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

After five days of poker the 2012 World Series of poker Main Event is down to less than 100 players, as 97 players managed to survive a tumultuous Day 5 and punch their ticket to Day 6. Day 6 is scheduled to see the players continue their pushRead Full Article

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

I have three tidbits from Day 5 of the 2012 WSOP Main Event to talk about today, and two of them have to do with actor Kevin Pollack whose improbable run in the 2012 Main Event came to one of the most improbable finishes late on Saturday nightRead Full Article

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

For the 720 players who returned to the Rio poker tables on Friday it has been a long, strange, trip filled with ups and downs, frustration and exuberance, but through it all they persevered, surviving three full days of play in the biggest poker tournament in the worldRead Full Article

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

Sometime today, on Friday the 13th, the money-bubble at the 2012 World Series of poker will burst, when just 666 players remain in the field; which is quite a coincidence that two of the most superstitious numbers in the world will collide in such a way during aRead Full Article

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

After a disappointing turnout on Day 1a of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event the turnout on Day 1b more than made up for the paltry 1,088 players that registered on Day 1a of the tournament. With the final tally coming in at 2,144 players theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 30, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The Big One for One Drop website has released the official entry list for the historic $1,000,000 buy-in poker tournament scheduled to kick-off at 1:11 PM tomorrow at the Rio. Most of the names were already known, but there were some last minute entries, as well as theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 23, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

William Reynolds is one of Daniel Negreanu’s favorite poker players, and perhaps his close friendship with the outspoken poker legend was the impetus for Reynolds firing off on a number of current poker players during a recent interview with QuadJacks. Reynolds has been a regular guest on QuadJacks,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 21, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

This is my first shot at a late-night version of the WSOP Notebook and there is plenty to talk about, including some very intriguing news coming out of the One Drop tournament, which is now less than two weeks away. I’ll also take a look at a WSOPRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 21, 2012 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

With the online poker market in Spain now opened-up, and PokerStars with an online poker license in hand, the site has decided to ramp-up their marketing in the country by signing tennis superstar Rafael Nadal to represent the PokerStars brand. Nadal isn’t the first sports star signed byRead Full Article

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

We are now just a few weeks away from the biggest poker tournament in the history of the game (eat your heart out Brett Maverick!) and the World Series of Poker has updated the entrant list of the #1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop tournament, which nowRead Full Article