Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 28, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The $10k No Limit Holdem 6-Max Championship is the first tournament of the 2011 World Series of Poker that will award $1 million to the winner, thanks to the 474 entrants who created the $4,455,600 prize-pool. By the end of the day a mere 162 players remained inRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 25, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With both bracelet events on Thursday falling prey to the Hard-Stop Rule we knew at least two WSOP bracelets would be handed out on Friday, with the possibility of up to four bracelets being awarded. In the end three bracelets found new homes around the wrists of first-timeRead Full Article

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

With Fabrice Soulier and Shawn Buchanan battling for one of the most prestigious bracelets at the World Series of Poker, and therefore in poker, the $10k HORSE Championship was called to a halt due to the 10-Level Rule. Making matters much worse was the fact that Buchanan hasRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 01, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the most coveted titles in poker is the European Poker Tour San Remo Main Event which despite dealing with a post-Black Friday poker world, as well as the WPT and WSOPC holding simultaneous events, just missed surpassing 1,000 entrants for the third straight year drawing anRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 28, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s always difficult to speculate on how a tournament will do attendance-wise from Day 1a results –Day 1b is usually produces the much higher attendance number—but with just 438 players registering for Day 1a of the EPT San Remo tournament it doesn’t look like any records will fallRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 16, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With the two starting fields combined for Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Main Event in Prague all of the remaining players were looking up at chip-leader Dirk Richter, who entered the day with a massive lead. 254 players returned to the tournament section at theRead Full Article