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

It’s becoming abundantly clear that outside of a few specific events around the world Main Event tournaments simply cannot last with buy-ins of over $5,000. Case in point is the €7,500 buy-in WPT Grand Prix de Paris. Last year 312 players took part in the €7,500 buy-in WPTRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 07, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the longest running WPT tournaments seems to still be going strong as the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris managed to attract a solid field of 312 players willing to put up the €7,500 entry-fee for the Main Event. The Grand Prix de Paris wasRead Full Article

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

After two starting days the first tournament on Season 8 of the European Poker Tour in Tallin, Estonia attracted a total of 282 players; a far cry from the 420 players who turned out for the same event last year. This marks the second straight major European tournamentRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 17, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The Epic Poker League is not only interested in revolutionizing live poker tournaments, since with the creation of the Global Poker Index (GPI) it appears they are also interested in revolutionizing live poker tournament rankings! The GPI is a rankings system of live tournament results over a 36-monthRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 28, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s hard to believe that we are entering the tenth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) as it seems like only a few years ago we were introduced to the tournament series that brought us Mike and Vince in the booth, created superstars like Gus Hansen andRead Full Article