Mike McDermott may be asking for another three stacks of high society in the near future.Miramax and The Weinstein Company agreed last week to make sequels of some of Miramax’s most popular titles.  According to the press release, the first batch of films to earn sequels will include Bad Santa, Shakespeare in Love and …  Read more »

High Stakes Report is giving away more cash!Our second of three $500 private freerolls kicks off on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, at 3PM EST. Like our Dec. 4th event, the first freeroll of the new year will be hosted by PokerStars and is open to qualified HighStakesReport.com players.If you signed up for PokerStars and entered either of  Read more »

Last night on PokerStars the highly anticipated “Superstar Showdown” which featured the newly signed PokerStars pro and internet phenom Isildur1, took place around 7:05 p.m. EST. The challenge was set to display 2,500 hands between Isildur1 and a willing opponent, which in this case, was Issac Haxton. The game of choice must be either Pot-Limit  Read more »

ESPN has announced that same-day coverage will be provided of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) final table on ESPN2 and ESPN3.com.On Saturday, January 15, at 5 p.m. ET, ESPN3 will televise the PCA final table in HD on a one-hour tape delay.  At 10 p.m. ET, ESPN2 will join the unedited simulcast, and the sister-stations  Read more »

Despite poker being one of America’s biggest pastimes, many poker enthusiasts truly attest the takeoff of poker to the World Series of Poker. Dating from as early as 1970, Lester “Benny” Binion started the World Series of Poker by simply inviting six of the world’s best known poker players to participate in a single tournament  Read more »

Early Tuesday morning, an armed bandit wearing dark clothing and a white-striped motorcycle helmet proceeded over to a craps table within the Bellagio. The robbery, which was said to be done “as quick as you can do it”, took place very briefly. Laced with a loaded gun, he simply came in during the darkest hours  Read more »

As play continued on early Wednesday morning, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Daniel “jungleman12″ Cates decided to put in more hours of their continuing online challenge.While the pair has currently completed nearly one-fourth of the match, they managed to put in another 1,400 hands over two and a half hours, which ended in Dwan cutting into  Read more »

Since Isildur1′s introduction as the newest member of Team PokerStars, the action-driven online giant has been busy taking on opponents from all angles. In one of his first days as a sponsored pro, Isildur1 managed to put in over 14 hours of play on the site. In this tremendous span, the infamous Swede managed to  Read more »

This past week, both Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Daniel “jungleman12″ Cates spent a significant amount of time taking part in their online challenge. While the pair has been busy, they managed to log two consecutive day sessions. While Cates has certainly been in control throughout the early stages of the contest, the two players have  Read more »

Full Tilt Poker saw its $1 million grand prize stay in-house, as Gus Hansen outclassed a stacked final table to take down Poker Million IX.The Danish pro started play this weekend, which was televised live in Europe on Sky Sports, sharing the felt with fellow Full Tilt pros Patrik Antonius, Howard Lederer and Barny Boatman,  Read more »