The television set is back in service today after the celebratory scenes of the Scott Seiver and the Super High Rollers (not a bad name for a band) yesterday. The feature table and the secondary table hog the attention of the TV crews who have just refreshed their clip boards...more

All hail Scott Seiver, the new PCA Super High Roller champion, after a magnificent day of poker which he spent overturning a once mighty chip advantage of Doc Sands to lift the trophy. Scott Seiver Both Seiver and Sands duelled in a brief heads-up finale to what had been the...more

One word to describe a player? It sounds easy enough, unless the player you're trying to describe is a certain Viktor Blom. Viktor Blom in his victory position Blom is not be here to play the PCA this year, or to defend the High Roller title he won a year...more

Twelve players remained in the 2013 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller when there arose such a clatter from the feature table stage, there was left no doubt in anyone's mind that an adult man had fallen and fallen hard. It was a sound so violent and off-putting that nearly every...more

Each day before the dual Day 1 starting days a $1,000 super satellite to the Main Event plays out. Some of the field look like they've strolled in from the main body of Atlantis, holiday-goers decked out in baseball caps and mismatching t-shirts looking to take a punt at the...more

Jason Mercier's time post dinner break could be better. He ran queens into kings and fell down to the lower part of the chip counts. But, hey, we all know he can do a lot with a little. Or at least that's what we learn in the video below. Mercier...more

For a tournament that costs $100,000 to play it might appear odd for there to be so much laughing. As play began there were giggles coming from everywhere - Scott Seiver, Jason Mercier, Dan Shak, Daniel Negreanu and Doc Sands. We may not hear their voices, but you can tell...more

All around the Imperial Ballroom there are nine-foot high black pillars. On each of these pillars--facing all four points on the compass--are six televisions. Four of those televisions feature Slyde watch advertisements, the massage company's commercial, and occasional disturbing still shots of beating hearts from the PokerStars "We Are Poker"...more

A couple of months ago, I turned on my television to watch my college alma mater play in a basketball tournament. I took a step back from the television with my mouth agape. "I know that carpet!" I said. There, in high definition, I saw the familiar startling floor covering...more