Posted by Carolyn on Jan 31, 2018 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

French poker pro Bertrand Grospellier commonly known as ‘ElkY’ has announced his departure from Team Pokerstars Pro after a relationship that lasted nearly 12 years. Grospellier recently made the announcement via his Twitter account but did not precisely confirm why he decided to part ways after a relationshipRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Nov 08, 2017 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Chris Ferguson is going to be crowned 2017 World Series of Poker Player of the Year (POY). This news was announced by the World Series of Poker (WSOP)earlier this week via Twitter after the elimination of John Racener who was in second place in the race for WSOPRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Sep 22, 2017 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

The poker industry were treated to a lot of entertainment off the felt as two legendary poker players got into a long Twitter war discussing who was the number one poker player in the world. Phill Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu have already made it into the Poker HallRead Full Article

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

The full roster for the upcoming NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship was released today, and now that the entire 64 player field is known I thought I would take a look at some of the favorites amongst the field. First, here is a look at the complete 64Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 22, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A lot of big name poker pros have been doing very well in this go- round of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker. This time it was Team PokerStars pro Jason Mercier doing the honors by capturing the title in Event #42, a $1,000 buy-in No LimitRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 14, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In a very long heads-up battle, that lasted nearly 4 hours, Jason Mercier outlasted a very game Sam Stein to capture the PokerStars North American Poker Tour High-Roller title –and the $350,000 that went to the winner. In what was one of the better heads-up battle in aRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 13, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With a lower than expected turnout for the PokerStars North American Poker Tour High-Roller Bounty Shootout the structure was changed to a 6-max event; with 5 tables of 6 players and a single table of 5 players. Looking for a turnout in the high 70’s to low 80’s,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 07, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The elite eight is set to return to the poker tables at Caesars Palace on Sunday, and headlining the remaining field will be the 76 year-old 10-time WSOP bracelet winner Doyle Brunson. Along the way Doyle has defeated Brock Parker, who won back-to-back bracelets at the 2009 WSOP;Read Full Article