Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 17, 2012 Posted in Poker News | 2 Comments »

I suppose if I was beaten and tied-up in my house, and over the course of the next few weeks won over $1.2 million I might go out looking for trouble –trying to replicate my beat-down run-good—which is precisely what Jonathan Duhamel seems to have done after aRead 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

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

A familiar name sits atop the 144 players remaining in the 2011 EPT San Remo Main Event, as 2010 November Niner Joseph Cheong will head into Day 3 as the chip-leader, topping the charts with 632,000 in chips. Cheong has had a decent amount of success since hisRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 04, 2011 Posted in Interviews, Reviews | No Comments »

Dominate No-Limit Hold’ Em: A Guide to the Math and Psychology of Poker, was written by Daniel Ashman and published by D&B Poker. Over the years I’ve read hundreds of poker books, first as a poker player and now a writer for the industry, and one of my favoriteRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 08, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The fact that most of the US online poker community has been forced to sit out the 2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) hasn’t hindered some of the biggest names in online poker from flourishing in the 2-day old tournament series. After Ashley “DYBYBX” Mason triumphedRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 09, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Despite nobody in the top 10 producing any meaningful results this past week there was a big surge by Erik Seidel, who shot all the way up to #2 on the leader-board –although he was sitting at #3 so its not that impressive– bypassing Jason Mercier, but fallingRead Full Article

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

 There was a lot going on at the final table of the 2011 World Series of Poker Ladies Championship as a man took his seat amongst the other eight remaining ladies trying to make a little WSOP history and win the pink Gold Bracelet specially designed forRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 03, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 2 Comments »

On Sunday we might just have our first red-faced, and heavily booed, winner of a World Series of Poker bracelet considering Jonathan Epstein is currently sitting in 7th place with 14 players remaining in the $1k Ladies Championship. And no, Jonathan is not a cutesy name given toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 27, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It may not be winning the Main Event that he had a shot at taking down last year, but 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event final table participant Matt Jarvis came through with his first WSOP bracelet in the $5k No Limit Holdem tournament on Sunday. TheRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Mixed Games have come a long over the past few years, evidenced by the nearly 1,000 entrants in the $1,500 HORSE tournament; a tournament that in 2008 attracted just over 800 participants and wasn’t even on the schedule in 2007! With more and more players starting to branchRead Full Article