The heads up battle at the World Poker Tour Hollywood Poker Open pitted a legend of the game against an unknown. But in the end, it was the unheralded Mike Scarborough who defeated Erik Seidel to win $273,664 and take home his first WPT title. The final table shaped up ...

Vanessa Selbst completed a rare feet in the poker world Wednesday. By winning the North American Poker Tour’s Mohegan Sun tournament, Selbst became the first player in the tour’s history to win the same tournament in back-to-back years.

Selbst entered the final ...

Hundreds, possibly thousands of players from across the British Isles will compete in a unique poker tournament beginning Friday evening. The tournament, known as D-Day 1 Live, will allow players to participate from any of 75 different venues – all of which will be linke...

Alan Sternberg took down the Bay 101 Shooting Star World Poker Tour main event, winning his first major tournament and beating a final table with several notable names in the process. Sternberg won $1,039,000 for his victory. The final table featured a couple of names t...

If you want to be considered the world’s best tournament poker player, it seems likely that you’ll have to find success on the ONYX Cup Series, a new venture announced by Full Tilt Poker. However, don’t expect the chance to play in this series to come cheaply...

Eric Seidel overcame one of the toughest fields in tournament poker to win the 2011 National Heads-Up Poker Championships. The victory earned Seidel $750,000, bringing his earnings for the current year up to a staggering $4.2 million. This year’s appearance in...

The quarterfinal matches are set at the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, leaving an Elite Eight made up of established stars and less familiar faces to battle it out for $750,000. Each of the quarterfinal matches presents a compelling matchup in its own way. In the...

Thirty-two players remain after an action packed first round at the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, including a few players who were not expected to advance past the first round.

Perhaps the biggest upset of the first round was the victory of former Cowboys runnin...

Davidi Kitai worked through a balanced final table to take down the 2011 World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational. The Belgian professional took home $100,000 in prizes for his victory, including a $25,000 seat into the WPT Championship at the end of the current season....

 Erik Seidel notched another major tournament victory in his long and historic career, winning the $25,000 High Roller event at the LA Poker Classic. Seidel topped a field of 18 players to win $144,570. The win also moved Seidel up one spot in the all-time poke...