Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 23, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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Howard Lederer’s interview with PokerNews.com took up most of the headline space in the poker world this past week, and what little was left was filled by WPT tournaments and the WSOP Europe, pushing a number of interesting stories off the front pages. So, here is a lookRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 08, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Stars Main Event saw the field shed 129 players of the 149 players that sat down on Wednesday for Day 2 of the tournament. The players were nearly able to get to the predetermined goal of justRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

When the police contacted Jonathan Duhamel to tell him that they had finally recovered his missing 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Championship bracelet they probably started the conversation with the adage, “We have GOOD news and BAD news.” The bracelet was stolen along with over $100kRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 07, 2012 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

Where to begin! There were so many stories over the past week in the world of poker that it will be hard to fit them all in this article. There are updates on the Jonathan Duhamel robbery situation, Thor Hansen’s battle with cancer, the Entraction Network has beenRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 14, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Jonathan Duhamel went into the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure looking to put 2011 behind him; not because the 2010 World Series of Poker Champion had poor results in 2011, but because of the violent home invasion and robbery he went through just prior to Christmas. From his resultsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 13, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The brazen daytime home invasion, assault, and robbery of 2010 World Series of Poker Champion Jonathan Duhamel in his home outside of Montreal seems to have captivated the Canadian Press thanks to the twists and turns, wild testimony by the defendants, and conspiratorial actions of Duhamel’s ex-girlfriend BiancaRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 13, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With the 2012 PCA Main Event playing down to the final table, the numerous poker superstars who failed to reach the penultimate day of the Main Event found another tournament in the Bahamas where the final table participants would all receive at least a six-figure payday, the $25kRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 08, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Team PokerStars Pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom seems to have recharged his batteries after a long layoff from both the online and live poker tables. Blom. Who was basically MIA from PokerStars and the live tournament scene from the summer until December managed to tally over $1 million atRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 07, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

If the Bahamas wasn’t at the top of Galen Hall’s list of favorite destinations after winning the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event, it could very well be by the end of Saturday. Hall is currently the chip-leader heading into the final table of the $100k buy-inRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 29, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Four people have been arrested for last week’s brazen daytime home invasion, beating, and robbery of 2012 World Series of Poker Champion Jonathan Duhamel according to the Montreal Gazette. Mark David, a spokesman for the Agglomeration de Longueuil police department, stated that four people (three men and oneRead Full Article