Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 17, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With the November 26th launch date looming the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has handed out two online gaming permits. The first Permit was awarded to the Borgata, who like South Point in Nevada will go down in the history books as “the first,” and thisRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 16, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After a few delays and much anticipation, on October 22nd, 2013 the poker world will finally be able to see the fruits of Scott “ElevenGrover” Bell’s labors, as his documentary Ultimate Beat: too much to lose is scheduled for release. In addition to being released in a downloadableRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 15, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

For the third time in the past decade, the tournament poker world is definitely changing. In the early years of the “poker Boom” it was an influx of talented young players that changed the demographics of poker tournaments around the globe; then in the mid-2000’s we saw anRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 14, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There are several pieces of new information that have come to light regarding the Full Tilt Poker remission process being overseen by the Garden City Group (GCG) some of it good, and some of it a bit disheartening and aggravating. Only 2% of potential claims have been filedRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 13, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Saturday was a big day at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) London tournament series, as two of the biggest events on the schedule came to a close with Jason Lavallee winning the £10k buy-in High Roller tournament while Robin Ylitalo captured the EPT London Main Event title.Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 12, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s definitely not the biggest score of her career, but for Australian poker pro Jackie Glazier the WSOP gold bracelet she now possesses will most certainly make up for the lack of a massive six-figure score in her latest poker triumph. Glazier won the opening event of theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 11, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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Every Thursday (or Friday when I slack off and forget to post it) PokerNewsBoy.com brings you the latest gossip, debates, and disputes from the world of Poker Blogs, Forums, Editorials, and Social Media in what we are calling The Poker Buzz. If it’s an interesting story or ideaRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 09, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The PokerStars UKIPT/EPT London tournament series has seen some huge fields leading up to the EPT London Main Event, so it was a bit of a surprise when the Main Event’s attendance tally topped-out at just 604 players, 643 ort of last year’s number, and well off theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 08, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There wins may not be on par with the likes of Martin Finger (who won the £50k Super-High-Roller tournament) or Robbie Bull (the UKIPT Main Event winner) but both Phil Hellmuth and Vanessa Selbst did triumph in preliminary events at the ongoing PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) LondonRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 07, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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The PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) London Main Event is just getting started, but the tournament series has already played host to two very prestigious tournaments, the PokerStars UKIPT London Main Event and the EPT London Super-High-Roller tournament. On Sunday both events crowned a champion, with Scotland’s RobbieRead Full Article