Harwood Holds Off Masek for WSOP National Championship; Negreanu 6th
The now two-time bracelet winner held a resounding chip lead coming in to the final table and held off all challengers despite losing the chip lead briefly late in the day. The last person Harwood had...
View ArticleHand of the Week: Seidel Decimates Dmitry w/ Stunning J-High Call
This week’s hand analysis will show you why he’s so highly respected and has so many fans around the world. Welcome to one of the most spectacular calls in poker history! Flop to River We’ve arrived...
View ArticleRonaldo, Neymar Jr. Headline Massive PokerStars Ad Campaign
Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar Jr. both appear in videos that show them playing poker around the globe. Ronaldo is Facebook’s most popular public profile with 104 million fans while Neymar Jr. has more...
View ArticleDon’t Understand Sexism or Misogyny in Poker? Try Empathy
The thought of affecting a woman’s happiness in a negative sense creates shame. I’m still not 100% sure what sexism and misogyny really mean but I’m trying to understand. I want to understand. She...
View ArticleThe Worst Poker Etiquette Crime I've Ever Seen
They've grown up in front of the computer with a mouse in their hand and have never actually shuffled cards or dealt a hand. Heck, some of them can’t even hold a deck. The cards fall out of their...
View ArticleDarren Elias Hunts Another WPT Win at Choctaw Final Table
Elias is second in chips with 8.1 million and trails only fellow poker pro Andy Hwang who amassed 10.9 million. If Elias goes on to win he'll become just the fourth 3-time WPT champ joining Carlos...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: DNegs NHL Boss, Poker v. Crack, Island of Poker Misfits
Have something you'd like to see featured in a future 3-Bet? Let us know in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Daniel Negreanu getting his foot in the NHL door, the similarities between poker...
View ArticleRoad to Malta Begins on RedBet with Free 2015 BOM Packages
RedBet has just started its exclusive 'Road to Malta' promo with 10 exclusive freerolls every week. Over $4,000 in tournament tickets and two 2015 Battle of Malta packages worth €1,550 each will be...
View ArticleJason Brin Closes Out WPT Choctaw, Darren Elias Finishes Third
Andy Hwang, who entered the final table as the chip leader, couldn’t quite close out the event and ended up finishing in second place for $468,105. Meanwhile Darren Elias was denied his third WPT...
View ArticleThe Best Thing About Poker is Not the Money You Win
The best thing is all the characters you meet. Money is good to have. To spend on the necessities of life like food, drink and buy-ins. But memories are the icing on the cake and the cherry on top....
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Stapes Shunned, Rousso Tofu-ed, How to Be Luckier
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet piece? Drop us a line in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find the indefatigable Joe Stapleton shunned in a London park, Vanessa Rousso's Big Brother game shows some...
View ArticleWho's Got Next? Meet the 2015 Spirit of Poker Rising Star Nominees
Joe Hachem was clearly wrong when he said “poker is dying" and Jonathan Little very right when he said that when everyone’s getting better, you just have to stay ahead of the pack. Amazingly there are...
View ArticleEPT Barcelona Ready for Launch Aug. 18; Last Chance to Satellite In
Summer, sun and Barcelona.It has become a very welcome tradition to start off each new European Poker Tour season in the Catalonian capital and 2015 will see that tradition continue. With the stop in...
View ArticleChan: “Poker Hall of Fame Illegitimate Until Scheinberg Inducted”
Poker pro Terrence Chan believes the man who created PokerStars — Isai Scheinberg — should be in the Poker Hall of Fame.Earlier this week the WSOP asked poker fans on Twitter who should be considered...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Outgunned Doyle, Papa Ziigmund, Larry Flynt's Host
The PokerListings 3-Bet is a private jet, tickets to the Mayweather fight and all the afternoon poker news shrimp cocktails you can put down your gullet.Have a tip for a future 3-Bet piece? Let us...
View Article(Watch) Jason Koon's Epic Week of High-Stakes Poker in Las Vegas
Ever been up-close and behind-the-scenes as an elite high-stakes poker pro risks over $600,000 in tournament buy-ins in a single week?You have now. The PokerListings video crew followed poker pro...
View Article888poker Ups Tournament Guarantees by $100k in August
888poker has been struggling with network issues over the last month but that hasn’t stopped the online giant from raising tournament prize pools by $100,000 across the board for August.Eight...
View ArticleNature Isn't Pretty & Drawing the Line in Poker is a Slippery Task
In my last post I told you about Le Pig.He is s a character for sure. I also told you about “The Little,” who was a character too. I just remembered that he had another nickname. We called him “The...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Jungle + Dwan, KidPoker Can't Lose, Cate Gets Due
The PokerListings Daily 3-Bet is a stocked RV, a pile of autographed pics and no end in sight for the afternoon poker news barnstorming tour.Have something you'd like to see in a future 3-Bet? Tell us...
View ArticleMartins Adeniya: “New Changes Will Draw Rec Players to Full Tilt”
Full Tilt Ambassador Martins Adeniya says that the online poker room's recent changes might hurt traffic in the short term, but ultimately he believes they will draw more recreational poker players to...
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