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As 1297 poker players marched into the Amazon Room for Day One-A, and were serenaded by none other than Mr. Las Vegas himself, Wayne Newton accompanied by the UNLV Marching Band and Bally’s...

Chilipoker, the more than successful online poker room launched back in 2006, has added the Summer Weekly Cash Dash to its wide range of offers. The Cash Dash Race, that normally gives away $30,000...

Today was the start of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, and with a starting field of 1297 it worked its way down to the 600 mark to end the first of the four day 1's.

With everyone due...

There are many charity events in poker. Many places, and many very worthy causes for poker players to put their hard earned cash. By writing this post, I certainly do not mean to say one charity is...

It’s finally here, day one of the main event. It should be a very busy day for players, officials and of course the media. Every table and chair will be occupied with a poker player with the same...

OK, so this one is just too good not to post.

Could we see Tony G making a run or two in the upcoming season of the IPL?

Who knows

So while I am holding down the PokerNews fort here in Melbourne with the rest of the Marketing team, the parties and action is really kicking off in Las Vegas.
I have attached a few pictures from...

In addition to writing articles for PokerNews.com during the WSOP, don't forget that you can follow all of my WSOP hijinks over at Tao of Poker.

Ester Rossi may not be a familiar face around the world of poker, she has played mostly stud events where she could find them for over twenty years. Last night she carved her name in poker history...

Check out Perry Friedman and this completely crazy hair style he has adopted for the World Series.

No doubts as to where he plays online poker now is there?

Sometimes it gets very hard to distinguish style and fashion behind all the logo patches, branded ball caps and poker gear. This year I noticed many styles in the Amazon Room from men as well as the...

With all of us having the day off, I decided NOT to go sky-diving but instead head into the strip to get outside for once. However that didn't last too long as I headed into Fashion Show Mall to...

Hey Mf2 our boy is doing good

Kristy Gazes has become a familiar face to all who are fans of poker. Her television appearances and her poker accomplishments have both brought her fame and fortune.

The 2008 World Series of Poker...

I’ll tell you straight out – I don’t get it. There are a few players today playing in the $10,000 PLO Championship that have another commitment today – a final table in the biggest event in...

JJ Liu is no stranger to poker circuit events, and certainly not to the WSOP. She has a flamboyant presence as a dresser and a competitive player. Married to poker pro Dan Alspach, JJ has earned...

all welcome !!!!!

All poker players are welcome to come amd play in my independence day tournament on fulltiltpoker.com. Buy in is $50.00 + $5.00. Prize pool will be announced after registration...

The cash games at the WSOP are the “bomb!”, so that is what several players have told me. I went into the lions den yesterday to check out the action for myself. It was 2 p.m. and the tables were...

Today we have launched simple but useful tool for each of you - the friends activity box. This box allow you to see which of your friends are online, What were the last blog posts of them and what...

Now that we are beyond the half waypoint at the WSOP, there are plenty of changes, incidents, and rumors to report. These are just a few of the “happenings” that have been reported and you may have...

Holland played with the B team yesterday, only Robben and Van Persie normally playing in the A line, wanting to get match fitness. Romania were terrible! I suppose they as I thought that Holland...

Leo Beenhakker put Smolarek on the bench?!! I guess he has a god complex. Poland once again looked so very poor. They scored one goal in the whole tournament, an offside goals vs Austria. It was...

Switzerland showed a lot of heart yesterday beating Portugal 2-0. Was it a fair result? In a way yes, even though Portugal looked more likely to score. Lone striker Derdiyok looked terrible until he...

Following the cash in the Caesars Palace mega-stack series I headed into work for the last 6 hours or so of my intended shift. Following that I was booked in for the PokerNews freeroll where the (as...

It’s kinda like playoff Hockey. It’s just not the same as the regular season. Sure, you can still enjoy the regular season games, and often times, you’ll see some great hockey. But, when playoff...

There’s NO crying in POKER either! Just when I thought I’d seen everything there is to see in a poker room, this happens. Yesterday I checked out the noon tournament at Caesars Palace. The $340 No...

Sweden put up a great performance in the 1st half yesterday. Both teams had loads of scoring chances. Apart from the two goals by Torres and then Ibrahimovic, who game Real Madrids Sergi Ramos a...

Romania once again showed what an excellent side they are from back to front. Italy played really well yesterday, still the draw was a very fair result. Had Mutu not missed the late penalty, Romania...

Coming back at 2pm for the final table we were met with a huge problem as Caesars hadn't taken into consideration the mass 700+ field for the following mega stack event. After the idea of an 11...