Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 17, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The Epic Poker League is not only interested in revolutionizing live poker tournaments, since with the creation of the Global Poker Index (GPI) it appears they are also interested in revolutionizing live poker tournament rankings! The GPI is a rankings system of live tournament results over a 36-monthRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 05, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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With online poker players raising their hands in frustration as poker sites are being shutdown and having their licenses pulled, Party Poker has come up with an innovative reason to join one of the most popular, and 100% legal, online poker rooms in the world by eliminating allRead Full Article

Posted by Rich on Jun 29, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The WSOP has been taking up most of the post on PNB for the last few weeks, so unfortunitly we have missed out on some other stories from the last 2 weeks. Here is the stories we have missed. 17/6/11 UKIPT Season 2 Gets Underway in Newcastle’s AsperRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 20, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the most exclusive clubs in the poker world is the Triple Crown –players who have won a World Series of Poker bracelet, a World Poker Tour Championship, and a European Poker Tour Championship. With just four current members, the Triple Crown is one of tournament poker’sRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 18, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the most disappointing performances by players making the switch from online poker to the live poker tournament trail has to be Shaun Deeb. The online legend who has won just about every major tournament at every online poker room has for whatever reason managed only limitedRead Full Article

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

David Diaz may not be a recognizable name to the casual poker fan –or even to most hardcore followers of the tournament poker trail—but the Tennessee native is playing in his third World Series of Poker, and is a regular in the poker tournaments in the Southeast UnitedRead Full Article

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

We are T-Minus 6 and counting until the start of the 2011 World Series of Poker on May 31, when the $500 Casino Employees tournament and the $25,000 Heads-Up No limit Holdem Championship get underway, and in this article I’ll take a look at a few of theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 22, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In the olden days of poker –way back, before 2003!—the most prestigious tournament you could win was the World Series of Poker Main Event, and after that it was basically a WSOP bracelet of any kind. The more bracelets you had, the more accolades were heaped upon you.Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 16, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Despite Black Friday, which was suppose to decimate high-stakes poker tournaments, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship saw a total of 220 players register for the tournament over the course of Day 1 and during the first three levels of Day 2’s late registration period. Even though theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 15, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With attendance down virtually across the board at poker tournaments around the world since Black Friday, few people were expecting the $25,000 buy-in WPT Championship to be able to match last year’s attendance mark of 195 players. But lo and behold, on Day 1 of the tournament 188Read Full Article