I think tournaments are too similar. Sure some have the blinds rise faster than others, some are rebuys, some are Sit and Gos, but that is basically it.
My biggest problem with multi-table tournaments is that they typically take an eternity to finish. I find it unlikely that the average fish, who registers for $22 in [...]
A few years ago, it would have been unthinkable to suggest that the upstart European Poker Tour (EPT) could one day surpass the then-wildly popular World Poker Tour (WPT) in terms of prestige and popularity, but that day may have finally come.
Last week, the $25,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Championship drew just 337 participants, [...]
Several weeks ago, online sensation Tom “durrr” Dwan issued a million dollar challenge to the poker world: he said he would play anyone in the world (except Phil Galfond) four tables at a time of heads-up NLHE or PLO until 50,000 hands have been played between the two. At the conclusion of the 50k hands, [...]
The schedule for the 2009 WSOP was released recently. This year’s series will have 57 events, two more than last year. After a two year break, the traditional $500 casino-employees only event has been moved back to the beginning of the schedule. That event will kick-start the festivities on May 27th. The series will continue [...]
The poker world was fairly unexciting in 2008. There were no huge legal developments that changed the structure of online poker (like the UIGEA did in 2007). No significant arrests were made (unlike in 2007 when the founders of Neteller were arrested). And the game did not display any noteworthy growth. For example, the Main [...]
During most of this decade, poker has had strong and consistent growth. This was especially the case after the Moneymaker WSOP victory, which sparked the three year absolute poker boom. The WSOP swelled with entrants, peaking in 2006 with 8773 entrants. Jamie Gold won that WSOP and its $12 million payday.
Poker took a hit in [...]
When 22 year old Peter Eastgate won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event two weeks ago, it served as the icing on the cake for what many have known for a long time: youth is certainly no disadvantage to excelling in poker. In fact, it might be that young (under 30) poker players [...]
Apparently, she claims the rest of the owners stiffed her. She says she is entitled to 1% of the company since that was the deal she apparently made when she started promoting the company.
I don’t know much about the details of the case. I definitely remember her pimping out Full Tilt from the beginning. I [...]