Another Late Night Poker season is nearing completion. If you saw last night, you know that the great Phil Ivey was knocked heads-up by John Duthie own British, creator of the European Poker Tour and probably the most popular player on our national scene. Everyone loves John. He played very tight in the final that destroyed his initial heat with more outrageous and aggressive play. Duthie is smart like that. He plays like a madman at times, so everyone thinks he is crazy. So, sometimes he clips, the queues by…Read more

This week, the ESPN.com poker news franchise “Inside Deal” welcomed recentWorld Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Dean Hamrick and top-tier female pro Vanessa Rousso. New episodes of “Inside Deal” are released every Tuesday exclusively on ESPN.com. Hamrick finally got over the proverbial hump in 2010, taking down a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event for $604,000 and his first bracelet. He’ll take that money and head back to Michigan, telling “Inside Deal” hosts Laura Lane and Andrew Feldman, “It felt amazing. It was a little weird because it was 6:30 in the morning when…Read more

Wednesday was a busy day at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), one that began with Phil Ivey being awarded his eighth career bracelet and ended with three more players collecting hardware of their own. Events 36, 39, and 40 crowned winners in the Amazon Room, with a pair of familiar faces standing on top at the end of the night. Full Tilt Poker pro Scott Montgomery picked up his first piece of WSOP hardware on Wednesday by winning the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Event #36. Montgomery, who was a member of the original…Read more

With regular hosts Laura Lane on vacation and Bernard Lee in Las Vegas, ESPN Poker Editor Andrew Feldman assumed the helm of “Inside Deal.” The ESPN.com poker news show sponsored by PokerStars welcomed Barry Greenstein. Lee appeared via satellite from Sin City, where he’s competing in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP). With five final tables coming up on ESPN3.com, Lee explained what viewers might witness in the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max event, which starts on June 30th: “I don’t think there are going to be huge names that the general public…Read more

It was announced earlier this week that the PokerStars North American Poker Tour(NAPT) has added a new stop to its Season One schedule, heading to sunny Bell Gardens, California (a suburb of Los Angeles) and the legendary Bicycle Casino. Scheduled to run from November 12th to 17th, NAPT Los Angeles is looking to build on the overwhelming success of the first few stops on the burgeoning poker tour. The buy-in for the tournament at the Bicycle Casino will be $5,000, the same as for its other two stops in the United…Read more