Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 15, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On Monday Vanessa Selbst closed out the 2013 PokerStars PCA tournament series in grand fashion, winning the $25k High-Roller tournament, which attracted a huge field that passed 200 entries after reentries were counted –by comparison the $25k WPT Championship at the Bellagio hasn’t surpassed 200 entries Since SeasonRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 10, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The final table of the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamonds World Poker Classic featured two former WPT Champions as well as one of the top young talents in the game, but in the end it was Ravi Raghavan, a man whose previous largest cash had beenRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 03, 2012 Posted in Interviews | No Comments »

I recently had the opportunity to read Expert Heads Up No limit Hold’ Em, by Will Tipton (you can find my review of the book here: https://pokernewsboy.com/reviews/book-review-expert-heads-up-nlhe-volume-1/13332) and Will was kind enough to answer a few questions on his book and poker in general. PokerNewsBoy.com: Could you giveRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 15, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the biggest names in the history of online poker has decided not to part ways with his sponsor. On Tuesday PokerStars announced that Viktor “Isildur1” Blom will no longer be a part of Team PokerStars Pro, stating that the decision was “mutual’. The news first brokeRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 26, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There was some very strange goings on at the Rio yesterday as a player had $50,000 jacked from them at a poker table while they had walked away. In this installment of the WSOP Notebook I’ll touch on this breaking story as well as fill you in onRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 04, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the top online poker players during the poker boom has just been accused of stealing nearly $30,000 from one of the top online poker players in today’s game: Brad “YukonBrad” Booth has been accused on the 2+2 poker forum by Douglas “WCGrider” Polk of not livingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 03, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In less than 12 hours Viktor “Isildur1” Blom was able to best Isaac Haxton in the duo’s $1,000,000 Heads-Up No Limit Holdem Freezeout match at PokerStars. The two have been embroiled in the heads-up contest since Saturday, playing for four hours each day and not stopping until oneRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 23, 2012 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »
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WickedChopsPoker.com is the latest outlet to claim that the Full Tilt Poker deal to Groupe Bernard Tapie is slated to happen soon. According to the Insider’s Section of the popular poker website (which resides behind a paywall) unnamed sources have told Wicked Chops that Groupe Bernard Tapie isRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 22, 2012 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

In what appears to be a bit of overzealous moderation, it seems the 2+2 poker forums have decided to ban perhaps the most followed professional poker player in the game, Daniel Negreanu. The hubbub was over Negreanu’s most recent vlog (video blog) which opened with an advertisement forRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 02, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It has been quite a busy week in the world of poker, considering another indictment was unsealed, this time against Bodog founder Calvin Ayre; the Epic Poker League’s parent company has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection; and all the while we have the typical poker news likeRead Full Article