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

In a year when top tournament players have amassed some amazing records and numbers –Sam Trickett, Erik Seidel, Jake Cody, Bertrand Grospellier, Chris Moorman, Eugene Katchalov, Ben Lamb, and so on– Andrey Pateychuk has quietly put together a remarkable year of his own, with his latest resume boosterRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 05, 2011 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

Well before their attempt to break their own record for the largest online poker tournament in history PokerStars managed to hit the cap they placed on the $1 buy-in/$250k guaranteed tournament. In the end, the tournament saw an impressive field of 200,000 players compete in the historic event,Read Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jul 07, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Yesterday we brought you the news about Warren Wooldridge and his quest for a WSOP bracelet. Well Event 54 has now come to a close, and while Wooldridge failed to win an elusive bracelet he improved on his overnight position of sixth to eventually finish third and claimRead Full Article

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

One of the latest trends at the World Series of Poker over the past few years –In addition to the utter dominance by British poker players– has been the emergence of random, unknown, Russian poker players. While this is an interesting storyline, I’m also dismayed by this developmentRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 09, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On Wednesday night, the $10k Omaha 8 Championship at the 2011 World Series of Poker was stopped during 3-handed play, making the tournament the third victim of the new WSOP Hard-Stop Rule which limits the amount of time a tournament can be played on any given day toRead Full Article