Posted by Carolyn on Feb 05, 2018 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The Aussie Millions Main Event is always the biggest draw for the premier Australian poker event. This is mostly because of the large prize pool on offer. The 2018 Aussie Millions was a grand success for tournament organizers and the Main Event once again proved to be theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 03, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With the tournament down to just 24 players, some of the biggest names in poker are battling for one of the eight spots at the final table of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event final table. Among the players competing for a the chance toRead Full Article

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

With a number of big names pros in Europe for big events like the iSeries Live and in Vienna itself for the Party Poker Big Game and Premier League, the World Poker Tour (WPT) tournament in Vienna, Austria had a larger than usual number of big-name US pokerRead Full Article

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

After a disappointing turnout on Day 1a of the European Poker Tour (EPT) stop in Madrid, Spain, Day 1b of the tournament saw a much larger field take to the poker tables at the Casino Gran Madrid, putting the final attendance tally at 477 players. The turnout wasRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 24, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Well, it looks like I was dead wrong with my prediction that Day 1c of the 2012 Aussie Million Main Event would attract only 200 entrants, and that attendance would be down some 25% year-over-year! While the Aussie Million Main Event did not reach last year’s attendance totalRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 24, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There is a lot going on in the world of tournament poker this past week, as the Aussie Millions is now in full swing, the World Series of Poker Circuit Series was in Choctaw Oklahoma, the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi hosted the Million DollarRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 03, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On the heels of a terrific turnout of 231 players on Day 1a, the inaugural World Poker Tour Prague Main Event saw the 10-year old poker tour break its European attendance record (set this year in Vienna as 555 players registered for the tournament) after 337 players registeredRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 10, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Despite a bleak world-wide economy, Black Friday, and competing tournaments around the world, over the past couple of years attendance records have been falling by the wayside at major tournaments, with the latest victim being the World Series of Poker Europe. In Event #2, a €1,000 buy-in NLHERead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 03, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s not very often that a day 1 chip-leader continues to top the leader-board at the end of Day 2 in a major tournament, but this is precisely what Benny Spindler was able to accomplish at the 2011 Pokerstars EPT London Main Event. Spindler, the Day 1b chip-leader,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 02, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The PokerStars EPT was expecting a record-setting turnout for the 2011 EPT PokerStars London Main Event, but hopes were quickly dashed when Day 1a of the tournament attracted a less than overwhelming 280 entrants –in 2010 Day 1a attendance was 339. On Day 1b the tournament would needRead Full Article