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

Earlier this week Daniel Negreanu sat down for an interview with the website pokerplayer.co.uk, who somehow always manages to bring out the best and most controversial remarks in Daniel –you may recall it was the same outlet that Negreanu infamously referred to Annie Duke as a C***in aRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Dec 22, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After Black Friday online poker sites where starting t get bad press with stories coming out like the Full Tilt scandal. However, where Full Tilt had been taking money from players, Lock Poker decided to give back this Christmas. Lock Poker heard about a small Christmas tournament gettingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 12, 2011 Posted in Reviews | No Comments »

It’s not too often that a poker player at the top of their game takes the time to write a strategy book, but this is precisely what two-time WPT Champion Jonathan Little has done, and the end-result is a two-part tournament poker strategy book published by D&B Publishing,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 06, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The recently launched free-play online poker site Game Face has just added their second sponsored player to their roster, adding the very polarizing Men “The Master” Nguyen to their marketing campaign. Nguyen joins former WSOP Main Event Champion and poker author Tom McEvoy as representatives of the onlineRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 24, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It seems odd that as poker is seemingly waning, especially in the US that so many new players would jump into the poker game, trying to lead the next wave of poker innovations. First there was the announcement of the Epic Poker League (EPL), which was followed byRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 19, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Determining if a game is predominately skill or luck is a tricky endeavor, since even the most skillful players in the “skillful” game like blackjack cannot overcome the house advantage without resorting to card-counting. Poker on the other hand possesses enough of a skill advantage for practitioners toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 14, 2011 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

Even though poker is a game of skill and requires extreme amounts of discipline and patience by its practitioners (if they want to be successful anyway), poker players simply can’t seem to keep from betting on virtually anything –although we usually look for favorable odds while doing so!Read Full Article

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

Two of the 11 people named in the Department of Justice’s criminal complaint filed on April 15th, 2011, after the crackdown on online poker sites operating in the United States, were in court Monday. The duo is apparently pinning their hopes on the defense that poker is notRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 24, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

What 99.99% of poker players would consider a once in a lifetime score, Matt Gianetti will likely consider his $273,200 payday for winning the inaugural WPT Malta Main Event a very nice warm-up for a much more prestigious tournament, as the young poker pro has his eyes setRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s safe to say that Phil Galfond made the right decision by moving to Canada in order to continue his online poker career, and if he continues on the torrid pace he has been on during August he may just have enough money set aside to buy aRead Full Article