One of the most common questions ever to be posed to poker players is what their favorite hand is. This is largely a redundant question, as the winning player either answers with the best pre-flop hand, “pocket aces” or responds with reference to importance, replying “the winning hand”.

We are living in an age where female players have never been more important for the game of poker. A century ago, however, one of the most unique female poker players ever to play the game was in her pomp. Today, 94 years after her death, Alice Ivers, known to almost everyone as ‘Poker Alice’, […]

This week, a subject that often gets an airing in poker was strung up with neon lights for all to see. Tipping has come under the spotlight once more after Canadian poker legend Daniel Negreanu ‘outed’ a professional player who refused to tip appropriately when they received free mineral water at the high stakes felt. […]

The poker legend, cash game specialist and TV poker personality Phil Laak won his first poker tournament in 14 long years last night as he took down the ‘Mega Millions’ tournament at The Bike – a.k.a. the Parkwest Bicycle Casino for $380,050. Taking down an all-American final table, Laak’s score was the best tournament cash […]

A Texas City Council Meeting denied Doug Polk’s bid to bring poker to a new part of Texas yesterday. The Farmers Branch City Council did not accept that poker could be played at a new location that the Polk chose as a potential poker room. Aiming to bring the greatest card game on Earth to […]

The Playground Poker Club has played host to some thrilling events over the past few weeks, with big name winner, massive prizepools and even World Series of Poker glory playing out in its gargantuan cardroom. With GGPoker Global Ambassador Daniel Negreanu even attending, the series has seen some thrilling victories, with millions of dollars awarded […]

If the bi-annual reaction to Phil Hellmuth’s WSOP Main Event and WSOP Paradise Main Event entrances are anything to go by, the poker world is divided on players making a spectacle of themselves as they take their seats.

A thrilling end to the busiest PokerStars live event of all time saw Lucien ‘Ratman’ Cohen cement his place in poker history, winning the top prize of €676,230. The Frenchman, who owns a pest control business, cleaned up in Barcelona, winning the equivalent of $733,800 as he won the second-biggest prize of his poker career […]

Two High Rollers and a Super High Roller have taken place in Barcelona as a packed European Poker Tour stop has seen big names and big fields dominate the action. With two daily €25,000-entry High Roller events in the can, the €100,000-entry Super High Roller title was taken by a player who had come oh […]

The World Series of Poker returns this summer and the 54th Annual WSOP is ging to be bigger and better than ever before.

With a prize pool of $2.34m, the $5,300 buy-in Texas Poker Championship saw former WPT Winner James Carroll win the top prize of $455,860. Carroll, a hugely popular pro, beat Nicholas Howard heads-up to claim the title after an entertaining final table.

This weekend, Tony Sinishtaj saw off the challenges of players such as final table chip leader Vanessa Kade, Alex Livingston and Tony Tran to claim the biggest score of his poker career so far, winning $1.65 million by taking down the Wynn Millions Main Event.

Partypoker is going on a world tour and giving poker players the chance to join them with the launch of partypoker Live. The new tour will be based around $5,300 buy-in main events with million dollar guarantees. The announcement comes in the wake of a number of successful live events held under the partypoker banner […]

After coming close to wins across the globe, Eduards Kudrjavcevs finally has his first career live recorded poker title. With $194,000 in tournament earnings to his name coming into this event, Kudrjavcevs was an accomplished player in his own right but is now the owner of the Punta Cana Poker Classic officially making his venture […]

In just five days, poker players from all over the world will be sipping on complementary cocktails at the luxurious Melia Caribe Tropical Resort in the Dominican Republic, relaxing before the start of the seventh annual Punta Cana Poker Classic. The PCPC is the brainchild of online poker site True Poker, which conceived of the […]