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

The Aussie Millions is officially over, and the big winners were Dan Smith (who captured the $100k Challenge title, Phil Ivey (who not only won the $250k Challenge tournament but also finished 12th in the Aussie Millions main Event), and Australian poker pro Oliver Speidel (who captured theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 29, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Phil Ivey is back! Since last April the world’s best poker player in many people’s minds has been MIA in the poker world, but after being spotted at the APT Macau tournament he showed up for the 2012 Aussie Millions , and it’s safe to say that heRead Full Article

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

If the Bahamas wasn’t at the top of Galen Hall’s list of favorite destinations after winning the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event, it could very well be by the end of Saturday. Hall is currently the chip-leader heading into the final table of the $100k buy-inRead Full Article

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

It seems like the Super-High-Roller tournaments may be here to stay as the $100k buy-in tournament that kicked off the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) came very close to last year’s mark of 38 entrants on Thursday, with a total of 34 players registering for the event. AsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 19, 2011 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

One of the first promotions PokerStars started hyping for its 10th Anniversary was the Sunday Million tournament scheduled for December 18th, 2011. Yesterday’s tournament touted an impressive $10 million guarantee as well as a $2 million guaranteed prize for the winner of the historic event. The undertaking wasRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 11, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

While the 2011 World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic was playing down to the final table (and what a final table it will be) another tournament with a massive prize-pool was taking place, but unlike the WPT Championship which drew 411 players this tournament wasRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 10, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With just one more day of poker left to be played in the European Poker Tour Prague Main Event it will be Martin Finger and Nicholas Levi who will take commanding chip-leads into Saturday’s final table action. The duo controls roughly 11.5 million of the roughly 22.5 millionRead Full Article

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

The Macau poker scene is best known for the ultra-high-stakes cash-games that take place in what has become known as the Las Vegas of the Near East, but there is also a major poker tournament that is the genesis of those high-stakes poker games, the APT Macau MainRead Full Article

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

From November 13th to the 17th Party Poker will be at the Playboy Club London in Mayfair for the PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker Mixed Game Championship. The Premiere League is an invitation-only event featuring a hefty $25,000 buy-in that will appear on Sky Sports in the UK, andRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 01, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

2010 World Poker Tour (WPT) Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger is further proving that his brilliant 2010 campaign was far from a fluke. The Wall Streeter turned poker pro has already captured a coveted WSOP bracelet in 2011 and now finds himself back in familiar territory, atRead Full Article