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

Yesterday the 39 remaining players (from a starting field of 157) took to the tables at the Rio to play down to the final table of the World Series of Poker Circuit Series National Championship. The WSOPC National Championship is a $1,000,000 freeroll for the 14 winners andRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 14, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Last night Phil Ivey made his third final table of the 2012 World Series of Poker, and his fourth cash overall. Now a serious contender for the 2012 WSOP Player of the Year award (for both the WSOP and for Cardplayer Magazine, Bluff Magazine and the Global PokerRead Full Article

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

Tommy Vedes put in the performance of a lifetime to pick up his second World Poker Tour title on Monday. The longtime poker pro not only had to battle a tough field, including three-handed play against former November Niner John Dolan and WPT Player of the Year contenderRead Full Article

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

24 players took their seats at the Casino Gran Madrid on Friday with eight spots at the Season 8 EPT Madrid Main Event televised final table up for grabs. The story of the day, and perhaps of the tournament, has to be the final elimination, which sent theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 26, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Chalk up yet another victory for Team PokerStars, as Team Online member Mickey “Mement_Mori” Petersen won the first major live tournament of his career this weekend, capturing the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Copenhagen title. Petersen, a native of Denmark, had plenty of support at the final tableRead 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 Dec 16, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 2 of the third Epic Poker League Main Event began with Erik Seidel as the chip-leader, headlining the field of 61 of the world’s best poker players. However, Seidel was eliminated in 32nd place on Day 2, ending his chance to make his third straight Epic pokerRead Full Article

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

After two full days of play the inaugural World Poker Tour Prague Main Event is down to just 63 players from the original record-setting starting field of 568. All 63 players have made the money in the tournament, and now the players’ focus will shift to the €450,000Read Full Article

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

Event #4 of the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe featured a very tough final table lineup that included amongst others, Triple Crown winner Bertrand “ElkY”Grosspellier, Online Player of the Year contender Taylor “ambiguosity” Paur, as well as poker pros James Dempsey, Tristan “Cre8ive” Wade, Steve O’Dwyer, RichardRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 2 of the €3,200 NLHE Shootout saw 30 players return for their Round 2 matches, which would be played 3-handed in order to insure a full table of 10 for Thursday’s final table. The 3-handed tables made for a quick day, and even with players like FreddyRead Full Article