Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 25, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

According to the numbers that were thrown around on Andrew Robl’s Twitter last night, the big cash-games have once again sprung-up around the APT Macau tournament, and they could be even bigger than ever this year. According to a post on his Twitter account, the young poker star,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 02, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event final table is fast approaching and in this column I want to explore what each particular November Niner would mean to poker should they win the WSOP Main Event. Good for poker: * Phil Collins Collins is the poster-child forRead Full Article

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

With a record-setting field and nearly $1 million set to be awarded to the winner of the 2011 WPT Borgata Poker Open tensions were running extremely high from the outset. There was no better evidence of this than a near altercation between final table chip-leader Fred Goldberg andRead Full Article

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

As the reality of Black Friday begins to set in for many US-based online poker players, on poker site has decided to help these poker players relocate to other countries where they will once again be able to resume their online poker careers. PocketFives.com has launched a PokerRead Full Article

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

After months of press releases, announcements, marketing and PR campaigns, op-ed columns, and professional poker players chiming in with their two-cents, the Epic Poker league began its life on Friday with its inaugural Pro-Am tournament, which will award 9 seats into the $20k buy-in Main Event. The Pro-AmRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 01, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

What started out as a simple announcement in January that Annie Duke and Jeffrey Pollack would be forming a professionals-only poker league–which at the time seemed like an absolute disaster in the making—has taken a long strange trip to where it is today, with the Epic Poker LeagueRead Full Article

Posted by James Guill on Jul 02, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The Ladies Event kicked off today at the 2011 World Series of Poker and as seems to almost be a tradition every year, about a dozen or so men have decided that it would be cute to try and play in the event.  They try and hide behindRead Full Article

Posted by James Guill on Jun 22, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

If you look at the winners from most of the events from the 2011 WSOP, you will notice that many of them are pros.  They may not be pros you have ever heard of, but many are true professional poker players.  Geffrey Klein and Foster Hays are theRead Full Article

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

Yet another professional poker pro captured their first World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2011 WSOP on Wednesday; this time around it was John Monnette who broke through with a win in the $2,500 8-Game Mix tournament. Monnette traversed the 489 player field over three days, andRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 07, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

If you live in a cold northern climate, and are an avid poker player, you may want to book a trip to the Bahamas in early January when the PokerStars PCA tournament series is set to take place. The PCA has grown into one of the largest pokerRead Full Article