Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 30, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

While the total attendance is a far cry from the numbers Foxwoods used to attract in the glory days of the World Poker Tour, the 189 player field that made its way to the Connecticut woods for the 10th running of the WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals hadRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 21, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After shattering the record for the largest WPT tournament in the poker tour’s 10-year history, the 2011 WPT Borgata Poker Open combined the two starting flights from Day 1a and Day 1b on Tuesday, and with plenty of star-power still remaining in the field it was one ofRead Full Article

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

As Season X of the World Poker Tour kicks into gear the tour is getting ready to head stateside for some of the biggest events on the schedule. With a stop in Barcelona, Spain in late May and another stop in the far flung poker destination of SloveniaRead Full Article

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

Andy Frankenberger burst onto the poker scene in 2010 with an incredible run on the World Poker Tour where he won the WPT Legends of Poker Championship in August, finished 5th at the WPT Festa al Lago in October, and nearly made a third WPT final table inRead Full Article

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

With just 28 players remaining in Event #28, a $1,500 No Limit Holdem tournament, Season IX WPT Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger is right in the thick of things currently sitting in fourth place on the leader-board. Frankenberger is looking for his first WSOP win to goRead Full Article

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

Another No Limit Holdem event at the 2011 World Series of Poker means one thing, yet another big turnout as 1,340 players registered for the $1,500 Triple-Chance NLHE tournament on Tuesday. With rebuy lammers all over the place during the early action it’s amazing that just 160 playersRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 30, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The first-ever World Series of Poker Circuit Series National Championship is now in the books, and it was WSOPC Tunica Champion Sam Barnhart who would score the first World Series of Poker bracelet awarded in 2011. Barnhart was among the 100 qualifiers for the $1 million freeroll tournamentRead Full Article

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

On Friday the season-ending $1 million National Championship freeroll got underway at Caesar’s Palace where 100 qualifiers from the 2010-2011 season of the World Series of Poker Circuit Series were invited to compete for the first ever WSOP bracelet that will be awarded on the WSOP Circuit Series,Read Full Article

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

By virtue of his two final tables –including a win in the 2010 Legends of Poker Main Event—as well as a 16th place finish in a third World Poker Tour Main Event, Andy Frankenberger locked up the WPT Player of the Year Award yesterday when Sam El SayadRead Full Article

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

David Williams reignited his career at last year’s $25k World Poker Tour Championship, where he went on to win one of poker’s most coveted titles as well as $1.5 million in prize-money –not to mention landing a coveted Team PokerStars Pro deal soon thereafter—and with just 52 playersRead Full Article