A man sits down at a poker game and consistently calls another man's bluff. The other man asks "how could you tell I was lying?" and the man replies "because your chips were moving." The third event of the 2011 WSOP, the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo drew 925 players, which made it the biggest Omaha Hi-Lo tournament ever played.  The only Omaha Hi-Lo event that even comes close is last year’s WSOP Omaha Hi-Lo event that attracted 818 players.  This year’s field of 925 players combined to create a prizepool worth $1.2 million. First place will walk away with $262k. The $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo event has grown exponentially over the last few years and if you look back to 2007, there were only 690 players. Despite the relatively low buy in there were plenty of big name poker pros looking to score an early bracelet including Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Jeffrey Lisandro, Max... holdem poker online

A man calls his wife at work and tells her "honey... I have some bad news. We just won the 3 million dollar state lottery." and the wife replies "Bad news? How is that bad news! We can finally live out our dreams!" to which the man responds "The payout is 3 dollars a year for a million years." The Heads-Up Championship, which was the first open-event of the 2011 WSOP, drew 128 players to create a prizepool of $3.04 million with $851k dedicated to first place. It’s the most cash ever generated by a heads-up tournament. Technically the event had half as many players as last year’s heads-up championship but because the buy-in was increased from $10k to $25k it was a much larger prizepool.  It was anyone’s guess who would show up for the event, thanks to online poker’s Black Friday in April, but the majority of the big names were there with Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel, Tom Dwan, Erick Lindgren, Vanessa Rousso and Patrik Antonius all patched up in either PokerStars or Full Tilt... holdem poker online

A weekly Friday night poker game was going strong well into the midnight hour when one of the players from the game returned from a bathroom break with a shocked look to him. "David!" he said with urgency, "Come quick! Your wife is in the bathroom making love to your brother!". "Ok guys" David replied, "this is absolutely the last hand!" Ivey issued the statement via his Facebook fan page and argued that because Full Tilt had not paid their U.S. players back he did not feel right playing at the WSOP when other players couldn’t. It’s the first time that Ivey has spoken publically about Full Tilt since online poker’s Black Friday and the site was forced to leave the U.S. market. Although many poker players first assumed the statement was a hoax, it was later confirmed through Ivey’s manager. Ivey did not play the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship event that started earlier today. What follows is the statement in its entirety. Note: the statement first appeared in six separate updates. For many years, I have been proud to call... Freeroll poker online

A man sits down at a poker game and consistently calls another man's bluff. The other man asks "how could you tell I was lying?" and the man replies "because your chips were moving." This year we’ve drawn on our vast network of international poker writers to give us a few inside picks from countries around the world. Today: France! Surprises are always a great part of the WSOP story, like Vanessa Hellebuyck winning an unexpected bracelet for France at the 2010 WSOP. But it’s equally fun to try and predict who the main stories will be. It's still virtually impossible to predict, but if the cards fall right you can reasonably assume some players will be at the the top more often than others. So who then stands the best chance to bring a sixth bracelet back to France at the 2011 WSOP? No introduction necessary.   Bertrand « ElkY » Grospellier (30 years old) No need... holdem poker online

A man joins gambler's anonymous. He's given three-to-one odds he won't make it. Inspired by Tom “durrrr” Dwan’s meteoric rise to high-stakes prominence, Macedo started with a €30 deposit on BetFair and was playing as high as $300/$600 in just a few short years. And while most of the poker world is gearing up for the World Series of Poker, starting today in Las Vegas, Macedo is still years away from making his WSOP debut. That hasn’t stopped Macedo from dreaming of WSOP glory, however. He aspires to become the first Portuguese player to win a World Series bracelet. PokerListings.com caught Girah to get an update on what’s happening in his world. PokerListings.com: It’s clear you can make a lot of money playing cash games but a lot of poker pros seek fame, and even... rake in holdem online

