Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 14, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Phil Hellmuth looked to be in good shape heading into the final table at the Bay 101 Shooting Star Poker Tournament; the 11-time WSOP bracelet winner was 2nd in chips, and by far the most experienced poker player left in the field. Unfortunately it was not meant toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 14, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The associated Press is reporting that after several hours of interrogation, a suspect thought to be involved in last week’s robbery of the European Poker Tour’s Berlin tournament was released for lack of evidence. The four armed robbers, who made off with an estimated $330,000, are still atRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 13, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The high-stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker have been very busy as of late, and two of the biggest names in online poker had cause to celebrate when all was said and done. And as usual, at the center of the high-stakes action was the mystery-man known asRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 13, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s been about a week since the daring mid-day caper in which four to five armed gunmen robbed the European Poker Tour event in Berlin, Germany, and now German police have announced the arrest of the first suspect in the case. Poker players at the Grand Hyatt RegencyRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 13, 2010 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

The Merge Gaming Network pulled a major coup recently with the addition of one of the Cake Poker Network’s biggest sites, Sportsbook.com –which also supplies a lot of fish to the poker tables from their sports betting and casino rooms. Unfortunately the growth hasn’t been network-wide, and evenRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 13, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The newest version of Titan Poker launched this week consisting of major upgrades and entirely new features. The first thing players will notice is an entirely new design and layout featuring a sleek, easy to navigate, appearance. The upgrade also includes the launch of the Titan Poker Academy,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 12, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Phil Hellmuth started day 3 of the Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament as the chip-leader, and was not only able to survive, but to thrive. Hellmuth will enter the televised final table with 1.4 million chips, which is good enough for second place behind chip-leader Andy Seth’s 2.1Read Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Mar 11, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The changes continue to come at UB Poker, this time the popular online poker site is hoping for addition by subtraction, deciding to cancel their most popular and recognizable poker tournament the Aruba Poker Classic. UB CEO Paul Leggett made the announcement citing the company’s plans on creatingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 11, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

At the end of Day 2 the Bay 101 Shooting Stars tournament had just 27 players remaining, and leading the remaining pro-heavy field is none other than UB Poker pro Phil Hellmuth. Hellmuth is sitting on a 550k chip-stack, about 54k more than his nearest competitor, poker proRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 10, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

2010 is shaping up to be a very interesting year in online poker; Tom “durrrr” Dwan is back to form; the Dang brothers, URInDanger and trex313, are both playing and as usual winning; Isildur1 is being, well, Isildur1; and Alexander “postflopaction” Kostritsyn is on fire. Everything seems toRead Full Article