A 37-year-old former pro bowler from Georgia outlasted a 44yo New Yorker in a marathon poker session to win $1.28 million and the mixed-game H.O.R.S.E. title at the World Series of Poker. David Bach of Athens, Ga., took the last of John Hanson's chips with a nine-high in Razz about 20 hours after the final table began ...

Speaking to ‘The Poker Show’ – a UK internet radio site, Negreanu refers to an ‘A’ WSOP and a ‘B’ WSOP. Whilst pros may hold bigger buy-in events such as the $50K H.O.R.S.E and $40K NL Hold’em in high regard, they are disinterested in $1,000 - $5,000 buy-in tournaments, which attract monster fields of predominantly amateurs. With the WSOP supposed to be the pinnacle of live poker, this apparent ‘disinterest’ is harmful towards its integrity. Feelings of indifference to the ‘lesser events’ from the pros are somewhat understandable. Firstly, to triumph over 2,000 odd entrants in a $1,500 NL event, you need an incredible amount of luck. Secondly, a $500K first prize to some of these players isn’t all that much, when you consider that a single pot on GSN’s High Stakes Poker can soar above $800K...

It was a short day at the WSOP's $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship with just five levels playing out at the Rio, and Gus Hansen finds himself second in chips with 53 players remaining after 11 total levels in the $50k extravaganza. Hansen sits behind only Ray Dehkharghani on the chip leaderboard. Notable among Day 2's survivors are Day 1 chipleader Hasan Habib, Patrik Antonius, Doyle Brunson ...

Shares in PartyGaming (PRTY.L) rise 2.9 percent, making them among the top gainers on Britain's mid-cap FTSE 250 .FTMC index after Daniel Stewart & Company upgrades its rating to "buy" from "hold". "PartyGaming's embedded value is underpinned by a leading poker brand and network, as well as a sizeable and improving casino product and sports/bingo capabilities. This limits downside stock risk," it says in a note ...