Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 07, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 1b of the 2012 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Stars Main Event saw a very rare feat accomplished; the tournament actually saw a decline in attendance from Day 1a to Day 1b! On Day 1a of the event 142 players registered for the $10,000 buy-in event thatRead 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 17, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Joe Tehan will be taking a massive chip-lead into Saturday’s Day 4 action at the Epic Poker League Main Event thanks to an incredibly fortuitous hand that eliminated Vanessa Rousso and Faraz Jaka on the bubble. Before I explain precisely what happened in the hand I think it’sRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 16, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 2 of the third Epic Poker League Main Event began with Erik Seidel as the chip-leader, headlining the field of 61 of the world’s best poker players. However, Seidel was eliminated in 32nd place on Day 2, ending his chance to make his third straight Epic pokerRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 12, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 2 Comments »

If Chino Rheem makes the final table of the Epic Poker League currently taking place at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas (UPDATE: Rheem did in fact make today’s final table) you can likely expect a larger than average rail, with many players who are owed money byRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 30, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The final table of Event #47 –yes the 2011 WSOP is nearing completion—a $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card-Stud hi/lo tournament, was one of the best of the 2011 WSOP with names like Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi, 1998 Main Event Champion Scotty Nguyen, and high-stakes poker pro Abe Mosseri. But in theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 22, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The second running of the $10k HORSE Championship saw practically no change in attendance from last year when 241 players entered the tournament –this time around 240 players registered for the tournament. As with all mixed-games and $10k Championship events the field was basically made up of pokerRead 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 Steve Ruddock on Nov 08, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi Started the final table of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event with a mere 14 million in chips; good for 7th place out of the nine remaining players, but “The Grinder” was able to steadily increase his stack, first by knocking outRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jul 29, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 2010 November Nine have been chosen. This year’s table has quite a large range of skill sets from complete newbie’s to day in day out poker professionals. Only one can walk away and make poker history by becoming the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event championRead Full Article