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

We have reached the official halfway mark of the 2012 World Series of poker and the tournaments are coming fast and furious, making it very hard to pick which stories demand the most attention. Fortunately I have the WSOP Notebook to deal with the overflow, and today thereRead Full Article

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

A day after some lighthearted back-and- forth on Twitter regarding the poker forum rumors that Andrew Feldman was the player Sam Trickett anonymously said had stolen from him, it appears the two may in fact have had a falling out, adding more fuel to the fire that theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 16, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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2013 Aussie Millions schedule of 26 events released The 2013 Aussie Millions schedule has been released, and this time around the tournament series will host 26 events over the course of a three-week period in late January and into early February. Poker players will find a good mixRead Full Article

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

Friday at the World Series of Poker probably looked something like an AARP convention for anyone walking by as over 4,000 Seniors (over 50 in the poker world) took to the tables to play in the Senior’s Tournament. The massive field set multiple records and I’m still tryingRead Full Article

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

While the vast majority of the very best players in the game may be in the under 30 demographic, yesterday’s $1,000 Senior’s Tournament (Open to players aged 50 and older) showed that poker is still and always will be a very popular pastime amongst middle-aged and retired people.Read Full Article

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

Joe Cassidy has been around the poker world for quite a while now, actually since 2002. Despite making waves in the poker world during the height of the Poker Boom Cassidy was still in search of his first major tournament victory when he sat down at the finalRead Full Article

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

After three weeks of the World Series of Poker the tournament series has started to settle in. The early controversies about declaring your actions at final tables, rescheduling a final day, and even questionable retweets on Twitter seem to have fallen by the wayside, and the tournaments andRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 15, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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World Series of Poker aside there was A LOT of news coming out of the poker world this past week, with everything from the International Stadium Poker Tour (ISPT), the Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars deal, and even an auction for the assets of the Federated Sports +Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 15, 2012 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »
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Pinnacle Entertainment, which happened to be one of the Epic Poker League’s largest creditors, put in the winning bids for both the heartland Poker Tour (at $4.2 million) as well as for the remaining assets of Federated Sports + Gaming including the Epic Poker League, the Global PokerRead Full Article

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

The gossip and rumors were few and far between over the past couple of days, and the early controversies have seemed to have died down, so in this installment of the WSOP Notebook I’ll be looking at a couple of the bigger stories to keep an eye onRead Full Article