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Predicting consistent poker success is a daunting task, especially during the seven-week-long World Series of Poker. Sometimes players we've barely considered go on hot streaks and become players of the year (ahem, Ben Lamb in 2011) and most times, t...

After 21 rather successful events on the Season 10 World Poker Tour schedule, all eyes focused on the poker tournament scene turned to Las Vegas on Saturday for the historic, iconic, annual celebration of the tour known as the WPT Championship. The $...

The sport of poker exploded onto television and in the movies and now it's heading to comic books. "Shut Up & Fold", which is coming out in a few weeks, tells the monthly story of nine poker players. Playbook talked with poker player Giancarlo An...

The World Poker Tour crowned its second champion over the past three weeks, as Shawn Cunix put forth an incredible effort to win the WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open title. Cunix earned $400,600 for the victory, which took five days of endurance as he p...

The Nuts is a monthly feature that takes a look at the best poker players in the world. This feature aims to produce a list of the best players at the moment. Our panel of 10 is comprised of ESPN.com's trio of poker contributors (Gary Wise, Bernard L...

Tommy Vedes really likes tournaments that are held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. In fact, he's done so well there that he probably prefers that all major events take place at that venue. All kidding aside, when it co...

Is poker a sport? It's an oft-debated question. In Douglas Tirola's documentary "All In: The Poker Movie," some big names from sports whose status is unquestioned -- boxing's Evander Holyfield, MMA's Chuck Liddell and baseball's Jose Canseco and Davi...

It's been a tumultuous year for Full Tilt to say the least. After the Black Friday indictments, the company had its license revoked, was named a "Ponzi scheme" by the Department of Justice, faced two class action lawsuits and had some of its biggest ...

The PartyPoker-sponsored Premier League is one of the most unique made-for-TV events on the poker calendar. The first round includes 16 players, broken up into two groups of eight. Each player bought in for $125,000 and participated in four group mat...

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The Nuts is a monthly feature that takes a look at the best poker players in the world. This feature aims to produce a list of the best players at the moment. Our panel of 10 is comprised of ESPN.com's trio of poker contributors (Gary Wise, Bernard L...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Takeaways from the Fort, where Felix Doubront couldn't stop smiling, Alfredo Aceves offered a peek behind his steel facade, and Bobby Valentine went all poker face when it came time to discuss rotation decisions. Doubront had e...

Chris Moneymaker said it wasn't his goal to be the No. 1 poker player in the world. He just wanted to support his family and be a great father. But his whole world changed in 2003, when the Nashville, Tenn., accountant went to Las Vegas, after quali...

Colin Cowherd talks with KGO's Rich Walcoff, ESPN's Andy Katz and the NFL Network's Jeff Darlington. San Francisco - Rich Walcoff says the San Francisco 49ers are playing a high-stakes poker game as they go after QB Peyton Manning. Listen North Ca...

The Bay 101 Casino hosts an annual event that adds a little something special to the live tournament poker scene: the Bay 101 Shooting Star. In every tournament, amateurs hope for the stars to bust, in order to make their paths to the final table jus...

After its far from star-studded debut in 2011, the WSOP went back to the drawing board with hopes of making the WSOP National Championship one of the highlights of the poker calendar. Their solution: bring in the best. In addition to all of the quali...