2008 November 17 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Capping the tenth Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) was Sunday’s $500+$35 NL Hold’em Main Event. The guaranteed prize pool of $2,500,000 was just eclipsed as 5,225 players registered for a total prize pool of $2,612,500. Among…

The tenth Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS X), concluded late on Sunday as action in three different events wrapped up. Rising star Amit Makhija entered the day in the $5,000+200 ‘high rollers’ event as the chip leader among…

Michael Binger led going into the final table of the WSOP Circuit Event Championship at Lake Tahoe, but he would lose that lead before surging back to claim his victory. And at one point in heads-up play, Binger found himself…

Cosmo Raymond says that helping his blackjack- and poker-dealer students understand that they audition for a dealer’s position, rather than interview for it, is a big part of his job at the ABC Bartending and Casino School in Tempe.

After RedKings launched its 3G Mobile Poker client at the start of the month, thousands of online poker players are now able to play on their mobile devices.<

Very rarely has Poker gear been one that collectors look for. Officials from World Series of Poker are looking to change that trend by holding the first ever WSOP auction featuring items from the final table of the 2008 Main event.

Sunday’s 118-player field on Day 1b of the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Warsaw Main Event was as star-studded as Saturday’s Day 1a, with top pros such as Katja Thater, Sorel Mizzi, Dario Minieri and Alex Kravchenko taking…