Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 31, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It was a fairy-tale week for amateur poker player Josh Hale. Heading into the final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event, the San Diego resident had to be feeling confident as he took a substantial chip-lead into the final day of theRead Full Article

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

This week the World Series of Poker announced that five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and 1998 WSOP Main Event Champion Scotty Nguyen will be hosting the second annual World Series of Poker Africa, which will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nguyen’s hosting duties will extendRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 16, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It seems like every week I’m writing an article on some new poker pro that is now representing Lock Poker, so I was very happy to see that this would not be the case this week: Instead Lock Poker signed not one but two more poker pros toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 18, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With the 2011 Main Event in full swing the World Series of Poker decided to unroll the complete schedule for the 2011/2012 WSOP Circuit Series, as well as announce a few notable changes, which I’ll get to first. The First big change was the announced inclusion of theRead Full Article

Posted by James Guill on Jul 17, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

WSOP officials released the 2011-2012 WSOP Circuit schedule on Friday.  This year’s series will include 16 circuit stops and the race for the National Championship bracelet returns with a new twist.  Now, the top 100 ranked players in the WSOP World Rankings will have the option to putRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 11, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Three big names in the poker world are sitting atop the leader-board heading into the final day of the $1,500 Pot Limit Holdem tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker, Brian Rast, Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler, and Ali Eslami. Rast is one of the best cash game playersRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 30, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The first-ever World Series of Poker Circuit Series National Championship is now in the books, and it was WSOPC Tunica Champion Sam Barnhart who would score the first World Series of Poker bracelet awarded in 2011. Barnhart was among the 100 qualifiers for the $1 million freeroll tournamentRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on May 21, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With just five players taking advantage of the late registration period on Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Series Regional Championship in New Orleans, the $10k buy-in tournament maxed-out at a disappointing 75 entries. With the small field size, only the final eight players inRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 20, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

By virtue of his two final tables –including a win in the 2010 Legends of Poker Main Event—as well as a 16th place finish in a third World Poker Tour Main Event, Andy Frankenberger locked up the WPT Player of the Year Award yesterday when Sam El SayadRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 20, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The World Series of Poker Circuit Series has been hit or miss when it comes to drawing a crowd this season, and even the $10k Regional Championships have been all over the map in terms of attendance –some good and some not so good. The latest WSOP CircuitRead Full Article