How is a women like a casino? Liquor in the front, poker in the back! The 2011 World Series of Poker kicks off with two very different events: The $500 Casino Employees event and the $25,000 Heads-Up world championship. 58 bracelet events in total will be played between today and July 19, concluding with the $10,000 Main Event beginning July 7. Just like the previous three years the Main Event will follow the ‘November Nine’ format once it reaches the final nine players on July 19. Those nine will take almost four months off before returning to Las Vegas in November to decide the 2011 world champion of poker. Other highlights of the 2011 WSOP include the $50,000 Players Championship, the most exclusive and expensive event at the World Series, and nine... holdem poker online

Some people have luck that goes from good to bad in an instant. Take this one friend of mine for example. He almost always draws whatever card he needs to win a hand of poker, but almost always loses big at the horse races! I asked him about this and he once replied "Well, they don't let me shuffle the horses." Reinkemeier had a lucrative session on PokerStars, winning the last Sunday Million before the WSOP begins Tuesday. An accomplished German poker player with big results online and live, Reinkemeier earned $135,053 for the victory. A total of 4,833 players bought in to the PokerStars Sunday Million this week, coming up just short of the $1 million guarantee and forcing PokerStars to chip $33,400 into the prize pool. 720 players in all would get a spot in the money. Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree pure-bubbled this event, busting in 721st. When the final table was reached, Reinkemeier was second in chips with 11.3 million, trailing The_Anfied who led with 14.7 million. A deal was agreed upon... Freeroll poker online

A woman walks into living room and sees her brother playing poker with their dog. "Wow!" she exclaimed, "You must have the smartest dog in the world!" and her brother replies "He's not all that smart. I've beaten him 3 out of 5 games so far." The Swedish poker phenom certainly didn’t lose for lack of effort as he fired off 5,751 hands against a number of opponents. The real problems began when he took on Gavin “gavz101” Cochrane at $50/$100 Pot-Limit Omaha.  Isildur1 and gavz101 have been sparring all month but for the most part Isildur1 had held his own against the elite PLO player. It was another story last night as gavz101 dominated Blom for $187k. Blom went on to play Sauce123 and finally called it a night when he hit -$210k. The loss marked the end of a very successful run for Isildur1 as he had been able to win $550k in the month of May and finally get even on the year. After last night’s loss, Isildur1 once again... rake in holdem online

A brain surgeon receives a phone call from a colleague on a Saturday night. "We need another poker player for tonight" the friend says. "I'll be there right away!" the doctor replies with a sense of urgency. As he puts on his coat and makes his way out the door his wife asks him "Is it serious?" and the doctor replies "Oh, very! There are 3 other doctors already there!" This year we’ve drawn on our vast network of international poker writers to give us a few inside picks from countries around the world. Today: The Netherlands! Holland has never made it to the final table of the WSOP Main Event and they know it. Although three Dutch players have won a WSOP Bracelet, and two Dutch players have won an EPT Grand Final, a top-nine spot at the big dance has so far eluded them. It doesn’t help that Dutchman Marcel Luske bubbled the finale in 2004, finishing 10th. In last year’s Main Event Michiel Sijpkens’ 19th-place finish was the best result for the Netherlands. Sijpkens started with a $33 rebuy satellite on PokerStars and cashed in the Main Event for... Freeroll poker online

A brain surgeon receives a phone call from a colleague on a Saturday night. "We need another poker player for tonight" the friend says. "I'll be there right away!" the doctor replies with a sense of urgency. As he puts on his coat and makes his way out the door his wife asks him "Is it serious?" and the doctor replies "Oh, very! There are 3 other doctors already there!" This week players will have access to the usual weekly $500 freerolls on Cake Poker and 888poker but there will also be an exclusive monthly Betfair freeroll worth $2,000 on Friday. All it takes to get in on the Betfair freeroll is a new deposit and 100 earned player points so you might have qualified without even realizing. Coming up next week we’ll have over $5,000 in exclusive freerolls with a couple huge events from William Hill Poker and Titan Poker. If you're not a PL.com registered player on any of the following sites, click on the site's name in the list to sign up. Cake Poker Cake Poker is running a $500 freeroll on Saturday for new players. Date: May 28 Value: $500 Qualify with:... holdem poker online

