While Mark Teltscher may have enjoyed being called one of the top players in the online poker world, it’s safe to assume he did not enjoy having his name dragged through the mud after the 2007 Pokerstars World Championship of Online Poker. Playing thousands and thousands of hands at $25-$50...

As a professional poker player living in northern Minnesota in the fall of 2006, my gambling options were pretty limited. A. Grind out a pizza delivery boy’s wage playing $3-$6 LHE at the local Indian casino B. Drive two hours south to play $15-$30 or $30-$60 LHE in the Twin Cities with a...

5. CBS Televising the World Series of Poker In 1973, Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder provided commentary for Binion’s Horseshoe’s recording of the World Series Main Event. In 1978, legendary sportscaster Brent Musberger joined Jimmy “The Greek,” when popular U.S. television station CBS, broadcast the...

Tiffany has been hanging around the poker world for a couple years now, mostly hosting and conducting player interviews, but usually always on camera. Only recently has her playing “ability” launched her into the spotlight and onto the other side of the microphone. With a 17th place finish...

On July 15, 2008, Congressional Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA) introduced a second bill to federal lawmakers regarding the regulation of online gambling. His first attempt, in March of 2008, came in the form H.R. 5523, known as the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of...

With the fourth season of NBC’s Poker After Dark kicking off Monday July 14, this year promises to be an exciting one. As a poker player, I am used to keeping odd hours, so the 2:00 a.m. airtime is one I prefer over a Sunday morning showing. To the casual television watcher though, the late night...

Following the release of 14 new super user accounts involved in the Ultimate Bet cheating scandal, a user of the two plus two poker forum called Nat Arem (a poker fan and player that works in the indsutry) decided to do some research into these 14 super user accounts. A link to the original...

6,844 poker players, professional and amateur alike, anted up $10,000 for the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. Up from 6,358 entrants the year before, this year’s big one earned its spot as the second largest field in the tournament’s history. Some records were set including Phil Hellmuth...

After 11 long and hard days of deep stack tournament poker the almost 7000 strong field has been reduced to the final 9. As previously announced on May 1st, the final table will be played at the start of November. Tomorrow each player will head back home with a check for $900k which is the...

Tiffany Michelle proved today that she is only a pretty face. The attractive PokerNews employee managed to steamroll her way through the 7000 strong field all the way too day 7 where she was in 3rd position out of 27 runners with a colossal chipstack approaching the 10 million mark. All she had...