Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 18, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 6th stop on this year’s PokerStars.net ANZPT was a $2,500 AUD buy-in tournament, and what started with 287 poker players taking to the felt on August 11th at the Conrad Jupiters Casino Gold Coast has concluded with Nauv Kashyap walking away with the trophy and nearly $183,000Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 18, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After four weeks of The PokerStars Big Game the amateur “Loose Cannon” have been doing quite well against the pro players. In Week 1 we were introduced to perhaps the weakest player of the “Loose Cannons” Ernest Wiggins, who employed a weak/tight strategy, but was able to catchRead Full Article

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

This week’s Poker After Dark theme is MMA, and three of the UFC’s biggest names will be trying to submit three top poker pros. Representing the UFC will be 5-time Champion Randy Couture (2-time light heavyweight, and 3-time heavyweight); former Pride and UFC Champion Dan Henderson, the onlyRead Full Article

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

The Cake Poker network has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons recently, but amidst these circumstances the poker network is still proving to be a major player on the online poker scene. Cake Poker has just announced the addition of a new online poker roomRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 16, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The #2 online poker site in the world, Full Tilt Poker, has announced a new promotion that will further boost the number of tables running at all hours of the day: Full Tilt Poker is now offering double Full Tilt Poker Points –known as ‘Happy Hour’—for any playerRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Aug 16, 2010 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

When France legalized and regulated online poker it came with a high price for French players, and perhaps an even higher price for the online poker rooms themselves. Online poker rooms must be licensed under the Autorite De Regulation Des Jeux En Ligne –which I will hence forthRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 16, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Every second Sunday until October 24th, Full Tilt Poker will host the Little Big Poker Tournament, a $2 buy-in multi-table tournament with a massive $9,000 guaranteed prize-pool. The tournament is designed to give small-stakes and new poker players a chance to compete with the atmosphere of the bigRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 16, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Heading into Day 4 of the European Poker Tour tournament in Tallinn, Estonia a mere 25 players from the starting field of 420 are still in the hunt for the coveted EPT title, not to mention the €400,000 in first-place prize-money. With the money bubble bursting midway throughRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 16, 2010 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

PokerNewsDaily.com is reporting that after poor second quarter results online casino and poker operator Cryptologic announced CEO Bryan Hadsfield has resigned from the company, and will be replaced on an interim basis by Cryptologic Chairman David Gavagan. Hadsfield time as CEO has been filled with a seemingly never-endingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 16, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The European Poker Tour has made a living setting attendance records in virtually every country they hold a poker tournament in, and this week was no different. This time the record fell in the poker hotbed of Estonia, where a total of 420 players entered the Championship EventRead Full Article