Phil Ivey
Eighth World Poker Tour Championship Underway
Wednesday, 21 April, 2010Sunday April 18th saw the commencement of the eighth World Poker Tour Championship Event at the Bellagio hotel and casino complex, Las Vegas. The $25,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament, won in previous years by the likes of Alan Goehring, Carlos Mortensen and Yevgeniy Timoshenko, marks the pinnacle of the WPT calendar and was designed as an alternative to the World Series of Poker, the unofficial “World Championships” of poker.
Vanessa Selbst Wins NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event
Wednesday, 14 April, 2010Twenty-five year old poker professional Vanessa Selbst has come through a 716 strong field to win the North American Poker Tour’s Mohegan Sun Main Event, becoming the first female to land a PokerStars NAPT title.
Annie Duke Wins NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship
Monday, 8 March, 2010The NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship has been won by some pretty big names since its inception in 2005, with the likes of Chris Ferguson and Phil Hellmuth taking down the tournament, but the competition now has its first female champion in the shape of Annie Duke.
Who’s the Best Poker Player in the World?
Saturday, 6 February, 2010Trying to establish the best poker player in the world is a tough task, with so many factors to consider. Even when looking at more specific areas, let’s take the best tournament player in the world as an example, there is still much cause for debate.
