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

According to the website SubjectPoker.com, after some internal bookkeeping it has come to light that Phil Ivey and David Benyamine have received millions of dollars in loans from Full Tilt Poker, with Ivey reportedly on the receiving end of some $11 million in “advances” of which over $6Read Full Article

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

There hasn’t been a single online poker player in the 10+ year history of the industry that can compare to the ups and downs that Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has gone through over the past three years. Blom started his online poker career by decimating the Euro poker sitesRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 28, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

We are T-Minus 3 and counting until the start of the 2011 World Series of Poker on May 31, when the $500 Casino Employees tournament and the $25,000 Heads-Up No limit Holdem Championship get underway, and in this article I’ll take a look at some of the side-stories,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 20, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With the US nosebleed crowd MIA since Black Friday hit, a number of foreign-based high-stakes online poker pros have now been getting the attention they deserve, and without some of the stiffest competition at the tables they have also been cleaning up quite nicely. This week we alsoRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 17, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

If you haven’t already joined the largest US-facing online poker network now is definitely the time to do so, as the Merge Gaming Network has announced they will be ending rakeback for all new sign-ups beginning on June 1, 2011. Current Merge Gaming Network players with rakeback dealsRead Full Article