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

The public voting stage of the 2011 Poker Hall of Fame induction process is now complete, and it is now on to the next step; where the Top 10, eligible, vote-getters will be voted on by a select group of 17 men and women from the poker mediaRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 05, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

On September 2nd, 2011, Kristy Gazes, Phyllis Caro, and Margie Heinz will join 10 other women as Women in Poker Hall of Fame members. The three inductees were chosen from a short-list that was announced in early July that also included Ku Nan “Nani” Dollison and JJ Liu,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 03, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

Woman Poker Player Magazine announced the winners of their first-ever Maven Awards on Monday, designed to celebrate the advancement of women in poker. The Maven Awards honor women in poker as well as the entities in the poker world that recognize, contribute to, and encourage women to participateRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 23, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

Founded in 2008, the Women in Poker Hall of Fame has grown to include 10 of the most successful women in poker history, some high-level pros, some industry insiders, and some that can be considered true pioneers for women in poker. In 2008, the inaugural class of fourRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 01, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One lawsuit goes away and another one appears to take its place, so is the saga of Full Tilt Poker after Black Friday. Just when the beleaguered online poker room thought it was making some headway in resolving its problems in repaying US poker players who can noRead Full Article

Posted by Rich on Jun 25, 2011 Posted in Poker News | Comments Off on World Team Poker Championships Postponed

Next month was going to see the second World Team Poker Championships taking place, but due to all the upheaval in online poker over the last two weeks they have been postponed until further notice. The championships were due to start on 24th May at the South PointRead 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 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 Aug 13, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The Game Show network is set to unveil a new type of poker game this Saturday at 9PM when the $50,000 buy-in Doubles Poker Championship is set to air. The format of the game has two partners playing a hand of poker against another team of two: OneRead Full Article