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

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 21, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With the World Series of Poker in full swing Lock Poker has decided to bolster their roster of sponsored players by adding South American poker pro Felipe “Mojave” Ramos. The Brazilian is one of the most consistent and accomplished tournament players from South America in recent years, racking-upRead Full Article

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

It would appear that people may have jumped the gun in saying that the Heartland Poker Tour’s original ownership, All-In Productions, got the short-end of the stick after selling their prized possession to the Epic Poker League’s parent company Federated Sports + Gaming, which later went belly-up, owingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 05, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

At a final table that included three players still in the running for the World Poker Tour (WPT) Player of the Year crown, not to mention the host of the WPT segment “Raw Deal”, it was a little-known player from Ohio who would walk away with the WPTRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 24, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Tommy Vedes put in the performance of a lifetime to pick up his second World Poker Tour title on Monday. The longtime poker pro not only had to battle a tough field, including three-handed play against former November Niner John Dolan and WPT Player of the Year contenderRead Full Article

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

The 70-event Poker Maximus tournament series that recently wrapped on Lock Poker, and the rest of the Merge Gaming Network, was a huge success for the largest US-facing online poker network. The tournament series guaranteed $2.5 million in prize-pools, a number that the players at Merge Gaming easilyRead Full Article

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

In our most recent Friday Wrap, one of the stories we touched on was the Epic Poker League’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy filing, which Cardplayer Magazine pored over for a hard-hitting expose on how the EPL (controlled by Federated Sports + Gaming) was operating before and after the filing.Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 04, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

The Merge Gaming Network will kick-off its first-ever major tournament series today, when it debuts the Poker Maximus tournament series; a 22-day long event featuring a mid-blowing 70 tournaments. All told the Poker Maximus series will award players with at least $1.5 million in guaranteed prize-money, including twoRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 04, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It was the kind of poker trip that most people can only dream about, but rising tournament star Steve O’Dwyer put the finishing touches on a trip to Denmark that saw him final table the EPT Copenhagen Main Event and then win the WPT National Main Event, theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 26, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Chalk up yet another victory for Team PokerStars, as Team Online member Mickey “Mement_Mori” Petersen won the first major live tournament of his career this weekend, capturing the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Copenhagen title. Petersen, a native of Denmark, had plenty of support at the final tableRead Full Article