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A big congratulations to JC Tran, of USA, who ended up winning the World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder Main Event  - despite starting both Day 3 and Day 4 (final table) as one of the short stacks!

Read more » JC Tran Wins WPT Rolling Thunder!

We all know that Barry Greenstein is one of heck of a poker player, both live and online. However, not everyone knows that he is very good at maths and that he used to be extremly good at computer science and golf!

The latter is something the 59-year-old Team PokerStars Pro wrote passionately about in his latest blog "My Golf Career". Barry wrote, for example, that he started playing golf at the age of 12 and that he won the caddy golf championship only 2 years laters. Check out the entire blog below to find out more (psst... there will be some stuff about Phil Ivey!).

Read more » Barry Greenstein On His Golf Career

We are very happt to introduce you to our latest poker partner - PokerMira! This independent poker room is now offering an exclusive $100 No Deposit Bonus to all eligible members of BankrollMob! All you have to do is to sign-up through BankrollMob's link and make sure to use the bonus code (BRM) when you register your account at PokerMira! Your bonus will be added to your account within 48 hours.

Read more » New NDB Partner: Get $100 No Deposit Bonus at PokerMira!

World Poker Tour Alpha8, a series of high-stakes tournaments (with buy-ins starting at $100,000 per event!) played at some of the most exclusive resorts in the world, will premier on Sunday on Fox Sports 1! In total, four Alpha8 tournament have been played to date, including the first stop in Florida in August last year that saw 18 players (3 rebuys were made) battle it out for a $2 million prize pool!

Read more » Television: WPT Alpha8 Premiers on Sunday

Two days of poker are in the books at the the World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder Main Event (played at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, California) and Bryan Campanello will lead the final 24 players (of 465 entries) into Day 3 with 1,436,000 in chips. Besides Campanello, only another two players, Chad Eveslage (1,390,000) and Benjamin Zamani (1,350,000), will bring over 1 million chips to Day 3.

Read more » WPT Rolling Thunder: Day 2 is Over - JC Tran Among Final 24!

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

I am a semi-pro poker player and an author. I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 11)

In case you missed it. James Carroll, from USA, ended up victorious at the 2014 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event final table last Friday in San Jose, California. Carroll outlasted a field of 718 entries (the largest WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star in history) to join the WPT Champions Club and to earn a whopping $1,256,550! According results tracking sites, Carroll now has over $2 million in live tournament earnings and another $3 million in online earnings.

Final Table Results:

1: James Carroll - $1,256,550
2: Dylan Wilkerson - $728,650
3: Shaun Suller - $477,470
4: Mukul Pahuja - $320,800
5: Nam Le - $223,810
6: Garrett Greer - $174,080

The final table of the 2014 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star is set after three intensive days of play at the Bay 101 Casino in the San Fransisco Bay Area. The final 6 players (of 718 entries) who will return for the final table today are fighting for a massive $1,256,560 first prize, so it will for sure be an exciting end to the tournament!

Read more » WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star: The Final Table is Set! Nam Le looking To Win Another Title!

I see a lot of bad beats whilst dealing. I see even more of them on the freeroll circuit, and every single one of them, regardless of being a digital ace on the virtual river, or even dishing out a miracle two-pair myself, it never fails to make me wince.

Read more » Got Rivered... Again

Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star (played in San Jose, California) concluded with 36 players. The current chip leader is Steve Sung (US poker pro) who bagged up 1,812,000 in chips at the end of Day 2. Sung is about 600k clear of his closetst challenger (Bryce Yockey).

Read more » WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star: Steve Sung Leads Final 36

Put your seat belts on and get ready for 11 days of massive prize pools and small buy-ins! The 7th edition of PokerStars' Micro Millions (more than $45,000,000 has been awarded in prize money to date!) will run from March 13-29 with a massive $5,000,000 prize pool spread across 100 events!

With buy-ins starting from as little as $0.11 (and satellites running around the clock for similar amounts), Micro Millions is suitable for all bankrolls! In fact, the most expensive event to participate in is the $22 buy-in Main Event (1,000,000 Guarantee, $75k+ to the winner) on March 23! Good luck!

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Both starting days at the 2014 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star have come to a close and, believe it or not, a new record has been set! A total of 713 players bought into tournament (crushing last year's record of 643 players), making it the largest Bay 101 Shooting Star in WPT History!

Read more » Largest WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star in History!

Believe it or not but a 22-year-old man from Normanby, New Zealand, has changed his name to ‘Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The Superheroes Combined With Frostnova' after losing a drunken bet in a poker game 5 years ago.

