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

A pair of op-eds that I’ve read today has given me pause to think about the current online poker economy, and what can be done to strengthen it in the future. Jeff Hwang started the conversation at The Motley Fool, where he wrote a lengthy piece about onlineRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 19, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Over the past few days PokerStars has been running an interesting contest for its players, asking them to guess the identity of the newest member of PokerStars Team Online. PokerStars players were given several clues by various Team PokerStars Pros, and on Thursday the site announced that wellRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 15, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Gus Hansen’s lonely days as the only sponsored player on the Full Tilt Poker roster are now over as Full Tilt Poker announced the “Great Dane” will be joined by two of online poker’s legends: Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and Tom “durrrr” Dwan. The signings come on the heelsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 17, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After just 64 players turned out for Day 1a of the World Poker Tour stop on the Island of Malta, Day 1b saw a much larger field take to the poker tables, including some reentries from Day 1a players who were eliminated. In all 105 players registered onRead Full Article

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

It seems that the Jamie Gold experiment performed by the Tropicana in Las Vegas, Nevada proved unsuccessful, as not long after renaming the poker room after the polarizing 2006 World Series of Poker Champion the Tropicana has released Gold from his contract and is now closing their pokerRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | 2 Comments »

As Nevada draws nearer to being the first locale in the United States with legalized online poker, and other states move forward with their own online poker legislation, it’s important to not overlook the recent “problems” the world of online poker has gone through in order to insureRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Party Poker has made a stunning move this week, eliminating all high-stakes games from the site. Without warning the site simply eliminated all stakes above $5/$10 No Limit and $30/$60 Limit games. While the move is sure to draw the ire of the sites high-stakes/high-volume players, in theRead Full Article

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

There were some crazy and interesting stories coming out of the Rio on Friday, including a release of pepper spray, a celebrity cash, and the rumors of a One Drop-esque tournament on the horizon. Richard Yong hints at massive tournament at WSOP APAC In an interview with PokerNews.com,Read Full Article

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

For the 720 players who returned to the Rio poker tables on Friday it has been a long, strange, trip filled with ups and downs, frustration and exuberance, but through it all they persevered, surviving three full days of play in the biggest poker tournament in the worldRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 11, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

Win 1 of 100 seats to the $100k Guaranteed Pro Bounty Tournament this Sunday on Lock Poker! Have you ever wanted to play in one of the huge weekly guaranteed tournaments that take place every Sunday but simply didn’t have the buy-in amount needed? Or perhaps you areRead Full Article