Ivan Luca Ranks 7th in GPI Player of the Year Leaderboard

by September 6, 2016

Within the span of several years, Ivan Luca has won some of the world’s most prestigious poker titles, including a WSOP gold bracelet, and has become Argentina’s most profitable player of all time. The fact he is only 24 years old makes his poker accomplishments even more impress ...

Sergey Lebedev Reaches Career Best GPI Player of the Year Rank

by September 5, 2016

Fedor Holz, Chance Kornuth, and David Peters rank first, second, and third in the GPI Player of the Year leaderboard after its most recent update. In fact, Holz has been topping the ranking for twelve weeks now, and it cannot be any different, given the fact that the young German ...

Brian Yoon Takes 15th Place in GPI Player of the Year Ranking

by September 4, 2016

Without any surprise, Fedor Holz is still ranking first in the GPI Player of the Year leaderboard with a total of 3,637.69 points that the player collected over the past eight months for winning several of the largest buy-in tournaments to have taken place over that time span. Ch ...

Pat Lyons Wins WPT Legends of Poker $4,000 Main Event

by September 3, 2016

Pat Lyons, a poker pro from San Mateo, California, turned a dream of his into reality after winning the WPT Legends of Poker $4,000 Main Event early on Friday. Apart from the first-place prize of $615,346, including a seat into the season-ending Tournament of Champions, a tournam ...

Phil Galfond to Launch Online Poker Website in 2017

by September 2, 2016

Professional poker player and online poke trainer Phil Galfond announced on his Run It Once poker training website that he will launch his own online poker brand. The poker pro made the announcement in a blog-like post that did not contain much details about the website itself bu ...

William Vo Leads WPT Legends of Poker $4,000 Main Event Final 6

by September 1, 2016

The field of the WPT Legends of Poker $4,000 Main Event was slashed from the original number of 687 entries to just 6 hopefuls over the span of four playing days. Day 5, the tournament’s final one, will be played today at 4 pm local time at The Bicycle Hotel & Casino in Los A ...

Gus Hansen Resumes Playing Online Poker Cash Games

by August 31, 2016

Danish poker professional Gus Hansen has reportedly made an online poker comeback after a nineteen-month hiatus. Formerly a Full Tilt ambassador, The Great Dane had lost close to $21 million in 1,572,615 hands played over an eight-year span on what had been known as world’s secon ...

Julian Sacks Wins 2016/17 WSOP Circuit Foxwoods $1,675 Main Event

by August 30, 2016

After two final-table finishes in WSOP Circuit events over the past several years, Julian Sacks, a player from Ridgewood, New Jersey, last night topped the field of the 2016/17 WSOP Circuit Foxwoods $1,675 Main Event for his career best cash of $148,350 and a gold ring.Winni ...

Sebastian Malec Wins EPT Season 13 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event

by August 29, 2016

The EPT Season 13 Barcelona stop was completed in a spectacular manner. A 21-year-old poker newbie from Poland took down the €5,300 Main Event, thus turning himself into a millionaire, and American poker pro Connor Drinan topped the field of the €10,300 High Roller to add another ...

Uri Reichenstein Leads Final 7 into EPT Season 13 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event Day 6

by August 28, 2016

The EPT Season 13 Barcelona is coming to an end after thirteen days of play and millions of euros distributed to players from around the world. Two highlight tournaments are to be concluded today, on the Barcelona stop’s last day, with those being the €5,300 Main Event and ...

Sebastian Malec Emerges as EPT Season 13 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event Day 4 Chip Leader

by August 27, 2016

The record field of the EPT Season 13 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event was reduced from the initial overall of 1,785 entries to just 24 hopefuls (or three tables) left to contend for the first-place prize, the tournament trophy, and the prestige that comes along with that accomplishme ...

Anthony Chimkovitch Leads EPT Season 13 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event Hopefuls into Day 4

by August 26, 2016

Day 3 of the EPT Season 13 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event was quite expectedly packed with action. Play was kicked off with 294 players but there were only 98 of them left by the end of the day. The remaining hopefuls are set to return today, led by Belgian Anthony Chimkovitch. The ...

Nicolas Chouity Starts EPT Season 13 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event Day 3 as Chip Leader

by August 25, 2016

Barcelona has always been among the most popular EPT stops and the record-breaking field of the Season 13 Barcelona Main Event is the latest proof of this statement. The prestigious €5,300 buy-in tournament this year attracted a total of 1,785 entries.Day 2 of the Main Event ...

Pratyush Buddiga Wins EPT Season 13 Barcelona €25,000 Single-Day High Roller

by August 24, 2016

After the EPT Season 13 Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller was completed, it was time for high rollers from around the world to enter the €25,000 Single-Day High Roller, yet another major event to be ever present on the EPT schedule. American poker pro Pratyush Buddiga won the t ...

Fedor Holz Wins EPT Season 13 Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller

by August 23, 2016

When a player wins a high roller tournament, many would attribute his victory to luck. However, when that same player wins seven high roller tournaments within an eight-month span, saying that he has just been lucky would be an insulting understatement of his obvious skills....