Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 26, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker may soon resurgence should Viktor Blom win the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. In what could be the worst kept secret in all of poker, Blom is widely considered to be the mystery man from Sweden whoRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 25, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After two Day 1 flights at the Casino of the Empire in London, England, the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event field will be combined for Day 2 play. 200 players remain out of the original 346 entrants, with some of poker’s biggest names scattered up andRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 02, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After a long, back-and-forth heads-up battle, Cardplayer owner Barry Shulman came away victorious at the WSOPE Main Event. The victory marks Shulman’s second WSOP title, the first coming in 2001 when he captured the $1,500 7-Card-Stud hi/lo bracelet. Negreanu battled all day long, and had a few chancesRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 01, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

When play resumes at noon today, poker fans will be greeted by a star-studded final table that includes two World Series of Poker ‘November Nine’ members (Antoine Saout and James Akenhead), the founder of Cardplayer Magazine whose son Jeff is another member of the ‘November Nine’ (Barry Schulman),Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 29, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After completing their second day of play, the WSOPE Main Event is down to 92 players. Day 3 action will kick off at noon, with the remaining participants playing down to 36 –which happens to be the number of players who will reach the money. Day 2 sawRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 28, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After day 1a attracted a respectable 156 players, the WSOPE was hoping for the typical larger turnout for day 1b. However, the second flight for the WSOPE Main Event had a good, but underwhelming 178 entrants. In all, the tournament had a total of 334 players; each ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 27, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 1a of the WSOPE Main Event saw 156 players take to the poker tables, including some of the biggest names in the poker world: Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Vanessa Rousso, and Patrik Antonius. There were no shortage of casualties on day 1a, which saw theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 25, 2009 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

Event #2 at The WSOPE, in London, featured the $2,500 ½ Pot Limit Omaha ½ Pot Limit Hold’ Em format which is growing increasingly popular in the world of online poker. So, it was no surprise that Cajelais is a professional poker player at one of the fewRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 21, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 2009 WSOPE is underway, and it took only one event for the tournament to set a record: The l1,000 NLHE tournament set the record for the largest tournament in London with 608 entrants. Even with the WPT Borgata main Event going on across the pond –which drewRead Full Article