Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 09, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Yesterday we worried the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure might not reach 1,000 entrants for the first time since 2008, but a solid turnout on Day 1b of the event put those fears to rest. In all 654 players registered on Day 1b of the tournament, which when addedRead 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 Oct 03, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s not very often that a day 1 chip-leader continues to top the leader-board at the end of Day 2 in a major tournament, but this is precisely what Benny Spindler was able to accomplish at the 2011 Pokerstars EPT London Main Event. Spindler, the Day 1b chip-leader,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 02, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The PokerStars EPT was expecting a record-setting turnout for the 2011 EPT PokerStars London Main Event, but hopes were quickly dashed when Day 1a of the tournament attracted a less than overwhelming 280 entrants –in 2010 Day 1a attendance was 339. On Day 1b the tournament would needRead Full Article

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

It was a long day at the Rio as over 1,800 well-rested players returned to continue their quest for poker immortality at the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event after their brief respite on Wednesday. Despite action all over the place, with big name poker pros andRead Full Article

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

After a so-so turnout on Day 1a of the final $1k NLHE tournament of the 2011 World Series of Poker, yesterday’s massive field of over 2,600 entrants came virtually out of nowhere, and not since the initial $1k Stimulus Special tournament back in 2009 has the World SeriesRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

What happened to Seven-Card-Stud? The once popular poker format has been steadily declining over the last decade in terms of popularity, and at the 2011 World Series of Poker this was on full display as the $10k Seven-Card-Stud Championship drew an identical number of participants as the $10kRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 12, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

So much for Black Friday negatively impacting the attendance numbers at the 2011 World Series of Poker! Yet another tournament has broken a record in terms of attendance, this time the $1,500 No Limit Holdem event which bested the previous mark, set in 2007, by six entries. ARead Full Article