Another 192 players registered for the World Poker Tour Spanish Championship second Day 1 flight Thursday, helping the event break its own attendance record. Added to the 134 from Day 1a, a total of 326 players entered the €3,200+€300 buy-in event helping the total prize pool in Barcelona pass the one million euro mark. “We… [more]

Day 2 of the $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em/Omaha event at the 2010 World Series of Poker just wrapped up a few minutes ago. After two full days of play in the event, only 14 of the original 482 entrants are still alive in the tournament. One of those players happens to be Phil Ivey, who will… [more]

Once again, the final table of a WSOP $10,000 World Championship event did not disappoint. This time, the Limit Hold’em World Championship offered four bracelet winners, several familiar faces, and even threw in some up and coming unknown talent for good measure. When the final table began, the eyes of the Rio were on Michael… [more]

The trial of four young men accused of carrying out the daring raid on the EPT event in Berlin in March has begun at Berlin state court. Three of the quartet have reportedly admitted serious robbery and assault charges but refused to divulge the location of the missing €240,000. The court heard how the gang… [more]

It was reported that men have participated in the WSOP Ladies Championship for the first time. The official WSOP update read “Although strongly discouraged from playing, tournament organizers can’t actually ban men from participating in today’s event. As a result, there are a few men scattered about the Pavilion in various stages of drag. Shaun… [more]

The WSOP is in full swing. Results are in for the first 19 events. Brothers Michael and Robert Mizrachi both took home cash in event #2, the Player’s Championship. Michael took first place, making them only the second set of brothers ever to hold WSOP bracelets. The others are Grant and Blair Hinkle. Robert took… [more]

One of the biggest advantages in life is getting in the ground floor, whether it’s a new business or product, or being one of the first to master a new form of poker. Typically the bigger the enterprise the longer the novelty period, and this is no more evident than when an online poker room… [more]

The lawsuit over the rights to the short-lived NBC poker franchise “Face the Ace” has officially been entered in the United States District Court in Nevada. The case is numbered 2:10-cv-870 and parties are in the process of being served. The plaintiff, Las Vegas resident Brandon McSmith, alleges that his concept for the “All Star… [more]

The industry is being urged to do more to address problem gambling. A gambling reform summit is taking place in Sydney as campaigners in Australia look at ways to curb high rates of addiction. It is estimated there are 300,000 problem gamblers in Australia – the equivalent to the population of the national capital, Canberra…. [more]

Tommy Vedes, near the top of the leaderboard as Day 1 concludes As expected, the $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball Championship (No-Limit) attracted a star-studded field as poker’s elite came out to compete for what has come to be regarded as one of the more prestigious bracelets among the preliminary events. A total of 101 came… [more]