Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 23, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

While the poker world still waits for IveyPoker.com to offer more than a landing page (many people are still asking, “What is it?”) the site, headlined by Phil Ivey, is still trudging forward and signing poker players, even if they don’t have a specific role with the siteRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 28, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The €10k Mix-Max No Limit Holdem event at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe is down to the final 16 players. The final 16 have been paired up for the heads-up portion of the tournament, which will see some very interesting matchups take place as some ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 13, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A total of 228 entrants (some using the reentry format on Day 1b to register twice) was trimmed down to 143 players after the two opening day flights of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris Main Event. Day 2 saw the field reduced down toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 16, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s been a long road for poker pro Tony Gregg, and while he has the respect and admiration of his peers in the poker community, and even some very famous people like Michael Phelps who sent Gregg a congratulatory Tweet, he has been shutout when it comes toRead Full Article

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

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 Apr 12, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With a number of big names pros in Europe for big events like the iSeries Live and in Vienna itself for the Party Poker Big Game and Premier League, the World Poker Tour (WPT) tournament in Vienna, Austria had a larger than usual number of big-name US pokerRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 08, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s been a good year for the man known as “Flushy”. James Dempsey may not be the most well-known when it comes to the influx of top tournament players from the UK, but he is quickly racking up a number of career accomplishments that would make any tournamentRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 09, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Bluff Magazine and Card Player Magazine now have some company when it comes to doling out an award for the tournament poker Player of the Year. On Wednesday, PokerNews.com and Federated Sports + Gaming announced they would be creating their own Player of the Year award based onRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 11, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 1,000+ player field for the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event has been trimmed to just 8 tables, and a total of 64 players remaining heading into Day 4 of the prestigious tournament. With plenty of the game’s best poker players still alive, like Barry Greenstein,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 24, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With 732 total entrants the winner of the $5k No Limit Holdem 6-Max tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker will be awarded over $800k in prize-money to go along with that shiny new gold bracelet, making this the third tournament at the 2011 WSOP to awardRead Full Article