Tournament Results

Annie Duke outlasted Erik Seidel in the final match to take down the 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship earlier tonight. With her victory, Duke has become the first wom...

"Elite Eight" Set in 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship

Day 2 of the 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship has now drawn to a close.

There were two elimination matches on Saturday, meaning that the field of 32 w...

Second Round Matchups of 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship Set

The first day of the 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship has just come to an end, and now all of Saturday's second round matchups have been set.

Players ...

Andras Koroknai Wins WPT LA Poker Classic Main Event

Andras Koroknai has just taken down the main event for the WPT LAPC (LA Poker Ciassic) for $1,788,040. In addition to winning nearly $2 million, Koroknai will also gain entry ...

Carlos Mortensen Leads WPT LA Poker Classic Main Event After Day 4

Day 4 of the WPT LAPC (L.A. Poker Classic) main event has drawn to a close, with Carlos Mortensen leading the event heading into the fifth day of play on Tuesday.


Daniel Negreanu Makes a Big Move on Day 2 of LA Poker Classic Main Event

Day 2 of the L.A. Poker Classic (WPT) main event is now a wrap, with Salvatore Deluca leading the tournament heading into Day 3 on Sunday.

The top five stacks ...

Masaaki Kagawa Leads WPT L.A. Poker Classic Main Event After Day 1

The 2010 LAPC (L.A. Poker Classic) main event got under way on Friday, with Masaaki Kagawa finishing Day 1 as the tournament chip leader.

An impressive 745 pla...

Ashton "TheASHMAN103" Griffin Wins NAPT Venetian $25,000 Bounty Shootout

After nearly 12 hours of play at the final table, Ashton Griffin eliminated Joe Cassidy in third place, setting up a heads up battle between Griffin and Hoyt Corkins for the t...

Tom "kingsofcards" Marchese Wins NAPT Venetian Main Event

Tom "kingsofcards" Marchese has just become the first ever winner of the NAPT Venetian main event, taking home over $827k in the process.

Marchese, who is know...

High Stakes Poker Season 6 Episode 2 Recap, NAPT Venetian Day 2 Update and More

1. High Stakes Poker Season 6, Episode 2 Recap.

Another week, another player sent packing.

Last week, Phil Hellmuth made a quick exit from "Hig...

Anton Wigg Wins 2010 EPT Copenhagen

Anton Wigg of Sweden has just taken down the 2010 EPT Copenhagen after a long and drawn-out battle with Francesco De Vivo.

The heads up battle between Wigg and...

David Benyamine Wins PartyPoker Premier League IV

David Benyamine took down the PartyPoker Premier League IV championship a short while ago, outlasting players such as Luke Schwartz and Daniel Negreanu to claim the title and ...

Csaba Toth Leads EPT Copenhagen After Day 2

After two full days of play in the EPT Copenhagen main event, Csaba Toth (of Hungary) sits atop the leader board heading into Day 3.

Toth managed to finished D...

Tyron Krost Wins 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event

Tyron Krost just defeated Frederik Jensen in heads up play to take down the 2010 Aussie Millions main event.

For his victory, Krost will take home $2 million d...

Sorel Mizzi Dominating Aussie Millions Main Event

It's the Sorel Mizzi show at the 2010 Aussie Millions main event.

After four full days of play, Sorel Mizzi has a commanding chip lead heading into the final t...

Annette Obrestad, Sorel Mizzi Near Top of Aussie Millions Main Event Leaderboard After Day 3

Three full days of play in the 2010 Aussie Millions main event are now in the books.

Day 3 wrapped up just a few minutes ago. 18 of the original 746 players ar...

David Frieling Leads 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event After Day 2

Day 2 of the Aussie Millions main event has just wrapped up, and David Frieling currently sits as the chip leader heading into the third day of play on Thursday (local time). ...

Dan Shak Wins $100,000 Challenge at 2010 Aussie Millions

Dan Shak outlasted Phil Ivey to take down the $100,000 Challenge at the 2010 Aussie Millions for $1.2 million dollars AUD (which is about $1.08 million USD).

P...

Jonathan Karamalikis Leads Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge Heading Into Final Table

The final day of the 2010 Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge is set to get underway on Monday afternoon (local time).

Jonathan Karamalikis will enter the final ...

Annette Obrestad Wins Preliminary Aussie Millions Event

Annette Obrestad, also known as "Annette_15" online, added another tournament victory to her list of accomplishments on Wednesday after taking down the $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha ...

2010 Aussie Millions Is Now Underway

Many of poker's top names are currently descending on the Crown Casino in Australia, eager to escape cold climates and participate in one of poker's fastest-growing tournament...

William Reynolds Wins PCA High Roller Event

William Reynolds of Sioux City, Iowa overcame a short stack early in the tournament and a shark-filled field to win the 2010 PCA High Roller Event for $576,240.

...

Dario Minieri Leads PCA High Roller Event After Day 2

Day 2 of the 2010 PCA $25,000 High Roller event has come to a close, with Dario Minieri currently sitting as the chip leader of the event heading into Day 3.

2...

Harrison Gimbel Becomes Youngest Ever Winner of PCA Main Event

Harrison Gimbel navigated his way through a 1,500+ player field to take down the 2010 PCA (Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure) main event on Monday evening. In taking down the $2....

