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

One of the premier tournaments at the World Series of Poker over the past seven years has been the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship, where players are tested in a variety of different poker formats in order to win not only a WSOP bracelet but also the ChipRead Full Article

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

I have a few big stories to get to in this installment of the WSOP Notebook, so I’ll forego the preview and the witty remarks here and get right to it. Ivey and Hellmuth headline HORSE Final Table I say this a lot (because it makes good copy)Read Full Article

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

There was a lot of tournament action going on at the WSOP yesterday, and Monday has been setup to be one of the most interesting days thus far at the 2012 WSOP. In Event #31 we have Joe Cada out in front of the final 19 players withRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 30, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The final table of Event #47 –yes the 2011 WSOP is nearing completion—a $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card-Stud hi/lo tournament, was one of the best of the 2011 WSOP with names like Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi, 1998 Main Event Champion Scotty Nguyen, and high-stakes poker pro Abe Mosseri. But in theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

For the first time at the 2011 World Series of Poker, the Hard-Stop Rule came into play at a very strange time on Day 2 of a tournament, halting the $10k PLO Championship with just 38 players remaining and the money bubble set to burst at 36 players.Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 22, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The second running of the $10k HORSE Championship saw practically no change in attendance from last year when 241 players entered the tournament –this time around 240 players registered for the tournament. As with all mixed-games and $10k Championship events the field was basically made up of pokerRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 20, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The first Super-High-Roller tournament post-Black Friday tournament began yesterday and a very respectable field of 29 players showed up with the six-figure buy-in in hand creating a $2.9 million prize-pool. The top five players will be paid, with the winner receiving just over $1 million; the fifth placeRead Full Article

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

Despite Black Friday, which was suppose to decimate high-stakes poker tournaments, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship saw a total of 220 players register for the tournament over the course of Day 1 and during the first three levels of Day 2’s late registration period. Even though theRead Full Article