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Laak is Back!
It was almost a month ago that Phil 'Unabomber' Laak took a hard hit when he crashed an ATV in Oregon while riding with some friends. But the 'Unabomber' is back at the poker tables, cast and all.

European Poker Tour Vilamoura
Day three of the EPT Vilamoura €5,000 no limit hold'em Main Event tournament has finished. There were 384 players that started the tournament and now there are just 24 players remaining. Swedish poker pro Martin Jacobsen currently leads the field.

Day 3 of World Poker Tour Legends of Poker update
The third day of the WPT Legends of Poker tournament finished up yesterday. Just 60 of the original players who bought in for $5,000 started the day and play continued until only 15 were left standing.

Card Player Poker Odds Calc - There's an App for that!
press release - - The Web's Most Authoritative Poker Odds Calculator Comes to the iPhone and iPod Touch - Free for Limited Time Only

More than 180 players get Poker Hall of Fame nomination
The nomination process has started for the 2010 admissions to the Poker Hall of Fame at Harrahs. Already, 181 names have been put into the running. Last year, poker commentator Mike Sexton was one of the inductees after receiving 75% of the vote. This year only 50% is required.

Playing poker to stay out of Jail?
It's true! An Albuquerque stock broker accused of fraud has struck a deal that would allow him to play poker in an attempt to win money to repay those he cheated while supporting his gambling habit.

Phil Laak injured over the weekend
Over the weekend Phil 'the Unabomber' Laak took a trip to Oregon with Antonio Esfandiari and Alec Torelli. The three rented ATVs to explore the wilderness. Knowing how these guys play poker and love a good bet, we have to wonder if Phil's tumble had anything to do with a crazy prop bet.

888 Poker falls 36% in 2nd quarter
The economic crisis in the world is being felt everywhere including online gaming. 888.com a publicly traded online gaming company reported a huge loss in operating income in the second quarter of 2010.

North Carolina Governor Debates Legalizing Video Poker
In Raleigh, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue recently signed a bill into law that bans video sweepstakes games in the state, saying that any legal gambling market must be uniformly regulated.

Full Tilt Online Poker Series XVII starts Wednesday
Tomorrow will be the start of another round of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series, or FTOPS. This is the 17th run of the series which will have 34 events of the next 11 days. Following in the tradition of previous series, each of the games will be hosted by a Full Tilt poker pro.

US One Step Closer to Legalizing Internet Gambling
A bill has passed through the House in the United States that could lift the ban on internet gambling that was brought about by the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act).

The November Nine have been named
After 8 days of regulation play in te 2010 WSOP Main Event the final table, or the November Nine, as they have been dubbed, have been named. The final table will be played out on November 6th. Two years ago WSOP organizers decided to hold off on the ME final table for a couple months to let the players deal with the instant fame that comes along with playing for the most prized title in poker. In order of their chips stack the November Nive are Jonathan Duhamel, John Dolan, Joseph Cheong, John Racener, Matthew Jarvis, Filippo Candio, Michael 'the Grinder' Mizrachi, Cuong 'Soi' Nguyen and Jason Sentl.

We’re in the Money!
You can bet that was the thought going through the minds of 747 remaining players in the 2010 WSOP Main Event. The bubble was broken by Tim McDonald. As is tradition, McDonald will get a seat into next year’s $10,000 Main Event for bursting the money bubble.

WSOP Main Event draws big numbers
The amount of entrants into the 2010 WSOP has exceeded the expectations of tournament directors. The total number of players who bought into the $10,000 event was 7,319.

Daniel Alaei wins 2nd Omaha Bracelet
Congratulations to Daniel Alaei for winning another WSOP bracelet and being named the Pot Limit Omaha World Champion. Alaei won the 55th event this year in which 345 other players bought in for $10K.

Congratulations to Brendan Taylor – winner of WSOP Event #53
The 53rd event of the 2010 World Series of Poker ended with Brendan Taylor earning his first WSOP bracelet and more than $180K. The event was a $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout in which 548 players entered.

WSOP Makes 21 yr old a Millionaire
Dan Kelly is only 21 years old and already, in his first year of being able to play in the WSOP, has won a gold bracelet and cashed in 3 other series events. The latest cash was in Event #52, the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em/ Six Handed where he took home more than $1.3 Million.

NewTwist to Old WSOP Game
A few years ago the World Series of Poker did away with rebuy events because some people that those unlimited rebuys favored the pros. This year the WSOP brought back the rebuy event, somewhat. Event #51, the Triple chance No Limit Hold’em event had players buying in for $3,000. Each player got 3,000 chips, and the option for 2 additional stacks of the same size. Players did not have to bust out in order to get the additional chips.

Chance Kornuth wins WSOP $5K PLO
It took three days to crown a champ in the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha, included in that 3 days was a nine hour final table. But it was Colorado native Chance Kornuth who outlasted the other 459 players. This was Kornuth’s first WSOP bracelet as well as his first WSOP cash.

Third Times a Charm for Linn
Michael Linn of San Diego, California has won his first WSOP bracelet in the 3rd cash of his WSOP career. Linn is also the nephew of big time poker pro Barry Greenstein. Event #49 was the last of the seven $1,500 No Limit Hold’em events.

Huck Seed Wins 2010 WSOP Champs Tourney
The World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions is back after a three year absence. Twenty-seven of the world’s finest No Limit Texas Hold’em players were on hand. Twenty of the players were chosen by popular vote. Of those 27, only the top 9 players will be paid.

Another WSOP Event Has First Time bracelet Winner
Congratulations to Sigurd Eskeland of Oslo, Norway for winning the 48th event of the 2010 WSOP, the $2,500 Mixed Event. There were a total of 453 players in the event in which we saw Razz, 2-7 Triple Draw, Limit Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha, Stud 8, Stud, and No Limit Hold’em.

WSOP Stimulus Special draws big crowds
The 47th Event of the 2010 World Series of Poker has been dubbed the ‘Stimulus Special’ game because of its low $1,000 buyin. This year’s event had more than 3,100 players in the field and a total prize pool of more than $2.8 Million. The winner of the event was Shawn Busse, who scored his first WSOP bracelet and almost half a million dollars in prize money.

NC Poker player wins 1st WSOP gold
Congratulations to Chris Bell of Raleigh, North Carolina for winning his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in Event #46, the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Low Split 8 or Better. This was Bell’s 14th WSOP cash.

WSOP Event #45 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
One more of the 7 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em events has finished. Event #45 saw almost 3,100 players in the field with the prize pool swelling to more than $4.18 Million. This time it was Ohioan Jesse Rockowitz who outlasted the field and took home his first WSOP gold bracelet.