Sporting a huge chip lead at the final table, it was Marc “Needle King” Naalden’s event to lose. True enough, he conquered the final table with ease and as a result of his masterful performance, he brings home his very first WSOP gold bracelet courtesy of Event #38, the $2,000 Limit Hold’em event at the […]

Rolande de Wolfe has made poker history. Thanks to his win at Event #27 of the 2009 WSOP $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo tournament, he grabbed his very first WSOP bracelet and has become one of only two players to win what is dubbed the “Triple Crown.” Along with Gavin Griffin, de Wolfe now holds the […]

Once again, Phil Ivey has proven that he is one of the best poker players in the world today. On Event #25 of the 2009 World Series of Poker, the $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo, Phil Ivey beat back strong competition defying the odds as he came back from being one of the short stacks. For […]

The hugest buy-in Texas Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker always attracts the biggest names in poker. In the end, Vitaly Lunkin outlasted Isaac Haxton in heads-up play to win his second WSOP bracelet at Event #2, $40,000 No-Limit Hold’em and a staggering $1,891,012. Lunkin’s first WSOP win was in last year’s $1,500 […]

Talk about national pride. Australian Stewart Scott battled a tough field of 679 players consisting of poker professionals, Internet qualifiers and WSOP bracelet holders to come out on top of the 2009 Aussie Millions main event. For his outstanding effort on home soil, Stewart brings home a staggering AUD$2 million in prize money.
Stewart was in […]

The 2009 PokerStars Carribean Adventure’s Main Event has ended and when the dust cleared, an underdog emerged as champion. Online qualifier Poorya Nazari has joined the list of poker millionaires with his triumph in a tough field of 1,347 entrants. To win his millions, Nazari had to wade through a sea of 746 online qualifiers, […]

When PokerStars.net EPT Barcelona ended, one thing was certain: professional poker player Sebastian Ruthenberg is having a great poker year. He won a World Series of Poker bracelet this year, and he now has an EPT trophy to go with it. Aside from bragging rights, the young German also takes home €1,361,000 in prize money.
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Hoyt Corkins was away on vacation for a month when his Las Vegas home located in an upscale, gated Spanish Trails community was broken into by thieves who took their sweet time searching through his belongings and stealing his valuables. Poker fans would be interested to know that some of the things stolen from Hoyt […]

Chan Poker, the once flashy online poker site located at www.chanpoker.com, is the latest victim of the UIGEA legislation that was passed in late 2006. Chan Poker has announced its closure effective August 21 but has assured players that withdrawal requests will be honored and processed as quickly as possible.
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Former business investor Alexander Kravchenko started playing poker in 1997 and you can say he’s made a good use of his time on the felt. He made a name of himself when he made it in the money a more-than-impressive six times during the 2007 World Series of Poker. Kravchenko even went so far as […]