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

We’re now in the middle of August and with the 2012 World Series of Poker now firmly behind us the other tours are getting rolling, and this week and the next we have two of the biggest tournaments of the year virtually going to head-to-head in the PokerStarsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 27, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

From July 12 through July 22 PokerStars will be running their second MicroMillions tournament series. The MicroMillions tournament series gives players who lack the bankroll to play in events such as the PokerStars WCOOP or SCOOP series the chance to test their skills in a tournament series whereRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the most provocative stops on the European Poker Tour over the past few years has been the EPT Berlin. The EPT Berlin got off to an inauspicious start in 2010 when the final stages tournament was the scene for an event usually reserved for movie plots:Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 17, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

Edit: We are sorry to announce that currently the LockOps has been cancelled. Less than a month after successfully wrapping-up their first online poker tournament series, the Poker Maximus, Lock Poker is back at it, this time with the announcement of the LockOps Tournament Series. The LockOps TournamentRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 28, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 70-event Poker Maximus tournament series that recently wrapped on Lock Poker, and the rest of the Merge Gaming Network, was a huge success for the largest US-facing online poker network. The tournament series guaranteed $2.5 million in prize-pools, a number that the players at Merge Gaming easilyRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 27, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

On Monday, just a day after the conclusion of the site’s MicroMillions tournament series PokerStars announced the preliminary schedule for the 2012 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). The schedule is not finalized according to the PokerStars blog, with PokerStars looking for feedback from players before theyRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 10, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

Poker players have been pining for the fast-paced Rush Poker developed by Full Tilt Poker (or a similar version from another online poker site) ever since the site went offline in late June 2011. Now it appears that PokerStars is preparing for their real-money launch of their RushRead Full Article

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

Lock Poker and PokerNewsBoy.com are teaming up for a very special offer that gives Lock Poker players participating in the upcoming Poker Maximus tournament series a chance to win a free entry into Event #67, the $109 Poker Maximus Main Event, or an entry into Event #68, theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 28, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

As quickly as the idea of six-figure buy-in poker tournaments came into fashion last year, it seems, like the latest fashion trend, that there shelf-life was no more than Season as they have just as quickly become passé in the poker world judging by the attendance numbers fromRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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The World Series of Poker Circuit Series was in Hammond this past week and the turnout for the Main Event was impressive to say the least. The WSOPC Hammond shattered the attendance record for a WSOPC Main Event as 1,615 decided to take their shot at what wouldRead Full Article