Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 29, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After two Day 1 starting flights the World Poker Tour stop in Jacksonville attracted a total of 320 entries, which includes 63 re-entries by players who busted on Day 1a and put-up another $5,000 to play on Day 1b of the event. The Bestbet Jacksonville Open as theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 20, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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Every week in the Friday Wrap we try to bring you a recap of the top stories from the world of poker, but occasionally we have to veer off-track and update our readers on some of the stories they may have missed over the course of the week.Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 18, 2012 Posted in Reviews | No Comments »

The second and final installment of two-time World Poker Tour Champion Jonathan Little’s tournament poker strategy books is now available, and the poker world has been wondering if Volume 2 will be able to live-up to the expectations and reach or surpass the very high-bar set by VolumeRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 06, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After a long day at the Bay 101 poker tables 54 of the 142 players that registered on Day 1a of the WPT Championship event, the Bay 101 Shooting Stars, remained in the hunt for the title. The remaining players will now wait for Day 1b to commence,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 26, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With late registration open until the start of Day 2 on Saturday the World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic saw the total number of entrants jump from the 523 players who registered on Friday to 549 by the time the tournament recommenced on Saturday. At the end ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 13, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After two full days of action the World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open stop in Hollywood, Florida has just 34 players remaining in the hunt for the title, and the $268k first-place prize-money (as well as the $25k seat in the Season X WPT Championship at theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 12, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

At the same time that the World Poker Tour Venice Grand Prix was coming to a close, the tour found itself in Florida for the inaugural World Poker Tour Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open, a re-entry tournament with a $3,500 buy-in and two starting days. Unfortunately forRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 30, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The Aussie Millions is officially over, and the big winners were Dan Smith (who captured the $100k Challenge title, Phil Ivey (who not only won the $250k Challenge tournament but also finished 12th in the Aussie Millions main Event), and Australian poker pro Oliver Speidel (who captured theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 13, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With the 2012 PCA Main Event playing down to the final table, the numerous poker superstars who failed to reach the penultimate day of the Main Event found another tournament in the Bahamas where the final table participants would all receive at least a six-figure payday, the $25kRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 12, 2011 Posted in Interviews | No Comments »

I recently had the opportunity to talk with two-time World Poker Tour Champion Jonathan Little, touching upon a number of topics ranging from Black Friday to his new poker book, Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker. Little is currently playing in the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic MainRead Full Article