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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 [...]

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 [...]

Last year it was the Bluff Magazine Player of the Year criterion that underwent a substantial overhaul, and for 2012 it’s the Card Player Magazine Player of the Year criterion that has undergone a significant number of changes designed to make sure the best poker player wins the award.
Before I get into the changes announced [...]

In the world of live tournament poker there are plenty of trophies and championships that can be won each year, but when it comes to continued excellence over a period of time there are only three awards players are interested in: The World Series of Poker Player of the Year Award, the Card Player Magazine [...]

The Nominees have been announced, and votes have started to be cast for the 2011 European Poker Awards, with the long-running awards ceremony slated to be held at the Aviation Club in Paris on January 25th, 2012.
The EPA’s allow poker fans to cast votes for the players/events they feel are deserving of an EPA in [...]

Historically the United States Federal Government moves very slowly (it was designed this way) and this has never been more evident than in recent years. For those people whose interests lay not only in poker but also in politics, the slow progress of online poker at the Federal level is not surprising. Clogging up the [...]