If you’ve ever seen Casino Royale, you remember the ridiculous poker tournament featured in the film where there was a $10 million buy-in.  In typical James Bond fashion, this $10 million tournament seemed like something out of a science fiction movie since even billionaire high stakes poker fish Andy Beal might think twice about paying [...]

Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield is no doubt one of the greatest boxers of all time.  Holyfield is a five-time boxing Heavyweight Champion, and has been involved in some of the most high-profile fights in history.  What’s amazing is that Holyfield is still fighting for titles today!  But as good as Holyfield is at throwing [...]

At a time when most countries are working towards finding some sort of silver lining in the regulation of poker, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa ruled last week that online poker is now illegal in their country. The law is currently in the appeals process, which will allow online casinos ample [...]

I think Daniel Negreanu read my last article about him. During a recent interview for British magazine Poker Player, Negreanu apparently intended on take the training wheels off his sparkling clean spokesperson image to ride his big boy Huffy. When asked how he felt about men playing in the all-women event this year at the [...]

A name synomous with the World Poker Tour (WPT) earned the recognition it deserved on Saturday. Kathy Liebert played in her 100th WPT tourney over the weekend at the 2010 Legends of Poker event at the Bicycle Casino in L.A. Liebert becomes the second player to join the 100 tourney milestone, an achievement christened by [...]

Reporting on the struggles of Gus Hansen in recent years is nothing new.  In fact, it’s like saying that potato chips are bad for you or fish like water or…..okay, you get the picture.  We even took the time earlier this year to show Hansen’s downswing in online poker (see here) to document how bad [...]

Atlantic City, Las Vegas’ forgotten step child, has seen year-over-year revenues fall 5%, according to a report released by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission last week. All but two of the city’s establishments reported drops in revenue, which saw slot revenue dropping 5.2% and table game revenue dropping 4.5%. The largest winner in the [...]

Unlike many other child/teenage stars from the 80’s whose careers have nosedived, Christian Slater is still acting in movies…..well, sort of.  Of course, it’s kind of hard to say he’s still a star since his last big role was in the 2005 film Alone in the Dark.  But hey, at least it’s something.  Perhaps Slater [...]

It’s safe to say that the average, sane person would choose playing poker over going to prison – unless of course you are forced to sit between David Williams and Daniel Negreanu.  Interestingly enough, a New Mexico man was faced with the decision of whether to play poker or go to prison just last week. [...]

The 41st Annual World Series of Poker Main Event coverage kicks off tonight at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. EST on ESPN. Lon McEachern and Norman Chad, poker’s Statler and Waldorf, call the play-by-play as cameras take us through the second largest field in Main Event history: a staggering 7,319 players vying for a first prize [...]