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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 [...]

Besides causing utter upheaval in the online poker world, Black Friday has also caused a number of online poker sites and networks to rebrand themselves -whether to thwart the authorities or simply for a fresh start remains to be seen. The latest sites to change their brand were longtime UK bookmaker Victor Chandler, now known [...]

Even if he were to be the first player eliminated from every tournament he entered in 2012, 2010 WSOP Champion Jonathan Duhamel would still consider himself lucky after the brutal home invasion that left the Canadian poker pro battered, bruised, and without his coveted WSOP bracelet. Fortunately for Duhamel, the assailants are in custody, and [...]

According to Wicked Chops Poker, the Epic Poker League is in talks with Pinnacle Entertainment to sell the fledgling poker tour and all of its assets to Pinnacle. The article is located behind the paywall at WickedChopsPoker.com in the ‘Insiders” portion of the website, but the first few paragraphs are available for consumption by the [...]

One of my predictions for 2012 was that attendance at major tournaments would be down across the board, and the first major tournament of 2012 is making me look like quite the seer considering the attendance for the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) was down some 30% over last year.
What may even be more frightening [...]

A while back a wrote a fairly scathing article regarding an article where Beth Shak hyped herself as a “Professional Poker Player” implying that her Amelda Marcos-esque shoe collection was the fruits of her labors at the poker tables. Well it seems that Shak is once again masquerading as a poker pro (with a side [...]

For anyone expecting online poker legislation to pass in a few states, or maybe even at the federal level, and suddenly online poker will be back to the normal in the US this column is a must-read. I’m here to tell you that online poker in the US is going to be a far more [...]

It seems Randy “nanonoko” Lew has finally settled on which online poker record he will attempt to break during the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure tournament series. Yesterday Lew announced that he would attempt to break the record for the most hands of online poker played in an 8-hour period while remaining profitable.
Now this is where the [...]

Since the US Government started enforcing UIGEA legislation in 2010 (the law was originally passed in 2006) the online poker world has been on a rollercoaster ride, with online poker players dealing with setbacks, possibilities, and of course Black Friday.
The latest possibility comes in the form of the recent reversal of policy by the Department [...]

More details are coming to light regarding the brazen daytime home invasion that left the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion beaten and robbed of some of his most prized possessions. During a bail hearing on Wednesday, the mastermind of the plot appears to be an ex-girlfriend of Duhamel named Bianca Rojas Latraverse.
During [...]