Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 27, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Just when you thought Daniel Negreanu couldn’t possibly run into any more bad-beats/coolers/poor decisions, the PokerStars pro took two massive hits on this week’s episode of High Stakes Poker on GSN to send his Poker ROI for the show deeper into the negative. The first hit saw NegreanuRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 27, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Rumors have been swirling on Poker News Daily and at Pokerati.com about the new poker room at the Aria Hotel and Casino competing or replacing Bellagio’s “Bobby’s Room” as the place for high stakes poker in Las Vegas. Well further evidence has come to light that this isRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 26, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The perennial #2 man, David Williams finally broke through and captured his first major championship –Williams did capture a WSOP bracelet in 7-Card-Stud in 2006. Williams finished 2nd in the 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event, 2nd in the 2004 Borgata Poker Open, as well as twoRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 24, 2010 Posted in Poker Industry News | 1 Comment »

How successful has the migration of Sportsbook.com, PlayersOnly.com, and SuperBook.com been for the Merge Poker Network? Well, the network has jumped from 20th to 17th in just 1 week! The 160% increase in traffic reported by pokerscout.com has other Merge network poker rooms in ecstasy, as the networkRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 24, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The final 10 players in the $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship came into day 6 of the poker tournament knowing four of them would fall just shy of the televised final table, not to mention the $1.5 million first-place prize-money. Heading into day 6 it was crystal-clear thatRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Apr 22, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In an article with Card Player Magazine, online poker legend Dusty “Leatherass” Schmidt told the publication how he foresees leaner earnings for online poker pros in the future. Schmidt explained to Card Player magazine that the ratio of poker pros to poker players is decreasing, which is makingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 22, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In the span of a few weeks a woman has won the North American Poker Tour event at Mohegan Sun, and now the European Poker Tour San Remo event! Liv Boeree, a UB sponsored poker pro, earned her way into the PokerStars sponsored EPT San Remo event throughRead Full Article

Posted by KevinG on Apr 21, 2010 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

With a smaller than expected turnout –only 195 players registered for the poker tournament–the World Poker Tour Championship event, a $25,000 buy-in tournament taking place at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, is already down to 35 players, with 4 days still to be played. The remaining 35 hopefulsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 21, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

About a week after Vanessa Selbst captured the NAPT Mohegan Sun title, another major tournament has another female poker pro in contention for the crown. This time it’s Liv Boeree, the UB Poker pro, who has found herself at the final table of the European Poker Tour’s SanRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 20, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Broadening its reach into Europe the World Poker Tour (WPT) has added a new tournament series that will be held in Amneville France, from October 30th through November 6th. The week-long series will culminate with a €3,500 Main Event Championship that will begin on November 2nd. The tourRead Full Article