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  • Bellagio accused of using marked cards in poker games

    Thursday, August 18, 2011, Steve Ruddock
    If you think that cheating in poker is limited to online poker, and elaborate schemes like the current "Girah", "junglemna12", "DogisHead" scandal unfolding on 2+2, think again; marked cards, collusion, chip-dumping, and all manner of ne...more

  • Two Florida poker players found guilty of Auto-Dumping

    Friday, February 18, 2011, Steve Ruddock
    If you're not familiar with live poker you may not know the term "Auto-Dumping". Auto-Dumping refers to a tournament player taking chips from one tournament and using them in another tournament. For instance, a player could play in the $...more

  • Poker's most underrated players Part 1

    Monday, February 7, 2011, Steve Ruddock
    There are always players who get a lot more attention than they deserve in the poker world, and it's usually a lot of fun to discuss who the most overrated poker players are; whether it's because of previous accomplishments, a good PR ca...more

  • Pennsylvania poker dealer charged with stealing chips

    Thursday, December 23, 2010, Steve Ruddock
     A poker dealer at the Rivers Casino in Pennsylvania was recently charged with stealing poker chips from pots. Police said 25 year-old Michael Eisenberg was caught on the Casino's surveillance cameras stealing $501 from pots during one of ...more

  • New study points to poker players being grumpy loners

    Thursday, November 18, 2010, Steve Ruddock
    In what appears to be far from concrete data, two psychologists by the names of Paul Fayngersh and Mark Kizelsteyhn asked 73 volunteers from online poker forums to answer a questionnaire covering a number of different topics. At the hear...more

  • PokerNews Op-Ed: Casting the Tournament of Champions, Part 2

    Friday, May 14, 2010, Nicole Gordon
    When we left off, I'd put my first group of World Series of Poker all-stars "through to Hollywood," giving them seven of the twenty available votes on my WSOP Tournament of Champions ballot. With Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Allen Cunningham...more

  • Inside Gaming: Changes in PA, Shake Up in NJ, New Numbers in NV, and Tragedy for HRH

    Monday, March 15, 2010, Elissa Harwood
    While you've been doing work at the poker tables, others have been busy at the boardroom table. Good thing PokerNews is skilled at multi-tabling. Every week, we'll get you up to speed on what's new in the gaming business. Here's what's g...more

  • Man Sets New Poker Bad Beat Jackpot Record

    Monday, January 18, 2010, Michael Friedman
    It isn't often that a player takes a monster beat and still finds himself a winner, but for Steve Gedney, his recent Bad Beat Jackpot win at Caesars Atlantic City paid off in spades when his quad fours fell victim to rivered quad Aces. Alth...more

  • Vedes Takes the World Poker Tour Festa al Lago Title

    Tuesday, October 27, 2009, Michael Friedman
     The World Poker Tour's Festa al Lago tournament at Bellagio ended yesterday with Tommy Vedes scoring the win in a 275-player field and collecting the $1,218,225 first-place prize by defeating Jason Lavallee heads up for the win. Despite h...more

  • Pokerspace Weekly Wrap Up ~ August 17 to August 20, 2009

    Friday, August 21, 2009, LiladyPoker
    Hello again Pokerspacers! First off I'd like to wish all the best to our own PhillyDave, who is going away to seek out new worlds and new civilizations...wait, no, sorry, that's Star Trek LOL  Dave, I speak on behalf of all of us in wishin...more
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