Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 06, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Last year I penned a column titled “The Death of the Six-Figure Buy-In Tournament”, declaring the super-high-roller events that have procreated across the poker world over the past three or four years as being unsustainable given the current poker economy. Well, it appears my post-mortem dissection of theRead Full Article

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

As the Main Event of the 2011 World Series of Poker draws ever-closer, the final few preliminary tournaments are wrapping up including the ultra-high buy-in $50k Players Championship, and at the opposite end of the spectrum, Event #54, a $1k buy-in No limit Holdem tournament. After a hugeRead Full Article

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

In addition to the three World Series of Poker bracelets handed out on Sunday, two other tournaments were also in action with Day 1b of the $1k No Limit Holdem tournament getting started, as well as Day 2 of the 2-7 Lowball tournament which reached the final tableRead Full Article