How can you get a sweet and gentle old lady to say the word "fu@k"? Get another sweet and gentle old lady to yell BINGO! That’s why once a week we’re calling it as we see it. This is Poker’s In and Out List. Poker’s In List – May 20-27, 2011 Krantz - IN Jay Rosenkrantz has an impressive resume but he still manages to fly more or less below the radar. His work includes, but is not limited to, 2 Months 2 Million, DeucesCracked.com, The Micros and most recently the poker documentary Boom. For his continued dedication to quality content, and having the taste and sense of humor to make it possible, Krantz is squarely “In” this week. A.J. Jejelowo - IN In this million-dollar score-saturated poker world a $235,000 WSOPC Regional Championship win barely registers, except when the winner qualifies through a mega... Freeroll poker online

How can you get a sweet and gentle old lady to say the word "fu@k"? Get another sweet and gentle old lady to yell BINGO! Hansen burned through 2,360 hands on Full Tilt Poker and took down a staggering $410k. The win comes just one day after a $337k score and puts Hansen up $1.3 million in the last seven days and up to $3.9 million on the year.  Once again Hansen’s good friend and teammate Patrik Antonius was one of the key victims as the pair played a series of $300/$600 PLO 6-Max PLO hands as well as some $3,000/$6,000 Omaha Hi-Lo. Antonius lost a total of $241k and is in danger of slipping below the $1 million profit mark for the first time in over a month. A recently reactivated Cole South joined the action but nothing could slow down a red-hot Hansen and South booked a $161k loss. Hansen wasn’t the only... holdem poker online

A woman walks into living room and sees her brother playing poker with their dog. "Wow!" she exclaimed, "You must have the smartest dog in the world!" and her brother replies "He's not all that smart. I've beaten him 3 out of 5 games so far." This year we’ve drawn on our vast network of international poker writers to give us a few inside picks from countries around the world. Today: Denmark! The number one pick for a WSOP Main Event winner from Denmark would be former World Champion Peter Eastgate. There's just one problem: He might not play. ”The way it looks now," Eastgate told PokerListings, "I am probably not playing the WSOP Main Event.” Luckily there are plenty of other excellent Danish players to pick up after Eastgate. In 2010 two Danish players went very deep in the Main Event. Most of the focus was on Theo ”The Silverfox” J

Some people have luck that goes from good to bad in an instant. Take this one friend of mine for example. He almost always draws whatever card he needs to win a hand of poker, but almost always loses big at the horse races! I asked him about this and he once replied "Well, they don't let me shuffle the horses." Gennaios, a 27-year-old from Thessaloniki, will have the opportunity to attend any sporting event in the world with all his friends and family and a maximum budget of $100,000.  “It was an unbelievable feeling reaching the final table out of a field of over 20,000 players,” he said. “At that point I was pretty confident in myself that I could take it down, and that I was meant to go all the way. To tell you the truth, I still haven’t realized the magnitude of my victory. I’ve been playing poker for the last five years, with some small four-digit paydays, playing micro and low stakes, but never anything close to this.”  PokerStars ran six weeks of freerolls for the promotion, culminating... rake in holdem online

A man calls his wife at work and tells her "honey... I have some bad news. We just won the 3 million dollar state lottery." and the wife replies "Bad news? How is that bad news! We can finally live out our dreams!" to which the man responds "The payout is 3 dollars a year for a million years." Hansen played a total of 567 hands, which included heads-up $300/$600 PLO matches against Antonius and DrugsOrMe. He also recorded a short session of $1,500/$3,000 2-7 Triple Draw against O Fortuna PLS. As it’s been for most of 2011, Gus Hansen was essentially unstoppable and steamrolled his way through each player. Despite some troubles in the early weeks of May, Hansen has effectively righted the ship and now has a firm grip on the online poker leaderboard with $3.5 million in profit. Hansen’s closest competition is Dan “jungleman12” Cates, who has $1.9 million in profit but has not been active since Full Tilt Poker was forced to leave the U.S. market. It’s been a swingy week for... rake in holdem online

