Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 22, 2012 Posted in Aussie Poker News, Tournament News | No Comments »
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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Crown Casino hosting the Aussie Million tournament series the casino decided to honor the previous nine winners of the Aussie Millions over that time period with an invitation to play in the Aussie Millions Tournament of Champions. The Tournament ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 12, 2012 Posted in Aussie Poker News, Tournament News | No Comments »
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The 2012 Aussie Millions tournament series kicked-off Thursday with a $1,000 No Limit Holdem tournament that will feature two days of registration. Over the course of the 18 day Aussie Millions series a total of 26 separate poker tournaments will take place, including the Aussie Millions Main Event,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 27, 2011 Posted in PNB News | No Comments »
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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

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 14, 2011 Posted in PNB News, Poker Industry News | No Comments »
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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

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 11, 2011 Posted in Tournament News, WPT News | No Comments »
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You could just feel that the something special was going to happen throughout the entire World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic main event, as the big names kept surviving, and the story-lines began to develop. Now with just six players remaining for the coveted title,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 07, 2011 Posted in EPT News, Tournament News | No Comments »
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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

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 05, 2011 Posted in High Stakes Poker News, WSOP News | No Comments »
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When the idea of a special $1 million buy-in tournament (with some proceeds going to the OneDrop Charity, precisely $111,111 from every entry) during the 2012 WSOP was first announced during the World Series of Poker, many eyebrows were raised. Even more eyebrows went up when WSOP officialsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 20, 2011 Posted in Tournament News | No Comments »
2011 Caesar’s Cup

In 2009 the Annette Obrestad led Team Europe dismantled the American Team captained by Daniel Negreanu at the inaugural Caesars Cup; a Rider Cup-esque series of matches pitting Europeans vs. Americans (including Canada). It took two years for the Caesars Cup match to return, and this time aroundRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 02, 2011 Posted in High Stakes Poker News, Online Poker News | 1 Comment »
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With the 2011 online poker year entering the fourth quarter, I figured it was time to take a look at who has been prospering at the online poker tables in 2011, and who have been the contributors to those prosperous players. So without further adieu, here are theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 30, 2011 Posted in Poker Player News, Tournament News | No Comments »
2011 Caesar’s Cup

The first Caesar’s Cup tournament, pitting North American players against their European counterparts, took place in 2009 when the Annette Obrestad led Europeans easily dispatched the Daniel Negreanu led North Americans. The rematch will be taking place at this year’s WSOP Europe tournament series, and the two sidesRead Full Article