Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 04, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A stacked final table returned to the poker tables on Thursday to crown a champion in the largest poker tournament ever held in Spain, the 2011 PokerStars EPT Barcelona Main Event.  A total of 811 entered the tournament at the beginning of the week, and the final eightRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

It seems Ben Lamb is not going to simply concede the 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year award to Phil Hellmuth, considering Lamb will head into Day 3 of the WSOP Main Event on Thursday as the chip-leader with over 550,000 chips. Lamb will notRead Full Article

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

After his win at the 2011 WPT $25k Championship on Friday night Scott Seiver is now just an EPT win away from accomplishing the Poker Triple Crown –Seiver won a WSOP bracelet back in 2008—and has quietly amassed a very impressive $3.9 million in career tournament earnings accordingRead Full Article

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

The final table for the $25k World Poker Tour Championship is set, and leading the way is 2011 PCA Champion Galen Hall, who after making the final table told Card Player Magazine about his unusual trek to the WPT Championship which began in Madrid, Spain. Hall flew homeRead Full Article

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

It was a busy day at the Bellagio as the $25k World Poker Tour Championship went from 70 players down to just 15, with the money bubble bursting along the way. The remaining players will retake their seats later today and play down to the televised final tableRead 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

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

Despite Black Friday, which was suppose to decimate high-stakes poker tournaments, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship saw a total of 220 players register for the tournament over the course of Day 1 and during the first three levels of Day 2’s late registration period. Even though theRead Full Article

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

A total of 50 former European Poker Tour Champions gathered the day after the EPT Grand Finale Main Event concluded to take part in the first-ever Champion of Champions freeroll tournament with $100,000 in EPT Season 8 passports up for grabs. Despite the relatively low dollar amount theRead Full Article

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

Entering the final table of the €25,000 buy-in PokerStars EPT Madrid High-Roller tournament, Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier was way behind the chip-leaders, and somehow managed to hang around until three-handed play began –despite not being involved in any major confrontations—which is when ElkY finally woke-up andRead Full Article

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

When the European Poker Tour makes its way to Madrid –the new home of the Grand Finale—they will also be celebrating seven seasons of the EPT by inviting all of the tour’s previous champions to take part in a special invitation-only Champion of Champions tournament. Amazingly the EPTRead Full Article