Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 29, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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Annie Duke working on new book Annie Duke may receive a lot of flak from the poker community for her past transgressions, but it seems she can still make a quick buck off of her poker fame, as her Twitter account is hinting at yet another soon toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 20, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Last year Black Friday kept a number of players away from the World Series of Poker, including the likes of Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan. Even meek players like John Juanda were verbally accosted at the 2011 WSOP due to their Full Tilt poker ties. This year it’sRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 08, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 2 Comments »

Over the years there have been a lot of scandals involving poker players and in most of these cases the transgressions that occurred would eventually be forgiven provided the money involved wasn’t off-the-charts, and the perpetrator was willing to pay their dues and rehabilitate their image. However, thereRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 15, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Sometimes you forget that the principles involved in this case were 22, 21, and 20 respectively, but if something along the lines of Haseeb Qureshi’s latest 2+2 post/confession –along with the subsequent reply by jungleman—were posted last Sunday this story would have had a much happier ending, andRead Full Article

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

As more fallout continues to litter the battlefield in the wake of the Jose “Girah” Macedo scamming revelations, Macedo’s backer/agent, and chief defender, Haseeb “DogIsHead” Quereshi has been let go by Cardrunners. The move was announced after several details have come to light regarding his involvement with Macedo,Read Full Article

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

In a bombshell thread on 2+2, Jose “Girah” Macedo responded to allegations that he setup a private study group with other high-stakes pros, and would “sweat” these players, all the while playing against them from another account –in effect becoming an external super-user. Girah wholly admitted to theRead Full Article

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

There may be some major news on the sponsored player front at Lock Poker if the current rumors are true. The grumblings in the poker world have to do with the contract of the Portuguese Poker Prodigy, Jose Macedo, or better stated the lack of a contract. AccordingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 25, 2010 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »
gus hansen winning again

Gus Hansen starting to rebound on Full Tilt Poker After being down $3.6 million for 2010 Gus Hansen has gone on a massive heater over the past two weeks winning over $1.25 million in that time-frame. Still confronted with $2.2 million in losses on the year, Hansen hasRead Full Article