Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 09, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The PokerStars PCA is in full swing, with the $100k Super-High-Roller in the books, the PCA Main Event entering into Day 2, and a number of interesting moments and victories in the preliminary tournaments, which I will detail below. Open-Faced Chinese Tournament The first Open-Faced Chinese was heldRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There was a lot of tournament action going on at the WSOP yesterday, and Monday has been setup to be one of the most interesting days thus far at the 2012 WSOP. In Event #31 we have Joe Cada out in front of the final 19 players withRead Full Article

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

Yesterday we worried the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure might not reach 1,000 entrants for the first time since 2008, but a solid turnout on Day 1b of the event put those fears to rest. In all 654 players registered on Day 1b of the tournament, which when addedRead Full Article

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

After a fast-paced and short-lived Day 3 we are left with just 64 players remaining in the hunt for the 2011 EPT San Remo title. Amongst the remaining players you’ll find a slew of top flight poker players including Joseph Cheong, Lex Veldhuis, Alessio Isaia, Johnny Lodden, andRead Full Article

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

The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event played down to 22 players on Day 7 –five more eliminations than was expected—and hopes for an Erick Lindgren, “Doc” Sands, JP Kelly, Tony Hachem, David Bach, Andrew Brokos, Sebastian Ruthenberg, John Esposito, and Steve Brecher final table were dashedRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 18, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The World Series of Poker Main Event has new chip-leader, and after the chip-leader started with 2009 $50k HORSE Champion to David Bach, it was then passed to online star Phil “USCPhildo” Collins, and then to 2011 WSOP POY frontrunner Ben Lamb, but it ended the night inRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 17, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 2011 World Series of Poker will most likely be remembered for Phil Hellmuth’s three runner-up finishes, the emergence of Ben Lamb, and of course the last time we will witness controversy in the Ladies Championship. But perhaps the most interesting story-line at the 2011 WSOP has beenRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 09, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Pot Limit Omaha 8 or better is one of the newest poker formats around and the intricacies of the game are still being tested and tinkered by the best poker minds in the world, but after seeing the performances put on by the poker pros in this eventRead Full Article

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

Once again three days of action was not enough time to complete a tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker, and yet again play was halted with just two players remaining thanks to the atrocious Hard-Stop Rule put in place for the 2011 WSOP. Hopefully neither NickRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 03, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

The 2011 running of the $50k Players Championship saw a dramatic increase in attendance for the second straight year, but still well below the tournaments heydays of the mid 2000’s when attendance often flirted with 150 players. With a total of 128 entrants –12 more than in 2010—theRead Full Article