Josh Kay Leads Pack of Six into 2017 WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event

Josh Kay Leads Pack of Six into 2017 WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event

by August 8, 2017

It took four days of play, that is two starting flights and two regular days, for the 2017 WPT Main Event’s field to be reduced from 924 entries to just six players. The six finalists are slated to resume play today, led by Josh Kay.Kay was quite active from the start of Day ...

Michael Stashin Takes the Chip Lead after 2017 WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event Day 2

Michael Stashin Takes the Chip Lead after 2017 WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event Day 2

by August 7, 2017

A lot happened during Day 2 of the WPT Choctaw Main Event, which was played on Sunday, August 6, at Choctaw Casino in Durant, Oklahoma. Last things first, Michael Stashin was the player to bag the largest chip stack at the end of the day.Stashin had accumulated a total of 5. ...

Jesse Rockowitz Leads 2017 WPT Choctaw Main Event Day 1B

Jesse Rockowitz Leads 2017 WPT Choctaw Main Event Day 1B

by August 6, 2017

Day 1B of the 2017 WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Event continued the success of Day 1A, with the overall field eventually swelling up to 902 entries. There were 562 entries to join the tournament on Saturday during its second flight, but only 167 of them bagged and tagged for the night ...

Daniel Lowery Leads after 2017 WPT Choctaw Main Event Day 1A

Daniel Lowery Leads after 2017 WPT Choctaw Main Event Day 1A

by August 5, 2017

Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Oklahoma is currently a welcoming host to the WPT Choctaw festival on the popular poker series’ 2017/2018 calendar. The $3,700 Main Event started off with flying colors on Friday, attracting 340 entries from all around the US and the r ...

Borgata Casino Sues Card Manufacturer in Prolonged Phil Ivey Baccarat Case

Borgata Casino Sues Card Manufacturer in Prolonged Phil Ivey Baccarat Case

by August 4, 2017

The Borgata’s case against world-known poker pro Phil Ivey involves so many twists and turns that it is getting harder and harder to keep up. It has recently become known that the Atlantic City casino is suing the Gemaco card manufacturer for knowingly selling it playing cards wi ...

WSOP World Champion Scott Blumstein Eyes WPT Choctaw Main Event Title

WSOP World Champion Scott Blumstein Eyes WPT Choctaw Main Event Title

by August 3, 2017

After climbing the Everest of No-Limit Hold’em poker, that is the WSOP $10,000 Main Event, New Jersey-based poker player Scott Blumstein is now eyeing another high peak. The player revealed on his Twitter page that he will be taking part in the upcoming WPT Choctaw $3,700 Main Ev ...

Kenny Hallaert Scoops Super Tuesday Title on PokerStars

Kenny Hallaert Scoops Super Tuesday Title on PokerStars

by August 2, 2017

Belgian poker pro Kenny Hallaert became the latest Super Tuesday champion on PokerStars after a smooth final table, during which he maintained a good chip lead. The player earned $57,000 for his efforts after a two-way deal with his heads-up opponent gustavo5454 from Brazil....

Grammy-Winning DJ Zedd to Play and Perform at PokerStars Championship Barcelona

Grammy-Winning DJ Zedd to Play and Perform at PokerStars Championship Barcelona

by August 1, 2017

PokerStars Championship Barcelona, the successor of the highly successful EPT Barcelona stop, is just around the corner and organizers have begun revealing multiple surprises for both participants and fans of the game.PokerStars announced on Monday that German Grammy-winning ...

Simon Boss Scoops Second Poker EM Casino Velden Main Event Title

Simon Boss Scoops Second Poker EM Casino Velden Main Event Title

by July 31, 2017

The Poker EM, one of Europe’s most prestigious live poker festivals to be taking place on an annual basis, was completed last night at the Austrian Casino Velden. As one could expect, the €2,700 Main Event was the concluding tournament and the one to attract the greatest attentio ...

Ash Gupta Wins Star Sydney Championships’ Inaugural Monster Stack Poker Event

Ash Gupta Wins Star Sydney Championships’ Inaugural Monster Stack Poker Event

by July 30, 2017

The Star Sydney Championships 2017 is among the summer poker festivals currently under way and expectations for quality poker action and tons of entertainment have already been met and even exceeded.The Monster Stack event was one of the new additions to this year’s sc ...

Phil Hellmuth to Take Part in Star-Studded King of the Hill Poker Tournament

Phil Hellmuth to Take Part in Star-Studded King of the Hill Poker Tournament

by July 29, 2017

Phil Hellmuth will be one of the participants in the star-studded King of the Hill poker tournament presented by Poker Night in America.The heads-up tournament will take place on August 22-23 and the brand new Rivers Casino & Resort in Schenectady, New York will happily ...

Two of Poker’s Great – Fedor Holz and Daniel Negreanu – Celebrate Birthdays

Two of Poker’s Great – Fedor Holz and Daniel Negreanu – Celebrate Birthdays

by July 28, 2017

The days after the end of the WSOP Main Event are usually dedicated to the winner and their terrific achievement to top a field of several thousand people, to reach the final table, and to endure all the pressure that playing that final stage of the tournament involves.This ...

Steffen Sontheimer Wins Poker EM €27,000 High Roller

Steffen Sontheimer Wins Poker EM €27,000 High Roller

by July 27, 2017

German poker pro Steffen Sontheimer has just added another high roller poker title to his portfolio less than a month after he topped the field of an Aria High Roller $25,000 buy-in tournament for $111,648.Poker news outlet PokerFirma reported earlier today that Sontheimer ha ...

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom Scores $500,000 Online Poker Profit in a Single Day

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom Scores $500,000 Online Poker Profit in a Single Day

by July 26, 2017

While the live poker world is still cooling off from the recently completed World Series of Poker, which was closed with New Jersey’s Scott Blumstein winning the $10,000 World Championship, the online poker scene is packed with action just as always.Viktor Blom, a Swedish po ...

Biggest 2017 World Series of Poker Winners

Biggest 2017 World Series of Poker Winners

by July 25, 2017

While poker fans from around the world bid the 2017 WSOP farewell several days ago, excitement about Scott Blumstein’s $8.15-million-worth Main Event triumph is still beaming. This was the New Jersey-based online grinder’s first Series cash and he scooped it in an awe-inspiring w ...