Phil Hellmuth Files Restraining Order Against Variance, Citing 'A Pattern of Harassment Spanning Decades'

Phil Hellmuth appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom Tuesday to file for a restraining order against variance, the statistical concept he described in his petition as having engaged in 'a pattern of harassment spanning decades.' Hellmuth, who holds the record for most WSOP…

Doug Polk Announces Eleventh Retirement From Poker, Says This One Is Different

Doug Polk announced his retirement from professional poker Tuesday, the eleventh such announcement by unofficial count, telling fans in a fourteen-minute video…

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Martin Kabrhel Wins Seventh Bracelet, Loses Separate Argument With A Vending Machine

Martin Kabrhel added a seventh WSOP bracelet to his collection Thursday while simultaneously conducting a heated, ultimately unsuccessful negotiation with a…

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Alan Keating Admits He Has Never Once Checked His Lifetime Results, 'Why Would I'

Alan Keating said in a brief interview this week that he has never once looked at a running total of his poker results, live or online, and does not plan to…

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Tom Dwan Breaks Two-Year Public Silence To Confirm He Is Still Alive

A one-line statement from Tom Dwan's camp confirmed Thursday that the notoriously private high-stakes legend remains…

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Daniel Negreanu Live-Tweets Entire Charity Poker Night, Including Halftime Analysis

Daniel Negreanu reportedly posted more than four hundred times during a single charity poker night this week, a pace…

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Jaime Staples Sets Personal Record For Exclamation Points In One River Reaction

Streamer Jaime Staples reportedly used eleven consecutive exclamation points reacting to a single river card Tuesday, a…

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Phil Galfond Announces Galfond Challenge VI, Opponent: Himself

Phil Galfond announced a sixth installment of his high-stakes heads-up challenge series this week, this time against himself, a format change he described as 'the only opponent I know I can actually prepare for' and…

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Michael Mizrachi Wins Ninth Bracelet, Gives Fourth Retirement Speech Of The Week

Michael Mizrachi delivered another emotional retirement speech after winning his ninth WSOP bracelet Thursday, the…

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Bryn Kenney Posts Single Word, Poker Twitter Spends Six Hours Debating What It Means

A one-word post from Bryn Kenney reading only 'interesting.' set off roughly six hours of speculative threads across…

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Allen Kessler Requests Recount After Losing Rock-Paper-Scissors, Cites 'Inconsistent Reveal Timing'

Allen Kessler formally requested a recount Tuesday after losing a game of rock-paper-scissors to a friend at a bar,…

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Klemens Roiter Reportedly Framing The Seven-Deuce That Won Him His First Triton Title

Klemens Roiter's first Triton title, won this week in Jeju after thirteen consecutive final tables with nothing to show…

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PokerStars Opens Event 122: An Internal Investigation Into Why Event 121 Still Doesn't Know Its Own Field Size

PokerStars' real $6.5 million online festival, the World Championship of Online Poker, opened this week across 121 real…

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Allen Kessler Files Formal Structure Complaint Against Golden Corral, Cites 'Inadequate Value Per Minute In Line'

Allen Kessler, the poker professional known industry-wide as 'Chainsaw' for his relentless criticism of tournament…

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Phil Hellmuth Demands WSOP Investigate Why Allen Kessler's Complaints Keep 'Suspiciously' Turning Out To Be Correct

Phil Hellmuth called for a formal WSOP investigation into Allen Kessler this week, citing what he described as 'a suspicious pattern' of Kessler's structural complaints later being adopted as actual rule changes, a…

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