Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 24, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On Wednesday night the participants in the 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship assembled at Caesar’s Palace for the “Draw Party”, where the 64 players found out who their first-round opponents will be, and what their path to the Final Four will look like. The tournament uses anRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 19, 2013 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

The NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship will be making its return on January 24th, 2013, ending the one-year hiatus the popular “made-for-TV” poker tournament took after Black Friday left networks scrambling to determine if airing poker shows was 1) going to be worthwhile, and 2) going to getRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 28, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

This year three poker players added their names to the growing list of poker Player of the Year winners, as Greg Merson, Dan Smith, and Marvin Rettenmaier joined the fairly exclusive club. The first Player of the Year was crowned in 1997 by Cardplayer Magazine (the only entityRead Full Article

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

There have been a number of poker tournaments that have grabbed headlines for reasons other than what happens on the felt. From the Big One for One Drop to the Epic Poker League, the poker world has had plenty to digest regarding everything from structural issues, to what’sRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 07, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The culmination of 60 preliminary events, countless satellites and daily tournament, and high-stakes cash-game action is here as the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event kicks-off today. While the One Drop, Phil Hellmuth, and wild stories on Twitter have provided us weeks of entertainment and historic moments,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 30, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The Big One for One Drop website has released the official entry list for the historic $1,000,000 buy-in poker tournament scheduled to kick-off at 1:11 PM tomorrow at the Rio. Most of the names were already known, but there were some last minute entries, as well as theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 29, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In 2010 Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi turned his WSOP career around (and his life for that matter) when he won the $50k Poker Players Championship, which was astonishingly Mizrachi’s first WSOP bracelet. Mizrachi then went on to final table the 2010 WSOP Main Event, finishing 5th, etching hisRead Full Article

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

German poker pro, and recently signed representative for Party Poker, Marvin Rettenmaier maintained his chip-lead during Day 5 of the World Poker Tour $25k Championship, and will take a commanding lead into Saturday’s official final table. Nine players took their seats on Thursday, with the tournament scheduled toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 23, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 4 of the World Poker Tour Season X $25k Championship came to a close on Tuesday night with 19 players still in contention for what is considered one of the most prestigious titles in poker. Unfortunately for one of those players, Day 5 will see their runRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 21, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After a very lackluster turnout of just 103 players on Day 1 of the World Poker Tour $25k Championship at the Bellagio the field was bolstered by 32 additional players adding their name during the late registration phase of the tournament on Day 2. Late registration was openRead Full Article