Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 30, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

For nearly two months the World Series of Poker casts a full eclipse on the rest of the poker world but there was plenty of action taking place towards the tail-end of the summer tournament series and in the immediate aftermath. In this column I’ll try to getRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 23, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

William Reynolds is one of Daniel Negreanu’s favorite poker players, and perhaps his close friendship with the outspoken poker legend was the impetus for Reynolds firing off on a number of current poker players during a recent interview with QuadJacks. Reynolds has been a regular guest on QuadJacks,Read Full Article

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

A huge field of 117 players registered for the €25,000 High-Roller tournament at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final in Monte Carlo on Sunday, and 16 of those players used the re-entry format, bringing the prize-pool up to an impressive €3,325,000, and guaranteeing the winner overRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 26, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With late registration open until the start of Day 2 on Saturday the World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic saw the total number of entrants jump from the 523 players who registered on Friday to 549 by the time the tournament recommenced on Saturday. At the end ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 02, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Earlier this week Daniel Negreanu sat down for an interview with the website pokerplayer.co.uk, who somehow always manages to bring out the best and most controversial remarks in Daniel –you may recall it was the same outlet that Negreanu infamously referred to Annie Duke as a C***in aRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 13, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With the 2012 PCA Main Event playing down to the final table, the numerous poker superstars who failed to reach the penultimate day of the Main Event found another tournament in the Bahamas where the final table participants would all receive at least a six-figure payday, the $25kRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 11, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 1,000+ player field for the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event has been trimmed to just 8 tables, and a total of 64 players remaining heading into Day 4 of the prestigious tournament. With plenty of the game’s best poker players still alive, like Barry Greenstein,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 10, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Throughout Day 2 of the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Faraz “The Toilet” Jaka seemingly could not lose a hand, at one point holding over 1 million chips, more than double his nearest opponent. While the bout of Jerry Yang run-good didn’t last the entire day, it stillRead Full Article

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

With just 13 players remaining in the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Championship –the 10th Anniversary of the tournament—some of poker’s biggest names are looking to win the historic tournament, including 2010 WT Five Diamond champion Antonio Esfandiari, looking to pull off the rare “repeatRead Full Article

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

After three full days of play the World poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic is down to just 49 players (after starting with 411 players) and there is no shortage of poker superstars in the hunt for the prestigious title. Amongst the remaining field of 49Read Full Article