Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 24, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A familiar name sits atop the 144 players remaining in the 2011 EPT San Remo Main Event, as 2010 November Niner Joseph Cheong will head into Day 3 as the chip-leader, topping the charts with 632,000 in chips. Cheong has had a decent amount of success since hisRead Full Article

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

After scoring his first major win at the WPT Grand Prix de Paris, tournament poker pro Matt Waxman vaulted up the Bluff Magazine Player of the Year leader-board. Waxman has been a consistent tournament player over the past few years, but without a major tournament victory it’s hardRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 05, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The inaugural Epic Poker League tournament series exceeded expectations in August, with both the Pro/Am drawing enough entrants to not only award nine Main Event seats but for some added prize-money as well, and the main Event exceeding the 120 entrants that tournament organizers set as the metricRead Full Article

Posted by Rich on Jul 06, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

British players made a flying start at this years WSOP winning three bracelets early on, but since then we have had to do with a couple of near misses with Chris Moorman coming closet. That could all change canada pharmacy tonight though in Event 54 when Warren WooldridgeRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 05, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

If you want to have a better understanding of why the Players Championship is such a prestigious tournament, the reason is that you are sure to get everyone’s ‘A’-Game, and here is why. With a $50,000 buy-in squeaking into the money in the Players Championship at the WorldRead Full Article

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

Amidst the 1,055 players who registered for the $1k NLHE Ladies Tournament on Friday were about a dozen or so members of the male poker player population, and for the second year in a row the story of the Ladies tournament has become MEN. With the World SeriesRead Full Article

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

With 23 players remaining in Event #25, a $1,500 Seven-Card-Stud hi/lo tournament, it would seem that the ladies have their best chance to win their first WSOP bracelet since 2008, considering four of the remaining players are female, and three of those players are very well-known poker pros.Read Full Article

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

After two days of play the second $1k NLHE Stimulus Special tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker is down to just 39 players, with a number of very strong pros still in contention for the title. Among the players who will return to the Rio onRead Full Article

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

If the final 14 players of the $10k No Limit 2-7 Lowball Championship was considered one of the finest collections of poker talent ever assembled than the final 14 in the $10k Seven Card Stud Championship is not very far behind! With names like Chad Brown, Sorel Mizzi,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 11, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

If it wasn’t for the incredible performance of UK poker players at the 2010 World Series of Poker one of the big storylines would have been the performances of Canadian poker players, who may not have won as many bracelets as the Brits, but they sure did makeRead Full Article