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  • 2013 WSOP Countdown: News and Information Sources

    Saturday, May 18, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    As we draw closer and closer to the opening event of the 2013 World Series of Poker tournament series I'm going to let you in on a secret (well it's not really a secret, more of an informed suggestion) by offering up the places I go for ...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
  • 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
  • 2013 WSOP Countdown: The Champions List

    Tuesday, May 7, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    Every year in Las Vegas there is a single person who can forever stamp their name in the annals of poker history: and that person is the player who wins the World Series of Poker Main Event Championship. Winning the WSOP Main Event is fa...more
  • 2013 WSOP Countdown: Moneymaker Effect Turns 10

    Saturday, May 4, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    It wasn't until a few days ago that I realized the 2013 World Series of Poker would mark the 10-year anniversary of Chris Moneymaker's improbable WSOP Main Event win back in 2003, so I thought it would be a good time to take a look at ju...more
  • Countdown to the 2013 WSOP: Triple Crown candidates

    Thursday, May 2, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    We're starting our World Series of Poker countdown a bit earlier this year; usually we get a jump on this about 10 days out but this time around we're going to bring you even more news, notes, information, opinions, odds & ends, and hist...more
  • WSOP APAC Accumulator tourney Final Table set

    Sunday, April 7, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    Well over 1,000 players have been eliminated in the first event of the inaugural World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) tournament series leaving just nine players to battle it out for the series first bracelet and a spot in the ...more
  • IFP to host European Nations Cup poker event

    Monday, April 1, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    From April 12th through the 15th, 2013 the Anthony Holden-led International Federation of Poker (IFP), an organization looking to put poker on the same "mind-sport" footing as Go, Bridge, and Chess, will host their second major Duplicate...more
  • Dan Shak wins Party Poker Premier League VI

    Monday, March 25, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    Party Poker's unique tournament format, the Premier League, has become one of the most-hyped and star-studded events on the poker calendar, and this year -the sixth running of the Premier League- was no exception. Some of the biggest nam...more