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

The 2012 running of the PokerStars SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker) tournament series has been wild so far, with a number of online poker players dominating the early tournaments, including the impressive run by Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, where the Team PokerStars Pro won back-to-back SCOOP tournaments, capturingRead Full Article

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

As is to be expected in a $50k buy-in tournament featuring an 8-game format the final table of the $50k Players Championship at the 2011 World Series of Poker is absolutely stacked with names like 2011 WSOP bracelet winner Brian Rast, Phil Hellmuth looking to improve upon twoRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 05, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

If you want to have a better understanding of why the Players Championship is such a prestigious tournament, the reason is that you are sure to get everyone’s ‘A’-Game, and here is why. With a $50,000 buy-in squeaking into the money in the Players Championship at the WorldRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 10, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the latest trends at the World Series of Poker over the past few years –In addition to the utter dominance by British poker players– has been the emergence of random, unknown, Russian poker players. While this is an interesting storyline, I’m also dismayed by this developmentRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 09, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On Wednesday night, the $10k Omaha 8 Championship at the 2011 World Series of Poker was stopped during 3-handed play, making the tournament the third victim of the new WSOP Hard-Stop Rule which limits the amount of time a tournament can be played on any given day toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 08, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

 With the money bubble set to burst with just 27 players remaining, there were 16,329 reasons for wanting make it that far in the $10,000 buy-in tournament; $16,329 that is. So with more than a $26,000 difference on the line it was Jason Mercier who would watchRead Full Article