Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 28, 2012 Posted in Aussie Poker News, Tournament News | No Comments »
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12 players returned to the poker tables at the Crown Casino on Saturday to play down to the official final table of the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event, and before players even got situated the biggest story at the Aussie Millions, Phil Ivey, was eliminated in 12th place. Ivey pocketed $100k for his deep-run and simply went over to the $250k buy-in tournament whereRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 10, 2012 Posted in EPT News, Tournament News | No Comments »
2012-PokerStars-PCA

Throughout Day 2 of the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Faraz “The Toilet” Jaka seemingly could not lose a hand, at one point holding over 1 million chips, more than double his nearest opponent. While the bout of Jerry Yang run-good didn’t last the entire day, it still put Jaka at the top of the leader-board heading into Day 3, with his 902,500 chipsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 05, 2011 Posted in Tournament News, WPT News | No Comments »
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For the six players that will return for the final table of the inaugural World Poker Tour Prague Main Event on Monday, Sunday would prove to be a trying test of stamina and focus, as play creeped into the early morning hours, ending at nearly 5AM with the elimination of Jan Bendik in 7th place. Because of the very late night, the remaining playersRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 26, 2011 Posted in EPT News, Tournament News | No Comments »
EPT

For the second straight day, Canadian poker pro Chris McClung ended the day as the chip-leader at the 2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo Main Event. Not only has McClung ended the day as the chip-leader, but once again he is the overwhelming chip-leader as his 3.1 million chips are over 1 million more than his nearest competitor. McClung has had an impressive 2011 tournamentRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 13, 2011 Posted in Tournament News, WPT News | No Comments »
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At the World Poker Tour’s stop in Paris last year the €15,000 buy-in High-Roller tournament came down to a heads-up battle between 2010 BLUFF Magazine Player of the Year Sorel Mizzi and long-time poker pro Freddy Deeb, with the veteran Deeb able to dispatch the young Canadian poker pro. At the 2011 WPT Paris High-Roller tournament the two were once again amongst the 36Read Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Sep 13, 2011 Posted in Epic Poker League News | No Comments »
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During 2011 Erik Seidel has been no stranger at major final tables, and has won more than his fair share of tournaments as well. So even though the fact that the hottest player in poker reached his second straight Epic Poker League Main Event final table would be a noteworthy accomplishment, but for Seidel it seems it’s just par for the course. Unfortunately forRead Full Article

Posted by Rich on Jul 05, 2011 Posted in Poker Site News | No Comments »
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Do you have a passion for horses, and have you ever fancied owning a race horse? I know I have as I think they are magnificent animals. Well now we can courtesy of one of the favourite Canadian Poker Sites 888Poker and Circuit Racing. The promotion is running until November where it is possible to win one of 20 £3,000 shares that are upRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 26, 2011 Posted in WSOP News | No Comments »
Matthew Jarvis

Over the last decade or so at the World Series of Poker many players have reached the final table of the WSOP Main Event; some have been well-known players, some are anonymous poker pros making their first big run in a major tournament, some are young online pros, some are degenerate poker players who win or lose wind up broke in a few months,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 11, 2011 Posted in WSOP News | No Comments »
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If it wasn’t for the incredible performance of UK poker players at the 2010 World Series of Poker one of the big storylines would have been the performances of Canadian poker players, who may not have won as many bracelets as the Brits, but they sure did make a lot of final tables! At the 2011 WSOP the UK players are once again scoringRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 12, 2011 Posted in EPT News | No Comments »
EPT

Ben Wilinofsky is hardly a recognizable name in the poker world, but his online screen-name of “NeverScaredB” is one of the most feared at the virtual tables, considering he has racked up nearly $1 million in online tournament wins since he burst onto the poker scene in early 2009. Now the 22 year-old Canadian poker pro has his eyes set on the live tournamentRead Full Article