Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 27, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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The field size may not rival that of the recent $100k Super-High-Roller tournament that took place at the PokerStars PCA, but with 22 entries the $100k Challenge at the 2013 Aussie Million did produce a $1 million first-place prize. Seven of the original 22 entrants will be backRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 20, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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The $1,100 No Limit Holdem tournament that kicked off the 2012 Aussie Million tournament series at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia was one for the record-books. Over the course of the three starting days the tournament attracted a total of 1,338, players, with 323 entering on DayRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 10, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The final table of the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamonds World Poker Classic featured two former WPT Champions as well as one of the top young talents in the game, but in the end it was Ravi Raghavan, a man whose previous largest cash had beenRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With the end of the year fast approaching the tournament poker schedule has picked-up once again, with tournaments overlapping one another all over the world. Perhaps there is no better indication of just how jam-packed the tournament schedule gets towards the end of the calendar year than theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 20, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With 64 total entries the prize-pool for the inaugural €50k High-Roller tournament on Season 9 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) reached over €3 million, guaranteeing the winner of the event one of the biggest 1st place prizes of the year, €1,075,500. Heading nito the final dayRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 19, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

 The final table of the €50,000 buy-in High Roller event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona has eight players, but essentially it is a three-man race between Dan Smith, Mike McDonald, and JC Alvarado, considering the three players control nearly 13 million of the 16 millionRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 20, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On Wednesday PokerStars announced the preliminary schedule for the biggest online poker series in the world the World Championship of Online Poker, or WCOOP for short. The 2012 WCOOP will feature a total of 62 events, played in 22 days. So far PokerStars has only announced one guaranteeRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 03, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After two full days of action the Big One for One Drop, $1,000,000 buy-in, final table is set, and it’s two well-know poker pros leading the way: Sam Trickett and Antonio Esfandiari. The two chip-leaders currently control nearly half of the chips in play, with the top 3Read Full Article

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

On Saturday both the Rio and the Aria were hosting mega-satellites into the Big One for One Drop $1,000,000 buy-in tournament taking place on Sunday. The Aria satellite awarded one seat to the event; while the Rio saw 96 players enter their $25,300 satellite, giving first and secondRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 27, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

From July 12 through July 22 PokerStars will be running their second MicroMillions tournament series. The MicroMillions tournament series gives players who lack the bankroll to play in events such as the PokerStars WCOOP or SCOOP series the chance to test their skills in a tournament series whereRead Full Article