Finally!

Four months after making the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table–and just days before play resumes–poker superstar Phil “Poison” Ivey has finally decided to help publicize the event. (more…)

Christophe Savary has won the Main Event at the World Poker Tour’s Marrakech stop.

The Main Event was a no-limit Texas hold ‘em tournament with 416 entrants and a buy-in of 4,500 euros, or about 6,700 U.S. dollars. (more…)

A poker-playing priest has won $100,000 playing poker on a TV show–and he plans to donate all his winnings to his church!

According to media reports, Father Andrew Trapp, the assistant pastor at St. Michael Catholic Church in Garden City Beach, South Carolina, USA, won the $100,000 on a poker television show called “Million Dollar Challenge” on the FOX network. (more…)

Simon Watt has won the Main Event at the Asia Pacific Poker Tour’s Auckland stop.

The Main Event, a no-limit Texas hold ‘em tournament with a buy-in of 3,000 New Zealand dollars (NZD), or about $2,300 U.S., had 263 entrants and took place at the Sky City Casino in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city. (more…)

Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson loves poker.

He also loves television. (more…)

Victoria Coren of England is the latest professional poker player to pen an autobiography.

Coren, 36, from capital city London, has just written “For Richer, For Poorer,” the tale of her not-that-long a journey through the wars of professional poker. (more…)

Mike Sexton will be the lone 2009 inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame.

According to media reports, Sexton, one of nine nominees up for Hall of Fame induction this year, was the only nominee to receive enough votes to qualify. (more…)

The 2009 Aruba Poker Classic Championship, one of the biggest poker tournaments in the world not affiliated with the World Series of Poker, has been won by American Brandon Hall.

For the victory, Hall, of Littlestown, Pennsylvania, USA, earns three-quarters of a million dollars–$753,330 to be exact. (more…)

Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth Jr. naked?

It’s the poker world’s worst nightmare, and it’s come true. (more…)

Online poker room Party Poker has hired Italian professional race car driver Giancarlo Fisichella as a paid flack for its Italian-language website, www.partypoker.it.

According to a press release from Party Poker, Fisichella, 36, a champion Formula 1 driver, will officially serve as an “ambassador” for the room’s Italian site. (more…)

The 2009 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event has been won by the publisher of a poker magazine!

American Barry Shulman, publisher, owner and chief executive officer of Card Player magazine, Friday in London, England, won Event #4 at the third annual WSOPE, the Main Event, a no-limit Texas hold ‘em tournament with with a buy-in of 10,000 British pounds (about $16,000 U.S.). (more…)

Another one bites the dust.

In the volatile world of Internet poker, where online poker rooms come and go faster than tenants in a skid row hotel, no deaths are unexpected or surprising. (more…)

When it comes to the world of poker, the epitome of class is poker icon Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson.

Likewise, the epitome of no-class in the poker world is poker jerk Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth Jr. (more…)

Most of the top male poker players in the world were in London, England this week for the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE).

The top female poker player in the world, however, was not there. (more…)

One of the most popular and comprehensive sources on the Internet for news and information about the game of poker is pulling the plug.

On itself. (more…)