Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 17, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There are plenty of new tournaments amongst the 61 bracelet events at the 2012 World Series of Poker, and in addition to the well-known new entries on the WSOP schedule like the $1 million Big One for One Drop tournament, there are quite a few other interesting formatsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 25, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

While most of the poker world was following the breaking news regarding PokerStars potentially purchasing Full Tilt Poker the biggest names in poker were busy playing down to the final table of the European Poker Tour Super-High-Roller tournament in Monte Carlo on Tuesday. The final table of theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 10, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Scott Seiver started the eight-man final table of the Party Poker Premier League V final table as one of the shortest stacks in the field, starting with 300,000 chips. Seiver’s tally was 100,000 less than chip-leader Mathew Frankland, but by the end of the day it would beRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 28, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 70-event Poker Maximus tournament series that recently wrapped on Lock Poker, and the rest of the Merge Gaming Network, was a huge success for the largest US-facing online poker network. The tournament series guaranteed $2.5 million in prize-pools, a number that the players at Merge Gaming easilyRead Full Article

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

Danish poker pro Frederik Jensen may not be a well-known name in the poker world, but the talented young player from Copenhagen is definitely going to get the attention he deserves now that he is an EPT Champion! Jensen won the PokerStars European Poker Tour Madrid Main EventRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 10, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The newest World Poker Tour Champion was crowned at the Bay 101 Casino in Los Angeles, California on Friday night, as Moon Kim bested a tough final table that included three well-known pro poker players to capture the 2012 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars title, along with theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 02, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

Beginning on March 4th, 2012 and running through March 25, 2012, the Merge Gaming Network will be hosting a massive 70-Event tournament series known as Poker Maximus. Over the course of thee 22-days of tournaments the Merge Gaming Network will be guaranteeing $1.5 million in prize-money, with theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 26, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It was a fast day at the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event as the 75 remaining players played down to just 26 on Day 3 of the tournament. The money bubble burst just into Day 3 action, as 72 players were slated to receive at least a $15,000Read Full Article

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

There were plenty of big names sitting at the final table of the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event, but by the end of the day it was stockbroker John Dibella who would hoist the trophy and walk away with the $2 million first-place prize-money. Dibella’s runRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 19, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Despite a five-handed final table, it took nearly 15 hours of play on Sunday for the Epic Poker League to crown its third champion of Season 1, and in the end it came down to two poker pros searching for their first major tournament title of their career.Read Full Article