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

It was a fairly slow week on the tournament front, as the EPT and WPT are both transitioning to their next Main Event tournament stops, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty of news to bring you as tournament series ranging from the Borgata Poker Open to theRead Full Article

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

Earlier this week I penned an article that began with a quick overview of the newly implemented “First Card Off the Deck” rule that evolved into an editorial regarding the role of the Tournament Directors Association (TDA) and how the organization had become increasingly hands-on in recent years.Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 13, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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Another wild and wooly week of poker is in the books and while there wasn’t too much going on in terms of tournaments, the forums have been ablaze with a number of controversies. We’ll take a look at these stories and more in this week’s installment of theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 12, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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Every Thursday PokerNewsBoy.com brings you the latest gossip, debates, and disputes from the world of Poker Blogs, Forums, Editorials, and Social Media in what we are calling The Poker Buzz. If it’s an interesting story or idea you’ll find it here every Thursday. Robert Turner Derides Rising TournamentRead Full Article

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

The movie that helped usher in the poker boom, Rounders, was released 15 years ago today, and while Chris Moneymaker and the 2003 World Series of Poker coverage on ESPN gets most of the credit for the poker explosion of the last decade, Rounders role in the PokerRead Full Article

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

You’d be hard-pressed to find a person who thinks the inaugural International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT) held at Wembley Stadium was a successful tournament –considering the €600,000 overlay Dusk Till Dawn had to eat after joining the project in a last ditch effort to make something out ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 10, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A distressing E-Mail regarding the Full Tilt Poker remission process being handled by the Garden City Group (GCG) has gone viral in the poker community, and has likely been the cause of a very sleepless night for about 200 poker players and untold numbers of poker affiliates. AccordingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 10, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The merger between gaming giants bwin and Party Poker was supposed to create the iGaming world’s first “Super Brand” but has instead left the company reeling, facing backlash from poker players over recent decisions, and at the same time dealing with poor P&L reports. All along the companyRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 09, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

This past week PokerNews.com published their exclusive interview with author Ben Mezrich, whose latest book Straight Flush (in the genre of narrative nonfiction) rankled the poker community with its portrayal of Absolute Poker founders as victims of an overzealous US government. The interview was announced back in JuneRead Full Article

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

During the early stages of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona High-Roller tournament Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu created a brouhaha when he challenged the “First Card off the Deck”rule that states any player not “at their seat” when the first card is dealt will have theirRead Full Article