Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 01, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Another busy week in the world of tournament poker has concluded and once again there was A LOT going on in card-rooms around the world. In addition to our comprehensive coverage of the 2012 WPT LA Poker Classic here is a look at some of the other tournamentRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 19, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

This week the World Series of Poker announced that five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and 1998 WSOP Main Event Champion Scotty Nguyen will be hosting the second annual World Series of Poker Africa, which will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nguyen’s hosting duties will extendRead Full Article

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

Despite a bleak world-wide economy, Black Friday, and competing tournaments around the world, over the past couple of years attendance records have been falling by the wayside at major tournaments, with the latest victim being the World Series of Poker Europe. In Event #2, a €1,000 buy-in NLHERead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 04, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The public voting stage of the 2011 Poker Hall of Fame induction process is now complete, and it is now on to the next step; where the Top 10, eligible, vote-getters will be voted on by a select group of 17 men and women from the poker mediaRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 14, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After over a month of poker tournament, after poker tournament, after poker tournament, the 2011 World Series of Poker had its first full day-off on Wednesday as the remaining players from the two Day 2 flights of the 2011 Main Event get set for Wednesday’s Day 3; theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 12, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With 2,031 players starting Day 2a of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event on Monday –actually 2,030, since Phil Hellmuth thought he was playing Day 2b and almost was blinded off as he showed up extremely late—the Rio had another full house on its hands, withRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 30, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The final table of Event #47 –yes the 2011 WSOP is nearing completion—a $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card-Stud hi/lo tournament, was one of the best of the 2011 WSOP with names like Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi, 1998 Main Event Champion Scotty Nguyen, and high-stakes poker pro Abe Mosseri. But in theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 07, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

If concern started to grow after the $1k No Limit Holdem came in slightly under last year’s attendance numbers these fears were quickly squashed when the $1,500 NLHE 6-Max tournament shattered last year’s attendance number by 257 entrants! A total of 1,920 players registered for the tournament onRead Full Article

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

The full roster for the upcoming NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship was released today, and now that the entire 64 player field is known I thought I would take a look at some of the favorites amongst the field. First, here is a look at the complete 64Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 23, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After implementing a fan voting system last year –a process that saw Mike Sexton end up as the lone inductee– the Poker Hall of Fame once again opened up the nomination process to the fans. After the initial nomination period a whopping 181 poker players have been nominatedRead Full Article