Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 27, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It took a miracle one-outer, but by the end of Day 3 Viktor “Isildur1” Blom was the chip-leader in the $50k Poker Players Championship, headlining a star-studded field of 26 players that remain in the hunt for one of poker’s most prestigious titles. The hand in question cameRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 12, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With Andy Bloch scratching his name off of the “Best player to never win a bracelet” list at the 2012 WSOP, and with several big names like Gus Hansen, Gavin Smith, ElkY and Phil Laak also crossing their names off last year, I figured it was time toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 12, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With Andy Bloch scratching his name off of the “Best player to never win a bracelet” list at the 2012 WSOP, and with several big names like Gus Hansen, Gavin Smith, ElkY and Phil Laak also crossing their names off last year, I figured it was time toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 11, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After an amazing Sunday at the World Series of Poker it’s hard to know precisely where to begin in this installment of the WSOP Notebook. Phil Hellmuth claimed his 12th WSOP bracelet, Phil Ivey fell just short of #8, and the $5k Limit Holdem tournament looks to beRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 03, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

As the Saturday action came to a close it was very clear that this Sunday was going to be one of the busiest days at the World Series of Poker, as two tournaments will be awarding bracelets (the $5k Mix-Max and the $1,500 Omaha 8) Day 1b ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 29, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On Memorial Day the first open-bracelet event at the 2012 World Series of Poker got underway, not to mention the first winner of the 2012 WSOP was crowned in the Casino Employee tournament. But perhaps the most interesting story of the day came via Twitter, where John KimRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 19, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Every year there are a handful of players who have a tremendous amount of success at the World Series of Poker. Often times these players seem to come out of nowhere, or are longtime professionals who finally have their breakout moment; in this column I’m going to takeRead Full Article

Posted by James Guill on Jan 04, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Every poker player has a set of goals and various dreams for their poker career.  Many are related to fame and glory and others to money.  However, for many of us playing poker is more about the experience and the memories gained during the process.  With that said,Read Full Article

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

 There was a lot going on at the final table of the 2011 World Series of Poker Ladies Championship as a man took his seat amongst the other eight remaining ladies trying to make a little WSOP history and win the pink Gold Bracelet specially designed forRead Full Article

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

With 732 total entrants the winner of the $5k No Limit Holdem 6-Max tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker will be awarded over $800k in prize-money to go along with that shiny new gold bracelet, making this the third tournament at the 2011 WSOP to awardRead Full Article