2011 December 12 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The World Poker Tour (WPT) hosts several events throughout the year all around the world. Well the Five Diamond World Poker Classic hosted by the WPT had a great turnout. The event was held December 6, 2011 through December 11, 2011 with the final table on the 11th.

Phil Galfond has parted ways with Blue Fire Poker, the training site he helped build from the ground up in 2009.

The World Series of Poker is the Holy Grail of poker. Winning the Main Event and your life instantly changes. All you need is $10000 laying around not earmarked for anything else. Can you imagine winning $8.7 million for playing poker.

Mike Sexton reflected on his 1989 World Series of Poker Stud Eight or Better bracelet win and shares the story with PokerNews.

Collusion is to poker like steroids are to baseball. The game becomes tainted when players collude. Winning a poker tournament is hard enough, give an advantage to one or more players and it becomes even harder. There are ways to limit collusion.

Texas hold-em poker is fast becoming the most popular game in the poker family. The World Series of Poker has multiple events featuring this format. Every casino and poker room feature it at both tournament tables and cash tables.

GIBRALTAR — (PRESS RELEASE) — Team 888 Poker Ambassador, Sam Holden has the Midas touch at the poker table this year. Just after coming of a 8th place finish in the 2011 WSOP Main Event winning $782,115, Sam has now taken down the prestigious 2011 series of Late Night Poker TV Show.