Ungelöst," the equivalent of "America's Most Wanted." Read more »

Although the entire incident was caught on tape and broadcasted around the world through social media outlets like Twitter and YouTube, German police still have no leads and no suspects in the European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin armed robbery. Read more »

The weekend robbery of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Berlin event has garnered headlines around the world. On Monday morning, the tournament's champion, Kevin "ImaLuckSac" MacPhee, appeared on CBS' "Early Show" to break down the heist. Read more »

In an article authored by the German news outlet Spiegel, Police Chief Rainer Wendt labeled the four armed gunmen who plundered the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) stop in Berlin over the weekend "small-time crooks." Read more »

As reported yesterday, up to six armed gunmen robbed the Grand Hyatt Hotel's casino during the European Poker Tour stop at Berlin. While nobody was seriously hurt, the thieves made away with a portion of the EPT High-Roller tournament prize money. Read more »