Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 13, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It was a strange week for poker pro Ryan Eriquezzo, first there was the very public breakup with his girlfriend, fellow poker pro Amanda Musumeci, that saw far too much dirty laundry aired on the Twitterverse; then Eriquezzo had to get ready for the $1,000,000 WSOPC National Championship invitationalRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 08, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Yesterday the 39 remaining players (from a starting field of 157) took to the tables at the Rio to play down to the final table of the World Series of Poker Circuit Series National Championship. The WSOPC National Championship is a $1,000,000 freeroll for the 14 winners andRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 01, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

Earlier this year poker players were in an uproar over PokerStars changes to their VIP Program as well as to the rake structure for certain games. The site’s efforts to reward the more casual players on the site (while at the same time making VIP thresholds more difficultRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 31, 2012 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

  May 31, 2012 marks the official launch of the Revolution Gaming Network. Lock Poker officially left the Merge Gaming Network at Midnight on May 31, with the site bringing its substantial player base to the Revolution Gaming Network (formerly the Cake Poker Network). Unhappy with the MergeRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 29, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On Friday the newly minted Revolution Gaming Network will come online, as Lock Poker’s purchase of the Cake Poker Network will finally come to fruition with the launch of the newly branded Revolution Gaming Network. You can visit the new launch page at www.RevolutionGaming.eu In a short pressRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 17, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | 1 Comment »

Poker players are starting to get an idea of what the new Revolution Gaming Network, led by Lock Poker, will offer when it’s officially launched on June 1, 2012. Earlier this week Lock Poker announced it would be bringing back its very popular Ronin Rake Chase, with overRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 15, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

In honor of their purchase of the Cake Poker Network, and their upcoming move to the new network, Lock Poker has announced its first order of business will be reinstating the Ronin Rake Race, one of the most popular promotions ever run at the site. The new versionRead Full Article

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

Jonathan Little is a two-time World Poker Tour Champion, and author of one of the hottest selling poker books in recent memory, Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker Volume 1. Little’s publishing company recently released the eagerly anticipated Volume 2 of this series, with many including this author believingRead Full Article

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

In a first of its kind move, the world’s largest online poker site, PokerStars, has announced a scheduled meeting with representatives from the poker community in an effort to open a dialogue between the two sides. The announcement comes on the heels of a severe backlash by theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 03, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Yet another player has been removed from the Team PokerStars Pro roster as European Poker Tour founder John Duthie confirmed he had parted ways with his longtime sponsor PokerStars on the 2+2 Poker Forum. In addition to founding the EPT, Duthie is also an accomplished poker player inRead Full Article