Over the past fortnight, the poker world has been absorbed by the World Poker Tour’s thrilling World Championship. Initially set with a $15 million guarantee, the eventual prizepool of over $29 million stunned poker fans around the world.  

The start of any new poker tournament is fraught with a sense of trepidation mixed in with excitement. So when the World Poker Tour announced the $15 million guaranteed World Championship would be taking place in mid-December, a ripple of intrigue went around the poker industry. Could it reach its lofty guarantee? Would enough players […]

In what will be its final year hosting the World Series of Poker, the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino will be the center of the poker universe for the next two months. But as experienced live poker players know, while the majority of the top poker pros and recreational players taking a shot will be […]