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Imagine a researcher--some brainiac white coat with an eye for the ever-changing nature of cultural definitions--walking into a poker room. Over a week, he pulls aside as many players as he can extract from their seats and asks them to perform a simple task: define the rules of poker. For...more

The "low" version of Event No. 6, Pot-Limit Five-Card Draw, was itself a pretty nice draw for players looking to try their hand at a version of the oldest, most venerable poker variant. The tourney attracted a sizable field of 4,245 players, making for a $42,450 prize pool (well above...more

Log on to PokerStars at any hour of the day and you'll find at least a dozen pot-limit 5-Card Draw games running. What was once your grandfather's game is now more of a lark for gamblers and grinders looking for a change of pace. Feel like your eyes will fall...more

by Johnny Lodden The EPT season is now over and with Monte Carlo Grand Final behind us, it's time for some serious online poker focus. Yesterday the tournament highlight of spring started: SCOOP. First up was the No-Limit Hold'em 6 max and No-Limit Hold'em two-day tournament. Let's start with saying...more

by Julian Thew The past two months have seen me put in some significant hours at the tournament tables on PokerStars. I've yet to dazzle but it has been profitable & I'm pleased to have a few final tables under my belt. As someone who has always just played live...more

We've all heard the old adage more times than we can count. "In no-limit hold'em, all you need is a chip and a chair." Fortunes turn around on a single hand. Chip stacks rise and fall as fast as an elevator car in the Empire State Building. And in a...more

The debut event of the PokerStars France Poker Series saw Team PokerStars Pro Argentina Jose Barbero taking the title, besting his French Team Pro colleagues. Barbero, who already has a PokerStars LAPT win under his belt, was among the chip leaders at Beaulieu-sur-Mer, close to Monte Carlo, from the start...more

4,444. Talk about a pretty smooth number. Well, those four fours represent the exact number of runners in Event #3-Medium $55+R NL 6-Max. The winner would have to fade a field of 4,443 other players in order to win the first place prize worth $102,146.42. In all, a total of...more

I don't remember the first time I heard about Badugi. I suspect it was in a home game, one of those "dealer's choice" affairs that often devolve into all kinds of silliness. At the time it seemed like someone had taken elements from each of his favorite poker games and...more

After introducing Badugi at the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker, it was no surprise to see the increasingly popular draw poker variant turn up as part of the expanded SCOOP schedule. For this "High" version of the event ($1,575 buy-in), a select group of 69 came out to compete,...more

It featured the lowest buy-in -- technically speaking -- of all 114 SCOOP events. Just $5.50 got one a seat into Event No. 3-L, a 6-max., no-limit hold'em event. But one could spend still more. Lots more. This was a re-buy event, with unlimited re-buys for $5 a pop during...more

While walking thru the Bellagio a few years ago to check out the fabled poker room and the back room where the big game is played with chips denominations that equal my yearly income, there was a need to at least watch a live mixed game played. Fleeting thoughts of...more

PLO cubed. That's what the cool kids call it today. I call it pure adrenaline. That's what PLO is after all? An action game for players who want to take a walk on the wild side. One of my friends calls it four card bingo. Another calls it a ticket...more

Pot-Limit Omaha is the game that never did anybody any favors. It's the game that lures you in with the promise of six two-card combinations available in the four starting cards each player is dealt. Then it whacks you over the head when you get your "monster draw" all in...more

You want a fast way to blow a legit thousand dollars and maybe win a prize from the top shelf? Step right up and take a swing at SCOOP's Event #5 high buy-in Pot Limit Omaha Turbo 1R1A event. If you are not willing to try to throw a softball...more