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High Stakes: Ruthenberg Overwhelms 2-7 Opponents on Full Tilt
Ruthenberg, who plays online as Taktloss47, victimized Swedish pro Mikael Thuritz and Chinese VIP Chu Lei Zhou on his way to $436k in profit (according to highstakesDB). No Poker Life for Taktloss47...
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WSOP 3-Bet: Hellmuth Torture, Huck Seed 2.0, They Wont Million
Want the latest news and gossip emanating from the center of the poker universe in Las Vegas, Nevada? Here's where it's at. Today in the 3-Bet we find Phil Hellmuth, as you might expect, haunted by...
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Security Expert: Poker Pros Always at Risk for Cybercrimes
And few places have as much money flowing around as Las Vegas. There are a number of movies about robbery, theft and elaborate heists throughout casinos in Sin City, but the threat is real. And now...
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Lessons from WPT Kazakhstan: Central Asia "Easy Money" for Poker Pros
The 36-year-old is now the founder and Tournament Director of Poker Club Management, the company that owns the EurAsian Poker Tour (EAPT). PokerListings Germany's Christian Henkel sat down with...
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From Cocktail Waitress to Omaha-8 Expert: Shirley Rosario Eyes WSOP Gold
“A lot of players don’t know what it takes,” Rosario said. “You can’t expect to be at the top of the world all the time.” And Rosario’s had her fair share of uphill battles. Aside from surviving --...
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Maurice Hawkins: “I Don’t Think Most Poker Players Are That Good”
“I’m gonna play the same if it’s $2,000 for first or $1 million for first,” Maurice Hawkins told PokerListings yesterday, when there were still about 80 players left in the WSOP Millionaire Maker...
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Todd Brunson: “Open-Face Chinese is a Cancer in Poker”
Whether it's for dimes or hundreds of dollars a point, OFC is played around kitchen tables, with mobile apps and in poker rooms around the world. The World Series of Poker even hosted a one-time,...
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WSOP 3-Bet: ElkY Bolts, Harman Charges, Buffalo Gets Bills!
Want the latest news and gossip emanating from the center of the poker universe in Las Vegas, Nevada? Here's where it's at. Today in the 3-Bet we find Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier freed from the grips...
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Bonomo Breaks Through: "I Was on the Brink of Tears While Playing"
“Literally, I had told myself, ‘Just give up on the bracelet,’ focus on the other things, three days ago!” Justin Bonomo said. “To be here, just three days later and win a 1,600 player tournament...
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Larry Wright: Deuce-to-Seven "Purest Skill Game in All of the WSOP”
Larry Wright qualifies as one of the original poker pioneers who brought the game from Texas to Las Vegas. “It was unbelievable,” Wright recalled from the 2014 World Series of Poker. “We had a lot of...
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WSOP 3-Bet: Negreanu Will, Tzvetkoff Won't, Mana On Fire
Want the latest news and gossip emanating from the center of the poker universe in Las Vegas, Nevada? Here's where it's at. Today in the 3-Bet we find Danel Negreanu calling his own shots as he heads...
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Kihara: “Japanese Still Think Poker is Five-Card Draw with No Betting”
“People [in Japan] think poker is still five-card draw, and that there’s no bets in it,” Kihara said. “Just draw and then see the hand and then ‘I win,’ or ‘I lose.’” “Almost 98 percent of Japanese...
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Live Updates: Daniel Negreanu Hunts 7th WSOP Bracelet in $10k 2-7
Negreanu enters the final table of the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship third in chips. A little over a quarter of a million dollars are waiting for the winner but for Negreanu, winning...
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Shorr, Lew, Bellande, Tilly Headline 2014 Spirit of Poker Awards
Split into three categories – Rising Star, Most Inspiring Player and Living Legend - the Annual PokerListings Spirit of Poker awards were created in 2013 to recognize the players who bring joy,...
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Volpe Thwarts Negreanu Run, Snaps Up First WSOP Bracelet
Volpe earned his first WSOP bracelet and $253,524 while denying Negreanu his 7th career bracelet after a tough heads-up battle. Only 14 players cashed in the tournament. Volpe grabbed the chiplead...
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WSOP 3-Bet: Mercier Stalks, Channing Balks, Global Poker Masters
Want the latest news and gossip emanating from the center of the poker universe in Las Vegas, Nevada? Here's where it's at. Today in the 3-Bet we find PokerStars pro Jason Mercier quietly building to...
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Banned on Seven Continents, Blackjack Whiz Bob Bright Targets WSOP
Bright began playing poker in high school and later in the Army when he earned a nice addition to his meager paycheck. He showed an early aptitude for numbers and analysis which translated into...
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Negreanu + Ivey vs. the World: Bracelet Bet Looms Over 2014 WSOP
“I did the exact same bet last year," Daniel Negreanu told PokerListings on Friday night at the 2014 World Series of Poker. "I didn’t have a piece of it, but Phil Ivey had one. It was the same bet...
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Full Tilt Poker Offering $500k in Summer Freerolls
Starting this Sunday, June 8, and running all the way until June 27 players will have numerous chances to win free tickets every day on the site. Each ticket up for grabs is valued between $1 and...
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James Woods: How to Fix America and Pick Up Women
But James Woods has an idea of how things would play out between the two world leaders. “Putin would never have to look at his cards,” Woods said. “All he’d have to do is bet, you know, and Obama...
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