Poker Articles

March 2007 - Posts

• Full Tilt Poker Launches Main Event Mania

  
  

  With the Main Event of the World Series of Poker set to begin in under four months, many sites have developed a multitude of ways for their players to win their way in to what could be the largest live poker event in history. When the Main Event starts... Read More... Posted Mar 15 2007, 08:46 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Rankings Update: Annette Solidifies the Top Spot

  
  

  For the first time in a while, the same player holds the top spot in both the Sliding PLB and the Pro Poll. Annette_15 picked up two wins in the $50 rebuys on Stars last week, keeping the pace with challengers Imper1um and atimos , who have also climbed... Read More... Posted Mar 15 2007, 03:06 AM by Adam with No Comments

• Pool Shark to Card Shark: moorman1 Triple Crown

  
  

  The latest addition to the distinguished Triple Crown wall of fame is Chris “moorman1” Moorman of Colchester, England. He is a recent graduate of Essex University, where he majored in Economics and minored in poker, or perhaps it was the other way around... Read More... Posted Mar 12 2007, 11:33 PM by Lenny with No Comments

• Learn from the Pros at the WSOP Academy

  
  

  With the multitude of training sites available, how do you choose which ones to enroll in? Do you learn better by watching videos? Do you learn from private, one-on-one tutoring? Perhaps you’d learn better by traveling to a World Series of Poker Academy... Read More... Posted Mar 12 2007, 01:17 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Tmay420 Reaches WPT Invitational Final Table

  
  

  On March 6, 2007, one PocketFiver successfully navigated a field of 385 of the best Hollywood and professional poker had to offer. From the Hilton sisters to Vince Vaughn, Hollywood was represented in force at the fifth annual World Poker Tour Invitational... Read More... Posted Mar 08 2007, 11:06 AM by Dan with No Comments

• PokerStars Sunday Million Celebrates One Year Anniversary

  
  

  The PokerStars Sunday Million is the staple online poker tournament. Last week, this marquee event drew a ridiculous 6,672 entrants, each of whom either won a satellite to get in or ponied up $215. This weekend, the Sunday Million celebrates its one year... Read More... Posted Mar 07 2007, 11:15 AM by Dan with No Comments

• #1Pen Makes Final Table of Stars $200 Rebuy and Sunday Million

  
  

  This past weekend, one PocketFiver raked in over $50,000 by making the final table of both the $200 rebuy and Sunday Million on PokerStars . Peter "#1Pen" Neff finished third in the $200 rebuy for nearly $19,000. He also placed sixth in the... Read More... Posted Mar 06 2007, 12:39 PM by Dan with No Comments

• So What's Going on at the PPA?

  
  

  After President Bush signed the Safe Port Act and the accompanying Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) into law on that fateful Friday the 13th last October, the Poker Players Alliance has been in full swing trying to grow its numbers and... Read More... Posted Mar 05 2007, 05:33 PM by Dan with No Comments

• J.C. Tran and Paul Wasicka Reach Final Table of LAPC

  
  

  The World Poker Tour’s Los Angeles Poker Classic just wrapped up from the Commerce Casino, and fully one-third of the television table was composed of PocketFivers. J.C. “ area23JC ” Tran (pictured at right) finished as the runner up for nearly $1.2 million... Read More... Posted Mar 02 2007, 01:59 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Nordberg Captures Second WSOP Circuit Event Title

  
  

  On May 25, 2006, Peter “ Nordberg ” Feldman took down the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Circuit Event at Harrah’s New Orleans. His $530,000 payday and extensive television time vaulted him into poker fame. Eight months later, Feldman did it again... Read More... Posted Mar 01 2007, 06:05 PM by Dan with No Comments