Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 10, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The controversial Partouche Poker Tour Main Event isn’t the only tournament series taking place, even if it is dominating the headlines for all the wrong reasons. So here is a look at some of the other tournament action going on around the world. Final table of the UKIPTRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 02, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Last season it was WPT commentator Mike Sexton who made a World Poker Tour final table, forcing “Raw Deal” host Tony Dunst into the commentator’s booth with Vince Van Patten, and now at the WPT Bestbet Jacksonville Open its Dunst looking to one-up Sexton (who finished in 6thRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Mar 29, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Bubble Protection, the world leader in online poker tournament entry fee protection and indemnity, today announced the appointment of Will “The Thrill” Failla as company spokesman. Will Failla has amassed over four million dollars in career earnings, winning multiple titles both live and online. Mr. Failla is theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 29, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Another World Poker Tour (WPT) final table means another stacked WPT final table, considering the final six players competing for the Season X LA Poker Classic title includes four of the top young players in the game: David Sands, Jason Somerville, Dan Kelly, and Noah Schwartz. I’ve alreadyRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 06, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It was another busy week on the tournament poker trail, and while we were able to provide reports from the biggest tournament taking place, the European Poker Tour stop in Deauville, France, there was plenty of other choices for tournament players across the globe to choose from. HereRead Full Article

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

Monday was a very long day of poker in Florida (where players can now bet on virtually anything thanks to the 2010 law expanding gambling to everything but volleyball betting it seems), as the 42 players that started Day 3 of the World Poker Tour Jacksonville Main EventRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 23, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

While the WPT Borgata Poker Open was busy setting the record for the largest field in WPT history, another WPT tournament series was taking place across the Atlantic, as the WPT made its first visit to the island nation of Malta. And even though the WPT Borgata PokerRead Full Article

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

Will “The Thrill” Failla has been on quite the hot streak over the past month. The 2011 Legends of Poker Champion followed up his first major tournament victory with a 14th place showing in the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event, and now he has a chance to becomeRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 21, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After shattering the record for the largest WPT tournament in the poker tour’s 10-year history, the 2011 WPT Borgata Poker Open combined the two starting flights from Day 1a and Day 1b on Tuesday, and with plenty of star-power still remaining in the field it was one ofRead Full Article

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

The story of the day on Day 1b of the WPT Borgata Poker Open was the huge turnout the tournament experienced as 853 total players entered the tournament, including 142 players who took advantage of the re-entry format after busting on Day 1a. The total turnout of 1,313Read Full Article