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In 2011, two players that weren’t known at all in the poker scene before making the November Nine headlined the WSOP Main Event. Despite their low profiles, though, German Pius…

Kelly Winterhalter fell in love with poker when she tried a low-stakes cash game on a whim just 18 months ago. Now she’s hunting big scores at the World Series…

Jason Mercier did the incredible by winning his second WSOP bracelet in less than a week, but that’s not even the craziest part. Mercier also finished second in another World…

The $1.8 million bet between Vanessa Selbst and Jason Mercier gave us a behind-the-scenes look at the world of high-stakes prop betting. Prop bets are wagers made person-to-person, based on…

It’s only June, but we may already be in the midst of the online poker promotion of the year. As we speak 888poker is giving away tickets to major sporting…

42 years after winning his first bracelet, Billy Baxter is still the uncrowned king of lowball poker. He’s also, technically, the first “Robin Hood of Poker.” In case you were…

Fedor Holz has earned $10.5 million in the last six months playing poker but he says the recognition that came with it means the most. With wins in two high-roller…

Poker pros Jason DeWitt and Garrett Greer finished first and second in the WSOP Millionaire Maker, both pocketing seven-figure prizes. Kindergarten teacher Lisa Meredith finished third for $500,000. Finishing sixth…

If you were to poll most hardcore poker enthusiasts, they’d remember the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event as “The Year of the Professionals.” Sweden remembers it as the…

Before the WSOP began Jason Mercier booked the biggest bracelet bets of his career and tonight he delivered big time. Mercier won the $10k 2-7 Draw event and the official…

Jason Mercier stands to win millions if he can make good on the biggest WSOP bracelet bets he’s ever booked. Three bracelets in one summer is a long-shot for anyone…

For decades Brazil has been a dominant force in International soccer. Then, the 7-1 shellacking at the hands of Germany happened in the semi-final of the 2014 World Cup 2014…

Chris Ferguson surprised everyone by showing up at the WSOP for the first time since Black Friday but Daniel Negreanu thinks he owes former Full Tilt customers an apology first.…

Arizona Cardinal Calais Campbell wants to win the Superbowl and the WSOP Main Event before he kicks the bucket. With no offense intended to his poker skill, it’s safe to…

Former poker pro Alex Jacob won over $400,000 last year on Jeopardy! and in this article he explains the strategies that helped him do it. Jacob won six consecutive games,…

Poker icon Mike Sexton thinks that if Chris Ferguson came clean about what happened at Full Tilt Poker, the poker world would have a better opinion of him. Ferguson has…

If Spanish poker fans remember the 2001 WSOP fondly it’s because, way before the era of the November Nine, a Spaniard was crowned best player in the world. It launched…

Dutch Boyd is no rookie at the WSOP. Although Boyd was once a part of a group of young guns at the WSOP called The Crew, those days are long…

Actor Aaron Paul could not have had a better debut in the Global Poker League. The Breaking Bad star was funny, talked through many of his hands, and eventually got…

Former Team Full Tilt member Chris “Jesus” Ferguson played his first WSOP event after a five-year absence late last night. Ferguson busted the $10k Seven-Card Stud event last night but…