Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 08, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 1a of the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (better known by the acronym PCA) saw a total of 418 players register for the prestigious tournament, a far cry from the 647 players that registered on Day 1a last year. Despite the attendance decline (which most assuredly had somethingRead Full Article

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

The first stop on the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) schedule marks the tour’s first foray into the Emerald Isle, as the inaugural WPT Ireland Main Event began on Thursday. Despite running concurrently with the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) many of the top UK and European poker playersRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 19, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s a big weekend for poker advocates around the world as the International Poker Federation (IFP) wrapped up its groundbreaking Nations Cup Poker Tournament on Friday and gets set to host a $500k freeroll tournament known as “The Table” this weekend. The Nations Cup was a unique event whereRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 14, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With a €4 million guarantee the 579 players who registered for the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event over the two starting days easily eclipsed that number, generating a total prize-pool of €4,342,500. However, this number is way off of last year’s pace, which saw 764 players ante-up theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 07, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A total of 422 players showed up on Thursday with $2,500 in hand to take part in the PokerStars.net Punte Del Este Main Event in Brazil, and amongst the entrants were notable names like Jose “Nacho” Barbero (last year’s Punte Del Este winner), Greg Debora, Angel Guillen andRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 10, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Most people would have assumed that the huge field on Day 1c –more than double Day 1a or Day 1b—of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event would make for some big end-of-day chip-counts, however, the chip-leader at the end of the day ended up being long-timeRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 10, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Now that the $1,500 No Limit Holdem Shootout tournament is down to 16 players –after two rounds of play—the format will switch to what amounts to a 16 player tournament, with each player beginning with the same chip-stack (450,000). Amongst the remaining players who managed to win theirRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 08, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

We are down to just three players in the $1k No Limit Holdem tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker, and the final three combatants includes two UK residents and a lone American still in contention, Jon “PearlJammer” Turner. Even though Turner is by far the mostRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 06, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

When the remaining nine players in the $1,500 Limit Holdem tournament took their seats at the final table on Sunday the odds on favorite had to be two-time bracelet winner Scott Clements, who was the only player at the final table with a major tournament win on hisRead Full Article

Posted by James Guill on May 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The World Series of Poker kicks off in just six days at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.  While the WSOP is undeniably the main attraction, there are several other smaller events that are going on in Las Vegas during the same period.  SomeRead Full Article