Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 15, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The Season XI World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris Main Event final table is set, and it is one of the toughest lineups of the year, with six very talented poker players competing for the €400,000 first-place-prize, as well as the title of WPT Grand PrixRead Full Article

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 10, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The controversial Partouche Poker Tour Main Event isn’t the only tournament series taking place, even if it is dominating the headlines for all the wrong reasons. So here is a look at some of the other tournament action going on around the world. Final table of the UKIPTRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 09, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The story in the poker world the past week was the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event where event organizers claimed there was never a €5 million guarantee associated with the tournament, despite numerous mentions of it on their own website and across the internet. After a scathing speechRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 07, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

The race is on! Last week we told you about an upcoming Lock Poker promotion that will run through the month of September called the Battle of the Knights. The Battle of the Knights features two separate challenges: One is a rake chase that will be awarding playersRead Full Article

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

With a €1,000,000 first-place prize and some of the biggest names in poker in attendance it was supposed to be a magical week in Cannes, France with the Partouche Poker Tour making headlines around the poker world. The tournament is definitely making headlines, but for all the wrongRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 03, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

The race is on! Last week we told you about an upcoming Lock Poker promotion that will run through the month of September called the Battle of the Knights. The Battle of the Knights is a rake chase that will be awarding players on two separate leader-boards, oneRead Full Article

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

With the EPT Barcelona and WPT Legends of Poker dominating the headlines a number of tournaments (including side events at these two major tournament stops) have been overlooked. So here are some of the tournament results you may have missed over the past week or so. 2012 EPTRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 28, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Three $10k buy-in events; a $5,200 buy-in Main Event with a million-dollar prize guaranteed to the winner; the Player of the Series leader-board; and a total of 65 tournaments in 22 days, with at least $30 million up for grabs… Welcome to the 2012 PokerStars World Championship ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 21, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There are a lot of poker tournaments currently taking place; A LOT. It seems like every poker Google Alert I receive is about some tournament taking place that I wasn’t even aware of, which was precisely the case when it came to the BLUFF Magazine Mid-Stakes Poker TourRead Full Article