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

Normally when we talk about the youngest player at a World Series of Poker final table it’s in regards to some Internet hotshot who just turned 21, but when the tournament in question is the $1k Seniors Championship the baby-faced player will be a minimum of 50 years-old!Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 15, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Longtime poker pro Jason Somerville has had some close brushes with a World Series of Poker bracelet over the past two years, including four final tables in 2009 and 2010 with four top five finishes including a runner-up finish in the 2009 $1,500 No Limit Holdem Shootout. AndRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 07, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

If concern started to grow after the $1k No Limit Holdem came in slightly under last year’s attendance numbers these fears were quickly squashed when the $1,500 NLHE 6-Max tournament shattered last year’s attendance number by 257 entrants! A total of 1,920 players registered for the tournament onRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Apr 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Niall Smyth won an enthralling battle to claim the PaddyPower Irish Open, at the Burlington Hotel at 3.48am this morning. The final table started at 2.00pm on Monday afternoon with nine players and eventually came to an end some 14 hours later in the early hours of TuesdayRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 24, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Earlier this month the opening tournament at the World Series of Poker Circuit Series in Hammond, Indiana set the record for the most entrants in a WSOP Circuit Series tournament drawing an impressive 1,611 players for the $350 tournament. Yesterday it was the $,500 Main Event that brokeRead Full Article