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

In what was an amazing final table, filled with some of the best and most recognizable names in the poker world, it was the two players with the most experience who would find themselves battling for the $10k No Limit 2-7 Lowball Championship. Phil Hellmuth was seeking anRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 11, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In 2008 Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in a $5k PLO tournament that featured a final table many consider to be the toughest of all-time. In addition to Galfond the players battling for the $5k PLO championship included Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu,Read Full Article

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

Day 2 of the $10k Pot Limit Holdem Championship saw play halted shortly after Daniel Negreanu was eliminated in 28th place just one spot shy of cashing in the tournament. The 27 remaining players will now come back to the Rio on Sunday and jockey for position asRead Full Article

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

With two tournaments on the docket the 2011 World Series of Poker kicked-off on Tuesday at the Rio in Las Vegas with some of the best known poker players in attendance to play on Day 1 of Event #2, the $25k Heads-Up Championship. Before the $25k Heads-Up ChampionshipRead Full Article

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

With attendance down virtually across the board at poker tournaments around the world since Black Friday, few people were expecting the $25,000 buy-in WPT Championship to be able to match last year’s attendance mark of 195 players. But lo and behold, on Day 1 of the tournament 188Read 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 PokerFelts on Oct 06, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Following a winning performance within the European Poker Tour London Main Event after seeing off four times World Series of Poker bracelet winner John Juanda and adding a first place payout of £900,000 to his bankroll, the Scot has managed to repeat his fine form to win anotherRead Full Article

Posted by PokerFelts on Oct 06, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The European Poker Tour London Main Event has been in action for the last 6 days and with a record breaking player field of 848 players, you can see why the action took so long to play out completely. The tournament saw both amateur and more experienced pokerRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 05, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After four quick eliminations to begin the final day of the PokerStars European Poker Tour London tournament, the action slowed down considerably as the remaining players were extremely deep-stacked for this point in a major poker tournament. In the end it was poker superstar and Team Full TiltRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 31, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A stacked final table with a brother vs. brother confrontation was the likely catalyst for the 15% ratings boost ESPN’s 2010 World Series of Poker coverage garnered for the season’s opening episode. The action revolved around the $50k buy-in Players Championship, one of the most coveted tournament titlesRead Full Article