Category: Poker News

  • Phil Ivey Takes Lead as All Time Winnings Leader for Tournament Poker

    Phil Ivey is known as one of the best all around poker players in today’s poker world and he has now proven himself as poker’s all time tournament winnings leader as well. Last month he finished in second place in the Aussie Millions $100,000 Australian Dollar buy-in, winning $600,000 Australian Dollars and surpassing Daniel Negreanu…

  • Aussie Millions Results are In!

    The Aussie Millions is one of the most popular and intense international poker tournaments, held each January in Melbourne, Australia at the Crown Casino. This January the Aussie Millions event took place between January 14 and January 31 and hosted a week of satellite tournaments and a week of competition. Tournament games included No Limit…

  • Biggest Poker Winners of 2009

    Happy 2010 to everyone! To ring in the New Year I thought it would be fun to remember some of the biggest poker winners of 2009. We can all learn from these players’ wins and shoot for the stars in 2010! Patrick Antonius has been a top earner in poker for the last several years.…

  • Practice for the WSOP on Your iPhone

    If you are a poker enthusiast and also happen to have an iPhone then I’ve got some exciting news for you. A new iPhone application for poker buffs is now available in the iPhone App Store. The World Series of Poker Hold’em Legend App is making its way through the iPhone-toting poker community like wildfire.…

  • Are You Ready for WSOP 2010?

    The World Series of Poker 2010 isn’t happening for another 5 months, but Harrah’s has announced the tournament schedule and I’m already getting excited! There haven’t been many major changes made to the WSOP lineup for next year. However, there are several changes that I think are important to note. For starters, the tournaments $50,000…

  • WSOP Winner Joe Cada Lobbies for Poker On Capitol Hill

    Joe Cada, the winner of this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event, headed to Capitol Hill yesterday to lobby alongside the Poker Players Alliance (PPA). The PPA is a lobbying organization with more than 1.2 million members, fighting for the rights of poker players. PPA has already succeeded in a number of victories, including…

  • Joe Cada Takes Home $8.55 Million in 2009 WSOP Main Event

    The 2009 WSOP Main Event has come to a close and the winner is none other than Joe Cada. At 21 years old, Cada is the youngest poker player to win a WSOP main event. Joe Cada has earned his keep as a professional poker player over the past couple of years. He started out…

  • Dan Livingston Triumphs at WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Chicago

    Dan Livingston, a part time poker player from Oak Forest, Illinois, proved that anyone can win it big playing poker when he took home $291,749 at the World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Chicago Main Event. Livingston won his way into the event, which had a $5,000 buy-in and 248 participants, when he won a…

  • Poker Hall of Fame Welcomes Mike Sexton

    The Poker Hall of Fame recently inducted its 38th member, Mike Sexton. Sexton won out over the other nominees, which included poker greats Barry Greenstein, Dan Harrington, Phil Ivey, Tom McEvoy, Men Nguyen, Scotty Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu and Erik Seidel. There is no doubt in my mind that Sexton was the best choice for this…

  • Barry Shulman Takes Home Title at WSOPE Main Event

    On Friday, in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe, Barry Shulman broke through in a surprise victory against Daniel Negreanu to take home a WSOPE bracelet and £801,603. Coming into the final heads up round of the event, Negreanu seemed to be the sure bet to win the tournament. However, Shulman…