How can you get a "professional" poker player to get off your front doorstep? Pay him for the pizza. Scott, who is a member of Team PartyPoker, will be working as a reporter for the WSOP livestream and will be interviewing players as well as producing untold stories from the tournament floor. “I’ll be spending the next couple weeks trying to sensitively ask, ‘So… You just busted out of a major event, what happened there?’ without making people cry,” said Scott. It’s not exactly unfamiliar territory for the northern Alberta-native as she got her start in poker by co-hosting Poker Night Live in England in the mid-2000s. Since then Scott has worked as a host for the European Poker Tour as well as High Stakes Poker. Working on the World Series broadcast might just be her most profile job... holdem poker online

A man calls his wife at work and tells her "honey... I have some bad news. We just won the 3 million dollar state lottery." and the wife replies "Bad news? How is that bad news! We can finally live out our dreams!" to which the man responds "The payout is 3 dollars a year for a million years." This year we’ve drawn on our vast network of international poker writers to give us a few inside picks from countries around the world. Today: Germany! Germany is no slouch when it comes to winning bracelets at the World Series of Poker. In 2007 Katja Thater and Michael Keiner both took down bracelets for the Germany. In 2008 that number jumped to three with Sebastian Ruthenberg, Jens Voertmann and Martin Kl

How can you get a sweet and gentle old lady to say the word "fu@k"? Get another sweet and gentle old lady to yell BINGO! South, who is originally from Williamsburg, Virginia, popped up on the high stakes charts last night with his location now set to Canada.  The former CardRunners instructor didn’t show any signs of rust as he fired off 885 hands of $200/$400 Pot-Limit Omaha against Esvedra. South finished with $101k, which already makes a move to Canada for online poker seem financially viable. South will need more sessions to go that way, however, as he’s still down nearly $600k in 2011. Meanwhile railbirds are starting to buzz on the possible identity of Esvedra who also has his location set to Canada.  Esvedra lost $213k last night, thanks in large part to South, and has lost over $654k this year. He... holdem poker online

How can you get a "professional" poker player to get off your front doorstep? Pay him for the pizza. Last night that drive led to his unraveling as the Great Dane lost several hundred thousand dollars over 481 hands on Full Tilt Poker. Just a couple days removed from a weekend that saw him earn $686k, Hansen decided to hit the high stakes draw games against Seb86 and Kagome Kagome. It proved to be a mistake, as Hansen simply couldn’t get anything going against either player and eventually finished down a total of $345k. Despite the huge loss, Hansen remains this year’s biggest winner in online poker with over $3 million in profit. Meanwhile Kagome Kagome finished up $177k and Seb86 picked up $168k for his efforts. Previously known as IHateJuice, Kagome Kagome has had a tough year and is... Freeroll poker online

A woman walks into living room and sees her brother playing poker with their dog. "Wow!" she exclaimed, "You must have the smartest dog in the world!" and her brother replies "He's not all that smart. I've beaten him 3 out of 5 games so far." The indictments were announced yesterday by U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein and representatives from the Internal Revenue Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations. Named in the indictments are two internet gambling businesses, as well as three individuals. The first indictment charges British Columbia, Canada business ThrillX Systems, Ltd and its principles Darren Wright and David Parchomchuk. The second set of charges names Costa Rican businesses K23 Group Financial Services and BMX Entertainment as well as principle Anne Marie Puig. As a result of these indictments the U.S. Attorney's office has moved to seize ten domains associated with these... holdem poker online