Here we have one Abraham Kortotki, 65, who as you can plainly see is not a woman. (Also not a woman). After being eliminated from a regular poker tournament in Atlantic City, he decided, for whatever reason, to enter a ladies-only tourney. I see no way anything could go wrong with that plan.

(Kortotki will collect […]

As much as he loves the Denny’s Grand Slam, an occasional bong hit and the watery kicking of Milorad Cavic’s ass, Michael Phelps may enjoy one thing even more. He has expressed the desire in the past to one day play poker professionally, and has been seen haunting casinos on more than one occasion. That’s […]

When the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event starts in November (after a lengthy break so ESPN can show the coverage almost live), all eyes will be on Phil Ivey, the celebrity poker pro who somehow fought through a field of almost 6,500 players to make the “November Nine” and have […]

(Note: SbB Senior Writer Tuffy, stranded in Vegas while waiting for the trial (thanks, Vegas Bail!), took in a day at the World Series of Poker and provided this report, sponsored by EA Sports.  EA Sports: Screw you if you don’t want to play with us.)
The loudest cries entering the Rio came from the […]

Greg Mueller is not much of a household name, but he’s trying. And although he played professional hockey for nine years*, the Canadian is becoming more well-known in another area: poker.

(A sight for sore eyes for Mueller. On the left. No, really, on the left.)
Though he had six appearances at the final table (including two […]

Ever since Jose Canseco stopped playing baseball he’s been known for two things: ratting out other baseball players who have done steroids, and getting the crap beat out of him in boxing rings or cages. Canseco started out getting into a bunch of “celebrity” fights but then decided that getting his butt kicked by D-listers […]

I admit, I’ve never been a big fan of poker tournaments. It’s not that I have any moral objection to gambling, I just don’t find watching people playing cards all that interesting. But apparently, all this time I’ve been looking in the wrong direction.

WICKED CHOPS POKER put together a photo essay of the real hot […]

From the “it’s only surprising that you’re surprised” department, authorities say that the parents of a debt-ridden, compulsive gambler were killed by — shocker — their debt-ridden, compulsive gambler son.

Ernest Scherer III was arrested in Las Vegas and charged yesterday with the murder of Ernest Scherer Jr. and Charlene Abendroth. The younger Scherer had mounting […]

Who was the entrepreneur that tried to sell the Michael Phelps bong on eBay for $100,000? RADAR ONLINE says that police in South Carolina have discovered the bong bearer to be a 23-year-old professional poker player named Zachery “Carter” King.

King, who goes by the online screen name “ckingusc,” has more than $2 million in career […]

After nearly a four-month wait, the World Series of Poker finally crowned its 2008 main-event champion at about 5:30 am Eastern time this morning. The heads-up duel went for just about four hours, but in true poker-on-TV fashion, will probably be edited down to four minutes when shown later tonight on ESPN.

(I could either put […]