Byron Kaverman Ranks 2nd in the GPI Leaderboard

by August 6, 2015

Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier topped the GPI ranking for a third consecutive week with a total of 4,057.41 points. The traditional Wednesday update of the leaderboard also showed Byron Kaverman climbing six positions to take 2nd place with 3,987.89 points. Scott Seiver droppe ...

Jason Brin Wins WPT Choctaw Main Event

by August 5, 2015

The inaugural WPT Choctaw Main Event held at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma was completed a few hours ago with Jason Brin emerging victorious to become the first Season XIV champion and to add $682,975 to his poker bankroll.The Choctaw Main Event with a buy-in fee ...

Unibet Q2 Gross Winning Revenue Up 21%

by August 5, 2015

Gambling operator Unibet Group plc released information about its financial performance during the second quarter of the year as well as for the six-month period ended June 30. Gross winning revenue for the three months ended June 30 amounted to £80.5 million. In addition, gross ...

WSOP Top 5 All-Time Money Earners

by August 4, 2015

The World Series of Poker, an annual festival that was first held in 1970, has gradually turned into the world’s most celebrated poker-related event. It not only features some of the biggest prize pools, but also gives both professional poker players and amateurs the chance ...

Manx Telecom Extends Contract with PokerStars

by August 4, 2015

Isle of Man-based provider of broadband and telecommunication services Manx Telecom announced earlier today that it had won a three-year hosting contract with PokerStars, the world’s biggest online card room.The communications solutions provider said that under its agre ...

2015 WSOP Top 5 Money Earners

by August 3, 2015

This year’s edition of the World Series of Poker was completed more than two weeks ago. As many as 67 gold bracelets found their owners and almost $150 million were awarded to more than 10,000 tournament entries. The last piece of 2015 WSOP jewelry is to be given to the win ...

Poker Tournaments to Start between August 3-9

by August 3, 2015

The upcoming week is expected to be pretty eventful and full of opportunities for poker players around the world. The UKIPT will travel to Bristol for its latest tournament, the WPT National’s next stop will be the Czech Republic’s village of Rozvadov, and the new WSO ...

The WSOP National Championship Winners over the Years

by August 2, 2015

The WSOP National Championship was first held in 2011. Since then, the special invitation-only event has been gathering together WSOP Circuit regulars and some of the world’s top players to celebrate the end of the WSOP Circuit season and to crown a victor who gets not only ...

Loni Harwood Wins 2015 WSOP National Championship

by August 1, 2015

The fifth-ever WSOP National Championship, which took place at Harrah’s Cherokee in Cherokee, North Carolina, was completed late on Friday. Female poker pro Loni Harwood topped the field of 122 of world’s best players as well as WSOP Circuit regulars to capture her se ...

Appeals Court Backs EPT Concord in Concord Associates Agreement Case

by July 31, 2015

A US appeals court ruled in favor of resort operator EPR Resorts, formerly known as EPT Concord. The company is in charge of the construction and operation of the Montreign Resort in the Adelaar area in New York that would host the Montreign Casino. The court ruling was against r ...

Loni Harwood Leads WSOP National Championship Final Seven

by July 31, 2015

The WSOP National Championship, which is currently being held at Harrah’s Cherokee in Cherokee, North Carolina, is actually entering its final stage. There are only seven remaining players who are to return for Day 3, the event’s last one. Play is scheduled to resume at 1 p ...

Wynn Resorts Reports Drop in Q2 Net Revenue

by July 30, 2015

Gambling operator Wynn Resorts announced its financial results for the second quarter of the year. The company posted net revenue of $1.04 billion compared to $1.41 billion for the same period a year ago.Casino operations generated a total of $714.2 million. In comparison, th ...

Tony Hachem to Appear in the Sydney Championships

by July 30, 2015

It was ten years ago when poker pro Joe Hachem topped the field of the WSOP $10,000 Main Event, captured the amount of $7.5 million, and became the first Australian to ever win the world’s most celebrated poker event. Apart from his triumph back in 2005, the player also won ...

David Peters Re-enters GPI Top 20

by July 29, 2015

The Global Poker Index has just released the latest update of its leaderboard. Jason Mercier is at its top for a second consecutive year with 4,020.74 points. Scott Seiver is taking 2nd place. He has collected 3,928.27 GPI points so far. Anthony Zinno is this week’s number ...

South Korea Officials Authorize Casinos at Cruise Ships

by July 29, 2015

The South Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said yesterday that an ordinance that legalizes the operation of casinos on cruise ships had been approved during the latest meeting of the cabinet.The ordinance in question will be effective as of August 4, but according to c ...