Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 29, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After four days of poker the final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event is now set, with three well-known poker players trying to chase down the overwhelming chip-leader Josh Hale. Hale racked-up an impressive 7.3 million chips by the end of playRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 27, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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Every week we try to bring you some of the stories you may have missed in the poker world, and this week there is enough fodder for two columns (so keep an eye peeled for another Hidden Headlines column in the coming days) with rumors, updates, and newsRead Full Article

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

The title of the article basically says it all, so here are my choices for the 15 craziest, zaniest, mind-boggling stories from the world of poker over the past year. So in no particular order here are #’s 6-10: The Hollywood Home Game debacle Earlier this year theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 18, 2011 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

High Pulse Poker is a new player on the poker scene, the site launched its real-money version on the 15th of November, but unlike other online poker startups that mimic what the current crop of online poker rooms are doing, High Pulse Poker has decided to do thingsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

For the second straight day, Canadian poker pro Chris McClung ended the day as the chip-leader at the 2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo Main Event. Not only has McClung ended the day as the chip-leader, but once again he is the overwhelming chip-leader as his 3.1 million chipsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 19, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Determining if a game is predominately skill or luck is a tricky endeavor, since even the most skillful players in the “skillful” game like blackjack cannot overcome the house advantage without resorting to card-counting. Poker on the other hand possesses enough of a skill advantage for practitioners toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

As I sit down to write this article it’s now over four months since Black Friday first ripped away my ability to play online poker, and in all honesty, except for a few thousand serious online poker players nothing has really changed for the 99.99% of the USRead Full Article

Posted by Rich on Jul 02, 2011 Posted in Poker News | Comments Off on Great Prize on Offer From WSOP Online

All serious poker players, and not so serious most probably, will know that the annual WSOP is nearly upon us, and many of you, me included, are trying to qualify for a seat in Las Vegas. Depending on which poker site you use there are all manner ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 09, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Headlining the final 10 players in the $1,500 No Limit Holdem Triple Chance tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker is longtime poker player, and math whiz, Bill Chen, who will enter Thursday’s action fifth in chips with 610,000. Chen, who already owns two WSOP bracelets andRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Sep 28, 2009 Posted in Interviews | No Comments »

Poker News Boy got an exclusive interview with the newest Lock Poker recruit, Stevie ‘Allinstevie’ Devlin. This is how it went. PNB: How did you first get interested in poker? How long have you been playing serious poker? Allinstevie: Playing some sort of poker most of my life,Read Full Article