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According to PokerNews.com the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia has confirmed that the Aussie Millions will once again host a $250,000 Super-High-Roller tournament. The first $250,000 Super-High-Roller took place at last year’s Aussie Millions, and despite being hastily created in the middle of the tournament series a respectableRead Full Article

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

Victor “Isildur1” Blom returned to the online poker tables at PokerStars this past weekend, and in the process managed to win more in a single weekend than any other poker player at the site has won all year, save one, Ilari “Ilari_Fin” Sahamies. Overall Blom collected roughly $1.5Read Full Article

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Since its inception, the BlueFire Poker training site has rarely been mentioned without the name of Phil Galfond being attached, and considering Galfond has been known to charge upwards of four-figures for an hour of coaching you can see why the site would want to focus on theirRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 12, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In one of the toughest final tables in recent memory (which is definitely saying something considering the star-studded final tables we have seen throughout 2011) the UK’s James “flushy” Dempsey managed to win his first WPT title, adding to his World Series of Poker bracelet he won backRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 12, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Chalk up yet another tournament victory for the German’s, as Martin Finger outlasted a very strong field to capture the European Poker Tour Prague Main Event title. The win caps an impressive run for German poker; in early November it was 22 year-old Pius Heinz taking home poker’sRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 12, 2011 Posted in Interviews | No Comments »

I recently had the opportunity to talk with two-time World Poker Tour Champion Jonathan Little, touching upon a number of topics ranging from Black Friday to his new poker book, Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker. Little is currently playing in the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic MainRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 12, 2011 Posted in Reviews | No Comments »

It’s not too often that a poker player at the top of their game takes the time to write a strategy book, but this is precisely what two-time WPT Champion Jonathan Little has done, and the end-result is a two-part tournament poker strategy book published by D&B Publishing,Read Full Article

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Sam Holden may not have been able to win poker’s biggest prize at the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event, but the UK native did add to the $782k he won for his 8th place finish in poker’s biggest tournament by winning the latestRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 11, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

While the 2011 World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic was playing down to the final table (and what a final table it will be) another tournament with a massive prize-pool was taking place, but unlike the WPT Championship which drew 411 players this tournament wasRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 11, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

You could just feel that the something special was going to happen throughout the entire World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic main event, as the big names kept surviving, and the story-lines began to develop. Now with just six players remaining for the coveted title,Read Full Article