Poker Player Blog

Yes ladies and gentlemen the final event has begun in this year’s WSOP.  As I write there are still 700 players left out of an original pool of 897. Still time to predict this year’s final table. Here’s where things stand right now. Event 46: No Limit Hold’em/Six Handed Championship—Joe Ebanks of Stow, Ohio brought [...]

No extra room for gabbing so here goes… Event #18: No Limit Hold’em—3,157 original players came down to Foster Hays of Dallas and Casey Kelton of Alaska with Hays taking home the bracelet and a lovely $735,400 for his hard work. There was a buy in of $1,500. Event #19: Two personal favorites took home [...]

Poker fans everywhere are glued to the action during the second week of the 2011 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas, Nevada. 13 bracelets have already been distributed. Here’s a look at the results so far this week. Event 6: Limit Hold’em—Harrison Wilder took home to Oregon a tidy $205,065. The first 22 places of [...]

Feds Seize Major Poker Sites—The claims of the federal government are pretty serious with Full Tilt, Pokerstars and AB Poker all accused of money laundering, fraud and operating illegally. The websites as well as the bank accounts of the casinos have been frozen by the government. Pokerstars, in reaction to today’s drama, has stopped taking [...]

Proposed Legislation in Florida— This week the politicians down in Florida are looking at two separate bills that could effect the game of poker in the sunshine state. The first bill, SB 1594 is directly related to dog tracks in Florida. SB 1594 hopes to eliminate the requirement that dog tracks must have live races [...]

NFL Bans Players from Charity Poker Tournament—NFL officials are pulling team members from charity events because they feel poker for charity falls under their organizations rules which include a zero tolerance for gambling. 30 NFL players were scheduled to play in the Raise Your Hands for Africa event back in February that benefits the Starkey [...]

Poker Legislation Back on the Table: Despite past objections, disgruntled politicians and anxious poker fans the online gaming legislation is about to be back on the table. Barney Frank D-MA has teamed up with John Campbell R-CA to propose the passage of an online gaming bill. The bill would regulate the online gaming industry, provide [...]

WSOPE—Every year the WSOPE is held at the Casino at the Empire in London, England. Early Wednesday morning this tradition came to an end as executives announced the European leg of the WSOP would move to France. The casino to host the French version of the WSOP will be Casino Barrière de Cannes Croisette. Officials [...]

Annie Duke Heads New Poker Organization Annie Duke has been named as commissioner of a new poker league based in Las Vegas. The league will consist of 200 players chosen by their professional rankings as determined by the new league. The new gaming organization does not have a name yet but is planning on holding [...]

Its been quite an exciting year in poker. As the final month of 2010 draws to a close it seems a good time to review some of the highlights of the past year in poker. Yes I know, everyone does end of year highlights. That’s because we all want a recap before we move on. [...]