When poker rooms offer big prize packages, most of the time it’s in the $10,000 – $15,000 range and will include a hotel stay, cash for expenses, and a seat in some kind of main event.  Well Ladbrokes the prize package that isn’t all that different in most regards but it does stand out in [...]

Back when plans for the 2008 WSOP Europe were being announced there was plenty of discussion about holding the event in multiple venues as has been done in the past.  And there were plenty of people who thought that this was a crazy and ridiculous idea.  Many thought that it should be modeled after the [...]

The month of August saw the ladbrokes leaderboards dominated by wildrick as he was able to grab a big lead early and easily hold onto it throughout the month of July. By the end, his lead had been cut down some to 248 points, but it was well ahead of the second place player in [...]

The majority of movies that Hollywood has made about the game of poker have been pretty big disasters.  Often these films not only fail at the box office but they also fail to capture the essence of the game itself.  Well the movie industry is preparing to take another crack at a poker flick in the [...]

It’s starting to appear as if SOXxxxxx’s two month reign as the Ladbrokes leaderboards champion will be over. That’s because wildrick, who is also a staple at the top of the leaderboards is well ahead of SOXxxxxx going into the final few days of July. But that lead has dwindled a little since wildrick was [...]

Some poker fans are under the mistaken impression that they will have wait till November to watch the world’s biggest poker extravaganza – the WSOP. The truth is that they will only have to wait till November to watch the final table of the Main Event play out. That’s because ESPN will be showing taped [...]

Back in April, wildrick sat atop the Ladbrokes Leaderboards as the monthly overall champion and looked poised to do the same in the month of May. However, SOXxxxxx came along and knocked wildrick off the top and grabbed the $2,000 prize as well. But now the roles may be reversed as wildrick has taken a [...]

Thousands of people use the services of Ladbrokes to satisfy their online poker needs every day. But most of them can only dream of accomplishing what their fellow Ladbrokes peer Peter “Pete4002″ Eastgate has managed to do. The 22 year-old from Odense, Denmark has managed to become one of the final nine players left in [...]

Last week marked the first time in a while that the May and June Ladbrokes Leaderboards monthly champion SOXxxxxx wasn’t in the lead.  That’s because cantona2243 was in charge after the first week in July. The question many Ladbrokes players were wondering though is just how long cantona 2243 would stay in the lead.  The answer [...]

With only half of the World Series of Poker Main Event done, there is still plenty of time for players to make a move. In fact, they are still playing split days at the Rio with day 2a coming to a close early this morning. But Brian Schaedlich isn’t waiting to make a move in [...]