Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 01, 2013 Posted in Poker News | 2 Comments »

If anyone wants to know who I would vote for as the best tournament poker player in the world is, it’s Sam Trickett. Trickett doesn’t have an armful of WSOP bracelets or multiple WPT/EPT victories, what he does is simple; he wins! And Trickett tends to win theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 05, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

At the 2012 World Series of Poker Mike Mizrachi made history by winning the $50k Poker Players Championship for the second time in three years, and in the process becoming the first person to ever win the tournament twice. Most poker players would consider that single win aRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 05, 2012 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

Heading into the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Phil Hellmuth was feeling very good about the way he was playing poker. “The Poker Brat” had made several deep runs in WSOPE events leading up to the Main Event, and even Tweeted that he had aRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 13, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After adding yet another World Series of Poker bracelet to his already record of 11, Phil Hellmuth is starting to change people’s opinions of where the self-titled “Poker Brat” stands when compared to other legends of the game. Just two years ago I would have told you thatRead Full Article

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

On Friday, 367 players registered for the 2012 PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Grand Final in Brazil, and among the competitors was Team PokerStars Pro, and the face of the company, Daniel Negreanu, who was making his first trip to Brazil. Negreanu wouldn’t get much time toRead Full Article

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

Once again the Global Poker Index (GPI) finds the #1 all-time-money-winner in tournament poker history, Erik Seidel, holding its top spot, with now-familiar names Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier, Jason Mercier, Eugene Katchalov, and Shawn Buchanan rounding out the Top 5. One of the big moves in recent weeks onRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 21, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Apparently having signed 2011 World Series of Poker champion Pius Heinz has given PokerStars a little wiggle room when it comes to the worth of their other Team PokerStars from Europe, and two of those players have seemingly been let go by the site: JP Kelly from theRead Full Article

Posted by James Guill on Jun 10, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 2011 World Series of Poker is beginning to look more like the Year of the Woman than the 2010 WSOP.  Already, two women have made final tables, and one finished runner-up in an event.  Here is a look at the top 5 women to watch this summer.Read Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on May 20, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

I can’t recall another person in the history of sports and gaming that has a career-defining year AFTER they were elected into the Hall of Fame! But this is precisely what Erik Seidel has done since being inducted into the Poker hall of Fame last November and hisRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 15, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier kicked off the EPT Grand Finale tournament series with a win in the €25,000 high-roller tournament, where he picked-up the €525,000 first-place prize-money. Another high-roller tournament closed out the EPT Grand Finale tournament series –this time a €10,000 6-handed NLHE event—and onceRead Full Article