Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 25, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s been four years since a World Poker Tour tournament has been held on Canadian soil, but considering the record-setting field that massed at the Playground Poker Club for the WPT Montreal, the WPT will likely make Canada a regular stop on the tour. Thanks to the twoRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 16, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s been a long road for poker pro Tony Gregg, and while he has the respect and admiration of his peers in the poker community, and even some very famous people like Michael Phelps who sent Gregg a congratulatory Tweet, he has been shutout when it comes toRead Full Article

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

It was a strange week for poker pro Ryan Eriquezzo, first there was the very public breakup with his girlfriend, fellow poker pro Amanda Musumeci, that saw far too much dirty laundry aired on the Twitterverse; then Eriquezzo had to get ready for the $1,000,000 WSOPC National Championship invitationalRead Full Article

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

After a disappointing turnout on Day 1a of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event the turnout on Day 1b more than made up for the paltry 1,088 players that registered on Day 1a of the tournament. With the final tally coming in at 2,144 players theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 08, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Yesterday the 39 remaining players (from a starting field of 157) took to the tables at the Rio to play down to the final table of the World Series of Poker Circuit Series National Championship. The WSOPC National Championship is a $1,000,000 freeroll for the 14 winners andRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 02, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After having been shutout for the entirety of the 2009, 2010, and 2011 World Series of poker tournament series, the ladies came on strong at the 2012 WSOP, capturing two bracelets, and making a dozen final tables, including two-runner-up finishes, and there is still a full week ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 19, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It may not be an “official” open-event at the World Series of Poker, but with over 4,100 entrants the Seniors Tournament has everything needed to make Allyn Jaffrey-Shulman’s win on Monday good enough in my book to put an end to the bracelet drought that dates back toRead Full Article

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

Tonight marks the first installment of Season 3 of Filthy Limper Radio, but it also marks the beginning of a new era for the long-running poker podcast, and poker radio in general, as the show’s new home VegasPokerRadio.com officially launched this week. VegasPokerRadio.com launched earlier this week withRead Full Article

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

There was a lot of tournament action on Wednesday at the WSOP, and just a day after Viktor Blom made his WSOP debut, Doyle Brunson did the same, playing in his first 2012 WSOP event on Wednesday. Here is a look at what was going on at theRead Full Article

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

A pair of double bracelet winners, Brian Rast and Greg Mueller, advanced to the final table of Event #9, the $1,500 NLHE tournament with reentries. In addition to Rast and Mueller, Amanda Musumeci continued the good run of women at the 2012 WSOP, as she enters the finalRead Full Article