Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 21, 2012 Posted in Tournament News, WPT News | No Comments »
Mike Mizrachi

After a very lackluster turnout of just 103 players on Day 1 of the World Poker Tour $25k Championship at the Bellagio the field was bolstered by 32 additional players adding their name during the late registration phase of the tournament on Day 2. Late registration was openRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 20, 2012 Posted in WSOP News | No Comments »
wsop las vegas

Last year Black Friday kept a number of players away from the World Series of Poker, including the likes of Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan. Even meek players like John Juanda were verbally accosted at the 2011 WSOP due to their Full Tilt poker ties. This year it’sRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 14, 2012 Posted in Live Poker News, Online Poker News | No Comments »
Poker News Boy

Other than the ongoing SCOOP tournament series at PokerStars it was a fairly quiet weekend on the poker front, but we did see a number of “interesting” stories take place, include some South Korean Buddhist Monks getting busted playing poker and drinking (I’ve now seen it all onRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 11, 2012 Posted in Live Poker News, Online Poker News | No Comments »
Poker News Boy

With a week that started off with a ton of Word Series of Poker news, as well as the rumors (that were later confirmed) that Lock Poker was leaving the Merge Gaming Network and purchasing the Cake Poker Network, it seemed like we were going to run outRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 07, 2012 Posted in Live Poker News, Online Poker News | No Comments »
Poker News Boy

Well, it was quite a weekend in the world of poker. More specifically it was quite a Sunday in the world of online poker, as Daniel Negreanu suffered a resounding loss in the first Limit Holdem Heads-Up Challenge on PokerStars, and later in the day rumors began swirlingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 06, 2012 Posted in Poker Player News, Tournament News | No Comments »
Jonathan Duhamel

This is usually the time of the year where the biggest shakeups in the Player of the Year standings occur, considering the EPT Grand Final just finished up, the World Poker Tour Championship will be held in a couple weeks, and the World Series of Poker is justRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 04, 2012 Posted in Poker Player News, Poker Room News | No Comments »
Sam-Trickett

One of poker’s top talents is now a free agent, as UK poker pro Sam Trickett announced that he was parting ways with Titan Poker today, ending a year-long sponsorship deal he had with the popular iPoker Network site. Trickett was one of two sponsored players at TitanRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 02, 2012 Posted in EPT News, Tournament News | No Comments »
DanielNegreanu

Daniel Negreanu’s time in Monte Carlo for the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final paid off with the Team PokerStars Pro racking-up over €1,000,000 in cashes, but knowing Negreanu’s competitive streak, what will likely stick with him are the two close but not quite finishes in theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 01, 2012 Posted in EPT News | No Comments »
ept_monte_carlo

The two main storylines heading into the 2012 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final Main Event final table were the presence of online poker legend Mohsin Charania and the last female standing Lucille Cailly. Sure enough the two players put on an impressive display of poker skillRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 29, 2012 Posted in EPT News, Tournament News | No Comments »
ept_monte_carlo

A huge field of 117 players registered for the €25,000 High-Roller tournament at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final in Monte Carlo on Sunday, and 16 of those players used the re-entry format, bringing the prize-pool up to an impressive €3,325,000, and guaranteeing the winner overRead Full Article