Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 23, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

aqThe 7th spot in the Brunson 10 is up for grabs, and the competition is between four of the best online talents in the world. The four players vying for the spot are David “Doc Sands” Sands, Faraz “The Toilet” Jaka, Dan “DJK123” Kelly, and Michael “Martin23” Martin.Read Full Article

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

First place for winning Event #37 would be for most of us a life-changing sum of money, nearly $330k, but for the man who ended up winning the tournament it was likely worth at least 10-times that much thanks to his side action! Phil Ivey picked up hisRead Full Article

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

This was supposed to be the year of the woman at the World Series of Poker, but despite a number of strong showings and deep runs the ladies have failed to seal the deal through 35 tournaments. A strong female showing at the 2010 WSOP would have likelyRead Full Article

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

Whenever there is fan voting there will always be a case to be made for this player or that player, and this is precisely what happened for the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, where 20 of the 27 players were selected by the fans. For theRead Full Article

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

Poker pro and GoDaddy Girl Vanessa Rousso is amongst the final 8 in the $10k No Limit Holdem Heads-Up Championship –a format that seems to agree with her having finished in 2nd place in the 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Rousso’s is three wins away from capturingRead Full Article

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

Nobody can argue that Men Nguyen isn’t one of the most prolific tournament players in poker history, and after a long drought dating back to 2003 Men finally captured his 7th WSOP bracelet in 2010 –Men has had an astonishing four WSOP Circuit wins in the interim. YesterdayRead Full Article

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

The $1,000 Seniors No limit Championship is open to any player over the age of 50, and with AARP cards in hand the older statesman of the poker world descended on the Rio on full-force! A record 3,148 players entered the tournament, which is not only the largestRead Full Article

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

The addition of a number of $1,000 buy-in NLHE tournaments was supposed to be the next big thing for the WSOP, but unfortunately the $1k events in 2010 have come nowhere near matching the massive registration of last year’s lone $1k event. In fact, attendance has dropped dramaticallyRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 19, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Phil Ivey tore up the 2009 World Series of Poker, and even though he hasn’t gotten off to a blistering start in 2010 he has been sniffing around the final tables of a number of events. This is Ivey’s third cash in 2010 –he is also alive inRead Full Article

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

Dubbed the Year of the Woman, thanks to three impressive wins leading up to the World Series of Poker, 2010 was suppose to be a breakout year for the ladies, and while they have performed admirably they have still been shutout when it comes to bracelets. Despite constitutingRead Full Article