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  • Inside the Poker Tour, Vol. 97: Phillip Hilm, Part One

    Wednesday, August 27, 2008, Dennis Waterman
    Nearly two years ago at the Copenhagen European Poker Tour event I played at a table where a young man was the media favorite of passers-by. He was filmed and asked questions in several languages, always answering politely. I found his styl...more
  • UPDATE: REpublicans REmove Internet Gambling Language From Party Platform

    Tuesday, August 26, 2008, Shari Geller
    In a surprising turnaround, the Republican Platform Committee today stripped language urging a prohibition of Internet gambling from its draft platform. Considering one of the leading opponents of an internet gambling ban is former Republic...more
  • Poker and Politics: The PPA and the Republican Platform

    Tuesday, August 26, 2008, Shari Geller
    With the Republican National Convention just a week away, supporters of online gambling have turned their attention to two troubling sentences of the Republican Party's platform: "Millions of Americans suffer from problem or pathological ga...more
  • APT Macau Upcoming Events: APT Poker Room, Doyle Brunson Book Signing

    Tuesday, August 26, 2008, Shari Geller
    Today promises to be a busy day as the Asian Poker Tour (APT) lands with a splash in Macau. The APT Macau event, the second leg of the 2008 Asian Poker Tournament, will run from August 27 through 31. But as players and fans descend on Macau...more
  • Online Poker Weekend: 'Ship Hamilton', 'NFrost_10' Big Winners

    Monday, August 25, 2008, Mickey Doft
    Another big weekend on the online poker circuit saw both the big tournaments just get by their published guarantee numbers. Both the big rooms proved they are psychic when it comes to knowing their user bases, and knowing how to set their g...more
  • EPT Awards: 'Best Performance' Nominees Announced

    Monday, August 25, 2008, Haley Hintze
    The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour today released the names of the five finalists in the 'Best Performance' category, one of seven honors awarded as part of its upcoming EPT Awards ceremony in Barcelona on September 9th. The 'Best Perfo...more
  • Sexton's Corner, Vol. 59, Johnny Chan, Legend of Legends: Part 4, "The Golden Touch"

    Monday, August 25, 2008, Tom Sexton
    Johnny "The Orient Express" Chan has had the golden touch throughout his entire career. In Part 3 we viewed Johnny's incredible poker streak in 1987, 1988, and 1989 of winning 4 out of 5 WSOP or Hall of Fame Main Events in a row with one ru...more
  • The Other Side of the Felt #13 - Thoughts on Scotty Ngyuen's Horse Final Table

    Sunday, August 24, 2008, Matt Savage
    I received a barrage of emails and phone calls about the recently televised ESPN $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Tournament in which there was a lot of controversy over the actions of Scotty Nguyen and the reactions of Michael DeMichele, Erick Lindgren, ...more
  • Poker Room Review: Hard Rock Poker Lounge, Las Vegas, NV

    Sunday, August 24, 2008, PokerNews Staff
    The all-new 'Poker Lounge' at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada recently opened its doors to the public and we stopped by to see what the hype was all about. When word of the concept of a 'poker lounge' came out, many were...more
  • Hoyt Corkins Las Vegas Home Robbed

    Saturday, August 23, 2008, John Caldwell
    Top poker player and two time WSOP bracelet winner Hoyt Corkins' Las Vegas home was broken into, and many of the veteran player's prize possessions were taken. Corkins, who is currently vacationing, was just notified of the break-in within ...more
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