Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 04, 2012 Posted in Online Poker News, Poker Player News | No Comments »
Barry Greenstein

After an interview by Groupe Bernard Tapie lawyer Behnam Dayanim to Gaming Intelligence the poker world was abuzz over the revelation that several high-profile members of Team Full Tilt Poker owed the company somewhere between $10 million and $20 million in unpaid loans. However, it was another playerRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 02, 2012 Posted in Poker Player News | No Comments »
DanielNegreanu

Earlier this week Daniel Negreanu sat down for an interview with the website pokerplayer.co.uk, who somehow always manages to bring out the best and most controversial remarks in Daniel –you may recall it was the same outlet that Negreanu infamously referred to Annie Duke as a C***in aRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 25, 2012 Posted in Poker Gossip, Poker Player News | No Comments »
PokerStars pro Thor Hansen

There aren’t many players that have been more important to Norwegian poker than two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Thor Hansen. On Tuesday the poker world was saddened to hear the news that the 64 year-old has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The news has come viaRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 23, 2012 Posted in High Stakes Poker News, Poker Player News | No Comments »
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One of the most respected and talented poker players has just spoken out on his blog regarding the current state of online poker, and the changes he feels are long overdue and necessary. As Galfond expected the Twitterverse and poker blogosphere has blown-up in response, with people fallingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 17, 2012 Posted in Poker Gossip, Poker Player News | 2 Comments »
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I suppose if I was beaten and tied-up in my house, and over the course of the next few weeks won over $1.2 million I might go out looking for trouble –trying to replicate my beat-down run-good—which is precisely what Jonathan Duhamel seems to have done after aRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 16, 2012 Posted in Poker Player News, Poker Room News | No Comments »
Melanie Weisner

Throughout the entire Black Friday debacle the Merge Gaming Network’s flagship online poker room, Lock Poker, has continued to add to their talented roster of poker pros, known as Team ELITE, and this weekend they picked-up yet another of poker’s rising stars, Melanie “Callisto” Weisner. Weisner is theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 14, 2012 Posted in Poker Player News, Tournament News | No Comments »
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Jonathan Duhamel went into the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure looking to put 2011 behind him; not because the 2010 World Series of Poker Champion had poor results in 2011, but because of the violent home invasion and robbery he went through just prior to Christmas. From his resultsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 10, 2012 Posted in Poker Player News | No Comments »
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Prior to the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) one of the online poker world’s most recognizable names decided to break a record; precisely what record attempt he would tackle he left up to suggestion, but according to Randy “nanonoko” Lew a record would fall at the PCA. InRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 02, 2012 Posted in Poker Player News, Tournament News | No Comments »
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Despite Black Friday laying waste to the online poker community in the United States, as well as its backlash causing worldwide drama for poker players, it was still a good year for a number of poker players, but few had the amount of success of Eugene Katchalov, whoRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 02, 2012 Posted in Online Poker News, Poker Player News | No Comments »
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While some US online poker pros have decided to move abroad to continue earning a living, and many others have been trying their hand at live poker, a smaller group has decided to move away from the life of a full-time poker pro and focus on other interests.Read Full Article