Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 30, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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The 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event is down to just 69 players after two full days of play, and among the remaining players are some of the biggest names in all of poker and two members of Team IveyPoker.com, Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius. The two superstars andRead Full Article

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

Day 1a of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event saw 1,088 players take to the tables at the Rio; Day 1b saw a substantial increase as 2,144 players entered the WSOP Main Event on the second of three starting days; and the final starting day, DayRead Full Article

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

Well, it looks like I was dead wrong with my prediction that Day 1c of the 2012 Aussie Million Main Event would attract only 200 entrants, and that attendance would be down some 25% year-over-year! While the Aussie Million Main Event did not reach last year’s attendance totalRead Full Article

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

One of the most discussed statistics prior to the 2011 WSOP kicking-off was the size of the fields that would take part in the different events, with many people under the impression that the higher buy-in non-NLHE events would suffer the most from Black Friday. So far thisRead Full Article

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

The World Series of Poker Circuit Series has been hit or miss when it comes to drawing a crowd this season, and even the $10k Regional Championships have been all over the map in terms of attendance –some good and some not so good. The latest WSOP CircuitRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 12, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

For the first time in the history of the show –or in the history of any cash-game poker show for that matter—this week’s episodes of Poker After Dark on NBC will be fought out over a PLO table. Probably to pull in the casual viewer who is unlikelyRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 29, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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24 poker players returned for Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Regional Championship in Hammond, Indiana yesterday looking to make the final table; unfortunately, 15 of those players would hit the rail, and not be able to play for the $525,000 in first-place prize-money thatRead Full Article