Daniel Alaei Wins Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic

Daniel Alaei outlasted 328 other entrants to take down the WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship earlier this evening, taking home $1,428,430, an entry into the $25k WPT Cham...

MiniFTOPS XIV Kicks Off With Big Turnout For Event #1

Event #1 of MiniFTOPS XIV just wrapped up a few short hours ago, with "dbfla" taking home the $49,611.62 first place prize.

A total of 16,711 players turned ou...

Tommy Vedes Wins 2009 Festa al Lago Championship

Tommy Vedes outlasted 274 other players to win the 2009 WPT Festa al Lago Championship on Monday evening, earning himself over $1.2 million dollars in the process.

Corwin Cole Leads WPT Festa Al Lago Main Event After Day 3

Day 3 has now come to a close in the WPT Festa Al Lago main event at the Bellagio, with Corwin Cole leading the tournament heading into the fourth day of play.

...

Mike Matusow Leads WPT Festa Al Lago Main Event After Day 1

Day 1 of the WPT Festa Al Lago main event is now in the books, with Mike "The Mouth" Matusow carrying the tournament chip lead into Day 2.

"The Mouth" managed ...

Brandon Hall Wins 2009 Aruba Poker Classic Championship

Brandon Hall outlasted 474 other players this week to take down the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic Championship.

Following the elimination of Chase Steely in third p...

Robert Mizrachi Leads Aruba Poker Classic Championship, Round of 16 Set in PKR Heads Up Grand Slam and More

1. Aruba Poker Classic Championship.

Robert Mizrachi continues to lead the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic Championship after three full days of play.

...

"Durrrr Challenge" Update, EPT London Final Table, World Series of Poker Final Table

1. "Durrrr Challenge" Update. Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Patrik Antonius played another 1,063 hands of their "challenge" early Wednesday morning, with Dwan finishing up around $418...

Tommy Vedes Leading EPT London Main Event After Day 2

Another day, another major poker tournament.

The EPT London main event is now well under way, just a few short days after the World Series of Poker Europe main...

Olivier Busquet Overcomes Massive Chip Disadvantage to Win 2009 Borgata Poker Open

87 hands into the final table of the Borgata Poker Open main event on Thursday night, Jeremy Brown appeared to be coasting towards an easy victory.

The blinds ...

Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko Wins WCOOP Main Event

Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko, fresh off of his victory in the WPT Championship just a few months ago, took down another major poker championship early Tuesday morning aft...

Weekend WCOOP Wrap-Up

There were a number of big WCOOP events this past weekend, including the $25,500 "High Roller" Match Play event and the $1,050 2-Day NLHE event.

Let's start wi...

Prahlad Friedman Takes Down WPT Legends of Poker Event

Prahlad Friedman successfully navigated through a field of nearly 300 players to take down the 2009 WPT Legends of Poker main event last night.

For his victory...

"Bob2bob" Turning in a Spectacular Performance at FTOPS XIII

The player known as "bob2bob" is turning in one of the most impressive overall performances in the history of the FTOPS.

His run began in Event #8 ($240 + $16 ...

Can Chris Moneymaker Win His Second Major "Live" Poker Tournament?

The World Poker Open Championship is down to just nine players, and a very familiar name currently possesses the chip lead heading into the final day of play.

...

Season Six of the European Poker Tour Kicks Off in August

Last season, the European Poker Tour moved past the WPT (World Poker Tour) to claim the title of "World's Richest Poker Tour".

The reasons for the EPT's phenom...

Phil Ivey on Verge of Catching Jamie Gold on All-Time Money List

Phil Ivey, as I'm sure you've heard by now, is one of this year's "November Nine".

Phil Ivey will be one of nine players to participate in the 2009 World Serie...

David Benefield, "theASHMAN103", "WinnerFish" and "yogiblair" Move On To Final Four of FTP $25k Heads-Up Championship

Were you expecting names such as Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan and Erick Lindgren to make it to the final four of the $25k Heads-Up Championship on Full Tilt Poker?

If s...

Will Full Tilt Poker Make Changes To the FTOPS?

From a player's perspective, overlays are great.

The fact that four of the first seven FTOPS XII events have had an overlay is nothing but a positive thing for...

The EPT Juggernaut Continues To Grow Stronger

In 2008-09 we saw a changing of the guard in the poker world, as the European Poker Tour officially supplanted the World Poker Tour as the second biggest poker tournament seri...

De Korver, Rousso Reign Supreme at EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo

The 2009 edition of the EPT Grand Final wrapped up earlier today, with Pieter de Korver and Vanessa Rousso emerging as the two big winners.

26-year-old Pieter ...

EPT Grand Final Main Event, High Roller Final Tables Set

The final tables of both the EPT Grand Final main event and the 25k High Roller event have now been set after a long day of play in Monte Carlo.

Dag Martin Mik...

Scotty Nguyen Leads WPT Championship After Day 5

Day 5 of the $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship is now in the books.

There are 10 players left in the tournament, with a very familiar name currently atop t...

WPT Championship, Gus Hansen Update

1. WPT Championship Update. Day 3 of the $25,000 WPT Championship is now a wrap, with Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis ending the day as the chip leader.

Th...

WPT Championship Gets Underway on Saturday Afternoon

The 2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic main event (aka the World Poker Tour Championship) gets underway at 12 pm local time on Saturday afternoon.

