Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 17, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On Friday, former Pennsylvania Governor and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge wrote an editorial for the Washington Examiner along with former FBI Director Louis Freeh to make the case for online gaming legislation at the federal level. The two men are not simply spouting off acrossRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 17, 2012 Posted in Poker Industry News | 1 Comment »

According to a report on PokerFuse.com there seems to be some grievances between the larger poker rooms on the iPoker Network and some of the smaller skins on the network. According to PokerFuse.com, the iPoker Network is considering splitting the network into two separate entities, where the flagshipRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 16, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There was quite a bit of action in the world of tournament poker over the past week, with big names winning in both the live and online poker arenas, as well as some news on the fourth stop of the Epic Poker League’s inaugural season. Nicky Evans winsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 16, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It seems like every week I’m writing an article on some new poker pro that is now representing Lock Poker, so I was very happy to see that this would not be the case this week: Instead Lock Poker signed not one but two more poker pros toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 15, 2012 Posted in Poker News | 2 Comments »

On Valentine’s Day, one of the top young poker players in the game, Jason Somerville, detailed one of his most difficult decisions in a blog post, and it had nothing to do with an all-in bet or picking off a bluff. Somerville instead came out of the closet,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 15, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Entering the final table of the inaugural World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida, the talk of the tournament was Gigi Gagne. Gagne, and amateur poker player from Florida, was poised to make a run at poker history, asRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 14, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

All of the big names have been eliminated from the World Poker Tour’s inaugural Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship taking place at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida, but that doesn’t mean the tournament isn’t on the verge of making history, considering Gigi Gagne is poised toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 14, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On Monday the world’s #1 3-D poker room, PKR Poker, announced the creation of the Poker Wiki. The Poker Wiki is a Wikipedia-like website strictly for poker (longtime Internet users will likely bed familiar with other Wiki’s out there like the Star Wars wiki, Wookiepedia) that will relyRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 13, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

To say two-time World Poker Tour Champion Jonathan Little is off to a good start in 2012 is a bit of a mild understatement, considering the tournament specialist has already won three tournaments in 2012 with four-figure buy-ins! Little’s heater began at the 2012 Southern Poker, Million DollarRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 13, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After two full days of action the World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open stop in Hollywood, Florida has just 34 players remaining in the hunt for the title, and the $268k first-place prize-money (as well as the $25k seat in the Season X WPT Championship at theRead Full Article