Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 04, 2013 Posted in Poker News | 2 Comments »

Occasionally things happen in your life that can leave such a bad taste in your mouth that you are basically left jaded, wallowing in self-pity, and wondering what if anything you could have done differently. This is precisely what I am going through at this moment, and somethingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 20, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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The $1,100 No Limit Holdem tournament that kicked off the 2012 Aussie Million tournament series at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia was one for the record-books. Over the course of the three starting days the tournament attracted a total of 1,338, players, with 323 entering on DayRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 17, 2013 Posted in Poker News | 3 Comments »

PokerNewsBoy has learned that Lock Poker has signed Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi to represent the site at tournaments across the globe and at their online poker tables. Lock Poker is thrilled to announce the signing of one of the most coveted free agents in poker, who will nowRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 14, 2013 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

It’s no secret that I feel the poker food chain has grown unbalanced in recent years (Evidence 1 and Evidence 2), and it’s safe to say that the online poker world is finally catching on to this problem and making the necessary changes. The latest poker site thatRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 08, 2013 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

The #1 online poker site in the United States, Lock Poker, has just announced that they will be hosting satellite tournaments for the upcoming International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT) tournament that is scheduled to take place in London, England this May. Lock Poker is the only online pokerRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 05, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

This past week a number of outlets carried a story on the proposed “Texas Poker Gaming Act of 2013”, and the language of the bill (or at least how it has been explained) has caused many people to interpret the bill in different ways. Most notably among theseRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 20, 2012 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »
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In the aftermath of Black Friday the Merge Gaming network emerged from the ashes of the US online poker industry as the preeminent online poker network for US players. However, throughout 2012 the network has seen its player pool devastated, and its collection of poker skins decimated asRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 20, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

At the tail-end of the year PokerStars has been making a number of strategic moves into the Brick & Mortar casino industry. Since November there have been four deals announced, deals with the Hippodrome in London, the Circus Groupe in Belgium, the Grand Waldo in Macau, and mostRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 11, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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There have been some major poker stories taking up most of the front page headlines –like the WPT, PokerStars potentially getting back into the US market, and robberies and deaths– but there have also been a lot of smaller scale stories which I’ll touch on in this column. A coupleRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 08, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With their Black Friday issues firmly behind them, it appears that PokerStars is positioning itself for a return to the US market. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the world’s largest online poker room (which also owns the second largest online poker room, Full Tilt Poker, viaRead Full Article