Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 22, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

As the dust is starting to settle in their feud with the American Gaming Association (AGA) and Caesars Entertainment PokerStars is now refocusing its attention where it belongs; returning to the US market now that several states have passed online poker legislation. In New Jersey PokerStars is tryingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 20, 2013 Posted in Interviews | No Comments »

The fight to legalize online poker in the United States has reached a tipping point, with states pushing forward with their own online poker bills, while the federal government remains in gridlock. Still, the only complete legislative victory for poker players will be when federal legislation is passed.Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 20, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Every day the poker world is inundated with more news, reports, and gossip, than any of us can read. At PokerNewsBoy.com we understand that there are only so many hours in the day, and only so much time you can set aside to follow all of the storiesRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 19, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) XXII has begun and through the first five tournaments of the popular series some well-known poker pros have already left their mark, including Tom “HittheHole” Middleton, who won the opening event, and Lock Poker pro Chris Moorman who added an FTOPSRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 18, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Virtually every poker tour in existence was hosting an event in past week or so, so while your eyes were focused on the EPT London, or perhaps on the scandals plaguing former WSOP Main Event winners you may have missed the third female winner on the Heartland PokerRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 18, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) London tournament series is one of the most prestigious on the tour and in all of poker. This time around the Main Event and the High-Roller tournament both saw excellent turnouts and produced impressive prize-pools. The two tournaments also produced some veryRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 16, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It started out as your normal run of the mill poker week, with the EPT London taking place, some software announcements from various online poker rooms, and 256 new sponsored pros joining Ivey Poker, like I said a typical week (ok, I made up the last bit, butRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 15, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The final eight players vying for the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) London Main Event title are now set, and considering the star-power that will be sitting at Saturday’s final table this could very well be one for the ages. Headlining the final table are Steve O’Dwyer (whoRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 15, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A couple of days ago it was 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jerry Yang who was the focus of the poker world’s social media gossip when the IRS featured a number of pieces of Yang’s jewelry including his WSOP bracelet were put up for auction,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 14, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 4 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour London Main Event was a short one, as the field played-down from 34 players to 16, or at least that was the plan heading into Thursday’s action. In the end only 15 players made it through to Day 5 asRead Full Article