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

After a very lackluster turnout of just 103 players on Day 1 of the World Poker Tour $25k Championship at the Bellagio the field was bolstered by 32 additional players adding their name during the late registration phase of the tournament on Day 2. Late registration was openRead Full Article

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

Day 1 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) $25,000 Championship taking place at the Bellagio in Las Vegas saw just over 100 players register throughout the day, making this the smallest WPT Championship in the 10-year history of the tour. In both 2010 and 2011, 195 players registeredRead Full Article

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

After two Day 1 starting flights the World Poker Tour stop in Jacksonville attracted a total of 320 entries, which includes 63 re-entries by players who busted on Day 1a and put-up another $5,000 to play on Day 1b of the event. The Bestbet Jacksonville Open as theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 16, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Danish poker pro Morten Christensen picked-up his first major tournament victory this weekend by winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Vienna Main Event. Christensen came out on top of the 396 player field, pocketing an impressive $410,519 as well as reserving a seat in the $25k WPT ChampionshipRead Full Article

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

Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Vienna Main Event is in the books, and with just 66 players remaining in the field there are a slew of top young players amongst the chip-leaders looking to make a splash in a WPT championship event. Perhaps the biggest nameRead Full Article

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

Scott Seiver started the eight-man final table of the Party Poker Premier League V final table as one of the shortest stacks in the field, starting with 300,000 chips. Seiver’s tally was 100,000 less than chip-leader Mathew Frankland, but by the end of the day it would beRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 06, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After a long day at the Bay 101 poker tables 54 of the 142 players that registered on Day 1a of the WPT Championship event, the Bay 101 Shooting Stars, remained in the hunt for the title. The remaining players will now wait for Day 1b to commence,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 12, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

At the same time that the World Poker Tour Venice Grand Prix was coming to a close, the tour found itself in Florida for the inaugural World Poker Tour Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open, a re-entry tournament with a $3,500 buy-in and two starting days. Unfortunately forRead Full Article

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

The inaugural World Poker Tour stop in Ireland had some stiff tournament competition to contend with across the Atlantic, considering the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) was running concurrently in the Bahamas. Even with the attraction of the Bahamas in the middle of winter, not to mention the PCARead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 23, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s been a busy year in the poker world, and with Black Friday and Full Tilt poker dominating the headlines we’ve decided to take a look at the 10 biggest stories of the year, some of which we almost forgot about ourselves with everything else going on inRead Full Article