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  • Jamie Gold's WSOP Bracelet and watch up for auction

    Friday, May 17, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    This summer poker players will have two chances at winning a World Series of Poker Main Event Championship bracelet: The first way is the more traditional of the two; playing and winning the WSOP Main Event, but there is also another way...more
  • 2013 WSOP Countdown: Players to Watch Part 2

    Friday, May 17, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    In Part 1 of this series I detailed the utter fail that were my picks last year for Players to Watch at the 2012 WSOP, but I am on a mission of redemption this year, bringing you some unheralded players, and a few heralded thrown in as w...more
  • Mercier comes up just short in EPT Super High Roller

    Thursday, May 16, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    Just when I thought I had the complete list of young German poker players nailed-down, what do I see when I look at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final Super-High-Roller payouts; yup, 1st place Max Altergott, Germany! So...more
  • Daily Grind: Doyle skipping WSOP, Roothlus' rare double and

    Wednesday, May 15, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    Every day the poker world is inundated with more news, reports, and gossip, than any of us can read. At http://PokerNewsBoy.com we understand that there are only so many hours in the day, and only so much time you can set aside to follow...more
  • EPT Grand Final Super-High-Roller hits 50 entries

    Wednesday, May 15, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    A €100,000 price tag didn't deter 42 players from entering the €100,000 Super-High-Roller tournament at the 2013 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final, not to mention eight players deciding that one entry wasn't enough and ...more
  • Hellmuth issues statement after secret UB tapes released

    Tuesday, May 14, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    The revelations in the recently released tapes by Travis Makar have brought the Super-User scandal that occurred at Ultimate Bet during the poker boom back into the spotlight, showing precisely how groundbreaking, heart-wrenching, and do...more
  • Steve O'Dwyer wins PokerStars EPT Grand Final

    Tuesday, May 14, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    It was the summer of 2011 when the poker world was officially introduced to a talented young tournament player named Steve O'Dwyer after he won the Bellagio Cup VII Main Event. Now, O'Dwyer wasn't an unknown at this point in his career, ...more
  • Secret UB tapes: Annie Duke used version of God Mode

    Monday, May 13, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    The Ultimate Bet Super-User scandal that rocked the online poker world back in the midst of the poker boom is back in the news as a series of secretly recorded audio-tapes (allegedly recorded by Russ Hamilton) have been released by Ultim...more
  • 2013 WSOP Countdown: Players to Watch Part 1

    Sunday, May 12, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    Every year I put together a list of poker players to watch at the World Series of Poker, so before I get into this year's 10 selections let me recap the performance of the players that were chosen by me in 2012 and see if any of them cam...more
  • Steve Silverman wins EPT Grand Final High-Roller

    Sunday, May 12, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    The €25,000 buy-in High-Roller tournament at the 2013 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final allowed for each player to rebuy a singled time if they so desired, and after multiple players did decide that €50,000 was a reaso...more