Top 10 Online Poker Winners & Losers of 2013
This year didn’t disappoint with Niklas “Ragen70” Heinecker putting on one of the most dominant performances in years while Gus Hansen imploded in spectacular fashion. 2013 also marked a pivotal shift...
View ArticleUSA, Germany, Canada Among Leading Poker Nations
From desolate Canadian fishing towns to bustling cities in Brazil there are chips being riffled and sets being flopped. That’s why we’re taking the time to count down the 10 countries who made the...
View ArticleMartin Staszko: I Like to Think I'm Still the Same Guy
Unexpectedly, though, two years later the higher-profile Heinz has pretty much vanished from the poker scene while Staszko continues to quietly travel the poker circuit and play all the big events....
View ArticleBattling Hansen and Blom “Best Moment Ever” for Online Qualifiers
PokerListings.com was able to contact the players via Full Tilt Poker and get exclusive info and quotes leading up to the match. “I know Viktor is a very cool player but he can lose like any other...
View ArticleDaniel Negreanu Named GPI’s Player of the Decade
All this week the GPI has been counting down the nine most successful players in the "modern era" of poker - considered to have begun when Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker Main Event in...
View ArticleChallenge PokerSnowie Bot 1-on-1, Get Instant Hand Analysis
The makers of PokerSnowie - the world's foremost Texas Hold'em Game Theory Optimal AI - have introduced a new wrinkle to its PokerCoach training program to help you do exactly that. The new...
View ArticleBet365 Poker Puts Up €650,000 in Premium Chase
The Premium Chase is a specialized race where players compete to the play the most hands and take down as many of the 8,000 guaranteed prizes as they possibly can. Bet365 will keep awarding prizes...
View ArticleRant: Mercier's $100k No-Booze Bet Must Be All-In or Fold
The subject: a no-alcohol bet for 2014. The stakes: $100,000 or more. Just a few days later Mercier wrote his first blog post of the year and, like so many bloggers, it focused on his personal goals...
View ArticleHansen, Blom Crush Challengers in Full Tilt's 'Bust a Pro'
Two Russians, a German and a Brit had a chance at $50,000 each if they could defeat the Full Tilt Professionals in three heads-up matches but no one could make it beyond Round 1. As consolation two of...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Beijing Boom, PCA Brags, Bilzerian $5m Buy-In
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet? Drop a note in the comments and we'll take a look. Today in the 3-Bet we find the much-anticipated Asian poker boom rising to the surface in Beijing, some obligatory...
View ArticlePokerStars Caribbean Adventure Turns 11, Still Incredibly Relevant
The 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is in full swing this week and it’s officially been 11 years since Gus Hansen outlasted 211 players on a boat to win the inaugural event in 2004. “The PCA...
View ArticleBertrand "ElkY" Grospellier: “Starcraft Players Should Give Poker a Try”
Grospellier transitioned from StarCraft to poker in the mid-2000s and has since earned more than $11 million playing live and online. He's the highest-earning poker player from France and was the...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Mercier Nemesis, Poker Whittlers, Arenas = Rettenmaier?
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet? Feel free to drop a note in the comments and we'll take a look. Today in the 3-Bet we Jason Mercier pinpointing a new arch nemesis, a very helpful tip for beginners about...
View ArticleU.K.’s Paul Newey to Fire Another $1m in One Drop Poker Tourney
The Birmingham native told PokerListings that he will once again play the $1-million Big One for One Drop poker tournament at the WSOP in Las Vegas this summer. “I’m very much looking forward to...
View ArticleQuoss Edges Shak, Selbst for PCA $100k Super High Roller Title
Germany's domination of high-stakes poker tournaments picked up right where it left off in 2013 as Fabian Quoss topped Dan Shak and Vanessa Selbst in the Bahamas tonight for the $100k PCA Super High...
View ArticleQuoss Becomes Latest German PCA Super High Roller Champ
Over the last three years Quoss has been a force on the poker circuit with over $2 million in tournament winnings but an outright win had eluded the Nuremberg native until today. “It was good to see...
View ArticleFull Tilt Launches Adrenaline Rush Poker, Casino Games
Full Tilt invented fast-fold poker when it introduced Rush Poker in 2010 and since then virtually every major online poker room has implemented the game. Adrenaline Rush takes the fast-fold concept to...
View ArticlePoker's Deadly Sins: How Lust, Wrath, Envy Hold the Game Back
It wears an old Stetson hat with mercury-laden teeth chained around the circumference. It chews on a thick brown cigar. Plumes of smoke glide into the eyeballs, but poker doesn’t blink. It has golden...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Ivey "Broke," Swapping 101, Poker's Deadly Sins
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet? Feel free to drop a note in the comments and we'll take a look. Today in the 3-Bet we find a bold claim about Phil Ivey's financial well-being from the notorious Dan...
View ArticlePartyPoker Signs Multi-Year Sponsorship Deal with 76ers, Devils
Confirmed by both 76ers/Devils CEO Scott O'Neil and bwin.party CEO Norbert Teufelberger with a news conference planned for Thursday, Bloomberg reports PartyPoker will become the official online gaming...
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