Mike McDonald Continues Climbing in GPI Ranking
This week’s update of the GPI ranking saw quite a lot of movement mainly due to the season opening EPT Barcelona poker festival. Several players left top 30 of the…
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Jack Salter Enters GPI Top 20
With the completion of the EPT Season 12 Barcelona poker festival, there was quite a lot of movement in the GPI leaderboard over the past week. However, the traditional Wednesday…
Paddy Power Announces Key Partnerships in Spain and Canada
Irish gambling operator Paddy Power announced earlier today that it had renewed its contract with the British Columbia Lottery Corporation and had reached an agreement with Spanish betting operator Reta.…
Yaxi Zhu and Chen-An Lin Join Team PokerStars Pro
PokerStars.com, known to be the world’s biggest online poker room, announced on Wednesday that poker players Yaxi Zhu from China and Chen-An Lin from Taiwan are to join the brand’s…
Graton Resort & Casino Breaks Ground on $175-Million Hotel
Gambling operator Station Casinos LLC and California’s Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria broke ground on a $175-million hotel which is to represent the resort component of Graton Resort & Casino…
Thomas Muehloecker Re-enters GPI Top 20
No changes have taken place in top 3 of the GPI leaderboard over the past 7 days. Jason Mercier is still 1st for an eighth consecutive week with 4,245.59 points.…
Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Opens Rooftop Bar
Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati, one of four state-owned casinos, will launch its rooftop bar this weekend. The 4,000-square-foot outdoor facility is located on the second floor of the Cincinnati-based casino. The…
NetEnt Casino Content Approved to Go Live in New Jersey
Swedish supplier of gaming solutions NetEnt announced that it has been given the green light by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement to introduce its online casino product offering…
Ting Xiao Wins 2015/2016 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Baltimore $1,675 Main Event
The WSOP Circuit completed the second stop in the schedule of Season 2015/2016. Horseshoe Casino Baltimore in Maryland played host to an eleven-day tournament held from August 20 to August…
Poker Tournaments to Start between August 31 and September 6
Several major tournaments are scheduled to start this week. Horseshoe Cincinnati will play host to the Labor Day $500K Deepstack Poker festival, Commerce Casino in California will feature a number…
John Juanda Wins EPT Season 12 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event
The EPT Season 12 Barcelona has its Main Event champion. His name is John Juanda and he won the amount of €1,022,593 for his triumph last night. With live tournament…
Isaac Haxton – This Week’s Biggest GPI Climber
It could be seen after the traditional Wednesday update of the GPI leaderboard that American poker pro Isaac Haxton is this week’s biggest climber. The player moved up 130 positions…
Joseph Cheong Moves Up in the GPI Ranking
Jason Mercier with 4,259.98 points, Anthony Zinno with 4,021.32 points, and Byron Kaverman with 3,988.80 points are at the top of the GPI leaderboard after its weekly update. Paul Volpe…
bwin.party H1 Revenue Drops 6%
Gambling company bwin.party digital entertainment plc posted its financial results for the first half of the year. Total revenue for the six months ended June 30 amounted to €296.5 million,…
Martin Finger Wins EPT Season 12 Barcelona €25,000 High Roller
The EPT Season 12 Barcelona €25,000 High Roller was completed last night with German poker pro Martin Finger marching his way through a field of 118 entries to eventually capture…
Franco Ivan Luca Returns to GPI Player of the Year Top 10
It has been 8 weeks since Anthony Zinno topped the GPI Player of the Year leaderboard and its latest update shows that the player still ranks 1st. The poker pro,…
Playtech Posts 33% Increase in H1 Revenue
Isle of Man-licensed gambling operator Playtech announced its financial results for the first half of the year. Overall revenue amounted to €286 million, up 33% from the €214.4 million posted…
Adrian Mateos Re-enters GPI Top 20
The Global Poker Index leaderboard has just been updated and it could be seen that there was not movement in its top 3 over the past 7 days. Jason Mercier…
Paddy Power H1 Operating Profit Up 33%
Irish gambling operator Paddy Power announced its financial results for the first half of the year ended June 30, 2015. Net revenue increased 25% year-on-year with a double-digit growth in…
Massachusetts Transportation Secretary Backs Wynn Resorts Key Permit Application
Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Stephanie Pollack said in a letter to environmental officials that gambling operator Wynn Resorts has addressed all traffic issues that may arise from the construction of…
Sylvain Loosli Wins EPT Season 12 Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller
The €50,000 Super High Roller, the first of several major events in the EPT Season 12 Barcelona’s schedule, was completed late last night with Frenchman Sylvain Loosli emerging victorious over…
Poker Tournaments to Start between August 24-30
A number of poker tournaments are scheduled to start in the week between August 24-30 and all of them promise to be quite exciting. Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, City of…
Lynn Gilmartin Wins EPT Season 12 Barcelona €220 Women’s Event
All poker eyes are now on Casino de Barcelona in Spain, where Season 12 of the European Poker Tour was launched a few days ago. Being indisputably one of the…
Steve O’Dwyer Moves Up in GPI Leaderboard
The traditional Wednesday GPI update showed poker pro Steve O’Dwyer climbing 2 positions to reach 22nd place. Currently, the player has 3,231.21 points, collected since the beginning of 2015. It…
Sara Hall Wins 2015/2016 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Baltimore $365 No-Limit Hold’em
Sara Hall, a 25-year-old poker player from Cleveland, Ohio, topped the field of Event #1 on the 2015/2016 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Baltimore schedule to capture the amount of $17,925 and…
Alexander Denisov Enters GPI Player of the Year Top 20
The Wednesday GPI Player of the Year update showed that there was no movement in its top 15. Anthony Zinno is still 1st with 4,192.90 points. Connor Drinan ranks 2nd…
Genting Hong Kong Posts Record H1 Net Profit
Genting Hong Kong Ltd., member of Malaysian hospitality, entertainment, and gambling conglomerate Genting Group, posted its financial results for the first half of 2015. The company reported record net profit…
Gala Coral Q3 Net Revenue Up 6%
British gambling operator Gala Coral Group Ltd. posted its financial results for the third quarter of the financial year ended July 4, 2015. Net revenue increased 6% or £16.3 million…
Mike Leah Returns to GPI Top 20
The Global Poker Index posted on Wednesday the traditional update of its ranking. It showed Jason Mercier still at its top with a total of 4,043.95 points. Anthony Zinno climbed…
Victoria Government to Review State Pokies Regulations
Daniel Andrews, Premier of the Australian state of Victoria, released earlier today the terms of reference, under which the allocation, operation, and the overall number of poker machines within the…