The event, w...

The "Durrrr" Challenge, L.A. Poker Classic, High Stakes Poker

1. The "durrrr" Challenge. Day 4 of the "durrrr" challenge took place on Monday.

After briefly losing the lead in the competition during Sunday's sessio...

Doyle Brunson, Amarillo Slim, Aussie Millions Update and More

This has been an eventful week in the poker world.

There are multiple topics to cover - here you go:

1. Doyle Brunson. Doyle Brunson's online po...

2009 Aussie Millions Update

When we last left you, the 100k High Rollers Challenge at the 2009 Aussie Millions was just getting underway. A number of notable names, including Phil Ivey, were eliminated e...

Aussie Millions 100k No Limit Hold'em Challenge Gets Underway

Recession? What recession?

23 players shelled out $100,000 Australian dollars (that works out to about 67,680 US dollars) to play in the 2009 edition of the $10...

Huge Turnout for the 2009 PCA Main Event

The Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure is quickly becoming one of the biggest poker tournaments in the world.

Last year, 1136 players paid $8,000 US to play in the...

David "Chino" Rheem Takes Down the 2008 Doyle Brunson Classic

When David "Chino" Rheem was knocked out of the 2008 World Series of Poker main event in 7th place earlier this year, he was not pleased at all.

Most people wo...

Matusow, Gowen Still Alive in Doyle Brunson Classic

There are currently 18 players left in the main event of the 2008 Five Diamond World Poker Classic, also known as the "Doyle Brunson Classic".

Day 5 of the eve...

Phil Hellmuth Jr. Leading Doyle Brunson Classic After Day 1A

Day 1A of the 2008 Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event, aka the "Doyle Brunson Classic", is now in the books. A familiar name is sitting with the chip lead, as Phil He...

Doyle Brunson Classic Gets Underway on Saturday

One of the most prestigious poker events of the year, the $15k "Doyle Brunson Classic" main event of the Five Diamond World Poker Classic, gets underway on Saturday afternoon....

J.C. Tran Wins PartyPoker.com Premier League III Title

J.C. Tran overcame an incredibly tough final table to take down the PartyPoker.com Premier League III title on Sunday.

Tran took home $300k for his victory, whi...

2008 Five Diamond World Poker Classic Gets Underway at the Bellagio

One of the biggest events of the year, the Five Diamond World Poker Classic, got underway earlier today at the Bellagio.

There will be a total of 13 preliminar...

"Julian Verse" Wins FTOPS X Main Event

The tenth edition of the FTOPS Main Event was concluded early Monday morning, with "Julian Verse" taking the victory. For his win, "Julian Verse" received $450k, while "sckill...

Greg "DuckU" Hobson Wins Another Major Online Tournament

Has anybody put together a more impressive run in major online poker tournaments over the past year and a half than Greg Hobson?

"DuckU" was up to his old trick...

Jonathan Little Wins (Again)

Lost in all of the hoopla of the World Series of Poker main event the past few days - Jonathan "Fieryjustice" Little took down ANOTHER WPT title. Jonathan Little outlasted Jon...

Peter Eastgate Wins! A World Series of Poker Main Event Champion is (Finally) Crowned

The World Series of Poker Main Event took forever to complete, but finally a champion has been crowned.

Peter Eastgate from Odense, Denmark became the youngest ...

Peter Eastgate vs Ivan Demidov for the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event Bracelet on Monday

Thousands of players entered the World Series of Poker Main Event back in July, all dreaming of a shot at the $9 million plus first place prize.

Thousands of pl...

Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis Wins Another Major Poker Title

Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis dominated the World Series of Poker Circuit event at the Horseshoe Hammond this past weekend, taking down the first place prize of $200k+ in convi...

William Fry Takes Down EPT Budapest, Hevad Khan Wins 2008 Caesars Palace Classic Main Event

William Fry and Hevad "Rain" Khan both outlasted tough fields this week to take down major tournaments.

Fry took down just under 600k Euros for winning the 2008...

Johnny Lodden Makes Final Table of EPT Budapest

The final table of EPT Budapest is now set. The eight remaining players in the tournament all have their sights set on the first place prize of just under 600k Euros and the E...

ElkY Takes Down 2008 Festa al Lago Main Event (WPT) at the Bellagio

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier took down the second major tournament of his career on Sunday, besting Nam Le in heads-up play to take down the 2008 Festa al Lago main event. Gros...

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier Leads Festa al Lago (WPT) After Day 4

There are currently 12 players remaining in the Festa al Lago World Poker Tour tournament at the Bellagio.

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier finished Day 4 as the chi...

Daniel Negreanu Leading Festa al Lago (WPT) After Day 2

Daniel Negreanu is playing some great poker right now.

Day 2 of the Festa al Lago (WPT) event at the Bellagio has just wrapped up, and Daniel Negreanu is curren...

London EPT - Michael Martin Wins Main Event, David Benyamine Leads 1M Showdown

Martin Martin outlasted 595 other entrants to take down the 5200 pound EPT London Main Event on Sunday. Martin turned in a gutsy performance, staving off elimination as a shor...

John Juanda Wins World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event

Alright, we're a little late with this article - we were waiting and waiting and waiting for the WSOPE main event final table to conclude, but even we have our limits. Before ...

