Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 28, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

For the second consecutive year the World Series of Poker and ESPN will be bringing you all the action, every single hand, of the Main Event final table live. The final table will play out on Monday October 29, 2012 at 8 PM EST on ESPN2 or onlineRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 19, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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On Thursday the Poker Hall of Fame announced the two inductees for the Class of 2012: 1975 World Series of Poker Champion Brian “Sailor” Roberts and Cardroom Manager extraordinaire Eric Drache. The two men will join the 42 current Poker Hall of Famed inductees when they are honoredRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 14, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There were some crazy and interesting stories coming out of the Rio on Friday, including a release of pepper spray, a celebrity cash, and the rumors of a One Drop-esque tournament on the horizon. Richard Yong hints at massive tournament at WSOP APAC In an interview with PokerNews.com,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 05, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 2012 World Series of Poker is rolling along towards the Main Event –which kicks-off this Saturday—with the poker pros dominating the first half of the WSOP, and a slew of first-time bracelet winners and the Big One for One Drop tournament dominating the second half of theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There was a lot of tournament action going on at the WSOP yesterday, and Monday has been setup to be one of the most interesting days thus far at the 2012 WSOP. In Event #31 we have Joe Cada out in front of the final 19 players withRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 15, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Joe Cassidy has been around the poker world for quite a while now, actually since 2002. Despite making waves in the poker world during the height of the Poker Boom Cassidy was still in search of his first major tournament victory when he sat down at the finalRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 14, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The gossip and rumors were few and far between over the past couple of days, and the early controversies have seemed to have died down, so in this installment of the WSOP Notebook I’ll be looking at a couple of the bigger stories to keep an eye onRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 14, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Last night Phil Ivey made his third final table of the 2012 World Series of Poker, and his fourth cash overall. Now a serious contender for the 2012 WSOP Player of the Year award (for both the WSOP and for Cardplayer Magazine, Bluff Magazine and the Global PokerRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 19, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

This week the World Series of Poker announced that five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and 1998 WSOP Main Event Champion Scotty Nguyen will be hosting the second annual World Series of Poker Africa, which will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nguyen’s hosting duties will extendRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 27, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It may not be winning the Main Event that he had a shot at taking down last year, but 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event final table participant Matt Jarvis came through with his first WSOP bracelet in the $5k No Limit Holdem tournament on Sunday. TheRead Full Article