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What started this past weekend with 375 of the best poker players in the world has now reached the final table, and it will likely be one of the most competitive final tables in recent history, with two of the best young German players in the game (which is saying quite a bit), Benny Spindler […]

We are now halfway through the 2013 World Series of poker Europe (WSOPE) tournament series and we’ve already seen two fairly big names claim WSOP gold in the first four events: Jackie Glazier and Jeremy Ausmus. Event #1: €1,100 Ladies Championship – 65 entries It was a small field, but the cream still rose to […]

In two weeks the WSOP.com website will host their first online tournament series with $500k in added prize-money: The WSOP.com Online Championships. The Online Championship will feature nine events, including a $100k Freeroll on October 25 that will kick-off the tournament series, with buy-ins ranging from $25 up to $200 for the Main Event. Each […]

In less than two weeks the poker world will descend on Paris, France for the start of the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe. The tournament series will play out over two weeks, with eight WSOP bracelets on the line, including the inaugural Ladies Championship at the WSOPE series. This will be the first year […]

The first of 26 episodes of the 2013 World Series of Poker tournament series will kick-off tonight on ESPN, with the showing of the inaugural WSOP-APAC Main Event. The two 1-hour episodes will cover the entirety of the WSOP APAC Main Event final table, featuring Daniel Negreanu. In addition to the 26 already recorded episodes […]

After the elimination of 21001 WSOP Main Event Champion in 10th place the 2013 World Series of Poker final table is now officially set. In this series I will take a look at each of the November Nine, and offer up my thoughts on what their winning the WSOP Main Event would mean to poker. […]

The 2013 World Series of Poker is coming to a close, so I’ve decided to take a look back at the entirety of the 2013 WSOP and offer up my choices for the five best things form the summer series. Thomas “Srsly Sirius” Keeling Bluff Interviews Thomas “Srsly Sirius” Keeling, better known for his satirical […]

We are just about through all 61 preliminary tournaments at the 2013 World Series of Poker, so now is as good a time as any to take a look at my pre-WSOP predictions and see how I’m doing so far. Granted a few things could still change, but for the most part my predictions are […]

It was a big day for UK poker fans as Matthew Ashton (who was already having an incredible 2013 World Series of Poker) captured the second most coveted bracelet handed out every year, the $50k buy-in Poker Players Championship. The 25 year-old British poker pro has come a long way in the three short years […]

Now is your chance to get involved in the nomination process for the Poker Hall of Fame. For the past three years the Poker Hall of Fame has opened the nomination process up to the general public, allowing fans to vote for the people they feel are the most deserving to join the ranks of […]