Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 13, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 4 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event came to a close on Friday with 239 players still in contention for the coveted title. While a number of poker players were busy accumulating chips the moment of the day came when poker legend Doyle BrunsonRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 12, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Since ESPN ramped-up their World Series of Poker Main Event footage back in 2003 one unintended consequence has been the advent of the attention-seeking poker player. This problem came to a head during the biggest years of the Boom, when poker players were trying to draw as much attentionRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 12, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A long day of poker on Thursday saw the remaining field essentially cut in half, with an ominous 666 players moving on to Friday’s Day 4 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event. Unfortunately for a dozen players Day 4 will end in sheer disappointment, notRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 11, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After 6 full days of action the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event will now combine the three separate flights of players for the first time, as 1,753 of the original 6,352 players return to the Rio on Thursday with visions of making the World Series ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 08, 2013 Posted in Reviews | No Comments »

A while back I took a look at the launch of PokerFuse.com’s PRO section, a subscription-based area of the popular poker news website offering exclusive content, data and other features. PokerFuse PRO is now into its third month of operation and I’ve decided to take another look atRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 08, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 1b of the World Series of Poker Main Event started with a tribute to Doyle Brunson that included a bronze bust of the poker legend and Doyle doing the honorary “Shuffle Up and Deal” announcement before taking his seat to play in the WSOP Main Event –despiteRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 07, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 1a of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event saw a slight dip in attendance, with the unofficial head-count falling just shy of 1,000 players according to WSOP officials. Considering the overall increase in attendance for the 2013 WSOP the turnout is likely to be aRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 06, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the last tournaments of the 2013 World Series of Poker, the $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw tournament, drew a pro-heavy field of 282 players, and by the time the final table rolled around it was a star-studded affair to say the least. There were a total ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 05, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Yesterday I explained my reasoning as to why the Little One for One Drop tournament might see a smaller turnout on Day 1b than the 2,233 entries that played on Day 1a of the event. Well it turns out I was both right and wrong: I was wrongRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 04, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

So far the Little One for One Drop $1,111 buy-in No Limit Holdem tournament has been bigger than I expected. Judging by the Tweets and live reporting from Day 1a of the tournament there was plenty of buzz about the event, evidenced by the 2,233 official entries fromRead Full Article