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

If you thought Lock Poker was finished adding to their Team LockPRO Elite roster in 2012 after signing a slew of big name talent in 2011 and into 2012 you were sadly mistaken. This past week Lock Poker announced yet another addition to their roster of sponsored pros,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 12, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Back at the beginning of the year I made five somewhat bold predictions regarding the state of poker and what I expected to unfold in the world of poker during 2012. So, I figure, now is as good a time as any to check in on my predictionsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 12, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

At the same time that the World Poker Tour Venice Grand Prix was coming to a close, the tour found itself in Florida for the inaugural World Poker Tour Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open, a re-entry tournament with a $3,500 buy-in and two starting days. Unfortunately forRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 12, 2012 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

The poker world has some more fodder to speculate and ponder, as news came down Friday that Churchill Downs inc. had purchased Bluff Media’s US operations, including both the online and print versions of Bluff Magazine, as well as the company’s blogs, BLUFF POY rankings, and other assetsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 11, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It seems that even after years of effort the World Poker Tour is still having trouble making inroads in Europe (where the European Poker Tour basically reigns supreme). While the WPT has had some very successful tournaments on the European continent, the attendance numbers have been all overRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 10, 2012 Posted in Poker News | 2 Comments »

If a report at PokerFuse.com is correct, it seems the US government is not done harassing online poker sites just yet. According to an unnamed source at the Everleaf Poker Network skin Minted Poker, the network (one of the few remaining in the US market) will be announcingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 09, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In 2011 the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) moved their end-of-the-season Championship Tournament, the Grand Final, from its home in Monte Carlo to Madrid, Spain. Well after the one-year experiment the EPT has decided to move the Grand Final back to Monte Carlo in 2012, for Season VIIIRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 09, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Bluff Magazine and Card Player Magazine now have some company when it comes to doling out an award for the tournament poker Player of the Year. On Wednesday, PokerNews.com and Federated Sports + Gaming announced they would be creating their own Player of the Year award based onRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 08, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Daniel Negreanu is never afraid to tell it like it is (he admits as much quite often) and this was no more evident than in his most recent blog post at www.fullcontactpoker.com where he both clarified and expounded on some of his recent comments in an interview withRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 08, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Senator John Boozman (R-AR) penned a letter on Facebook aimed at quelling the enormous amount of comments he has been receiving from the online poker community. The letter, which can be interpreted as either an olive branch to the pro-poker advocates, or as a sleight of hand aimedRead Full Article