Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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With the 2012 World Series of poker nearly upon us the poker community is gearing up for the 6-week long tournament series, but in the interim there was still plenty of headlines happening in the world of poker over the past week. Here is a look at theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

According to the World Series of Poker officials, this could be another record-setting year at the summer tournament series in Las Vegas, Nevada. On a conference call, Jack Effel, Ty Stewart, and Seth Palansky were all optimistic that the 2012 WSOP could reach $200 million in total prize-money.Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With their plans to purchase Full Tilt Poker having fallen by the wayside, Groupe Bernard Tapie has decided to push back its launch of the International Stadium Poker Tour (ISPT) until 2013. The tour, which features the innovative combination of both online and live play, was slated toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 17, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | 1 Comment »

Poker players are starting to get an idea of what the new Revolution Gaming Network, led by Lock Poker, will offer when it’s officially launched on June 1, 2012. Earlier this week Lock Poker announced it would be bringing back its very popular Ronin Rake Chase, with overRead Full Article

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

There are plenty of new tournaments amongst the 61 bracelet events at the 2012 World Series of Poker, and in addition to the well-known new entries on the WSOP schedule like the $1 million Big One for One Drop tournament, there are quite a few other interesting formatsRead Full Article

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

The Women in Poker Hall of Fame has just opened-up the nomination process for the 2012 inductees to the already prestigious Hall of Fame that was founded in 2008. In its four year history the WiPHOF has historically inducted three or four individuals –the 2008 inaugural class featuredRead Full Article

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

It was an interesting week in the world of tournament poker. Even though there were no WPT or EPT events on the schedule there was still plenty of action taking place at a variety of stops around the globe, and poker pros continued to dominate with names likeRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 15, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

In honor of their purchase of the Cake Poker Network, and their upcoming move to the new network, Lock Poker has announced its first order of business will be reinstating the Ronin Rake Race, one of the most popular promotions ever run at the site. The new versionRead Full Article

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

It would appear that people may have jumped the gun in saying that the Heartland Poker Tour’s original ownership, All-In Productions, got the short-end of the stick after selling their prized possession to the Epic Poker League’s parent company Federated Sports + Gaming, which later went belly-up, owingRead Full Article

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

Soon the poker world will have a full slate of poker and poker-related radio to listen to if the founders of VegasPokerRadio.com turn their vision into a reality. The new site is set to launch in just a few weeks time, and the site looks be the mostRead Full Article