Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 05, 2012 Posted in Poker News | 2 Comments »

The International Federation of Poker has won a major victory in their fight to have poker recognized as a “Mind Sport” across the globe. In a press release issued last week, the IFP was happy to announce that Brazil (the home of the 2016 World Mind Games) hasRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 03, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

I can’t say that I’m surprised that nobody decided to accept the heads-up challenge issued by Daniel “jungleman12” Cates that would have pitted the young poker phenom in a live heads-up €200/€400 No Limit Holdem game, with a minimum buy-in of $100,000 (the match was slated to takeRead Full Article

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

With 1,070 entrants the $1,500 PLO tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker was the largest PLO tournament in the history of poker, and despite the huge field the final table was stacked with poker talent. Amongst the players making the final 9 were online superstars DavidRead Full Article