Playing in the storied World Series of Poker Main Event is a dream of nearly any beginning poker player. Winning the event is characteristically the dream of seasoned professionals. However, the biggest event in the history of tournament poker carries a hefty buy-in of $10,000, which is often a price tag that many aspiring players  Read more »

It’s been said before, but it’s worth saying again. Erik Seidel is the best tournament player alive. Although there are some that may disagree in theory, it’s tough to disagree with results. Seidel has posted enough victories this year to place himself at the top of the all-time tournament earnings list, and he’s done so  Read more »

On the networks of ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3.com, viewers of the World Series of Poker Main Event will now be able to watch live, with the addition of shown pocket cards.The event, which will be taking place from July 14th until July 19th, is finally giving avid fans the chance to watch every moment of  Read more »

The 24-year-old player, who resides in beautiful Paris, France, now has something else gorgeous to admire — his Full Tilt Poker account.Rui Cao seems to be the man making the most of his opportunities this year, and garnered almost $300K from his play so far in early May.Finishing his April stint at the high-stakes tables  Read more »

Although there have been bigger wins, few have come at more opportune times than Patrik Antonius‘. Arguably now the face Team Full Tilt, Antonius has proved once again to the world that he’s still amongst the best in his field by adding over $1.7 million in his online account in just seven days.You would assume  Read more »

Despite Bodog Poker already serving as host to several beautiful and successful poker pros Evelyn Ng and Amanda Musumeci, they’ve added yet another player who fits this profile, and her name is Tatjana Pasalic.While Pasalic comes as a new face to Team Bodog, the 26-year-old poker player has been involved with poker for several years.  Read more »

Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies hasn’t quite been able figure out the recipe for consistent success at the online tables. To say Sahamies has had an up-and-down week would be an understatement.The poker professional and celebrity who hails from Finland has thus far posted sessions of +$137K, and -$275K since the start of the last week in  Read more »

In what seems to be a jinx, the Finnish poker pro Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies dug himself into yet another big hole for the year with a -$275,000 loss over on Full Tilt Poker.Starting to gain traction with a few successful online sessions, Ziigmund has been struggling to return to form since the biggest downswing of  Read more »

The Finnish player Patrik Antonius has had little difficulty in dismantling his opponents at the high-stakes Pot-Limit Omaha tables. In just under 400 hands, Antonius ended his April 24th evening up a substantial $560,000.Taking on the opposition of No Pasaran, Andreas “skjervoy” Torbergsen, LokoIsBack and FinnishNightmre, the $300/$600 PLO tables were very profitable bringing Antonius  Read more »

Following one of the biggest wins of his online career, Jens “Ingenious89″ Kyllonen continues to dominate his online opponents by destroying them to the tune of $861K in late April.Although many players (including high-stakes pros) believed the games would soon dry up in the wake of “Black Friday,” instead the high-stakes action has been more  Read more »