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

2010 World Poker Tour (WPT) Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger is further proving that his brilliant 2010 campaign was far from a fluke. The Wall Streeter turned poker pro has already captured a coveted WSOP bracelet in 2011 and now finds himself back in familiar territory, atRead Full Article

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

One look at Sam Trickett’s tournament results over the past two years and it would be hard to argue that Trickett isn’t amongst the top tournament players in the world, and the young UK star is about to add to his growing list of accomplishments as he hasRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 23, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After a record-setting field of 1,312 entrants, and top names like Vanessa Selbst, David Williams, Jeff Madsen, and recent WPT Legends of Poker champ Will Failla emerging as serious contenders, it seemed the 2012 WPT Borgata Poker Open was on its way to a star-studded final table. Unfortunately,Read Full Article

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

The final six players have been decided at the 2011 World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker Main Event taking place at the bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California, and leading the way is a familiar name in the poker world, Will “The Thrilla” Failla. The final handRead Full Article

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

On Thursday night the Epic Poker League played down to their first ever final table. Six players will now go down in poker history as the members of the first EPL final table: Hasan Habib, Jason Mercier, Erik Seidel, Chino Rheem, Gavin Smith, and Huck Seed. However, aRead Full Article

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

A total of 422 players showed up on Thursday with $2,500 in hand to take part in the PokerStars.net Punte Del Este Main Event in Brazil, and amongst the entrants were notable names like Jose “Nacho” Barbero (last year’s Punte Del Este winner), Greg Debora, Angel Guillen andRead Full Article

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

There will be two very recognizable names sitting at the final table of the PoekrStars.net EPT Tallinn Main Event on Sunday, as a pair of Fins, tournament pro Jani Sointula and online mega-star Sami “LarsLuzak” Kelopuro, have both weaved their way into the final 8 of the tournament.Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 21, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In Part 1 of this series we looked at Seat’s #1-#4 at the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event final table, and in this part we will take a look at Seat’s #5-#9. * SEAT #5: Anton Makievskyi, 13,825,000 Makievskyi has the most upside of the remainingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 20, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Late Tuesday night at the featured table at the Rio, what will be the final hand of the 2011 World Series of Poker until November was dealt, when John Hewitt’s pocket 33 was bested by Eoghan O’Dea’s KJ, eliminating Hewitt from the tournament and securing O’Dea and eightRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Coming into the 2011 World Series of Poker nobody questioned Eugene Katchalov’s poker playing skills, with millions in live tournament earnings and an excellent record in track record in cash games, Katchalov is considered one of the game’s preeminent players. The one thing that was missing from Katchalov’sRead Full Article