The relocation of professional online poker players has recently grown with the conclusion of the World Series of Poker, and one of the most prominent figures in online history is leading the fray.This player is none other than Phil Galfond, known in the online universe as both OMGClayAiken and MrSweets28. Galfond has decided to “take  Read more »

The 11-time bracelet winner has traditionally made it a tendency to show up late. Although his tardiness has normally applied to his tournament start times, this time around, Phil Hellmuth made a late surge to the top of the 2011 Player of the Year leaderboard.With his latest cash in the $50,000 Players Championship at the  Read more »

Tom “durrrr” Dwan — the hardest working man in poker?While it may be difficult to attribute the trait of persistence to many of poker’s young professionals, Dwan has embodied that characteristic full-circle with his efforts during this year’s World Series of Poker.But why is the man who’s achieved some of the highest praise for his  Read more »

The World Series of Poker has thus far been a haven for French poker professionals in 2011, with Bertrand Grospellier and Elie Payan dominating their respective fields to take bracelets of their own. We’ll now have to include yet another Frenchman in that conversation, and that’s Fabrice Soulier.In one of the most sought-after prizes considering  Read more »

This past Monday, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Daniel “jungleman12″ Cates put in their first session of the New Year for their ongoing online challenge. Jungleman12 managed to extend his lead substantially in the “Durrrr Challenge”, by taking $319,000 from the Team Full Tilt pro early into Tuesday morning.An extended session which managed to make up  Read more »

Monday marks the return of everyone’s favorite short-handed, late night card game; Poker After Dark.The new season kicked off on Monday, January 3, in its normal 2:05 a.m. EST (11:05 p.m. PT) time slot on NBC.   Season seven opens with a $100,000 freezeout titled “Big Heat,” pitting Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Erick Lindgren, Huck Seed,  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 »

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 »

In one of the most action filled days of November at the online felt, one of the busiest online players was the increasingly popular Tom “durrrr” Dwan. The famous poker player was busy grinding away over 3500 hands of Pot-Limit Omaha. While Dwan’s lengthy sessions are often filled with tremendous swings and variance, he often  Read more »

While Tom Dwan and Daniel “jungleman12″ Cates have been increasingly busy with other endeavors, this past Friday the two online poker prodigies put aside a significant amount of time to play each other in their 50,000-hand challenge. The pair managed to put in 2,123 hands of play, in multiple sessions, with Dwan ending up ahead  Read more »