ShoesRDurrty Turns Freeroll Entry Into 800k Cash In WCOOP Main Event

"ShoesRDurrty" didn't win the WCOOP Main Event on Monday afternoon. However, he was able to lay claim to the most unbelievable story, as he turned a freeroll entry into an 800...

August35 Chipleader of WCOOP Main Event Heading Into Day 2

The WCOOP Main Event is now paused, and play will pick up on Monday afternoon. There are currently 60 players left in the event, and they are all battling for the first place ...

ElkY On Fire at the 2008 WCOOP

There have been some very impressive performances so far in the 2008 WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker) on Pokerstars.

"dorinvandy" won the $10k NLHE ...

Stevesbets Wins 25k Heads-Up Event on Pokerstars

Steven "stevesbets" Jacobs took down WCOOP #19 on Sunday, which was the 25k Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em event. "stevesbets" received $560k for finishing in first place, while Be...

25k Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em WCOOP Event on Pokerstars Rapidly Growing in Size

WCOOP #19, which is the 25k Heads-Up NLHE event with a $1.6 million dollar guarantee, is rapidly approaching the 64 player mark. With almost four days left until the event, th...

Slaktarn Takes Down $25k Heads-Up Pot Limit Omaha Championship on Full Tilt Poker

Slaktarn outlasted an incredibly stacked field that included the likes of Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius and Tom "durrrr" Dwan to take down the $25k Heads-Up PLO championship on F...

Final Four Set in $25,000 Heads-Up Pot Limit Omaha Tournament on Full Tilt Poker

It appeared for a while on Saturday that there might be two brothers (Di and Hac Dang) in the semi-finals of the $25k Heads-Up PLO tournament on Full Tilt Poker. However, Patr...

The 2008 WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker) Gets Underway Friday on Pokerstars

The 2008 World Championship of Online Poker gets underway on Friday at 14:30 ET with the $1 million dollar guarantee No Limit Hold'em 6-Max event. Just two hours later, the PL...

World Poker Tour Tournament Numbers Continue to Decline

Another World Poker Tour tournament, another smaller field.

The 2008 Legends of Poker final table is about to take place. Yet again, the total number of entrant...

Dubbeemin Wins FTOPS IX Main Event

The main event of FTOPS IX took place tonight - 4,880 people took part in the event, which led to an overlay as the tournament had a guarantee of $2.5 million dollars. In the ...

Gus Hansen's Red Hot Summer Rolls On

Gus Hansen didn't have a great World Series of Poker. He cashed in two events (the Main Event and the World Championship Mixed event) for just over $80k. Not exactly a great s...

Yuval "yuvee04" Bronshtein Wins Two FTOPS Titles in the Same Day

There have been some incredible one-day performances in the history of online poker tournaments. However, "yuvee04" may have one-upped everyone by taking down two FTOPS titles...

Jose Miguel Espinar Wins Pokerstars.net LAPT Punta del Este Tournament

351 players took part in the Pokerstars.net LAPT Punte del Este poker tournament. The tournament field was dotted with some familiar names, including the likes of Humberto Bre...

Five of the Biggest Final Table Suckouts in a Major Live Poker Tournament

Every day, there are all sorts of unspeakable suckouts in poker tournaments, both online and "live". Everyone has a story of a horrible beat that they took late in a tournamen...

The Good and Bad From This Year's World Series of Poker

THE GOOD

1. In comparison to last year, the event went off without a hitch. Last year was a disaster - cash game players given table priority over WSOP t...

Barry Greenstein and David Williams Get Into Confrontation at the Bellagio Cup IV Main Event

There was an interesting exchange tonight between two very well-known players on the first day of the Bellagio Cup IV Main Event.

Near the end of the day, a big...

Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke Takes Down $5k NLHE Event at Bellagio Cup IV For Over $400k

Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke took down event #7 of the Bellagio Cup IV on Thursday evening for over $400,000. The event had a buy-in of $5000+$180 - there were 238 entrants, which ...

David Singer Beats Emil "Whitelime" Patel to Take Down $25k Heads-Up Championship on Full Tilt Poker

David Singer outlasted 63 other players in an extremely competitive field to take down the first ever $25k Heads-Up Championship on Full Tilt Poker. Singer topped Emil "Whitel...

Final Four Set in $25,000 Heads-Up Championship on Full Tilt Poker

The $25,000 Heads-Up Championship on Full Tilt Poker has now been paused, and play will resume on Sunday. There are currently four people left in the tournament, with three of...

Cheesemonster Wins FTOPS VIII Main Event

"Cheesemonster" smashed the competition on Sunday night / early Monday morning, outlasting 4,749 other players to take down the first place prize of $410k in the FTOPS VIII Ch...

$25k Heads-Up World Championship On Full Tilt Poker - Biggest Online Audience Ever?


Full Tilt Poker will be hosting the first ever $25k Heads-Up Championship on Saturday, May 24th.

Assuming that the tournament fills up, there will be a ...

Isaac "the guru 11" Baron Wins First Event of FTOPS VIII

Isaac Baron overcame 4157 other entrants to take down the first event of FTOPS VIII.

The event was a $200+$16 No Limit Hold'em Six-Max tournament with a $750k g...

