Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 25, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Every day the poker world is inundated with more news, reports, and gossip, than any of us can read. At PokerNewsBoy.com we understand that there are only so many hours in the day, and only so much time you can set aside to follow all of the storiesRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 03, 2012 Posted in Interviews | No Comments »

I recently had the opportunity to read Expert Heads Up No limit Hold’ Em, by Will Tipton (you can find my review of the book here: https://pokernewsboy.com/reviews/book-review-expert-heads-up-nlhe-volume-1/13332) and Will was kind enough to answer a few questions on his book and poker in general. PokerNewsBoy.com: Could you giveRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 17, 2012 Posted in Poker Industry News | 1 Comment »

According to a report on PokerFuse.com there seems to be some grievances between the larger poker rooms on the iPoker Network and some of the smaller skins on the network. According to PokerFuse.com, the iPoker Network is considering splitting the network into two separate entities, where the flagshipRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Victor “Isildur1” Blom returned to the online poker tables at PokerStars this past weekend, and in the process managed to win more in a single weekend than any other poker player at the site has won all year, save one, Ilari “Ilari_Fin” Sahamies. Overall Blom collected roughly $1.5Read Full Article

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

According to a report at egrmagazine.com (the subscription part of the site), Facebook is preparing to enter the online poker industry in the UK; well preparing to partner with existing online poker sites in the UK by offering to host up to eight online poker companies’ software onRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 19, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

QuadJacks.com, known mainly for their poker podcasts, has been doing a bit of investigating in recent weeks and has uncovered an interesting relationship between the Full Tilt Poker store and the Lederer family. According to QuadJacks, the Full Tilt Poker store was operated by just two people (whichRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 29, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

For anyone watching the high-stakes tables at PokerStars this past weekend it may have seemed like they were watching the Full Tilt Poker tables in late 2009 when Viktor “Isildur1” Blom first made his appearance at the nosebleed poker tables. Although his weekend clash was with another FullRead Full Article

Posted by Rich on Jun 11, 2011 Posted in Poker News | Comments Off on Guoco to Take Over Rank?

Guoco are a corporation based in Hong Kong and they already own 40.8% of The Rank Group, and today they have had a bid to takeover the remaining 59.2% rejected by the Rank Group. Rank are the owners of Grosvenor Casinos and Blue Square Poker, and they runRead Full Article

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

Many people in the industry felt that without the presence of the US high-stakes poker players the nosebleed action –especially at Full Tilt Poker—might dry up quite a bit after the US online poker sites shut down, but if anything the reverse has been true, with European high-stakesRead Full Article