Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 06, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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There is always a few poker stories that spend most of their short lifetimes on social media or in the gossip stages, and in this column I’ll cover two such stories; one from last week and one from today. PokerStars casino rumors prove to be unfounded One ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 06, 2012 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

With a €1,000,000 first-place prize and some of the biggest names in poker in attendance it was supposed to be a magical week in Cannes, France with the Partouche Poker Tour making headlines around the poker world. The tournament is definitely making headlines, but for all the wrongRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 05, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A week after the Republican National Convention it’s now the Democrats turn and of interest to poker players was what the “Official Party Platform” on online poker would be, something poker players were hoping would be diametrically opposed to what the republicans put forth just a week ago.Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 05, 2012 Posted in Poker News | 2 Comments »

The 50-hour Ironman Podcast at www.VegasPokerRadio.com is officially in the books, and what a long strange trip it has been for the three hosts, Johnny Sep, Kevin Wright, and Brandon Gerson, who stayed awake and talking (with a little nap here and there) throughout the entirety of theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 04, 2012 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

At the time of writing the Ironman Podcast has been going strong for over 31 hours. After the first 24 hours of a planned 50-hour podcast the hosts of Filthy Limper Radio have set the bar very high for their second 48 hours, having interviewed such notable pokerRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 04, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There is news on several different fronts when it comes to the pending launch of online poker in the state of Nevada. Among the key pieces are the recent legal decisions on the federal level; information on how regulators in Nevada will audit the online sites; and theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 03, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

The race is on! Last week we told you about an upcoming Lock Poker promotion that will run through the month of September called the Battle of the Knights. The Battle of the Knights is a rake chase that will be awarding players on two separate leader-boards, oneRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 01, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Six-figure Super-High-Roller poker tournaments have been hit-or-miss events over the years, but perhaps the issue wasn’t that the buy-ins were too high, but rather that they were too small! With the overwhelming success of the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop tournament, the WinStar Casino in Macau decidedRead Full Article