Apr Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 16, 2012 Posted in Live Poker News, Online Poker News | No Comments »
This past weekend was the one-year anniversary of Black Friday, one of the blackest moments in poker history, and an event that caused a seismic shift in the current poker world. In addition to the dubious anniversary the weekend also brought a number of other headlines, including theRead Full Article
Apr Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 16, 2012 Posted in Interviews, Poker Player News, Poker Site News | 1 Comment »
Todd Witteles is perhaps best known for his World Series of Poker appearances where he, and his bottle Head & Shoulders shampoo used as a card-protector, became a prominent part of ESPN’s coverage. Witteles’ poker acumen speaks for itself; “Dan Druff” as he is more readily known inRead Full Article
Ben Wilinofsky is a new name in the world of live poker, but for followers of the online game Wilinofsky is a well known commodity, where he has been one of the most dominant online poker players in recent years playing under the screen-name “NeverScaredB”. Last April WilinofskyRead Full Article
Over the past six months or so you have probably heard of a new poker site called Bubble Protection, and if you are like most people you are probably wondering what it is that this site is offering and how it would be useful to you. Before IRead Full Article
Apr Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 04, 2012 Posted in Online Poker News, Poker Room News | No Comments »
This week we were made aware of yet another online poker room that has been shuttered in the aftermath of Black Friday, Poker Nordica. After six years of operation Poker Nordica has decided to close its doors, having been operating on the Merge Gaming Network since coming onlineRead Full Article
Apr Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 03, 2012 Posted in Online Poker News, Poker Room News | No Comments »
In less than 12 hours Viktor “Isildur1” Blom was able to best Isaac Haxton in the duo’s $1,000,000 Heads-Up No Limit Holdem Freezeout match at PokerStars. The two have been embroiled in the heads-up contest since Saturday, playing for four hours each day and not stopping until oneRead Full Article
Apr Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 02, 2012 Posted in Online Poker News, Poker Promotions | No Comments »
Playing online poker in April just got a whole lot better after the details for the most recent promotion at Lock Poker was announced this weekend. Throughout the month of April, Lock Poker will be running their Lock Lotto Extreme promotion, where players can earn daily and grandRead Full Article
After four days of action at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Campione Main Event the final table is now set, and it’s two well-known poker pros who are leading the final eight players, Fabrice Soulier and Olivier Busquet. Both men are looking for their first EPT title,Read Full Article
Mar Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 30, 2012 Posted in Online Poker News, Poker Room News | No Comments »
Two of the top heads-up No Limit Holdem in online poker will be battling this weekend in a $1 million freezeout match. Yesterday PokerStars announced that Isaac Haxton and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom have agreed to square-off in a winner-take-all Heads-Up Match with each player putting up $500,000! TheRead Full Article
Mar Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 30, 2012 Posted in Poker Gossip, Poker Player News | No Comments »
The one thing Daniel Negreanu will never be accused of is keeping things bottled up. Negreanu spends most of his time trying to right the wrongs in the poker world, and taking certain people to task over their conduct; even his half-hearted defense of good friend Erick Lindgren’sRead Full Article




Lock Poker will be moving from the Merge Netowrk after their purchas of the Cake network. The Cake network will be re-branded as the Revolution Gaming network. This move will allow Lock Poker to offer 36% rakeback!! This all happens June 1, 2012.






