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

When the World Series of Poker is in town, the hundreds of millions dollars up for grabs in the weeks-long tournament series isn’t the only money changing hands. With so many top level poker players and tourists in town the Rio, and other bigger casinos on the LasRead Full Article

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

There were a lot of interesting tidbits coming out of the Rio on Friday including a few new names being added and subtracted from the Big One for One Drop entry list. We also saw a record set on Friday during the $5k NLHE tournament, as well asRead Full Article

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

In 2010 Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi turned his WSOP career around (and his life for that matter) when he won the $50k Poker Players Championship, which was astonishingly Mizrachi’s first WSOP bracelet. Mizrachi then went on to final table the 2010 WSOP Main Event, finishing 5th, etching hisRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 23, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

William Reynolds is one of Daniel Negreanu’s favorite poker players, and perhaps his close friendship with the outspoken poker legend was the impetus for Reynolds firing off on a number of current poker players during a recent interview with QuadJacks. Reynolds has been a regular guest on QuadJacks,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 20, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

While Phil Ivey was busy locking up his fifth final table of the 2012 WSOP there were plenty of other stories going on all around the Rio. Here is a look at some of the stories that you may have missed if you’re not following Twitter and otherRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 17, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A day after some lighthearted back-and- forth on Twitter regarding the poker forum rumors that Andrew Feldman was the player Sam Trickett anonymously said had stolen from him, it appears the two may in fact have had a falling out, adding more fuel to the fire that theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 14, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The gossip and rumors were few and far between over the past couple of days, and the early controversies have seemed to have died down, so in this installment of the WSOP Notebook I’ll be looking at a couple of the bigger stories to keep an eye onRead Full Article

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

After adding yet another World Series of Poker bracelet to his already record of 11, Phil Hellmuth is starting to change people’s opinions of where the self-titled “Poker Brat” stands when compared to other legends of the game. Just two years ago I would have told you thatRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 10, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After both players came up short in Event #15, the $5k Stud 8 or better tournament, Phil Ivey and Phil Hellmuth are right back in the swing of things, making another final day of a WSOP tournament, but this time the pair will be playing on the finalRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 10, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

For the third timed in the past three years Matt Matros has won a World Series of Poker bracelet, after winning the $1,500 No Limit Holdem 6-Max tournament on Saturday. Matros is a longtime tournament poker player who burst onto the poker scene in the early years ofRead Full Article