The 41st annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) is underway in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

This year’s extravaganza will feature 57 separate poker tournaments, culminating with the WSOP Main Event. (more…)

With the 41st annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) set to begin in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, in just days, it’s time to look at the ongoing race for most WSOP championship gold bracelets won in a career.

Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth Jr., who has won the WSOP Main Event twice, leads the pack with a total of 11 WSOP bracelets won in his career. (more…)

American poker pro Phil “The Unabomber” Laak, best known until now for his resemblance to the 20th-century killer who sent letter bombs through the mail, is hoping for a new claim to fame–poker endurance!

Laak announced this week that he plans to challenge the Guiness Book of World Records mark for continuous poker-playing. (more…)

A new, private, high-stakes poker room in Las Vegas for wealthy V.I.P.’s only has been named after one of the game’s top players–Phil “Poison” Ivey.

The Aria casino in Vegas announced its new poker room, which opens today, will be called the Ivey Room at the Aria. (more…)

Playing poker on television for huge sums of money may sound like an easy way to make a living, but there’s a down side to all the notoriety.

It’s hard to stay anonymous when you’re on the TV screens of millions of poker fans. (more…)

It’s that time of year again, poker fans!

The 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) gets underway in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, in just two weeks. (more…)

One of the most successful professional poker players in the world is a deadbeat.

The Sun-Sentinel, a newspaper in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, reported this week that poker pro Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, who has earned almost $7 million in his career playing offline tournament poker, owes the U.S. government more than $339,000 in unpaid Federal back taxes. (more…)

If California were an independent country, it would be the eighth-richest nation in the world.

So it’s no surprise that a major poker event held in the Golden State is a major event on the world poker stage. (more…)

Norwegian poker sensation Annette Obrestad has been signed to flack for online poker room Full Tilt Poker (www.fulltiltpoker.com), the room announced.

Obrestad, who recently celebrated her 21st birthday, had flacked for a competitor, Betfair Poker (www.betfair.com), for the past three years. She came to world attention in 2007 in London, England when she won the Main Event of the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe and, at age 18, became the youngest person ever to win a WSOP or WSOPE event. (more…)

American TV morning show host George Stephanopoulos will play against top poker pros as part of a stunt for sweeps month.

Stephanopoulos, co-host of “Good Morning, America” on ABC-TV, taped the poker-playing segment last week at the Harrah’s casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, according to network sources. (more…)