Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 16, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

As Season X of the World Poker Tour kicks into gear the tour is getting ready to head stateside for some of the biggest events on the schedule. With a stop in Barcelona, Spain in late May and another stop in the far flung poker destination of SloveniaRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 15, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Sometimes you forget that the principles involved in this case were 22, 21, and 20 respectively, but if something along the lines of Haseeb Qureshi’s latest 2+2 post/confession –along with the subsequent reply by jungleman—were posted last Sunday this story would have had a much happier ending, andRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 15, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Former November Nine member Chino Rheem came under fire last week in a thread on 2+2 created by poker pro Will Molson, and after more poker pros came forward detailing their frustrations with Chino’s failure to repay loans and debts the story picked up even more steam asRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 15, 2011 Posted in Commuity Submitted News | No Comments »

One of the poker world’s most well-known authors, David Apostolico, is offering readers his latest book free on Kindle for a limited time: Compete, Play, Win: Finding your Best Competitive Self. Compete, Play, Win has a list price of $22.95 for the hardcover version, but is currently availableRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 14, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

As the World Poker Tour prepares to embark on the US leg of its Season X schedule the company has issued a press release, sent to my E-Mail inbox, detailing a new stop scheduled for 2012 in Bensalem, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. According to the WPT pressRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 14, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The allegations and admissions of guilt just keep piling up for Daniel “jungleman12” Cates. The once godlike online poker legend now finds himself in the middle of a firestorm –mostly of his own doing—where the truth is being uncovered little by little, and each time “jungleman” seems toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On Friday Lock Poker announced the signing of its newest member to their sponsored player roster known as Team LockPRO Elite: Spanish sensation, and last woman standing in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event Leo Margets. The signing of Margets comes on the heels of theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On Friday night Chino Rheem became the first-ever Epic Poker League Champion after wading through one of the toughest 137 player fields in poker history; holding his own at a final table that included a former Main Event Champion in Huck Seed, the all-time tournament money winner inRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

As the one person in the whole sage that seemed to have been forthright –although the questions posed to him have been lacking in both depth and scope—Daniel “jungleman12” Cates agreed to do an audio interview with Noah Stephens-Davidowitz (NoahSD on 2+2) and Vanessa Selbst, where he intendedRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 12, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 2 Comments »

If Chino Rheem makes the final table of the Epic Poker League currently taking place at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas (UPDATE: Rheem did in fact make today’s final table) you can likely expect a larger than average rail, with many players who are owed money byRead Full Article