Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

We are T-Minus 5 and counting until the start of the 2011 World Series of Poker on May 31, when the $500 Casino Employees tournament and the $25,000 Heads-Up No limit Holdem Championship get underway, and in this article I’ll take a look at the living legends ofRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on May 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX), best known for his deplorable apology to BP Oil executives in Congress during the hearings into the BP Gulf Oil spill, is the latest supporter of legalizing and regulating online poker. Barton is set to introduce a new piece of legislation that will legalizeRead Full Article

Posted by James Guill on May 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The World Series of Poker kicks off in just six days at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.  While the WSOP is undeniably the main attraction, there are several other smaller events that are going on in Las Vegas during the same period.  SomeRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 26, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

One of two things happened on Monday when it was revealed that ten more online gaming sites had their domain names seized by the DOJ including two small online poker rooms: Either the DOJ specifically targeted TruePoker and DoylesRoom despite the fact that the investigation would likely costRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

We are T-Minus 6 and counting until the start of the 2011 World Series of Poker on May 31, when the $500 Casino Employees tournament and the $25,000 Heads-Up No limit Holdem Championship get underway, and in this article I’ll take a look at a few of theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

Although not on the same level, and far less surprising, as the indictments handed down against Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars, and Absolute/UB Poker on April 15, 2011, on Monday May 23, we learned of 10 more online gaming sites that saw their domain names seized by the DepartmentRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

We are T-Minus 7 and counting until the start of the 2011 World Series of Poker on May 31, when the $500 Casino Employees tournament and the $25,000 Heads-Up No limit Holdem Championship get underway, and in this article I’ll take a look at what effect Black FridayRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

We are T-Minus 8 and counting until the start of the 2011 World Series of Poker on May 31, when the $500 Casino Employees tournament and the $25,000 Heads-Up No limit Holdem Championship get underway. In this article I’ll detail the key tournaments that will take place atRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on May 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The main event of the PokerStars Spring Championships of Online Poker concluded last night when Sami Keluporo was crowned the champion. The event had a buy-in of $10,300 and came with a guarantee of $2.5million, but that was blown out of the water when a total of 380Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 22, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In the olden days of poker –way back, before 2003!—the most prestigious tournament you could win was the World Series of Poker Main Event, and after that it was basically a WSOP bracelet of any kind. The more bracelets you had, the more accolades were heaped upon you.Read Full Article