David Chiu Wins the 2008 World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship

David Chiu overcame a massive chip deficit in heads-up play to come back and shock Gus Hansen, denying the "Great Dane" of his fourth major World Poker Tour title. Chiu took h...

Can Gus Hansen Win His Fourth World Poker Tour Title?

The final table of the 2008 Five-Star World Poker Classic (WPT Championship) will take place on Saturday. The original 545 players have been whittled down to 6, and Gus Hansen...

Amir Vahedi Leading the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship After Day 4

There are currently 17 players remaining in the WPT Championship at the Bellagio. All 17 players have their eyes on the first place prize of $3.38 million dollars. Amir Vahedi...

Gus Hansen Chip Leader of the World Poker Tour Championship Heading into Day Four

With 55 of the original 545 players remaining, Gus Hansen is currently sitting atop the leaderboard with a monster stack of 2.24 million in chips. Cory "UGOTPZD" Carroll is in...

Glen Chorny Wins EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo

Glen Chorny took down the EPT Grand Final event in Monte Carlo, outlasting an extremely talented field and taking home over 2 million Euros for his efforts (over three million...

Johnny Lodden, Joe Hachem and Sorel Mizzi Amongst the Leaders After Day 2 of the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo

Day 2 of the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo is now in the books. An estimated 129 of the original 842 player field are still alive in the tournament, with many notable names s...

Erik Seidel Takes Down 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic (WPT)

Erik Seidel outlasted a field of 345 other players to take down the 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic on Wednesday, taking home a first place prize of $992,890.

Erik ...

Jason "treysfull21" Mercier Takes Down EPT San Remo

Jason "treysfull21" Mercier took down the EPT San Remo event on Saturday, cashing for a total of $1.34 million dollars in the process. The final table was one of the quickest ...

Dario Minieri Chip Leader of EPT San Remo Heading into Final Table

Dario Minieri (Team Pokerstars Pro) is the chip leader of the EPT San Remo event heading into the final table. He is currently sitting on a stack of 1.782 million chips, aroun...

Tom "durrrr" Dwan, UIGEA Gets Ripped to Shreds and EPT San Remo

1. "durrrr". Tom "durrrr" Dwan is off to a blazing start in March on Full Tilt Poker. He is currently up over $720k in the first two days of March.

He h...

Poker King News Update: EPT San Remo, "Jennicide", "Ziigmund" and More

If you are wondering why our post frequency is down slightly as of late, there is a good reason why. There isn't much happening in the world of poker right now. There are no b...

Lee Markholt Takes Down 2008 World Poker Challenge (WPT)

Lee Markholt overcame an extremely tough ten-handed final table that included the likes of Phil Ivey, David "The Dragon" Pham and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi to take down h...

Neil Channing Wins the 2008 Irish Poker Open

Neil Channing overcame a field of 667 players to take down the 2008 Irish Poker Open and the first place prize of just over 800k euros. Channing was the dominant chipleader he...

Neil Channing Massive Chipleader of 2008 Irish Poker Open Heading Into Final Day of Play

Neil Channing bulldozed his way through the field on Sunday and now sits atop the leaderboard heading into the final day of play at the 2008 Irish Poker Open. Exact chip count...

Brandon Cantu Wins the 2008 Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event (World Poker Tour)

Brandon Cantu dominated from start to finish at the final table of the 2008 Bay 101 Shooting Star main event, overcoming a tough final table that included the likes of Jennife...

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson Wins 2008 National Heads-Up Poker Championship

After coming agonizingly close to winning the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in 2005 and 2006, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson finally took down the tournament in 2008, claiming ...

Phil Ivey Wins 2008 WPT L.A. Poker Classic

Phil Ivey finally broke through and won his first World Poker Tour title, besting Quinn Do in heads-up action and taking down the $1.6 million dollar first place prize.
...

Phil Ivey Chipleader of L.A. Poker Classic Main Event Heading Into Final Day; Phil Hellmuth Jr. Still Alive

The final table of the 2008 L.A. Poker Classic main event is likely to be one of the most exciting final tables in the history of the WPT. You will have two of the best No Lim...

Can Phil Ivey Finally Break Through and Win a World Poker Tour Title?

Day 4 of the L.A. Poker Classic has just wrapped up. Eighteen players are currently left in the field, including the likes of Phil Hellmuth Jr. and Jennifer Tilly.

2008 National Heads-Up Poker Championship Field Starts to Take Shape

The 2008 National Heads-Up Poker Championship will be taking place this weekend (February 29th to March 2nd), and the field has almost entirely been verified, save for one spo...

Phil Ivey, Jennifer Tilly and Antonio Esfandiari Amongst Chipleaders After Day 2 of L.A. Poker Classic Main Event

Day 2 of the WPT LA Poker Classic has now wrapped up, with 136 of the original 665 players still alive. The event has a prize pool of just under $6.6 million dollars, with $1....

"Reverse" Wins FTOPS Main Event on Full Tilt Poker

"Reverse" bested FTP pro Thomas Wahlroos in heads-up action to take down the FTOPS VII Main Event title and over $450k in cash.

The final hand of the tournamen...

Men "The Master" Nguyen Off to a Torrid Start in 2008

You can say what you want about Men "The Master" Nguyen (and most of it probably won't be very nice), but you can't deny the fact that he is off to an absolutely blistering st...

