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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
  • Antonio Esfandiari new Ultimate Poker Brand Ambassador

    Wednesday, April 3, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    Legalized online poker is ready to launch any day now in Nevada, and one of the licensed online poker rooms, Ultimate Poker, has just made a bit of history, inking poker superstar Antonio Esfandiari to a sponsorship deal; making him the ...more
  • 22Q Charity Poker Podcast embroiled in controversy

    Monday, February 4, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    Occasionally things happen in your life that can leave such a bad taste in your mouth that you are basically left jaded, wallowing in self-pity, and wondering what if anything you could have done differently. This is precisely what I am ...more
  • Daniel Negreanu stars in Millionaire Matchmaker season-opener

    Saturday, December 29, 2012, Steve Ruddock
    After Daniel Negreanu tweeted out a link to a teaser video showing himself consulting with an astrologer for an episode of Millionaire Matchmaker, my mind was immediately drawn to the past "performances" by poker players on reality TV sh...more
  • Did the DOJ let Howard Lederer off easy?

    Thursday, December 20, 2012, Steve Ruddock
    On Tuesday a settlement was reached between Howard Lederer and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) stemming from the amended civil charges Lederer faced for his role as an owner and executive at Full Tilt Poker. The amended civ...more
  • Phil Ivey returns to Full Tilt Poker

    Thursday, December 13, 2012, Steve Ruddock
    A few weeks back Full Tilt Poker informed its former Red Pros along with the rest of the poker community that they would not renew or honor any of the contracts signed by the previous owners of Full Tilt Poker, effectively ending their r...more
  • Is Antonio Esfandiari one of poker's all-time greats?

    Wednesday, December 12, 2012, Steve Ruddock
    There are only a couple of dozen names that are virtually synonymous with poker: Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Tom Dwan, Johnny Moss, and Phil Ivey all come to mind when you ask people who the greatest poker...more
  • Matthew Hilger talks poker and publishing with PNB

    Wednesday, November 14, 2012, Steve Ruddock
    Matthew Hilger is a professional poker player and the owner of Dimat Publishing, one of the top publishing houses for poker books. The latest entry to roll off the Dimat printing presses is the third volume of the smash series Winning Po...more
  • Mike Mizrachi quietly having a terrific 2012

    Monday, November 5, 2012, Steve Ruddock
     At the 2012 World Series of Poker Mike Mizrachi made history by winning the $50k Poker Players Championship for the second time in three years, and in the process becoming the first person to ever win the tournament twice. Most poker p...more
  • Sailor Roberts & Eric Drache inducted into Poker HOF

    Wednesday, October 31, 2012, Steve Ruddock
    Amid all the World Series of Poker headlines and the hype about the upcoming relaunch of Full Tilt Poker — with the special promotions and poker bonuses that the site will offer—there was other news coming out of Las Vegas on Tuesday...more