Ante Up! Pokercast

Doyle Brunson wins a lifetime achievement award, a poker guy crushes Jeopardy and yet another rumor is out there that Caesars is selling the Rio.

With Scott bouncing around the Italian countryside this week, we recorded this show two weeks ago and dedicated it to a pair of Hands of the Week.

The Ante Up Poker Tour will visit Jamul Casino near San Diego on Sept. 20-29 plus Scott chats about our winner at the AUPT at Vee Quiva.

Great things are happening at our AUPT event at Vee Quiva in Phoenix. And we discuss a 22-player chop in Las Vegas.

Scott celebrates his birthday by heading to Vee Quiva near Phoenix for our latest Ante Up Poker Tour series.

We chat about a new awards show that combines American and European poker awards, online poker possibilities in Michigan and West Virginia and a poker fine in Philadelphia.

From Twitter poker fights, to physical poker fights to legal poker fights, we have it all covered on this week's show.

What do Aaron Massey, Phil Ivey and Willie Nelson have in common? They are all mentioned in this week's poker cast. Plus we complete an O'Mally's Move.

Jamul Casino's poker room near San Diego is open and Scott was one of the bounties at the opening tournament. We also discuss poker roles in movies, given that it's Oscar week!

The AUPT title goes to a guy who made the field through a $25 satellite. Plus, Restock the Shelves breaks a record.

The Ante Up Poker Tour is at Tampa Bay Downs this week and we discuss poker pro Eli Elezra's turbulent times.

Popular poker pro Daniel Negreanu makes the news twice this week and the stories are polarizing.

To celebrate her 97th birthday, comedic actress Betty White hosted her home game, where they "play for blood!"

Our friend Gavin Smith died unexpectedly this week so we remember our fondest moments with him. Also, the WSOP releases more schedule info and the DOJ gives us some bad news.

Celebrity player Norm MacDonald has been quoted as saying the line between pro poker player and amateur has been blurred.

Our AUPT schedule is firming up nicely, but Michigan sees its lame-duck governor veto an online gambling bill.

We look at some of the events of the upcoming 50th WSOP in Las Vegas.

A couple of stories in the news involve poker players with ethical and legal ramifications.

We discuss a recent article about why poker rooms closed in Vegas.

We remember the Godfather of Norwegian poker, Thor Hansen, who died of cancer this week at the age of 71.