Erick Lindgren Takes Down FTOPS Event #9

Erick Lindgren just took down FTOPS Event #9 for a total haul of $291k. This event was the $1 million dollar Guaranteed, $300+$22 No Limit Hold'em tournament. 5637 people ende...

Young Poker Talent Continues to Crush Live Tournaments

Can young poker players finally start to gain respect in the eyes of the old, grizzled veterans of the game? Will the "old guard" of poker continue to dismiss and malign the c...

Michael "Timex" McDonald Takes Down Pokerstars EPT Dortmund Tournament

Michael "Timex" McDonald overcame a field of 411 players that was loaded with talent to take down the EPT Dortmund for a total haul of just over 933k euros. Andreas Gulunay ca...

Mike "SowersUNCC" Sowers Takes Down $5k Borgata Winter Poker Open Event for $399,000

James "SowersUNCC" Sowers, or Mike Sowers as he prefers to be called, took down the $5k event at the Borgata Winter Poker Open today for just under $400k, overcoming a tough f...

Preliminary Line-up for the 2008 National Heads-Up Poker Championship Announced

Thanks to one of our readers for pointing out to us that NBC has updated their site with an almost complete list of the participants in the 2008 National Heads-Up Poker Champi...

Jeff "Actionjeff" Garza Wins Heads-Up Championship at Aussie Millions; Main Event Final Table Set as Well

Jeff "Actionjeff" Garza, a well-known name in the world of online poker, took down the Heads Up Championship at the Aussie Millions, taking down $100k in Australian dollars af...

"ElkY" Takes Down 2008 Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure (PCA)

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, team Pokerstars Pro and former professional video game player, just took down the 2008 PCA in the Bahamas, crushing the final table and taking dow...

Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf Wins Pokerstars World Championship of Battleship Poker; David Pham Chipleader Heading into Final Table of PCA

Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf took down the 2008 Pokerstars World Championship of Battleship Poker, defeating Vanessa "suckoutqueen" Selbst in the finals of the event. For his victo...

David "The Dragon" Pham Chipleader of 2008 PCA After Day 3; "ElkY" and "Rizen" Still Alive

David "The Dragon" Pham carries a significant chip lead into Day 4 of the 2008 Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure. The 2007 "Player of the Year" currently sits with a stack of aro...

January is a Full Month with PCA, Aussie Millions, Tunica and More

Many well-known poker players will be logging plenty of miles in January as there is a full slate coming up of popular live poker events.

First off we have the...

Chad "Jse81" Batista Gets Off to a Good Start in 2008

Chad Batista, known as "Jse81" on Full Tilt Poker and "lilholdem954" on Pokerstars, fired the opening salvo in the race to be crowned the top online poker player in 2008 by ta...

Dario Minieri (dariominieri) Continues His Ridiculously Hot Streak

Dario Minieri capped off with a phenomenal week of poker with perhaps one of the most impressive one-day performances ever.

You have probably heard of Dario or...

Eugene Katchalov Takes Down the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic

Eugene Katchalov didn't just win. He completely destroyed the final table, eliminating 4 out of the 5 players at his final table en route to the first place prize of $2.48 mil...

Sorel "Zangbezan24" Mizzi Takes Down Another High Stakes Showdown on Pokerstars; Full Tilt Poker Signs Scott Fischman to Deal

Sorel "Zangbezan24" Mizzi took down yet another High Stakes Showdown on Pokerstars Sunday afternoon, besting "Dariominieri" to take down the $25k first prize. Other competitor...

Arnaud Mattern from France Takes Down EPT Prague Poker Tournament

Arnaud Mattern from France took down the first ever EPT Prague tournament earlier today, besting 554 other poker players en route to his 708,600 euro payday. In addition to th...

Final Table of the EPT Prague Main Event Now Set

The final table of the EPT Prague event at the Hilton Hotel in Prague of the Czech Republic is now set, with Mikael Norinder currently sitting as your chipleader with just ove...

J.C. Tran Wins $5k Five Diamond World Poker Classic Event; "Sully" Erna from Godsmack Finishes Second

J.C. Tran continued his absolutely ridiculous 2007 earlier this week, taking down a $5k No Limit Hold'em tournament at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic. With this win, Tra...

Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event (Doyle Brunson Classic) Set to Kick off on Wednesday

The last major poker tournament of 2007 is set to kick off at 12 pm on Wednesday as the main event of the Five Diamond World Poker Classic gets underway.

The b...

Greg "Wild Duck" Hobson and Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi Both Have Ridiculous Weekends

You may know Greg Hobson a little better by his Full Tilt Poker and Pokerstars alias, "DuckU."

"DuckU" shot to prominence earlier in 2007 when he took down back...

Final Table of the $2500 Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau Asian Poker Open is Set

This particular poker tournament is very important for a number of reasons. First off, it's the first poker tournament to ever take place on Chinese soil, which is a potential...

"Fkscreennames" Takes Down Full Tilt Poker FTOPS Main Event

"Fkscreennames" absolutely dominated the FTOPS Main Event final table on Sunday en route to taking down the $385k first prize. There was really never any doubt, as "Fkscreenna...

Mike Vela Wins the 2007 World Poker Finals (WPT) at Foxwoods

The final table at the 2007 World Poker Finals at Foxwoods was absolutely stacked this year. First you had Nenad Medic, the defending champion of this tournament who headed in...

Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad Chipleader Heading into EPT Dublin Final Table

Can she possibly do it again?

Can Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad, the teenaged poker phenom from Norway, take down another major poker event?

Firs...

The Top 10 Most Notable Poker Tournaments of All Time

If you were to make a list of the most important and notable poker tournaments of all time, how would it look? Which tournaments had the biggest impact on the game as we know ...

Travis "TravestyFund" Rice Wins the Ultimatebet Aruba Poker Classic

Travis "TravestyFund" Rice took down the Aruba Poker Classic on Saturday, taking down $800,000 for the first place finish.

548 players took part in this popula...

It's the Superbowl Weekend for Online Poker as the Pokerstars WCOOP Draws to a Close

The pros are out in full force today on Pokerstars as the WCOOP is drawing to a close.

Today we have the $5k H.O.R.S.E. event taking place as well as the $1k L...

Scott "Sctrojans" Freeman and Chad "Lilholdem954" Batista are Having Two of the Best Months Ever in Online Poker

You look at the month that Chad "M8kingmoves" Batista has had and think that no one could possibly be having a better month than he is. However, Scott "Sctrojans" has done jus...

The Million / Million Poker Club

A few days ago, somebody asked me the question: which poker players have both a million dollars in cashes online, plus a million dollars in cashes live?

A numbe...

Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi Wins Yet Another High Stakes Showdown on Pokerstars

Sorel Mizzi, aka "Imper1um", aka "Zangbezan24", took down yet another High Stakes Showdown on Pokerstars today, besting Hold_emNL to take down the event. There were eight comp...

Mike Matusow Makes Final Table of the WPT Borgata Poker Open

Mike Matusow look to take down the WPT Borgata Poker event on Thursday, as he enters the final table third in chips with just under 3 million.

The players will...

Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad's WSOPE Victory Will Be Huge Boon for Online Poker in Europe

Since Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad took down the World Series of Poker Europe main event bracelet early Monday morning, people have been asking: will this victory be as big f...

Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad Wins World Series of Poker Europe Main Event

What a story.

Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad, still a teenager, took down the World Series of Poker Europe main event early Monday morning, taking home a first p...

Nikolaus "Kaibuxxe" Jedlicka Chipleader of EPT Barcelona After Day 3

"Kaibuxxe" is extending his dominance of the online tables over to the live tables, as he is currently sitting atop the leaderboard after Day 3 of the EPT Barcelona.
<...

Season Four of the European Poker Tour Set To Kick Off with the EPT Barcelona Open

Season four of the European Poker Tour is set to kick off in late August with the EPT Barcelona Open, which will run from August 28th until September 1st 2007. The tournament ...

Annette_15 Wins the Full Tilt Poker $500k Guaranteed

Annette_15, aka Annette Obrestad, finally took down a major Sunday tournament on Sunday night, outlasting the competition and taking down a first place prize of just over $117...

Kevin "Belowabove" Saul Wins the Bellagio Cup

Kevin "Belowabove" Saul has just booked the biggest win of his young poker career, winning $1.342 million dollars at the Bellagio Cup in Las Vegas. Saul outlasted Mike Matusow...

Down to the Final Two Tables at the Mandalay Bay Poker Championship

They are down to the final two tables at the Mandalay Bay Poker Championship. 18 players are remaining, and of those remaining, there is a very interesting balance of online p...

Phil Ivey Chipleader of the Mirage Poker Showdown Heading into the Final Table

Is Phil Ivey stretching his legs, getting ready for a profilic World Series of Poker? Or will he stick to his previously mentioned plan of only playing in the $50,000 H.O.R.S....

Will Ma Takes Down the Grand Prix de Paris

Will Ma has taken down his first major live tournament, as he bested a very tough final table that included that likes of Ram Vaswani and Tony Lisandro to take down a first pl...

Will Ma Leads Grand Prix de Paris Heading into the Final Table

Will Ma is currently chipleader of the Grand Prix de Paris main event heading into the final table, as he attempts to take down a first place prize of just over 420,000 euros....

Tor Gammelgard Chipleader After Day 3 of Grand Prix de Paris

Tor Gammelgard is currently chip leader of the Grand Prix de Paris after day 3 of play, with well-known pros Freddie Deeb and Ram Vaswani breathing down his neck.


Ram Vaswani Amongst Chipleaders After Day Two of the Grand Prix de Paris

Ram Vaswani made the most of his aggressive and loose style on Day 2 of the Grand Prix de Paris at the Aviation Club in Paris, France, and is currently one of the chipleaders ...

Cory "UGOTPZD" Carroll Wins 2007 $5k WSOP Circuit Event at Caesar's Palace

Cory Carroll, widely known to online poker players as "UGOTPZD", won the 2007 $5k WSOP Circuit event at Caesar's Palace today, besting Justin "Looshle" Pechie in a heads-up ba...

Shenanigans at the Playboy Charity Poker Tournament

The King likes a good charity event as much as the next person. However, when someone gets screwed at the final table of the event, it tends to leave a bad taste in people's m...

Juan Carlos Mortensen Wins the World Poker Tour Championship

Juan Carlos Mortensen bested Kirk Morrison in a thrilling heads-up battle, taking down the WPT Championship and taking home a first prize of $3.97 million dollars in the proce...

