The world was big and empty, almost forlorn. Someone brought in a poker table…and chips and chairs. Someone else brought cards. The never ending procession began. When one game ended, they dealt another hand. The games ran on until the world ran out of time and the pages filled with people, the history of poker had begun.
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01-28-2012, Linda R. Geenen
The 2012 Aussie Millions $250,000 Super High Roller had Phil Ivey's name on it. Ivey managed to disappear completely from live tournament poker, boycotting the 2011 WSOP, and every fan was hungry for a Phil Ivey sighting. The sighting turned...
01-09-2012, Penne Anne Papre
Most of us recognize an eight hour shift is usually spent with a few 15 minute breaks, perhaps a lunch hour or half hour, bathroom visits as needed, and even a moment's break to spell tension in the air. But when you look at a Randy Lew's eight...
12-12-2011, Emilis Pakenas
In the year 2001 a lot of things happened in the poker world – the PokerStars online poker site was launched as well as one of the three major poker tournaments – the World Poker Tour (WPT). Ten years later PokerStars is celebrating their 10...
11-29-2011, Emilis Pakenas
A big name in internet poker – Randy 'nanonoko' Lew has finally scored his first major live event title. On Sunday, November 27, Lew won the 2011 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau Main Event collecting HKD$3,772,000 along with...
11-21-2011, Emilis Pakenas
Raul Mestre from Spain became the first poker player to be crowned the winner of the International Federation of Poker's (IFP) World Championship or “The Table” which took place on Saturday, November 19th in London, England. On his way to the...
11-09-2011, PokerWorks Staff
Tuesday night, November 8th, brought the remaining three contestants to the world's biggest poker stage to settle the challenge of who would reign as World Champion for a year. Those three were Pius Heinz, Ben Lamb, and Martin Staszko. The cards...
11-03-2011, Emilis Pakenas
Daniel Santoro came out victorious in the recent World Poker Tour Foxwoods World Poker Finals event in Mashantucket, CT on Wednesday, November 2nd. Not only did he score his first career WPT trophy, but also took home the cash prize of $450K...
10-21-2011, PokerWorks Staff
The €10,400 Main Event Championship of the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe finished off the amazing series when Elio Fox took down the victory and a first place prize of €1,400,000. It all started on Saturday, October 15th, when 310 players...
10-13-2011, Emilis Pakenas
Day 2 of Event #2: €1,090 No-Limit Hold'em of the The 2011 World Series of Poker Europe in Cannes, France took off on Monday with Roberto Romanello in hopes of scoring poker's Triple Crown. Before the final table the Brit was in a good position...
10-08-2011, PokerWorks Staff
The 2011 World Series of Poker Europe is off and running with Event #1, €2,500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 completed. Play began at the Hotel Majestic Barriere and the 360-player field dwarfed the 244 players who entered the competition...
09-13-2011, Emilis Pakenas
Matt Waxman – a name which was probably unknown to most members of the poker public until last Sunday. Not only did he win the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris, he also made it into the WPT history books as the first American poker player to...
2012 Aussie Millions $250,000 Super High Roller Won by Phil Ivey
Guinness World Record Set by Randy "nanonoko" Lew
WPT Five Diamond Poker Classic: James Dempsey Wins
Randy Lew Wins APPT Macau
Raul Mestre Wins IFP's World Championship
Pius Heinz Wins 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event
Daniel Santoro Wins Foxwoods World Poker Finals
Elio fox Wins 2011 WSOP Europe Main Event
Hinrichsen Wins WSOPE Event#2, Billirakis Scores Event #3 Honors
2011 WSOPE Event 1 - Day 1; Flavien Guenan Slides into Chip Lead
Matt Waxman Wins WPT Grand Prix de Paris
Erik Seidel
Daniel Negreanu
Phil Ivey
Phil Hellmuth
Jamie Gold
Tony G
Ton Kleijnen
JC Tran
Steve Dannenmann
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
Brandon Cantu
Theo Jorgensen
Sean Dunwoodie
Martin de Knijff