Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 07, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Women have been making final tables left and right at the 2012 World Series of Poker, and on Wednesday it was former Bodog Poker Pro Amanda Musumeci who would take her shot at becoming the first female player to win an open-event bracelet at the WSOP since VanessaRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 31, 2012 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

  May 31, 2012 marks the official launch of the Revolution Gaming Network. Lock Poker officially left the Merge Gaming Network at Midnight on May 31, with the site bringing its substantial player base to the Revolution Gaming Network (formerly the Cake Poker Network). Unhappy with the MergeRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 17, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | 1 Comment »

Poker players are starting to get an idea of what the new Revolution Gaming Network, led by Lock Poker, will offer when it’s officially launched on June 1, 2012. Earlier this week Lock Poker announced it would be bringing back its very popular Ronin Rake Chase, with overRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 17, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There are plenty of new tournaments amongst the 61 bracelet events at the 2012 World Series of Poker, and in addition to the well-known new entries on the WSOP schedule like the $1 million Big One for One Drop tournament, there are quite a few other interesting formatsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 15, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

In honor of their purchase of the Cake Poker Network, and their upcoming move to the new network, Lock Poker has announced its first order of business will be reinstating the Ronin Rake Race, one of the most popular promotions ever run at the site. The new versionRead Full Article

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

Ever since the Big One for OneDrop, $1,000,000 buy-in tournament was announced at last year’s World Series of Poker one peculiar rule has been greatly discussed in the poker community: The 48 player cap imposed on the event. Now, with a $1 million buy-in you may suspect thatRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 09, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Team PokerStars Pro Viktor Blom is best known for his ultra-high-stakes cash-game exploits, but after his run in the SCOOP tournament series at PokerStars early this week, Blom may suddenly find his tournament skills the talk of the online poker forums. Blom, who plays under his infamous screen-nameRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 02, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Daniel Negreanu’s time in Monte Carlo for the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final paid off with the Team PokerStars Pro racking-up over €1,000,000 in cashes, but knowing Negreanu’s competitive streak, what will likely stick with him are the two close but not quite finishes in theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 02, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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When it comes to poker you never really know what you’re going to get over the weekend. Like sports or movies the weekends can be either really slow, or create some attention grabbing headlines. Fortunately this past weekend was more of the latter than the former as twoRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 30, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Two of the top heads-up No Limit Holdem in online poker will be battling this weekend in a $1 million freezeout match. Yesterday PokerStars announced that Isaac Haxton and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom have agreed to square-off in a winner-take-all Heads-Up Match with each player putting up $500,000! TheRead Full Article