How often do you find books that promise to teach you everything there is to know about playing poker? Too often, that’s how. So, when another “how to play” book comes along, the poker world barely rears its head in acknowledgement. But, when something entirely new comes along, the entire poker world [...]

It’s a great week for Portugal as they make their primary mark in the world of poker. The championship title for the EPT Vilamoura, the first ever EPT event held in Portugal, was just claimed by Antonio Matias, along with the grand prize of €404,893. He also won a seat on the EPT [...]

It’s always a very sad moment when a poker player decides to pack his bags and leave the felt. It’s a common enough occurrence, what with the swings that one has to endure when he plays this extreme game. Even poker pros are not immune to quitting. Skilled they might be at [...]

Since the original version of the “durrrr Challenge” was going at a pace even a snail could top, someone had the bright idea of making a live version instead. And this time, neither player could leave the table without finishing the required number of hands, ensuring that we won’t have to wait for the [...]

It’s always a jaw dropping moment when seemingly normal men put gargantuan sums of money at stake, thereby putting their lives at the hands of fate. So when Patrik Antonius and the mysterious Isildur1 sat down for an epic session that resulted to the biggest pot in the history of online poker, a whopping [...]