Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Oct 31, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Heading into the final table of the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour, Daniel Negreanu has a huge chip-lead over the rest of the remaining 8 players. Only Konstantinos Nanos has over half of Negreanu’s 5,070,000 chip-stack with 3,635,000; the remainder of the field has roughly 9,000,000 chips combined, almostRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 31, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With 28 players remaining in the hunt for the World Poker Tour Foxwoods World Poker Finals championship there are a number of big-name poker pros still alive and kicking. Attendance was markedly down at Foxwoods this year –no doubt because of the EPT Vienna tournament running at theRead Full Article

Posted by KevinG on Oct 30, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
the sands casino

How much revenue are casinos making from their poker tables? Well here is one instance where poker seems to be a bigger money maker for a casino than Slot Machines! The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board recently granted the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania permission to add 11 tableRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 29, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
wsop regional championship

24 poker players returned for Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Regional Championship in Hammond, Indiana yesterday looking to make the final table; unfortunately, 15 of those players would hit the rail, and not be able to play for the $525,000 in first-place prize-money thatRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Oct 29, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The largest online team poker event is well under way with Pokerspace crews battling it out on UB.com and Absolute Poker over the past two Sundays this October in their Crew Cup competition that has a 5-night trip to Las Vegas on the line. The first two crewsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 29, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
russian poker tour by 888poker

According to the tour’s website, The Russian Poker Tour and 888Poker will enter into a deal that will see 888Poker sponsor the remaining stop on the RPT in 2010. The Main Event of the Grand Final of the Russian Poker Tour is set to take place on NovemberRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 27, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
wsop regional championship

As the money bubble drew near towards the end of Day 2 at the World Series of Poker Circuit Series Regional Championship the action drew to a grinding halt, which allowed a couple of the more aggressive to make huge gains towards the end of Day 2. AmongRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 26, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
poker hall of fame

Going out of his way to credit Dan Harrington and Erik Seidel, Howard Lederer made the case for Phil Ivey in a recent blog post about the 2010 Poker Hall of Fame inductions. Lederer wrote: “Anyone who has even casually followed poker over the last ten years knowsRead Full Article

Posted by KevinG on Oct 25, 2010 Posted in Poker Promotions | 1 Comment »
Full Tilt Poker Freeroll

Just a few more days left on this one.  Make your first deposit to Full Tilt Poker by October 31 and you will be entered into the Full Tilt Poker $100K Freeroll tournament on November 7th!  If you miss this one, there will be one more freeroll.  YouRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 25, 2010 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »
gus hansen winning again

Gus Hansen starting to rebound on Full Tilt Poker After being down $3.6 million for 2010 Gus Hansen has gone on a massive heater over the past two weeks winning over $1.25 million in that time-frame. Still confronted with $2.2 million in losses on the year, Hansen hasRead Full Article