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Barry Greenstein's car stolen in San Diego

Tuesday, August 9, 2011, Steve Ruddock

This weekend Barry Greenstein took what seemed like a really bad beat, and it happened at the valet parking line at the San Diego Mission Hills Marriott where Barry Greenstein, the "Robin Hood of Poker", found his Aston martin DB9 had be...more
Phil Hellmuth nearly misses Day 2a of WSOP ME

Tuesday, July 12, 2011, Steve Ruddock

Phil Hellmuth made perhaps his first major misstep of the 2011 World Series of Poker on Monday, as the man leading the Player of the Year race was nearly blinded away after a very late arrival for Day 2a of the WSOP Main Event.Hellmuth i...more
2010 Poker Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, Chad Holloway

Last year, Mike Sexton was the sole inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame, an honor everyone in the poker world agreed was well-deserved. This year, ten finalists were chosen by public vote for consideration by the Poker Hall of Fame Gover...more
PokerNews Op-Ed: If I Had a Vote

Monday, September 13, 2010, Nicole Gordon

I don't think anyone was shocked, appalled or even mildly surprised when this year's list of nominees for the Poker Hall of Fame was released. The poker world is only just now coming out of its end-of-summer malaise and of the ten names on ...more
PokerStars Announces Latin American Poker Tour Schedule

Friday, October 30, 2009, Michael Friedman

PokerStars is once again gearing up to bring tournament poker to Latin America and recently announced the schedule for a new Latin American Poker Tour. PokerStars experienced a warm welcome from players across Latin America during previous ...more
From the Poker Vaults: The Aladdin and the Big Game

Thursday, July 30, 2009, Storms Reback

When Syd Wyman started putting high-stakes poker players on display just inside the entrance to the Dunes Hotel in 1969, his publicity stunt ended up working a little too well. So many players wanted to play in the game that the casino's ma...more
From the Poker Vaults: Ed 'Junior' Whited

Thursday, July 23, 2009, Storms Reback

Ed "Junior" Whited came from the Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson school of poker. A hefty man who maintained thick sideburns and kept his hair slicked back in a pompadour, Whited looked like a character from the movie Deliverance. He didn't ap...more
Poker and Pop Culture: Poker and Space Exploration

Tuesday, July 21, 2009, Martin Harris

Over the past few weeks, a lot of attention has been given to the fact that this summer marked the 40th year for the World Series of Poker. Now that the WSOP is on hiatus until the November Nine, some have changed their focus to recognizing...more
From the Poker Vaults: Poker Players Love Golf

Sunday, July 19, 2009, Storms Reback

What's up with poker players and their fanatical obsession with golf? If professional golfers loved poker as much as professional poker players love golf, you'd see Tiger Woods playing hold'em on his phone in between holes at the Masters.As...more
From the Poker Vaults: Betty Carey

Friday, July 17, 2009, Storms Reback

Whatever happened to Betty Carey? In the late 1970s and early 1980s she was one of the most feared no-limit hold'em players on the planet. None other than Doyle Brunson attested to how ruthless she was at the poker table when he said, "She ...more

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