Paul Lee is Chipleader of the World Poker Tour Championship After Day 5

The fifth day of play at the World Poker Tour championships wrapped up with Paul Lee as your dominant chipleader heading into the final day of play on Friday. Lee chipped up t...

Phil Hellmuth Still Chipleader After Day 3 of World Poker Tour Championships

Phil Hellmuth was the chipleader after Day 2 of the WPT Championship, and he remains chipleader after Day 3, offering up another strong performance which rarely saw him relinq...

Phil Hellmuth Jr. Chipleader After Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Championship

Phil Hellmuth Jr., multiple World Series of Poker bracelet holder, finished day 2 of the World Poker Tour Championship as the tournament chipleader, and currently has over 528...

Jennifer Harman's Poker Tournament Raises $100,000 For Nevada SPCA

Jennifer Harman's celebrity poker tournament was for the dogs, but in this case, that was ok. Harman, professional poker player and lover of animals, set up and hosted a poker...

Kirk Morrison Chipleader After Day 1B Of the World Poker Classic at the Bellagio

The stars were out at the Bellagio for Day 1B of the World Poker Classic at the Bellagio, as the World Poker Tour hosts their $25,000 Championship event.


Jared "Wacokidd" Hamby Dominating the Bellagio Poker Classic So Far

To say that Jared "Wacokidd" Hamby is having a strong month playing live poker would be an extreme understatement. Like many other online poker pros, Hamby had made most of hi...

Anna Wroblewski Chipleader After Day 1 A of the World Poker Tour Championship

First she wins the $3k Bellagio WPT event for a little over $300k, after working a $10 an hour job earlier in the month just to pay her bills. And now, the young Wroblewski is...

The Bellagio World Poker Tour Championship Gets Started on Saturday

The fifth $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship starts on Saturday, and it should be one of the biggest poker tournaments ever. Any worries that the turnout to the main event ...

Elky Bubbles WSOP Satellite: Hand Analysis

Much has been made over this hand, and it has actually been the subject of much discussion on the poker forums.


The Irish Poker Open: Bigger and Better Than Ever

The Irish Poker Open is coming, and it's going to be bigger and better than ever.

This year will feature a multitude of events being hosted at Dublin's Burling...

EPT Monte Carlo: Poker's Best Descend on Monaco

Poker's best and brightest stars are descending on Monte Carlo, in what is sure to be a very interesting mix of young and aggressive online players and seasoned and aggressive...

Tuan Le Wins 2005 WPT Championships

Better late than never, the King is back to file a report about the 2005 World Poker Championships. The King has been checking out the new Wynn casino in Vegas for the past we...

Tobey Maguire Wins Phil Hellmuth Jr. Invitational

Tobey Maguire followed fellow actor Ben Affleck's steps a few weeks ago by winning a poker tournament. Maguire won the Phil Hellmuth Poker Invitational, a $2000 buy-in event w...

Ben Affleck Wins 2004 California State Poker Championship

Ben Affleck wins a major poker championship? It's not a misprint. Say what you want about Affleck, but he actually played pretty well to capture the title. Affleck won just ov...

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson eliminated: WSOP Update

Yet another well known name has exited the tournament, with Chris "Jesus" Ferguson going out in 25th place. This leaves Dan Harrington as the biggest name left in the tourname...

Martin Deknijff Wins World Poker Tour NL Hold'em Championship

343 players. $25,000 buyin. $8,342,000 total prize pool. Get used to these types of numbers. Now that poker is one of the fastest growing spectator sports in North America, yo...

David Benyamine Wins Grand Prix de Paris WPT Event

David Benyamine, a native of France where this event was held, captured the Grand Prix de Paris World Poker Tour event, besting such well-known names as Erick Lindgren and Dan...

World Poker Tour: Bay 101 Casino Results

The results of the World Poker Tour event taking place at the Bay 101 Casino are now in; don't read beyond this point if you don't want to have the TV broadcast spoiled for yo...

Paul Phillips Wins 2003 Five Diamond Tournament at the Bellagio

Paul Phillips won the No Limit Championship at the 2003 Five Diamond tournament at the Bellagio tonight, in a very entertaining tournament that will play very well on TV. This...

John Myung Wins 2003 Showdown at the Sands

In a surprise turn of events, John Myung has captured the 2003 Showdown at the Sands. This tournament will be shown on Fox Sportsnet on Thanksgiving Day. We will have a more e...

Final Table at Showdown at the Sands Set: Paul Wolfe in Chip Lead

Paul Wolfe, a self-employed poker player from Apollo Beach, Florida, is currently sitting as the chip leader after two days of play at the Showdown at the Sands. The second da...

Hoyt Corkins Wins 2003 World Poker Finals

With a live crowd cheering him on, Hoyt Corkins, dressed in a cowboy hat and boots, won the World Poker Finals. An Alabama native who is a true cowboy in every sense of the wo...

Men Nguyen, Huck Seed Big Winners so far at 2003 World Poker Finals

One week into the World Poker Finals, being hosted at the Foxwoods Casino and Resort, Huck Seed and Men "The Master" Nguyen have both claimed victory.

Still ea...

Showdown at the Sands Coverage

Edited November 25, 2003: John Myung wins the 2003 Showdown at the Sands, capturing first prize and one million dollars. Brian Haveson placed second, with Annard Randin coming...