Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 04, 2013 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

Lock Poker is now offering satellites for the inaugural International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT) that will be held at Wembley Stadium in early June. Beginning February 3rd, 2013 and running every Sunday Lock Poker’s ISPT satellites come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from $5 super-satellites to $40Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 28, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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The Aussie Millions is one of the most prestigious tournament series in poker, and over the years the tournament series has also been an envelope-pusher as well, with the Aussie Millions being the genesis of the Super-High-Roller events that have permeated major tournament series around the globe. TheRead 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 04, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the biggest poker tournaments of the year takes place in December, when the biggest names in the game head to Las Vegas to compete in one of the flagship tournaments on the World Poker Tour, the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic. The WPTRead Full Article

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

After just 64 players turned out for Day 1a of the World Poker Tour stop on the Island of Malta, Day 1b saw a much larger field take to the poker tables, including some reentries from Day 1a players who were eliminated. In all 105 players registered onRead Full Article

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

We’re now in the middle of August and with the 2012 World Series of Poker now firmly behind us the other tours are getting rolling, and this week and the next we have two of the biggest tournaments of the year virtually going to head-to-head in the PokerStarsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 08, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There was quite a bit going on at the WSOP this weekend, not least of which was the WSOP Main Event kicking-off, and there was also a couple of interesting stories unfolding on Twitter, both of which saw some locals trying to angle-shoot poker players (never a goodRead Full Article

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

One of the most provocative stops on the European Poker Tour over the past few years has been the EPT Berlin. The EPT Berlin got off to an inauspicious start in 2010 when the final stages tournament was the scene for an event usually reserved for movie plots:Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 13, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the hottest destinations on the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) over the years has been Spain, but with Spain still feeling the hard-hitting effects of the 2008 global recession the Spanish City of Madrid (where the current EPT Main Event is being held) has lost someRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 13, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After two full days of action the World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open stop in Hollywood, Florida has just 34 players remaining in the hunt for the title, and the $268k first-place prize-money (as well as the $25k seat in the Season X WPT Championship at theRead Full Article