The World Series of Poker is both the playground of the professional poker player and the land of dreams for the everyman, the unknown who hopes for that one moment of glory. Five years ago the dream came true for

Like the Sports Illustrated cover curse or the Chicago Cubs' 'Curse of the Billy Goat,' poker tournament players often refer to the curse of the Day 1 chip leader, referring to the idea that he or she who has the

PokerNews are excited to announce the 2008 PokerNews Cup Australia returning once again to Melbourne's exclusive, Crown Casino in October later this year…

I've been staying and playing poker in Las Vegas. It's a long way from my home in Boston; I've been here for about a week now. It's longer than I normally stay - and it comes with certain risks to

All the overflow areas were in play at the Rio for Day 1D of the WSOP Championship Event, as 2,461 players took the field. With registration officially closed for the event, the total number of 2008 WSOP Championship entrants climbed...

I drove right from the Miccosukee poker room in Miami to The Isle (as it's known) in Pompano Beach â€" just about thirty minutes north. Both are large, impressive rooms, offering many different types of low-limit poker...

While most Americans were firing up their grills and gazing skyward at Independence Day fireworks, 1,158 players filtered into the Amazon Room for Day 1B of the WSOP Championship event. In honor of the occasion, country singer Andy...

Near the end of a continuing beta-test period which saw increasing levels of content added to the site, PokerStars interactive video portal, PokerStars.tv, officially launched this week. The site's features, which center on...

Day 1C of the WSOP Championship event saw 1,928 players take the field, making it the largest Day 1 flight thus far. Amazon Room players were treated to the world-debut performance of 'It's All About the Money' by country recording...

Over 50 poker players will go down in history as bracelet winners at the 2008 WSOP. No matter what happens to them in life, the fact that they won a bracelet is a major accomplishment. In fact, winning a WSOP

PokerStars has announced its seventh annual World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), annually the online poker world's largest championship series. The 2008 edition, scheduled to begin on September 5th, 2008, represents...

Major online poker site Full Tilt has announced the dates for its next Full Tilt Online Poker Series, or FTOPS. The latest edition of the highly popular tri-annual series, FTOPS IX, will run August 6-17, 2008. FTOPS IX jumps forward...

The final standings for the 'Ante Up for Africa' poker fundraiser, held on July 2nd as part of the WSOP, have now been released. The funder, co-hosted by actor Don Cheadle and poker pro Annie Duke, drew a sizeable field

NBC's popular 'Poker After Dark' series returns with its fourth season of episodes beginning July 14th. Season IV of "PAD" promises to break the tradition established by the highly popular late-night series in its first three seasons...

The first day of the WSOP Championship is always a double-edged sword. For as many players that walk through the doors of the Amazon Room, about half as many leave before the day is done. But at the end of

The 228 players who started Day 2 of Event #52, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, were already in the money, so their focus was on making the final table in one of the last tournaments of the 2008 World Series of Poker.

Marty Smyth has plenty of cashes outside of the WSOP, including his 2007 Irish Open and 2008 PartyPoker World Open victories. But going into the final table of the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship, Smyth had only one other...

Action continued in several events on Monday as the preliminary phase of the 2008 World Series of Poker moved closer to concluding, on the day first full day of action following Scotty Nguyen's popular triumph in Event #45, the #50,000...

The $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, Event #50 on the schedule, drew 381 predictably well-known and arguably well-heeled players. And since the buy-in included one rebuy, it was a wild and raucous beginning as players pushed...

It took two days to thin the field of 2,317 entrants into Event #48 down to the final nine, but it took just a few scant hours for Alexandre Gomes to blow through the final table en route to his