Feb Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 13, 2012 Posted in Poker Players, Poker Room News | No Comments »
If you thought Lock Poker was finished adding to their Team LockPRO Elite roster in 2012 after signing a slew of big name talent in 2011 and into 2012 you were sadly mistaken. This past week Lock Poker announced yet another addition to their roster of sponsored pros,Read Full Article
Jan Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 24, 2012 Posted in Aussie Poker News, Tournament News | No Comments »
Well, it looks like I was dead wrong with my prediction that Day 1c of the 2012 Aussie Million Main Event would attract only 200 entrants, and that attendance would be down some 25% year-over-year! While the Aussie Million Main Event did not reach last year’s attendance totalRead Full Article
With the 2012 PCA Main Event playing down to the final table, the numerous poker superstars who failed to reach the penultimate day of the Main Event found another tournament in the Bahamas where the final table participants would all receive at least a six-figure payday, the $25kRead Full Article
Jan Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 09, 2012 Posted in Online Poker News, Poker Site News | No Comments »
While the Player of the Year races for live poker tournaments was one of the closest in history (at both Card Player and BLUFF Magazine) the title of Online Poker Player of the Year at Card Player Magazine was an absolute runaway victory for Jason “jdpc27” Wheeler. WheelerRead Full Article
The final ballots have been cast by our hand-picked panel of poker experts, and after a little bit of deliberation we were able to settle upon a winner in each if the 10 categories we selected this time around. Congratulations to all of the winners and the deservingRead Full Article
Dec Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 15, 2011 Posted in Epic Poker League News, Tournament News | No Comments »
On Wednesday a total of 100 players registered for the third Epic Poker League Main Event, which is being played as a NLHE Mix-Max tournament –Day 1 is played at 8-Max tables, Day 2 at 7-Max tables, Day 3 at 6-Max, and Day 4 at 4-Max. Among theRead Full Article
Dec Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 14, 2011 Posted in PNB News, Poker Industry News | No Comments »
It’s that time again; time to vote for the 2011 PokerNewsBoy.com Awards. For 2011 the categories have been streamlined to 10, with 5 Player of the Year Awards up for grabs, as well as five other awards ranging from Poker Moment of the Year to Best Poker Blog.Read Full Article
With the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamonds Poker Classic taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada the center of the US poker world at the moment, nearly halfway across the world it’s the European Poker Tour’s annual stop in Prague, Czech Republic that is headlining the European poker scene.Read Full Article
Just days after the World Poker Tour set an attendance record in Prague for the largest WPT tournament ever held in Europe it was the European Poker Tour’s turn as the 2011 EPT Prague broke its own record for the largest EPT Prague event in the eight yearRead Full Article
In a year when top tournament players have amassed some amazing records and numbers –Sam Trickett, Erik Seidel, Jake Cody, Bertrand Grospellier, Chris Moorman, Eugene Katchalov, Ben Lamb, and so on– Andrey Pateychuk has quietly put together a remarkable year of his own, with his latest resume boosterRead Full Article




Lock Poker will be moving from the Merge Netowrk after their purchas of the Cake network. The Cake network will be re-branded as the Revolution Gaming network. This move will allow Lock Poker to offer 36% rakeback!! This all happens June 1, 2012.






