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

Six-figure Super-High-Roller poker tournaments have been hit-or-miss events over the years, but perhaps the issue wasn’t that the buy-ins were too high, but rather that they were too small! With the overwhelming success of the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop tournament, the WinStar Casino in Macau decidedRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 23, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

William Reynolds is one of Daniel Negreanu’s favorite poker players, and perhaps his close friendship with the outspoken poker legend was the impetus for Reynolds firing off on a number of current poker players during a recent interview with QuadJacks. Reynolds has been a regular guest on QuadJacks,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 22, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 2012 World Series of Poker has seen its fair share of highs and lows, and we’re only halfway through the summer tournament series. In this column I’ll take a look at the five most head-scratching moments/accomplishments from the first half of the 2012 WSOP. #5 – PlayerRead Full Article

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

We have reached the official halfway mark of the 2012 World Series of poker and the tournaments are coming fast and furious, making it very hard to pick which stories demand the most attention. Fortunately I have the WSOP Notebook to deal with the overflow, and today thereRead Full Article

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

A day after some lighthearted back-and- forth on Twitter regarding the poker forum rumors that Andrew Feldman was the player Sam Trickett anonymously said had stolen from him, it appears the two may in fact have had a falling out, adding more fuel to the fire that theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 15, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After three weeks of the World Series of Poker the tournament series has started to settle in. The early controversies about declaring your actions at final tables, rescheduling a final day, and even questionable retweets on Twitter seem to have fallen by the wayside, and the tournaments andRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 14, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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Other than the ongoing SCOOP tournament series at PokerStars it was a fairly quiet weekend on the poker front, but we did see a number of “interesting” stories take place, include some South Korean Buddhist Monks getting busted playing poker and drinking (I’ve now seen it all onRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 13, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There are at least two more known competitors in the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for OneDrop poker tournament that will take place during the 2012 World Series of Poker: Sam Trickett and Andrew Robl. The duo announced that they would be playing in the prestigious, and incredibly exclusive,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 04, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of poker’s top talents is now a free agent, as UK poker pro Sam Trickett announced that he was parting ways with Titan Poker today, ending a year-long sponsorship deal he had with the popular iPoker Network site. Trickett was one of two sponsored players at TitanRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 24, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

38 players entered the €100,000 Super-High-Roller tournament at the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, and as Day 2 begins a total of 45 entries were sold in the re-entry format. The seven players who decided a single €100,000 bullet was not enough were Gus Hansen, Jason Mercier,Read Full Article