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

After four full days of action the final table for the 2012 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final Main Event is now set, and despite a relatively unknown field, expect some excellent play and fireworks during Monday’s finale. Leading the way in the final table will beRead Full Article

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

Despite a five-handed final table, it took nearly 15 hours of play on Sunday for the Epic Poker League to crown its third champion of Season 1, and in the end it came down to two poker pros searching for their first major tournament title of their career.Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 05, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

While virtually all eyes are on the city of Las Vegas as the 2011 World Series of Poker final table gets set to play out this weekend there is another major tournament taking place, the World Poker Tour Amneville. A very respectable field of 379 players showed upRead Full Article

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

The final table of the 2011 World Poker Tour stop at Foxwoods for the World Poker Finals featured a former WPT champion in Andy Frankenberger (who was also the 2010 WPT Player of the Year) as well as one of the top up-and-coming players in the game inRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 01, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

2010 World Poker Tour (WPT) Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger is further proving that his brilliant 2010 campaign was far from a fluke. The Wall Streeter turned poker pro has already captured a coveted WSOP bracelet in 2011 and now finds himself back in familiar territory, atRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 31, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It should be a rather short day of action at the 2011 WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals on Monday as the final eight players remaining in the tournament will play-down to the “official” final table of six players before calling it a night… er… day since it’s unlikelyRead Full Article

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

While the total attendance is a far cry from the numbers Foxwoods used to attract in the glory days of the World Poker Tour, the 189 player field that made its way to the Connecticut woods for the 10th running of the WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals hadRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 16, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

As Season X of the World Poker Tour kicks into gear the tour is getting ready to head stateside for some of the biggest events on the schedule. With a stop in Barcelona, Spain in late May and another stop in the far flung poker destination of SloveniaRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 31, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With 28 players remaining in the hunt for the World Poker Tour Foxwoods World Poker Finals championship there are a number of big-name poker pros still alive and kicking. Attendance was markedly down at Foxwoods this year –no doubt because of the EPT Vienna tournament running at theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 17, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

I know, I thought I had misread this when I first heard about it, but it’s true: The $400 Deep-Stack tournament at the Foxwoods World Poker Finals ended with 23 players agreeing to divide up the remaining prize-pool –I’m not sure who’s idea it was to float theRead Full Article