Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 12, 2013 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

The fight to legalize online poker in the United States has reached a tipping point, with states pushing forward with their own online poker bills, while the federal government remains in gridlock. Still, the only complete legislative victory for poker players will be when federal legislation is passed.Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 05, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

This past week a number of outlets carried a story on the proposed “Texas Poker Gaming Act of 2013”, and the language of the bill (or at least how it has been explained) has caused many people to interpret the bill in different ways. Most notably among theseRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 07, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
Poker News Boy

The WSOP is over; the Presidential race is over; so let’s move on to the important stuff! This week Full Tilt Poker relaunched, and the relaunch was a huge success with players flocking to the tables, but you’ve probably heard all about that already, so in this articleRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 29, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
Poker News Boy

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 Jul 21, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
PokerStars versus Full Tilt

April 15, 2011 seems like a lifetime ago for most poker players, but for a small percentage of players who have a considerable amount of money trapped on Full Tilt Poker, Black Friday is not simply a distant memory, it invades their thoughts every day. We’ve now passedRead Full Article

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

***RUMOR ALERT*** According to Twitter rumors (no official statement has been released at this point) former PokerRoad.com Radio Host, UB sponsored pro and spokesman, and man with 1,000,000 Twitter followers Joe Sebok has inked a deal with the World Poker Tour. The first hint of Sebok’s signing withRead 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 09, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Poker pots weren’t the only battles taking place at the WSOP on Friday, as there were two verbal confrontations at the tables yesterday; one involving Matt Stout and Erik Cloutier, and the other involving Jason DeWitt and Annie Duke. If controversy isn’t your thing than there was alsoRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 03, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Another busy day at the World Series of Poker saw another player join the growing list of 2012 WSOP bracelet winners, and the first $5k tournament of the year is down to the Elite 8, with a bracelet coming on Sunday. In other news we have our secondRead Full Article