Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 05, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

Earlier this week we detailed the nominees for the 2011 British Poker Awards, and now it’s time to put on our prognostication hats and make our selections in the thirteen separate categories that make up the 2011 BPA’s. For a complete list of the nominees, or for moreRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 27, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Attention all out of work Full Tilt Poker Red Pros: The poker agency Check Raise Management has made an appeal to all European based poker players who have lost their sponsorship deals since Black Friday to contact the agency regarding possible sponsorship deals at other online poker rooms.Read Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jul 07, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Yesterday we brought you the news about Warren Wooldridge and his quest for a WSOP bracelet. Well Event 54 has now come to a close, and while Wooldridge failed to win an elusive bracelet he improved on his overnight position of sixth to eventually finish third and claimRead Full Article

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

The $10k No Limit Holdem Championship is down to just two players after officials called a stop to the action due to the 10-Level Rule, both with their eyes set on their first World Series of Poker bracelet and the biggest first-place prize of the 2011 WSOP thusRead Full Article

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

Cross another big-time poker pro off of the list of “Best poker player without a bracelet” as Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier took home his first WSOP bracelet in the $10k Seven-Card-Stud Championship at the 2011 World Series of Poker. In the process ElkY became the fourth member of poker’sRead Full Article

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

At the 2010 World Series of Poker it seemed like every tournament was being won by a British poker player (5 in reality, plus 2 more at the WSOP Europe) and through eight completed events on the 2011 WSOP schedule the Brits have already captured two bracelets. TheRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 05, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Two of 2011’s hottest poker players met in a heads-up battle in Event #5, a $1,500 Seven-Card-Stud tournament at the World Series of Poker as Eugene Katchalov and Alessio Isaia squared off on the final day of the tournament. In the end it was Katchalov who would prevailRead Full Article

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

After his win at the 2011 WPT $25k Championship on Friday night Scott Seiver is now just an EPT win away from accomplishing the Poker Triple Crown –Seiver won a WSOP bracelet back in 2008—and has quietly amassed a very impressive $3.9 million in career tournament earnings accordingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The final table chip-leader at the 2011 PokerStars EPT Grand Finale was the self described poker pro from Venezuela, Ivan Freitez, who despite his solid chip-lead was not the betting-man’s choice to take home the €1.5 million first-place prize-money. But win he did, and Freitez did it onRead Full Article