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After three starting flights we have the final attendance numbers for the 2012 Aussie Millions, and even though attendance is down from last year, the Aussie Millions fared much better than the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) in the first running since Black Friday. The PCA saw a dramatic drop in attendance, down some 30% [...]

The $100k and up buy-in poker tournaments that have become all the rage over the past two years had, up until the recently concluded $100k Challenge tournament at the 2012 Aussie Millions, been dominated by poker’s biggest names as the elitist of the elites in the world of poker battled their peers for seven-figure paydays.
However, [...]

There is a lot that goes into becoming a winning poker player, and perhaps just as important as studying and learning the game is a set of natural talents that few players possess, and still fewer can teach themselves to do. Unfortunately these traits are hard to teach, but if you browse this list and [...]

While all eyes in the poker world are squarely focused on Australia, with the Aussie Millions in full swing and the Australia Poker Hall of Fame inductees announced earlier this week, yet another reason to turn to Australia was announced on Saturday, as 2005 World Series of Poker Champion Joe Hachem revealed he will be [...]

There is a lot that goes into becoming a winning poker player, and perhaps just as important as studying and learning the game is a set of natural talents that few players possess, and still fewer can teach themselves to do. Unfortunately these traits are hard to teach, but if you browse this list and [...]

There is a lot that goes into becoming a winning poker player, and perhaps just as important as studying and learning the game is a set of natural talents that few players possess, and still fewer can teach themselves to do. Unfortunately these traits are hard to teach, but if you browse this list and [...]

Eight of the biggest high-stakes online Poker Pros from the mid 2000’s have just filed a RICO lawsuit against Excapsa Software (the parent company of Ultimate Bet Poker) in the US District Court of Central California, claiming that during the Super-User scandal that took place from 2003-2008 the site stole roughly $20 million from players, [...]

Despite a 30% decrease in attendance for the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event the tournament series as a whole was quite a success, with Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom capturing his first major tournament title, 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel overcoming some personal hardships to book over $1 million in prize-money over the [...]

Over the past five or so years a lot of theory and strategic thinking has gone into the most popular games like Pot Limit Omaha and of course No Limit Holdem. But there are of course a number of other poker formats (most of them played as LIMIT poker games) and it’s these games that [...]

Over the past five or so years a lot of theory and strategic thinking has gone into the most popular games like Pot Limit Omaha and of course No Limit Holdem. But there are of course a number of other poker formats (most of them played as LIMIT poker games) and it’s these games that [...]