Joanne Liu Tops GPI Female Leaderboard

by July 28, 2015

The latest GPI update showed female poker pro Joanne “JJ” Liu, originally from Taiwan but currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, overthrowing long-standing number 1 in the female ranking – Vanessa Selbst. Liu has collected a total of 1,781.06 points since the beginn ...

Ladbrokes Launches Playtech-Developed Omni-Channel Platform

by July 28, 2015

UK gambling operator Ladbrokes released earlier today its first omni-channel platform developed by gaming software provider Playtech.The new platform aims at providing Ladbrokes’ customers with the easiest and quickest experience on desktop and mobile devices. By this n ...

Poker Tournaments to Start between July 27 and August 2

by July 27, 2015

The upcoming week will be quite rich in events. The 2015 edition of the WPT Legends of Poker is kicking off tomorrow, WPT National will stop in London, and City of Dreams Manila will play host to the APPT. More information about the aforementioned events as well as several other ...

Blake Bohn Wins 2015 MSPT Meskwaki Casino Main Event

by July 27, 2015

The Mid-States Poker Tour’s latest stop was at Meskwaki Casino in Tama, Iowa. There, the $1,110 Main Event was completed a few hours ago. Blake Bohn, who is member of the MSPT Team Pro, emerged victorious over the event’s field to capture the amount of $101,229 of the ...

Nicholas Petrangelo Reaches Best GPI Rank

by July 26, 2015

After this week’s update of the GPI leaderboard, it could be seen that poker pro Nick Petrangelo continued climbing to enter top 20 and reach his best rank. Currently, the player, who resides in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, is taking 12th place. He climbed thirteen positio ...

Dominik Nitsche Enters GPI Player of the Year Top 10

by July 25, 2015

The traditional Wednesday update of the GPI Player of the Year leaderboard shows Anthony Zinno topping it for a third consecutive week. The player has collected as many as 4,192.92 points since the beginning of the year. He is followed by Connor Drinan with 3,771.10 points and Sc ...

Ladbrokes and Gala Coral Confirm Merger

by July 24, 2015

UK gambling operator Ladbrokes confirmed earlier today that it would merge with rival company Gala Coral to become the country’s largest betting chain and to blunt online competition from other gaming giants. Reports about the potential merger emerged late last month.Th ...

Phil Ivey Files Countersuit Against the Borgata

by July 24, 2015

Professional card player Phil Ivey filed a countersuit against Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino. Attorneys for Ivey claimed that the gambling venue had destroyed key evidence in the lawsuit against him.In 2012, the player won a little less than $10 million by playing bacc ...

Matt Glantz Once Again in the Middle of Poker-Related Controversy

by July 23, 2015

Matt Glantz is among those poker personalities who have never been afraid to speak their minds and share their opinion on what should be improved in one of the world’s most popular games and how this could be done.However, it seems that he has found himself in the middl ...

Caesars Entertainment Corp. May Face Bankruptcy after Unfavorable Ruling

by July 23, 2015

Gambling operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. may eventually join its main operating company in bankruptcy, after Judge Benjamin Goldgar of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court issued an unfavorable ruling on Wednesday.Judge Goldgar ruled against Caesars Entertainment’s request to ...

Negreanu and Somerville Lobby for Online Poker in California

by July 19, 2015

The legalization of online poker in California has been a hot topic for quite some time now. And while involved parties and legislators have been quarreling and putting off hearings on the matter, PokerStars, one of the world’s biggest online poker card rooms, has decided t ...

Blake Bohn – This Week’s Biggest GPI Top 100 Mover

by July 18, 2015

Given the fact that the 2015 WSOP $10,000 Main Event was completed mere days ago, it was not a surprise that quite some movement was seen in this week’s top 100 of the GPI leaderboard. It is topped by Anthony Zinno for a second consecutive week. The player has a total of 3, ...

Fedor Holz Continues Climbing in GPI Player of the Year Ranking

by July 17, 2015

After his debut at the WSOP, German player Fedor Holz continued climbing to reach his best ranks in the GPI and the GPI Player of the Year leaderboards. After this week’s update of the two rankings, the German is taking 38th place in the first one with 2,977.42 points he ha ...

Betsson Q2 Revenue Up 14% YoY

by July 17, 2015

Swedish gambling operator Betsson AB reported its financial performance for the second quarter ended June 30. Overall revenue increased 14% year-on-year to reach SEK860.6 million, compared to the SEK752.3 million posted for the same period a year ago.The company attributed t ...

Jason Mercier Enters Top 3 of the GPI Ranking

by July 16, 2015

After the weekly update of the Global Poker Index ranking, it could be seen that Anthony Zinno tops it for a second consecutive week, following his more than excellent performance during this year’s edition of the WSOP. The player has collected a total of 3,886.78 points so ...