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 19, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Emanuel “Will the Thrill” Failla has been on quite the heater in recent weeks, first capturing the WPT Legends of Poker Main Event title, followed by a very deep run in the 2011 Partouche Poker Tour Main Event where he finished in 14th place. Now Failla finds himselfRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 02, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Leo “The Mechanic” Boxell has been grinding poker tournaments in the Melbourne area for the better part of four decades, and he now has his first major tournament victory after winning the PokerStars.net APPT Melbourne Main Event. Boxell may look like your average grandfather, but he doesn’t playRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 31, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The final day of the PokerStars.net APPT Melbourne Main Event will kick off with local player Phillip Wilcocks beginning with a huge chip-lead for the second straight day. Yesterday Wilcocks sat atop the final 37 players with a 770k to 452k chip advantage, and heading into the finalRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 30, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 260 players that began the 2011 PokerStars APPT Melbourne Main Event has been pared down to just 37 players at the end of the second day of play. Near the top of the leader-board is Australian poker pro James Obst, who is currently sitting in second placeRead Full Article

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

While the €3,300 buy-in WPT Slovenia tournament was wondering where all of the poker players were, the Bellagio staff knew precisely where they were, and pulled off a major coup by scooping up most of the big name players who had busted out of the Main Event atRead Full Article