Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 05, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

An edited-down video with some spliced-in Godfather movie screen-shots and theme music of the 2009 Partouche Poker Tour Main Event final table that has been making the rounds on French poker websites is now getting wider coverage. The video appears to show two of the participants Jean PaulRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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There were a number of “odd” poker stories over the past couple of days, so I thought I’d collect them all together and get you caught up on the more head-scratching stories that have come out of the poker world over the past week; enjoy! WPT Player ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 11, 2012 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

After rumors, and later confirmations, that Howard Lederer was playing in a $400/$800 Mixed-Game at the Aria, and also in Bobby’s Room at the Bellagio, the poker world lit-up the usual social media outlets to express their opinions on whether or not Howard Lederer should show his faceRead Full Article

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

Every so often (sometimes more often like this week) there are stories in the poker world that are a little bit on the bizarre or unimportant side that are just so good they need to be reported. So here is another look at some of the off-the-beaten-path pokerRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 31, 2012 Posted in Interviews | No Comments »

It’s been a long time since the poker world had a site try to take an innovative and creative approach to their gaming client, which is precisely what the new online poker site Fresh Deck Poker is trying to do as they prepare for their official launch date,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 26, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There was some very strange goings on at the Rio yesterday as a player had $50,000 jacked from them at a poker table while they had walked away. In this installment of the WSOP Notebook I’ll touch on this breaking story as well as fill you in onRead Full Article

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

We have reached the official halfway mark of the 2012 World Series of poker and the tournaments are coming fast and furious, making it very hard to pick which stories demand the most attention. Fortunately I have the WSOP Notebook to deal with the overflow, and today thereRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 15, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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World Series of Poker aside there was A LOT of news coming out of the poker world this past week, with everything from the International Stadium Poker Tour (ISPT), the Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars deal, and even an auction for the assets of the Federated Sports +Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 16, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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This past weekend was the one-year anniversary of Black Friday, one of the blackest moments in poker history, and an event that caused a seismic shift in the current poker world. In addition to the dubious anniversary the weekend also brought a number of other headlines, including theRead Full Article

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

Scott Seiver started the eight-man final table of the Party Poker Premier League V final table as one of the shortest stacks in the field, starting with 300,000 chips. Seiver’s tally was 100,000 less than chip-leader Mathew Frankland, but by the end of the day it would beRead Full Article