Here’s Tommy!

Last night, high stakes poker legend Tom “durrrr” Dwan was back on Full Tilt Poker, putting in over 2000 hands, and ending the day with a big smile on his face. Tom has been our in Macau enjoying the good fishing in the biggest Asian gambling hub, and has...

Lock Poker Updates

Annette Obrestad, known as Annette_15 online, was recently named a Lock Pro for the Lock Poker site on the Merge Network. Annette who started her poker career at a very young age is mostly known for winning the PokerStars Sunday Quarter Million, and then being the...

High Stakes Action

Since Black Friday, insight into higher stake poker action has mostly fallen off the map. Shows like High Stakes Poker, Poker After Dark, and the Big Game were great ways to see how poker at the highest level was played. Viewers could watch their favorite poker player...

$1 Million Pots

Ah, the thrill of big pots. You might play $0.25-$0.50 and get excited by $10 pots, $1-$2 and find yourself jazzed over a $450 pot, but no matter what level you play, you know what size pot is always exciting? $1 million pots. Unfortunately for this round-up of...

Bad Beats Breaking Pros

Bad beat stories: you see them in forums, read them in chat bars, and hear them at every live table you play at. They can get old, because everybody experiences them. But there are some bad beats that are just too entertaining to get old. Unsurprisingly, these involve...

The Phil Ivey Factor

Come on, don’t lie: you missed Phil Ivey at the 2011 WSOP. We all did! Whether or not he makes the money, as long as he’s in a tournament, he’s headline news, absolutely fascinating to watch, and easily makes his table the most interesting in the...

Drunk and Winning at the Tables

The 2008 HORSE final table played host to a now-infamous meltdown. Scotty Nguyen, known as the Prince of Poker in some circles and the Ambassador of Poker in others, gave one of the worst performances of his life. In short, he had a drink-inspired melt down. Nguyen is...

Best Poker People On Twitter

In the second decade of the 21st Century, your heroes need not be unreachable demi-gods waving from ivory towers. It turns out that most of them are just ordinary people, who are more than happy to connect with the fans. Twitter has brought plenty of previously aloof...