Poker Player Blog

WSOP Announce 2011 Schedule—its main event time again already? This years WSOP tournament includes a couple extra bracelets as well as a little shake up to the order of things. The full schedule can be viewed on the WSOP site (PDF). The tournament runs from May 31 to July 11, 2011. That gives you time [...]

At the close of the fifth day of main event play Andreas Krause became a champion with a pair of fives. This was the first year the Merit Cyprus Classic was sponsored by Full Tilt and the first time it was won by a relative unknown (to Americans at least). Andreas Krause walks away with [...]

AB and UB poker still having security issues: Cerius Poker has reported to the media and gaming agencies that they have suffered under the weight of lousy encryption codes. Apparently the issues have been fixed but poker gurus are suggesting hardwiring your pc to the internet for at least a little longer until the all [...]

Every time I turned around this week I found out about another legal issue on the poker circuit. Here’s a recap of the week’s highlights. Massachusetts politicians have been debating a bill to tax and regulate online poker in the state to boost the economy. They are trying to make tax gambling revenue on online [...]