Poker

Daniel Negreanu Picks Up Four Kings: Scripted TV Series About Pro Poker Players

Daniel Negreanu may be focused on the World Series of Poker at the moment, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t also taking time to increase his already impressive media profile. According to the often-controversial poker pro,...

Stu Ungar Chip Count Card on the Auction Block at eBay

Stu Ungar is considered by many poker aficionados to be one of the greatest natural talents the game has ever known. Now, many years after Ungar’s untimely passsing, one man is looking to profit from this notoriety. Brought...

WSOP Heads Up Championship Marred by Valeriu Coca Cheating Accusations

Valeriu Coca made a deep run in this year’s World Series of Poker $10,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Championship, ultimately losing to eventual champion Keith Lehr in the quarterfinals. But Coca’s run seemed a little too...

Cord Garcia Wins WSOP Colossus

The Colossus has set records with its fields, created long lines for payouts, and caused controversy with its payout structure. Now, the biggest event in live poker history has done the most important thing any tournament can do:...

Beating the Odds, Paul Phua, David Baazov Still Flying High

Paul Phua and David Baazov are proof that if you never let the naysayers get you down, you can sometimes beat them at their own game. Of course, it helps if you have arguably the world’s best defense attorney and/or run a...

Robert Mizrachi Among Early WSOP 2015 Bracelet Winners

The poker-playing Mizrachi clan has another WSOP bracelet to celebrate, and we’re only one week into the World Series of Poker 2015. One of the best things about the tournament series is that it provides a chance for the...

WSOP Colossus Pulls in Record Players, But Disappoints in Payout Structure

World Series of Poker 2015’s Colossus is proving to be a massive tournament for the WSOP, breaking records left and right thanks to its massive field. Unfortunately, one aspect of the tournament hasn’t quite lived up to...

California Online Poker Bill AB 431 Passes Second Committee

California online poker bill AB 431 cleared its second hurdle this week as the state’s Assembly Appropriations Committee unanimously passed the measure with 14 votes in favor, zero in opposition, and three members choosing...

2008 WSOP Finalist Ivan Demidov Received No Money

The 2015 World Series of Poker is now officially underway and, with thoughts of the Main Event already entering the community’s psyche, a number of stories from the past have come to the fore. One such story that has hung...

Amaya Receives Nasdaq Approval, Trading to Commence June 8

Amaya Inc. is finally going to enter the United States, although not just yet with its PokerStars and Full Tilt online poker networks, but through Nasdaq, the second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization in the world....