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

The gossip and rumors were few and far between over the past couple of days, and the early controversies have seemed to have died down, so in this installment of the WSOP Notebook I’ll be looking at a couple of the bigger stories to keep an eye onRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 12, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With Andy Bloch scratching his name off of the “Best player to never win a bracelet” list at the 2012 WSOP, and with several big names like Gus Hansen, Gavin Smith, ElkY and Phil Laak also crossing their names off last year, I figured it was time toRead Full Article

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

There was a lot of tournament action on Wednesday at the WSOP, and just a day after Viktor Blom made his WSOP debut, Doyle Brunson did the same, playing in his first 2012 WSOP event on Wednesday. Here is a look at what was going on at theRead Full Article

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

Women have been making final tables left and right at the 2012 World Series of Poker, and on Wednesday it was former Bodog Poker Pro Amanda Musumeci who would take her shot at becoming the first female player to win an open-event bracelet at the WSOP since VanessaRead Full Article

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

A pair of double bracelet winners, Brian Rast and Greg Mueller, advanced to the final table of Event #9, the $1,500 NLHE tournament with reentries. In addition to Rast and Mueller, Amanda Musumeci continued the good run of women at the 2012 WSOP, as she enters the finalRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 02, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 2012 running of the World Series of Poker is entering its second week of action, and over the first seven day of the tournament series there has already been a lot to talk about. In this article I’ll take a look at what has transpired during theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 02, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Another of the new events at the 2012 World Series of Poker is about to enter heads-up play (the first new event on the schedule was the PLO/NLHE Heads-Up tournament) as the $5k Mix-Max No Limit Holdem tournament is down to 32 players, actually 31 players thanks toRead Full Article

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

The third day of the World Series of Poker was the biggest so far, with Day 2 of the $1,500 NLHE event in full swing, and two other tournaments getting underway including one of the new events in 2012, a $3k Heads-Up PLO/NLHE tournament. Besides all of theRead Full Article

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

The first new event on the 2012 World Series of Poker schedule was a hit before the first card was even dealt. The $3,000 Heads-up NLHE/PLO tournament reached its cap of 512 players, selling out well before the start of the tournament. The tournament itself is one ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 25, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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With the World Series of Poker just days away this could very well be the last Friday Wrap for a while (I’ll try to sneak them in where and when I can). Fortunately it’s a good one, considering there were quite a few odds and ends news storiesRead Full Article