Read more » New Zealand Man Changes Name Ater Losing Poker Bet

That's it for Day 1A of the 2014 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star ($7,500 buy-in). 312 players signed up for the first day of the tournament and 117 of them had chips left when the tournament director called it a day after several hours of play. The overnight chip leader is Giorgio Medici with 254,600 and he received the $10,000 prize as the Day 1A chip leader. Other players that bagged up plenty of chips were Hai Tran (253,500), David Forster (225,200), Bryan Campanello (210,000), Mukul Pahuja (189,100), and Shooting Star David Chiu (174,000).

The Shooting Stars who were eliminated sometime during Day 1A and had their $2,5k bounty collected were Daniel Negreanu, Mike Sexton, Todd Brunson, Tony Dunst, Jay Farber, Joe Hachem, John Juanda, Phil Laak, Nam Le, Mike Matusow, Scotty Nguyen, Noah Schwartz, Erik Seidel, Jennifer Tilly, JC Tran, Paul Volpe, and Phil Hellmuth.

My first week in Egypt was great both for tennis and poker. I made it to the semifinals in singles and also had a nice cash in poker. The second week I had problems getting my best game going on the tennis courts.

Read more » My Second Week in Egypt

A big congratulations to Chris Moorman, the winner of the 2014 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic! The 28-year-old British poker professional, who has won more than $11 million online, topped a field of 534 players to secure his first major live tournament title and a sweet $1,015,460 first prize that brings his live tournament career earnings close to $3 million!

Final Table Results:

1: Chris Moorman - $1,015,460
2: Glenn Lafaye - $662,840
3: Michael Rocco - $423,440
4: Patrick Bruel - $332,190
5: Josh Neufeld - $264,520
6: Adam Friedman - $200,440

Next up on the WPT-schedule is the Bay 101 Shooting Star (an event that always attracts some of the biggest names in poker). The event runs from March 10-14 in San Jose, California, and we will post daily updates here in the news section so you won't miss out on anything! 

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

I am a semi-pro poker player and an author. I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 10)

Coming from the online arena onto the felt of live poker, one of the most drastic changes that you notice is the level of talking between players. Rarely does any hand pass without at least one of the players talking about something.

I've heard everything from pocket deuces vs Ten-Jack suited, talk of the latest signings of the local soccer team, to rants about the idiot that cut them off on the drive here.

Read more » The Art of Coffeehousing

There has been a lot of talk about the high-stakes cash games in Macau in the past few years, but, unfortunately, the information on these cash games have mostly been speculations and rumours as many of the players taking part usually aren't willing to share their stories.

Read more » An insight in Macau's Nosebleed Cash Games

Day 3 of the $10,000 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic came to a close when 63 players remained and the money bubble bursted. The final 63 players that will return for Day 4 tonight are guaranteed to take home at least $18,970 and the chip leader is Jesse Yaginuma (picture) with 804,000.

Read more » WPT L.A. Poker Classic: 63 Players Still "Alive" Jesse Yaginuma Leads

Day 1A, 1B and Day 2 are in the books at the World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classics and there are now 172 players remaining from the 534 that entered the tournament. The remaining players are battling for a prize pool worth $5,126,400 - of which the the champion will take home an incredible $1,015,460!

Read more » WPT L.A. Poker Classic

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

I am a semi-pro poker player and an author. I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 9)

A total of 500 PokerStars Supernovas applied to be part of Team PokerStars Online this year. It sure wasn't an easy task for Team Online manager Chris Jonat and the rest of his crew to pick three new representatives who will be under the flag of the big red spade...

Read more » Three New Players Have Joined Team PokerStars Online

Working at a busy casino in one of the UK's major cities understandably means that you get large amounts of rookie players making their first timid steps into the live poker world.

I enjoy it. To be honest, it's the only time when I'm dealing for players that are less knowledgeable about the game than I am. I make sure they use the right chips, play in turn and know the etiquette. I try and keep them safe, from the nefarious sharks circling them.

Read more » Lucky Donk

Ever wondered what it's like being a full-time poker player with millions of dollars in the bank account? Well, if you ever happen to run into Isaac Haxton, you better not ask him.

Earlier today Haxton, a member of Team PokerStars Online, uploaded a blog on the subject in question to pokerstarsblog. It's some great reading (and an interesting video from last fall where Haxton talks about his move to the island of Malta, Black Friday etc), so we wanted to share it with everone here on bankrollmob. Enjoy!

Read more » The One Question Isaac Haxton Wants to Avoid...