The $500,000 Guaranteed: 111 is FERSAN’s Lucky Number

Feb 19, 2008 Saturday saw the second installment in PokerRoom.com’s newest addition to its big-time tournament lineup: the $500,000 Guaranteed. Held on the third Saturday of every month, this month’s tourney guaranteed the winner a cool $111,000, with 1862 players... More

Paging J Carlisle: Your Vegas Poker Dream Trip is Calling

Feb 18, 2008 Saturday saw yet another big turnout in the weekly WSOP online finals at PokerRoom, with 63 players turning out. While they all had the $17,500 prize package in their sights, the large turnout meant that both 2nd and 3rd place provided pretty hefty paydays... More

A photo finish!

Feb 15, 2008 Billy McKloski here, reporting in on yesterdays nail biting photo finish of The Race Trophy Qualifiers held here only on PokerRoom.com. Well readers as we speak some lucky players are indeed packing their bags and getting ready to jet off to sunny... More

Notes From the Lab: Risk-Taking Can be Very Rewarding

Feb 13, 2008 We’ve had more than a full week to run experiments on the latest batch of Rats, and the results have been quite interesting. While one-third of the Rats are now busted and lifeless, two very robust Rats have emerged at the head of the pack. Here is the most... More

WSOP Champions: Phil 'Poker Brat' Hellmuth (1989)

Feb 13, 2008 Johnny Chan must hate nines. In 1989 it was pocket nines, held by none other than Phil Hellmuth that stopped destiny in its tracks and prevented the 'Oriental Express' from picking up his third consecutive WSOP Championship . It is hard to believe... More