Keith Tilston and Daniel Negreanu Lead Final Six in US Poker Open Event #3

Keith Tilston and Daniel Negreanu Lead Final Six in US Poker Open Event #3

by February 5, 2018

The third event on the US Poker Open schedule is slated to be completed today when the official six-handed final table will be played at the poker room of Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The tournament is a $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em and it will see some of the world’s top h ...

Poker Tournaments Starting February 5-11

Poker Tournaments Starting February 5-11

by February 5, 2018

This week’s most important live poker dates include hot poker tournaments in Canada, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, and England. These will feature prize pools worth fighting fiercely for and tons of poker excitement for every self-respecting poker adrenaline junkie. Here is a qui ...

Mike Gorodinsky Wins US Poker Open $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

Mike Gorodinsky Wins US Poker Open $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

by February 4, 2018

Two events on the US Poker Open schedule are now complete, and while Justin Bonomo took down the first one (a $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em), Mike Gorodinsky topped a tough final table to win the second tournament – the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha.The player collected $179,200 ...

Eric Afriat Wins WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship for Second WPT Title

Eric Afriat Wins WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship for Second WPT Title

by February 3, 2018

Canadian player Eric Afriat won last night the 2018 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open $3,500 Championship for a first-place prize of $651,928 and his second WPT Main Tour title. The player emerged victorious after entering the event’s six-handed final table as the short stack a ...

Caesars Casino Owner VICI Raises $1.2 Billion in IPO

Caesars Casino Owner VICI Raises $1.2 Billion in IPO

by February 2, 2018

Real estate investment trust (REIT) company VICI Properties raised $1.21 billion in its IPO, which was completed on January 31. VICI, which yesterday began trading on OTC Markets under the VICI ticker, currently owns more 36 million square feet of Caesars Entertainment Corp. prop ...

Zach Gruneberg Leads WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship Final Table

Zach Gruneberg Leads WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship Final Table

by February 2, 2018

The final table of this year’s WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship was set last night at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City. And a player well familiar to the feeling of being among the final six in a WPT Main Event is leading the pack into Friday.Zach Gruneberg is l ...

Italy May Begin Sharing Poker Liquidity in May

Italy May Begin Sharing Poker Liquidity in May

by February 1, 2018

Italy may enter the newly launched shared online poker network in May, according to reports from local poker news outlets. It is believed that at first Italian players will be able to play against peers from other countries in tournaments and sit’n’gos, while shared cash game tab ...

Steven Greenberg Leads 27 Survivors into WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship Day 4

Steven Greenberg Leads 27 Survivors into WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship Day 4

by February 1, 2018

Steven Greenberg sits on top of the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship leaderboard after the event’s Day 3 of play. The self-proclaimed recreational player bagged 3.573 million last night after a terrific run throughout the day during which he won a ton of important hands ...

A.J. Kelsall Ends WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship Day 2 as Overnight Chip Leader

A.J. Kelsall Ends WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship Day 2 as Overnight Chip Leader

by January 31, 2018

The WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship completed one more day on its schedule. It can be said that for yet another year, the event proved utter success with its high attendance.The tournament attracted a field of 1,244 entries who put the guaranteed prize pool of $3 ...

Gambling Operators Invited to Voice Opinion in Ongoing Evaluation of Portugal’s Market

Gambling Operators Invited to Voice Opinion in Ongoing Evaluation of Portugal’s Market

by January 31, 2018

The Portuguese gambling regulator, Serviços de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ), has initiated a review of the nation’s gambling industry almost two years after it issued the first online sports betting license under the country’s new gambling laws. The regulatory body also s ...

Casino Giants Register Interest in Cairns Global Tourism Hub Plan

Casino Giants Register Interest in Cairns Global Tourism Hub Plan

by January 30, 2018

Major casino companies have registered interest in participating in a project for the construction of a A$1-billion integrated resort in the city of Cairns, the Queensland government said earlier today.The Global Tourism Hub scheme was introduced last fall. It involves the c ...

Shaun McBride Leads 548 Hopefuls into WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship Day 2

Shaun McBride Leads 548 Hopefuls into WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship Day 2

by January 30, 2018

The WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship is by tradition one of the busiest WPT Main Tour Main Events to take place within WPT’s schedule, and this year’s edition of the tournament did not disappoint. A total of 1,023 contenders entered the event during its Days 1A and 1B, ...

Philipp Gruissem Joins partypoker’s Cluster of Poker Celebrity Ambassadors

Philipp Gruissem Joins partypoker’s Cluster of Poker Celebrity Ambassadors

by January 29, 2018

While PokerStars Team Pro seems to be thinning with each week passing, the case is exactly the opposite with its rival poker operator partypoker and its team of sponsored players. It was announced earlier today that German poker Philipp Gruissem has become the latter poker room’s ...

Poker Tournaments Starting January 29-February 4

Poker Tournaments Starting January 29-February 4

by January 29, 2018

This week in poker promises thrill for the bravest high rollers as well as for fans of different poker formats. Aria Casino in Las Vegas will kick off the inaugural US Poker Open, while not far away, The Venetian will celebrate the start of the DeepStack Extravaganza I. Two more ...

Ben Lamb Wins Aussie Millions A$25,000 Challenge

Ben Lamb Wins Aussie Millions A$25,000 Challenge

by January 28, 2018

Ben Lamb, a two-time WSOP Main Event finalist, triumphed in the Aussie Millions A$25,000 Challenge in the first hours of Sunday to scoop a payout of A$647,114 and an ANTON Jewellery ring after dominating action on the event’s second day.Lamb locked the victory after he ...