Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 16, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Danish poker pro Morten Christensen picked-up his first major tournament victory this weekend by winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Vienna Main Event. Christensen came out on top of the 396 player field, pocketing an impressive $410,519 as well as reserving a seat in the $25k WPT ChampionshipRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 15, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Ben Wilinofsky is a new name in the world of live poker, but for followers of the online game Wilinofsky is a well known commodity, where he has been one of the most dominant online poker players in recent years playing under the screen-name “NeverScaredB”. Last April WilinofskyRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 09, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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This past weekend may go down as Invitational Tournament Week in the annals of poker history, with both the inaugural iSeries Live event and the Party Poker Premier League taking place between Friday and Sunday. In addition to the invitational events that were taking place the PokerStars EPTRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 13, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the hottest destinations on the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) over the years has been Spain, but with Spain still feeling the hard-hitting effects of the 2008 global recession the Spanish City of Madrid (where the current EPT Main Event is being held) has lost someRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 01, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With a stacked final table that included four of the top young players in poker it was easy to overlook the chip-leader entering the final day of the WPT LA Poker Classic, Sean Jazayeri, but by the end of the day the man who went to the WPTRead Full Article

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

Of the eight remaining players at the final table of the 2012 European Poker Tour Main Event in Deauville, France five of them are Frenchmen, but the biggest name still in the hunt for the over $1 million first-place prize-money is Italian poker player and Team PokerStars ProRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 05, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After four days of play the 2012 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville is down to just three tables, a total of just 24 competitors. Sitting in the driver’s seat heading into the penultimate day is Team PokerStars Pro and Italian poker legend Luca Pagano who amassed aRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 25, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 314 players who returned to the Crown Casino for Day 2 of the 2012 Aussie Millions with dreams of becoming the next Aussie Millions Main Event Champion saw their numbers slashed to just 74 players by the end of the day. With just 72 players slated toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 16, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The past week’s headlines have been dominated by the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) but there were plenty of other tournaments taking place around the globe, including the inaugural stop at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California for the World Series of Poker Circuit Series, as wellRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 09, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Yesterday we worried the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure might not reach 1,000 entrants for the first time since 2008, but a solid turnout on Day 1b of the event put those fears to rest. In all 654 players registered on Day 1b of the tournament, which when addedRead Full Article