Year of the Big Name Pros?
The $5k Omaha Hi-Lo 8/b stood to be nothing too exciting for live streaming coverage. But if you happen to be just scrolling around for a taste of the 2012 World Series … this current live stream...
View ArticleCertificate of Attendance [Video]
Even without Pauly here, and Al skillfully holding down the Pokerati fort, I do show up at the Rio every once in a while for the free water and to work on my improv skills. Considering the Bluff...
View ArticleHook a Lady Up
Say what you will about the WSOP Ladies Championship — I’ve got the over/under at 15 for number of men who enter this year — it’s still the kinda event that some people get super-excited about for...
View Article‘Grinder’ Chews up Opponents to Win $50k Players Championship, Again
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi of Miami became the first two-time winner of the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship on Thursday night at the Rio in the World Series of Poker, dominating the field...
View ArticleOne Drop to the Rest of the World
Before Black Friday, the poker world seemed to avoid the economic calamities faced by the rest of the world. I’m sure that made the ROW just love all those players seen on ESPN Full Tilt &...
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The One Drop Investor Edition: Volume One
The skill set required for poker and investing are similar. Success at either requires an ability to minimize losses, maximize gains and manage a bankroll. Trading firms and hedge funds often recruit...
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One Drop Investor Edition: Volume Two
The million dollar One Drop event has attracted its fair share of professional poker players. But it has also attracted some notable professionals from the investment world. In our One Drop Investor...
View ArticleRe: The Ultimate Who’s Who of Poker
We’ve gotta move on from all this talk of Black Friday, I know … it was nearly a year and a half ago, and we’ll be hearing about its cases moving forward in various capacities probably for another 2+...
View ArticleUp a Million down a Million …
How confident is Michael Mizrachi in his poker playing skills? Moments after becoming the first two-time winner of the World Series of Poker’s Players Championship event Thursday night, Mizrachi went...
View ArticleWho Advanced to Day 2?
We’re still waiting for the magic number — as of press time registration is still open for another TK minutes — that will predictably show the WSOP on a continued growth path even without any...
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Global Poker Indices
Poker World reconstruction moves forward … not just off the felt, but on it, too. Taking a quick scan of the current GPI 300, the name that stood out to me as in a “holy heck he’s not just good he’s...
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Weekly Player Ranking List
Over in Europe, Spain’s economy might be regularly on the brink of collapse, but that doesn’t prevent poker players from all over Europe from hitting Casino Barcelona with a €10k EPT main event buy-in....
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WSOP Final Table Crowd
It was 103 days ago that the 2012 WSOP Main Event saw its last hand. Final table fans piled into the Penn & Teller Theater hours before the action got underway, donning T-shirts for their favorite...
View ArticleDown to Three
Greg Merson had a feeling one his five opponents would make a critical mistake. On the 109th hand late Monday night of the World Series of Poker’s Main Event at the Rio’s Penn & Teller Theater,...
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Ana Marquez: Rising Estrella
Move over Carlos Mortenson … Ana Marquez is now the top Spanish player in the world. Playing for almost three years now, the 26-year-old PokerStars pro is the 227th-ranked player on the planet … with...
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2012 Players of the Year
The GPI has made tweaks to their ranking system for the new year — primarily by expanding the tournaments that count to include events with buy-ins as low as $1,000. UPDATE: These changes will apply...
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NBC Heads-Up Championship Returns
Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth arrive for the NBC Heads-Up draw party, even though Negreanu opted out to spend the weekend with friends. NBC’s $25,000 buy-in National Heads-Up Poker Championship...
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2013 WSOP Schedule is Here
Here’s the link to what you care about — the official schedule for the 44th World Series of Poker. And here’s the link to the WSOP Command Center online, which the WSOP seems pretty intent on making...
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Online Poker on the Uptick?
Believe it or not, I’m playing online poker again. I’ve bought in three times already, so yay, it works (and is super-easy to play for real money), but cannot yet report on the cash-out process,...
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Tell Science
Can you spot the liar? The New York Times asked that question — recognizing right out the gate this is supposed to be a poker skill — and presented an interactive exercise featuring video clips of...
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