Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 28, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The €10k Mix-Max No Limit Holdem event at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe is down to the final 16 players. The final 16 have been paired up for the heads-up portion of the tournament, which will see some very interesting matchups take place as some ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 01, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

2010 World Poker Tour (WPT) Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger is further proving that his brilliant 2010 campaign was far from a fluke. The Wall Streeter turned poker pro has already captured a coveted WSOP bracelet in 2011 and now finds himself back in familiar territory, atRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 19, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Emanuel “Will the Thrill” Failla has been on quite the heater in recent weeks, first capturing the WPT Legends of Poker Main Event title, followed by a very deep run in the 2011 Partouche Poker Tour Main Event where he finished in 14th place. Now Failla finds himselfRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 16, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

By the absolute slimmest of margins Erik Seidel was able to move to the top of the Global poker Index rankings, besting the previous #1, Jason Mercier, by less than a single point! Seidel ended the day with 2,604.55 points while Mercier’s total of 2,604.48 is now onlyRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 29, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

You can chalk up yet another attendance record to the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour (EPT) after 811 players turned out for the EPT Barcelona Main Event, making it the largest poker tournament ever held in Spain. Although it fell short of the total prize-pool record set at theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 10, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Most people would have assumed that the huge field on Day 1c –more than double Day 1a or Day 1b—of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event would make for some big end-of-day chip-counts, however, the chip-leader at the end of the day ended up being long-timeRead Full Article