John Holley Wins 2016/17 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Hammond $580 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max

by October 20, 2016

Horseshoe Hammond Casino in Hammond, Indiana is currently the arena for quality WSOP Circuit poker battles. The popular poker tour arrived at the gambling venue on October 13 for a festival that will be running up through October 24.Event #6 on its schedule was completed mer ...

Natural8 Signs Asian Poker Celebrities as “Team Hot” Members

by October 19, 2016

Philippines-licensed online poker room Natural8 announced that professional poker players Kitty Kuo, Dong Kim, and Xuan Liu have become members of its “Team Hot” pro team. All three will work together with the operator to promote its brand in the Asia-Pacific region and around th ...

Sam Panzica Wins 2016 WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble $5,000 Main Event

by October 19, 2016

Sam Panzica has become the latest player to have his name engraved on the WPT Champions Cup. The WPT, one of the world’s largest poker tours, has turned it into tradition to place the name of each Main Tour Main Event champion on the large cup, thus celebrating their achievement. ...

Paul Phua Wins 2016 Monte Carlo ONE DROP Extravaganza €100,000 No-Limit Hold’em

by October 18, 2016

Casino de Monte-Carlo in Monaco played host to the 2016 Monte Carlo ONE DROP Extravaganza, a tournament and cash game festival that took place on October 13-17 and featured the €1,000,000 Big One for ONE DROP as its highlight tournament.A single-day €100,000 No-Limit Hold’em ...

Elton Tsang Wins 2016 Big One for ONE DROP

by October 17, 2016

The €1,000,000 Big One for ONE DROP final table began and ended in style, just as a tournament of this rank requires. The eight finalists returned at Casino de Monte-Carlo at noon on Sunday to determine the champion of what has turned into the world’s highest buy-in poker tournam ...

Andrew Pantling Leads €1-Million Big One for ONE DROP Final Table

by October 16, 2016

With a buy-in fee of €1 million, the 2016 Big One for ONE DROP has turned into the most expensive tournament in poker history. The event is now entering its final stage as its official eight-handed final table is set to be played today. Poker-pro-turned-betting-website-CEO Andrew ...

Alfred De Carolis Ends €1 Million Big One for ONE DROP Day 1 as Chip Leader

by October 15, 2016

Founded in 2007 by Guy Laliberté, who also happens to be the father of Cirque du Soleil, the ONE DROP foundation is a non-profit organization aimed at improving communities’ access to water. Numerous initiatives have been organized to raise money for the good cause since th ...

WSOP Announces Carlos Mortensen and Todd Brunson as 2016 Poker Hall of Fame Inductees

by October 14, 2016

Carlos Mortensen and Todd Brunson are the latest Poker Hall of Fame inductees, the WSOP announced on Thursday. Both players, together with eight other poker-related individuals, were nominated by poker fans and voted on by a 44-member voting panel, comprised of existing Poker Hal ...

Beata “Wild Hungarian” Jambrik Becomes Latest partypoker Brand Ambassador

by October 13, 2016

Beata “Wild Hungarian” Jambrik has become the latest player to join partypoker’s roster of ambassadors, sponsored by the online poker room to promote and popularize its brand.The Wild Hungarian, as she is known on the online poker scene, started playing poker in January 2015. ...

BERRI SWEET Scores Biggest Weekly Online Poker Profit

by October 12, 2016

BERRI SWEET, a player who can be seen at PokerStars’ Pot-Limit Omaha tables quite often, was last week’s highest profiting online player, according to figures posted by HighStakesDB. The player won a total of $253,799 in the week between October 3-9.It can also be seen that ...

Ted Jackson-Spivack Wins £770 No-Limit Hold’em UKIPT Birmingham Main Event

Ted Jackson-Spivack Wins £770 No-Limit Hold’em UKIPT Birmingham Main Event

by October 11, 2016

The last stop of this year’s UKIPT was scheduled to take place in Birmingham’s Genting Club Star City Casino between 5th and 9th of October. Right before it kicked off, poker fans knew it has a lot to offer and were right. They defined it as one of the most exciting stops in the ...

Brandon Steven Wins $50,000 Aria Super High Roller 11

by October 10, 2016

It was a busy weekend at Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The venue played host to three high roller tournaments and a $400 buy-in event presented by none other but poker star Phil Hellmuth. However, it could be said that the $50,000 Aria Super High Roller 11 generated the ...

Brian Rast Wins $25,000 Aria High Roller 43

by October 9, 2016

The single-day $25,000 Aria High Roller tournaments that regularly take place at Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas have turned into a tradition favored by some of the world’s most popular high roller players. Brian Rast, a poker professional with voluminous portfolio, w ...

Byron Kaverman Ranks 4th in GPI Leaderboard

by October 8, 2016

We may be seeing less of 2015 GPI Player of the Year Byron Kaverman this year, but that does not mean that the American poker pro has not made some impressive appearances at live tournaments.Following the latest update of the GPI leaderboard, the player climbed to take a 4th ...

Phil Hellmuth Hosts Aria Poker Challenge on October 9

by October 7, 2016

Aria Resort & Casino has turned into one of the highly preferred poker destinations in Las Vegas and is frequently host to different exciting tournaments that tend to draw some of the game’s big names. For instance, the $25,000 buy-in single-day tournaments that regularly tak ...