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Poker Brat in Forbes!

Phil Hellmuth has hardly been out of the spotlight this past several weeks, but this week he appeared in a slightly unusual place – Forbes magazine.

Jason Koon Joins Party Poker Team Pros and Player Advisory Panel

Party Poker took another step toward its goal of becoming the industry's most liked poker site by players.

Match Poker Officially Accepted as GAISF Observer and Could Become an Olympic Sport

The debate over whether or not poker is a sport, may have been given an answer; perhaps not a definitive one, but it comes with official body recognition.

China’s Poker Queen Celina Lin Peifei Makes the Game Fashionable

She calls it ‘the new golf of China’ and Celina Lin Peifei has led the charge from the front as poker has become much more glamorous and acceptable in her native land.

Dan Bilzerian Fires Back at Critics Who Called Him a Coward

Dan Bilzerian responded by posting a photo in which he was seen apparently assisting a first responder.

Chris Moorman Reveals How He Became Online Poker's Best Player

His mother thought he was stacking shelves at a grocery store, but Chris Moorman was stacking virtual chips instead.

Poker Pro Fintan Hand Claims That He Can Be the Conor McGregor of Cards

Irish eyes have been smiling this week in the poker world as all eyes focused on the Pokerstars Festival Dublin, with one man – Fintan Hand - vowing to put his country on the poker map.

Poker Player Found Dead in Las Vegas Not a Victim of Foul Play

Matthew Hauge was determined by the coroner to have died from natural causes and was not the victim of foul play.

Historic WSOP Circuit Ring on eBay Going Cheap

Top selling points of the ring are that it was the WSOP Circuit's first ever tour stop in Florida, as well as the first time a major poker event was played at a dog track.

Poker Players Take to Twitter After Las Vegas Massacre

Reactions have been varied, many tweeting in fear of loved ones while others have used Twitter to spread the call for help. Others yet have already started the expected political ‘discourse’.

Dan Bilzerian SLAMMED by War Hero for Fleeing Shooting

High-stakes poker-playing playboy Dan Bilzerian has been slammed for running away from the mass shooting massacre in Las Vegas on Sunday night.

Phil Galfond is Back!

Although his RunItOnce Poker team are “working very hard”, it was his rather surprising DFS involvement which appeared this week.

Las Vegas Shooter Gambled $10K Per Day in Vegas, $100 Per Hand on Video Poker

The man who police believe carried out the mass shooting in Las Vegas gambled $10,000 or more per day in the run-up to the massacre of concert-goers.

Las Vegas Mass Shooting: At least 50 Dead and Hundreds Injured

At least 50 concert-goers in Las Vegas are believed to have died and hundreds more injured when a gunman opened fire on a country music festival near the Mandalay Bay Hotel.

Book Review: Painless Poker by Tommy Angelo

A coaching book that will be full of tips and tricks to avoid tilt, ‘win the war of words’ and ‘steadily improve any aspect of your game’.

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