Archive for June, 2010

Poor old Phil Laak! June hasn’t even passed and the poker endurance record of 115 hours continuous play he set earlier this month, and which he said, “may well stand for five years, maybe forever,” has already been broken. The new record currently... 

Vanessa Rousso has one of the most recognizable faces in the poker world and has managed to carve out a highly successful career for herself both on and away from the felts. The 27 year-old classic beauty has an exceptional intelligence, which saw her graduate... 

Phil Hellmuth is closing in on a 12 WSOP title after a field of 847 players was whittled down to just 15 at Event #41: $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better. Currently sitting 4th in chips with a 331,000 stack, Phil will return to the felts on Day 3 hoping to take down... 

Phil Laak’s recent existential act of setting a new poker endurance record has not only helped push forward the limits of human endurance, but it appears it has also had a whole range of other equally remarkable effects, not least of which is to boost his... 

Full Tilt Poker’s very own Scott Montgomery has picked up a first career WSOP bracelet, after defeating a field of 3,102 players at the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em event, to take home the first place prize of $481,670. The Canadian pro has been a force to be... 

Ayaz Mahmood has just landed the biggest score of his poker career, after winning a WSOP bracelet in the $10,000 Heads-Up Championship event, worth $625,682. The 38 year-old Houston, Texas resident was originally born in Bangladesh, on the Indian sub-continent... 

Having been on the decline since 2008, the casino industry in the States may finally be on the road to recovery after Moody’s Investors Service revised its assessment of the American gaming industry from “negative” to “stable.” Up... 

Poker superstar John Juanda continues to go from strength to strength at this year’s WSOP, and has already cashed in four events, picking up $742,495 along the way. On June 1st, Juanda finished 4th out of 116 players at the $50,000 Players Championship Event... 

Phil Ivey has just stamped his authority once more on the World Series Of Poker, after taking down the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. event to capture his 8th WSOP bracelet and $329,840 in prize money. Demonstrating the versatility of his game, the 34 year old poker pro had... 

Back in 2003, Chris Moneymaker caused a dramatic boom in the poker industry after becoming the first person to become a WSOP champion by qualifying via an online poker site. Since then online poker and the WSOP has undergone some dramatic changes, all of which...