Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 02, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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The World Series of Poker has been stealing the headlines over the past week but there are still plenty of other stories happening in the world of poker. Here is a look at some of the stories over the past week that you have missed while following theRead Full Article

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

On Memorial Day the first open-bracelet event at the 2012 World Series of Poker got underway, not to mention the first winner of the 2012 WSOP was crowned in the Casino Employee tournament. But perhaps the most interesting story of the day came via Twitter, where John KimRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 27, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

During one of the most important poker-related discussions of the past year (the potential sale of Full Tilt poker to PokerStars) the go-to place for the latest news and updates has been hit by a cyber attack. On Thursday the 2+2 poker forum was inaccessible to members afterRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 21, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

If a recent Twitter exchange is to be believed, there are apparently two more young poker pros who are trying to prove that the life of a professional poker player makes you tough. Daniel “jungleman12” Cates and high-stakes British poker pro Andrew Feldman are seemingly trying to arrangeRead Full Article

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

It appears we’ve been snookered by of all people the World Series of Poker! After a Tweet Tuesday night claiming the end of the November Nine, it was revealed today –when the full schedule and format changes were revealed—that the end of the November Nine is more ofRead Full Article

Posted by James Guill on Jan 22, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Earlier in December, we reported on a rumor regarding the reopening of PokerRoom.com.  The site had claimed publicly that a tweet about the room’s reopening by a SEO manager was merely misunderstanding.  However our sources within bwin poker revealed that the former online poker room was being consideredRead Full Article

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

Yet another player has been removed from the Team PokerStars Pro roster as European Poker Tour founder John Duthie confirmed he had parted ways with his longtime sponsor PokerStars on the 2+2 Poker Forum. In addition to founding the EPT, Duthie is also an accomplished poker player inRead Full Article

Posted by James Guill on Dec 07, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

Last week, PokerFuse.com reported on a rumor that PokerRoom.com was going to reopen their online poker site.  The article quoted a tweet from one of bwin’s SEO managers, but later that same person recanted his tweet.  In the last couple of days, I have spoken with two sourcesRead Full Article

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

This weekend Barry Greenstein took what seemed like a really bad beat, and it happened at the valet parking line at the San Diego Mission Hills Marriott where Barry Greenstein, the “Robin Hood of Poker”, found his Aston martin DB9 had been stolen from the valet parking lotRead Full Article

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

Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier kicked off the EPT Grand Finale tournament series with a win in the €25,000 high-roller tournament, where he picked-up the €525,000 first-place prize-money. Another high-roller tournament closed out the EPT Grand Finale tournament series –this time a €10,000 6-handed NLHE event—and onceRead Full Article