Railbirds

Full Tilt Poker has undergone a lot of changes between Black Friday and its eventual relaunch on Nov 6, 2012. The online poker room is under new (remarkably more reputable) ownership, the once massive team of Full Tilt Pros has been reduced to three, and one of the most iconic faces of the industry, Tom "durrrr"?

Two French poker players, Jean-Paul Pasqualini and Cedric Rossi, have been suspended indefinitely from the Global Poker Index (GPI) rankings for alleged cheating on the 2009 Partouche Poker Tour (PPT). Both players made it to the final table and, as is apparent in a highly publicized video, were using hand signals to relay their starting hands to one another at the table.

Every year, the World Series of Poker sees repeat winners from its crowd of professional poker players, as well as new up and coming poker pros who draw minimal expectations from the rails.

The air was palpable as the final table was seated in one of the most talked about World Series of Poker events of the year. The $111,111 WSOP Event#47 One Drop High Rollers NL Hodlem, designed as a charitable poker tournament for the esteemed One Drop Foundation, saw its final 8 players rounding the felt on Friday.

After 7 days of intense action, 6,343 players have been eliminated from the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event, resulting in the historic November Nine