Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 16, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

NBC has been playing their cards close to their vest when it comes to the roster for the 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which is set to take place in less than 10 days. Normally the roster would already be in, and be scrutinized and debated adRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 11, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The PCA is in full swing, the Main Event is winding its way down to the final table, and the side event action has been heating up. There are still a number of prelim events left to go, and below you’ll find some of the bigger names thatRead Full Article

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

Every year I like to take a look at a few of the tournament grinders who have been quite successful over the past few years, but have yet to “breakout” as poker superstars — had a few cards fallen differently they would already be household names in theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 28, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The Macau poker scene is best known for the ultra-high-stakes cash-games that take place in what has become known as the Las Vegas of the Near East, but there is also a major poker tournament that is the genesis of those high-stakes poker games, the APT Macau MainRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 04, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With two days of play in the books, 74 of the original 128 players are still in the running for one of the most prestigious titles in poker, the $50k Players Championship at the World Series of Poker. A familiar name sits atop the leader-board in the formRead Full Article

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

In the aftermath of Black Friday US online poker players were faced with many difficult decisions: move overseas or to Canada, switch to live poker, or look for new work. Some saw the 2011 World Series of Poker as their chance to strike it big and make theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 17, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the most exclusive clubs in the poker world is the Triple Crown –players who have won a World Series of Poker bracelet, a World Poker Tour Championship, and a European Poker Tour Championship. With just four current members, the Triple Crown is one of tournament poker’sRead Full Article

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

David Diaz may not be a recognizable name to the casual poker fan –or even to most hardcore followers of the tournament poker trail—but the Tennessee native is playing in his third World Series of Poker, and is a regular in the poker tournaments in the Southeast UnitedRead Full Article

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

With the US nosebleed crowd MIA since Black Friday hit, a number of foreign-based high-stakes online poker pros have now been getting the attention they deserve, and without some of the stiffest competition at the tables they have also been cleaning up quite nicely. This week we alsoRead Full Article