Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 13, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

It seems Ben Lamb is not going to simply concede the 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year award to Phil Hellmuth, considering Lamb will head into Day 3 of the WSOP Main Event on Thursday as the chip-leader with over 550,000 chips. Lamb will notRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 22, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The second running of the $10k HORSE Championship saw practically no change in attendance from last year when 241 players entered the tournament –this time around 240 players registered for the tournament. As with all mixed-games and $10k Championship events the field was basically made up of pokerRead Full Article

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

Mixed Games have come a long over the past few years, evidenced by the nearly 1,000 entrants in the $1,500 HORSE tournament; a tournament that in 2008 attracted just over 800 participants and wasn’t even on the schedule in 2007! With more and more players starting to branchRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 10, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With just 18 players remaining in the $3k Limit Holdem tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker there is some serious star-power vying for the bracelet and the $220,817 that will be headed for the winner’s bank account. Seated amongst the final two tables on Friday willRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 08, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After a frenetic pace to start Day 2 of the $1,500 No Limit Holdem 6-Max tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker, virtually all of the notable names amongst the 188 players that began the day had been eliminated. But the two big names that did surviveRead Full Article

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

If concern started to grow after the $1k No Limit Holdem came in slightly under last year’s attendance numbers these fears were quickly squashed when the $1,500 NLHE 6-Max tournament shattered last year’s attendance number by 257 entrants! A total of 1,920 players registered for the tournament onRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 11, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 3 of the 2011 PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Finale saw 104 players return to the poker tables in Madrid, Spain knowing that only 24 players would be proceeding to Day 4 of the tournament with the hopes of taking down the EPT Grand Finale title andRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 10, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 2011 EPT Grand Finale may have seen a 20% drop in attendance –thanks a lot US government—but the field is as star-studded as ever – thanks European poker sites -, and with a €1.5 million first-place prize on the line you can bet that every player remainingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 11, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Last year Vanessa Selbst won the inaugural PokerStars NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event in April, and went on to have one of the best years on the tournament trail in recent memory, winning around $4 million total. Now Selbst is back where it all began, and after twoRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Mar 09, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After having a day poker players only dream about on Day 2, Victor Ramdin will be taking a massive chip-lead into Day 3 of the NAPT Los Angeles The Big Event taking place at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Ramdin soared to 1,050,000 chips –more than doubleRead Full Article