One of the topics in poker that can be opponent specific, is 3 and 4-betting. Once being a very uncommon practice in the world of poker, players who were keen on the tendencies of their adversaries were able to manipulate their pre-flop raising strategy to exploit them. First making its presence in the high-stakes world,  Read more »

Despite the high-stakes games not being as popular as they once were because of a smaller scope of professionals, the games over on PokerStars are still inhabited by a crafty niche of savvy online experts. Phil Galfond, Ilari Sahamies and Brian Hastings lead this collection of intelligent, young veterans, however over the past week, they’ve  Read more »

Last year, Sorel Mizzi was sent home in second place at the World Poker Tour’s Rendez Vous a Paris High Roller event, after relinquishing a 2-to-1 chip advantage to his then opponent, Freddy Deeb. In 2011, Mizzi would face almost identical circumstances in the Grand Prix de Paris High Roller, only this time ending as  Read more »

As Full Tilt Poker‘s hearing with the Alderney Gambling Control Commission is scheduled for September 19th, both parties make important statements in regards to how the meeting will commence.While the most important thing on players’ minds is when the repayment of their funds will begin, the AGCC and Full Tilt Poker have released comments that  Read more »

Recently, the U.S. District Attorney’s Office for the state of Maryland has come out with a report from the Department of Justice implying that in the near future, the Merge Gaming Network — once popular to U.S. players on sites such as Lock Poker and Play Aces – may face a similar fate that other online poker  Read more »

This year’s EPT Barcelona was captured by Martin Schleich, a professional poker player from Germany, who won €850,000 and in the process defeated the red hot Eugene Katchalov.Season 8 of the European Poker Tour was going strong with yet another stop at the Gran Casino de Barcelona, and by the time 803 other players were  Read more »

Well everyone, the 2011 World Championship of Online Poker is here! Starting this past Sunday, thousands of online players flocked to the tournament tables on the “world’s biggest poker site.” PokerStars serves as the host to the 2011 WCOOP, the biggest event in online tournament poker. You’ll want to jump into the action immediately, as  Read more »

We know the swings of high-stakes online poker can be volatile. However, not even the eccentric Ilari Sahamies could have predicted that the past few weeks would end up this wild.Sahamies, who plays under the screen name “Ilari FIN,” has endured one of the most epic roller coaster rides in recent memory. Side-stepping a few  Read more »

Brian Hastings, whose reputation has been compiled through a variety of high-profiled heads-up online battles, has now earned even more respect by finally checking off the task of winning a major live tournament title.Hastings, who regularly plays under the alias of “$tinger88″ and previously “Stinger885,” recently took down the World Poker Tour Regional Summer Splash  Read more »