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

With 2,031 players starting Day 2a of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event on Monday –actually 2,030, since Phil Hellmuth thought he was playing Day 2b and almost was blinded off as he showed up extremely late—the Rio had another full house on its hands, withRead 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 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 03, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Two of the three scheduled WSOP Grudge Matches took place yesterday with one player proving his win wasn’t a fluke, while another poker great got some redemption over 20 years later. The first match of the day was a rematch of the 1989 World Series of Poker MainRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

We are T-Minus 5 and counting until the start of the 2011 World Series of Poker on May 31, when the $500 Casino Employees tournament and the $25,000 Heads-Up No limit Holdem Championship get underway, and in this article I’ll take a look at the living legends ofRead 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 Gerry Poltorak on Oct 08, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Since 2007 the online poker community Pokerspace.com has been pitting teams of poker players against one another for a shot at getting a free trip to Las Vegas in their unique poker team competition, the Crew Cup competition. The poker social network just released information on its newestRead 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

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 16, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It was an eventful day at the 2010 World Series of poker, and as the field shrank from 204 to just 78 there was one very significant elimination: Johnny Chan. Chan was amongst the chip-leaders throughout the tournament, but saw his hopes at a third Main Event ChampionshipRead Full Article

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

With 4 Days in the books the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event has burst the money bubble and left just 574 players still in contention for the near $9 million first-place payday. Among those 574 hopefuls are a slew of poker’s biggest stars, including a numberRead Full Article