Flipout Tournaments Coming to Full Tilt Poker
Flipout tournaments are a cross between shootouts and FTP’s luck-based flip tournaments. In a Flipout event everyone is all-in blind on the first hand but then it switches to a regular-style freeze...
View ArticleWhy Bayern Munich Boss Uli Hoeneß Belongs in Poker
If you do recognize the name then you likely know the Bayern Munich football club boss is on his way to jail in Germany - willingly - on tax evasion charges. Hoeneß resigned his position as Chairman...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Barry G. Wonder, Tran Thunder, Survive & Advance
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet? Drop a note in the comments and we'll gladly take a look. Today in the 3-Bet we find Barry Greenstein wondering what might have been with his 300-yard golf drives, JC...
View ArticleIvey, Esfandiari Among 23 Confirmed for $1m ONE DROP at 2014 WSOP
The ultra high-roller tournament will play out June 29 at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and event staff are expecting to hit the new, bigger 56-player cap. That means the first place prize...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Galfond Needs $1.4m, Magnus on Magnus, Mean Poker Tweets
If you have a suggestion for a future 3-Bet piece, feel free to drop a message in the comments section below. In today’s 3-Bet we’ll take a look at Phil Galfond making fun of his disastrous...
View ArticleSchleger Chops WSOPC Main Event in LA for $151k
The former Team PokerStars Online pro, who stepped away from the game professionally this year and made waves recently with an open admission of being a casual crack user, chopped the WSOP Circuit...
View ArticleJC Tran Reels in Second WPT Title in Sacramento
Tran entered the final table as the short stack but the Sacramento-native went on a blistering heater at just the right time and smashed his way through all five of his opponents while friends and...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Liv Mind Freak, Bilzerian = Gates, Premier League Ep. 1
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet? Drop a note in the comments and we'll gladly take a look. Today in the 3-Bet we find Liv Boeree freaking people out on a new Discovery Channel TV show, Dan Bilzerian...
View Article$1.5m Up For Grabs in MicroMillions 7 This Weekend
The 100-event series will culminate with the massive $1 million-guaranteed Main Event on Sunday where the buy-in is just $22.There are plenty of other events, however, for even smaller amounts with a...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: In Praise of Limit, 3 Yrs $0m, Hellmuth Thinks
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet? Drop a note in the comments and we'll gladly take a look. Today in the 3-Bet we find a wave of momentum building for more Limit Hold'em games, a second look at the...
View ArticleParty Poker NJ Reloads Massive $100k Sunday Major
Party Poker is reloading its massive $100,000-GTD Sunday tournament in New Jersey for March 30. The poker site started the month with its first $100k-GTD event on March 2 and the results were...
View ArticleGus Hansen: "I Probably Have the Worst Game Selection in the World"
Deep in the throes of a $17m downswing online, moments of respite on and off the felt - including non-poker things like opening a new squash center in Copenhagen last week - have been few and far...
View ArticleRant: Too Many Americans, Not Enough Players and No Alex Dreyfus?
I’m glad that I wasn’t one of the 60 industry experts chosen to cast their votes in the BLUFF Power 20 because in all honesty I don’t think I would have been able to even choose 10 of them. It’s just...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: The End of Gus, Pius Has Hearth, Bilzerian Lampoon
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet? Drop a note in the comments and we'll gladly take a look. Today in the 3-Bet we find Gus Hansen speculating on the beginning of the end of his poker life, Pius Heinz with...
View ArticleGame On! WSOP.com Joins Forces with NY Rangers
The WSOP is now the New York Ranger’s official gaming partner and is giving players a shot at four exclusive grand prizes worth over $15,000 total. Any poker player who signs up for WSOP.com in New...
View ArticleEPT Vienna Day 1A/1B: Bits from Behind the Scenes
From the perpetual motion of the staff to the action-packed side events to the stunning location in the heart of the city Season 10's EPT Vienna stop has already been a memorable one. Our European...
View ArticleFaraz Jaka Eyes First WPT Title in Jacksonville
Unfortunately for Jaka he enters the final table second-to-last in chips with 542,000 and some established poker pros ahead of him. Local Nabil Hirezi has the chip lead with 2.7 million. Famed...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Merson Cash Splash, Action Bowling, Spot the Liar
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet? Drop a note in the comments and we'll gladly take a look. Today in the 3-Bet we find former WSOP Main Event champ Greg Merson finally getting his chops into a substantial...
View ArticleHirezi Takes WPT Jacksonville, Jaka Out First
Jaka, who is still seeking his first major poker title despite $4 million in earnings, was the first player be eliminated yesterday. The San Jose-native entered the final table second-to-last in chips...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Good vs. Great, Vienna Flipout, The Kravchenko Phase
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet? Drop a note in the comments and we'll gladly take a look. Today in the 3-Bet we find Jason Mercier (by way of B.C) explaining the difference between good poker players...
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