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

Keven Stammen’s massive EPT San Remo The headlines around the poker world last week let us all know that Keven Stammen was the runner-up at the recently concluded EPT San Remo High-Roller tournament, but overlooked in his impressive run that ended at the hands of Benny Spindler wasRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 25, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

“The Magician” has done it again, as Antonio Esfandiari picked-up his third career WSOP bracelet by winning the €1,100 NLHE Event at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe. Esfandiari’s win comes in the wake of his historic win in the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One DropRead Full Article

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

It was a very busy week on the tournament trail –and the coming weeks look just as jam-packed. So without any further delay here is a look at some of the highlights from around the world of tournament poker that you may have overlooked. PokerStars LAPT Grand FinalRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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With a few days off in between the completion of the opening tournament and the start of Event #2 at the 2012 Aussie Millions, Melbourne has fallen off the poker radar over the past couple days, but with the results from Event #2, an $1,100 PLO tournament, theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 15, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On Wednesday a total of 100 players registered for the third Epic Poker League Main Event, which is being played as a NLHE Mix-Max tournament –Day 1 is played at 8-Max tables, Day 2 at 7-Max tables, Day 3 at 6-Max, and Day 4 at 4-Max. Among theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 17, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Considering the Day 1a turnout of 310 players at the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event nearly eclipsed the old attendance record of 362 entrants, the decision to move the WSOPE from London, England (not widely regarded as the most hospitable climate in the world duringRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 07, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the longest running WPT tournaments seems to still be going strong as the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris managed to attract a solid field of 312 players willing to put up the €7,500 entry-fee for the Main Event. The Grand Prix de Paris wasRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 17, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The Epic Poker League is not only interested in revolutionizing live poker tournaments, since with the creation of the Global Poker Index (GPI) it appears they are also interested in revolutionizing live poker tournament rankings! The GPI is a rankings system of live tournament results over a 36-monthRead Full Article

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

On Day 3 of the $10k Pot Limit Holdem Championship at the 2011 World Series of Poker a number of big names hit the rail early on, and somehow the tournament managed to avoid the Hard-Stop rule which has already impacted two other tournaments during the first weekRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 04, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the most discussed statistics prior to the 2011 WSOP kicking-off was the size of the fields that would take part in the different events, with many people under the impression that the higher buy-in non-NLHE events would suffer the most from Black Friday. So far thisRead Full Article