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

Leonid Bilokur may not be a household name in the poker world, but with less than two years on the tournament trail he has already made some waves, none bigger than Saturday’s victory in the $25k High-Roller event at the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). The Russian’s pathRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 14, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Jonathan Duhamel went into the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure looking to put 2011 behind him; not because the 2010 World Series of Poker Champion had poor results in 2011, but because of the violent home invasion and robbery he went through just prior to Christmas. From his resultsRead Full Article

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

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

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

It seems like the Super-High-Roller tournaments may be here to stay as the $100k buy-in tournament that kicked off the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) came very close to last year’s mark of 38 entrants on Thursday, with a total of 34 players registering for the event. AsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 11, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

While the 2011 World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic was playing down to the final table (and what a final table it will be) another tournament with a massive prize-pool was taking place, but unlike the WPT Championship which drew 411 players this tournament wasRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 02, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The PokerStars EPT was expecting a record-setting turnout for the 2011 EPT PokerStars London Main Event, but hopes were quickly dashed when Day 1a of the tournament attracted a less than overwhelming 280 entrants –in 2010 Day 1a attendance was 339. On Day 1b the tournament would needRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 23, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

While the WPT Borgata Poker Open was busy setting the record for the largest field in WPT history, another WPT tournament series was taking place across the Atlantic, as the WPT made its first visit to the island nation of Malta. And even though the WPT Borgata PokerRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 06, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After months of press releases, announcements, marketing and PR campaigns, op-ed columns, and professional poker players chiming in with their two-cents, the Epic Poker league began its life on Friday with its inaugural Pro-Am tournament, which will award 9 seats into the $20k buy-in Main Event. The Pro-AmRead 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

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 20, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Depending on how you keep score, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom is either 8-1 or 8-3 in the PokerStars Superstar Showdown matches he has played. The discrepancy comes from two matches being spread across two weeks of play –some people count them as individual battles, while others (myself included) viewRead Full Article