The 17th season of the World Poker Tour starts on July 21. This season presents new changes across the landscape of the tour with all televised final tables taking place at Esports Arena Las Vegas. Those events aren’t scheduled until the second half of the season in 2019. Other changes are part of all WPT […]
“Those who can’t do, teach.” We’ve all heard the sentiment. Does that mean those who can do, commentate? Not necessarily. This week, Phil Hellmuth hit the ESPN airwaves by joining Lon McEachern and Norman Chad in the booth for the World Series of Poker Big One for One Drop. Was Hellmuth the best choice to provide commentary […]
The 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event was supposed to play down to 27 players remaining on Tuesday, July 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, they did one better, getting down to the 2018 WSOP Main Event final 26. Each of the remaining players is now guaranteed at least $282,630 in prize money. However, each […]
How do you define success? That’s the first question poker journalist Lance Bradley asked during interviews with 50 professional poker players. The result of those interviews: The Pursuit Of Poker Success, the latest offering from prolific poker book publisher D&B Poker. In the introduction, Bradley states that the original goal was to find out why […]
The World Series of Poker has released its annual list of finalists for the Poker Hall of Fame. The list includes two WSOP Main Event Champions and several other well-known players or personnel. Here are the 10 finalists: Chris Bjorin David Chiu Mori Eskandani Bruno Fitoussi John Hennigan Mike Matusow Chris Moneymaker David Oppenheim Matt […]
The time has come for the Poker Hall of Fame to induct someone who has done something more for the game than just play it. Induction criteria does include a stipulation for non-players. Essentially, the person must have contributed to the overall growth and success of the game, with indelible positive and lasting results. They’ve […]
Michael Mizrachi never stops doing the impossible. The man known as “The Grinder” made his fourth career final table in the World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship Monday evening. He enters Tuesday’s finale as the chip leader and with an excellent opportunity to win the most important mixed game event on the schedule for […]
The announcement of poker legend Doyle Brunson’s retirement from the World Series of Poker was sudden but expected. The 85-year-old played in one more WSOP event this week and gave fans a great sweat when he made the final table of the $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Single Draw event. Brunson’s last stand aired on PokerGO and […]
Scott Blumstein’s summer is off to a different start than one year ago. The reigning World Series of Poker Main Event Champion couldn’t afford to play a full schedule in 2017. Instead, he focused on preparing himself for the one tournament he knew he would compete in. The repeat Returning to the home of his life’s […]
The Las Vegas, Nevada summer festivities began as they usually do with the Super High Roller Bowl at the end of May. The four-day tournament is arguably the most prestigious tournament outside of the World Series of Poker Main Event. The $300,000 buy-in tournament attracts one of the toughest fields in poker. It’s a lot […]