Posted by Rich on Jun 16, 2011 Posted in Poker News | Comments Off on PKR LIVE – Last Chance Qualifiers Today

In just a few days time the countries leading poker players, and a host of online qualifiers, will be gathering in London for the latest instalment of PKR Live. The prestigious event is taking place at the Fox Poker Club in London, starting this coming Thursday, and isRead Full Article

Posted by Rich on Jun 14, 2011 Posted in Poker News | Comments Off on WSOP – High Turnout Expected Despite US Problems

Black Friday may still be prominent on the lips of all online poker players in the United States, and the rest of the world buy viagra for that matter, and news that many may be jumping ship and buy viagra thinking of emigrating has not dampened the spiritsRead Full Article

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

David Williams reignited his career at last year’s $25k World Poker Tour Championship, where he went on to win one of poker’s most coveted titles as well as $1.5 million in prize-money –not to mention landing a coveted Team PokerStars Pro deal soon thereafter—and with just 52 playersRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The final table chip-leader at the 2011 PokerStars EPT Grand Finale was the self described poker pro from Venezuela, Ivan Freitez, who despite his solid chip-lead was not the betting-man’s choice to take home the €1.5 million first-place prize-money. But win he did, and Freitez did it onRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In a recent Time article, a number of online poker players talked about the options they now face in a post-Black Friday poker world, a world in which the high-stakes action has dried up for US players. Amongst the players quoted in the article are good friends JustinRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The final table of the World Series of Poker Circuit Series stop in Chester, PA saw quite a few big names battling it out for the nearly $100,000 in first-place prize-money (plus an entry into the WSOP Circuit Championship that will take place later this month in LasRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

UK poker pro Jake Cody can now add another title to his growing resume which already included a WPT title and an EPT title, as the young superstar captured his first major online title yesterday by winning the $2,100 No Limit Holdem SCOOP tournament at PokerStars. Cody startedRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Even though the final table of the 2011 EPT Grand Finale lacks the star-power of a Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, or Patrik Antonius, the final eight players do possess impressive resumes in their own right, and if their play throughout the tournament is any indication you can expectRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 11, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

On her blog this week, poker writer Haley Hintze reported that she has signed a deal with Dimat Publishing to produce a comprehensive book detailing the Super-User scandals from Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet Poker. Since her days as PokerNews.com editor, Hintze has been at the forefront ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 11, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

After both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker quickly came to an agreement with the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York that saw the two online poker sites returned their domain names in order to begin returning US players funds, the poker world was leftRead Full Article