Poker Professionals to Face Asian Businessmen in WPT National Philippines $200,000 Triton Super High Roller

by December 28, 2015

The first of its kind $200,000 Triton Super High Roller – Cali Cup, part of the WPT National Philippines schedule, is just a few days away. The event will run on January 3-4 at Solaire Resort & Casino in Manila.Recently, the WPT and the Cali Group provided more details ab ...

Davidi Kitai Returns to GPI Top 10

by December 27, 2015

The year is nearing its end and it will not be long before the names of the GPI and GPI Player of the Year number ones will be announced. Poker professional Byron Kaverman is topping both rankings at present and given the fact that there are no major poker tournaments to take pla ...

Fedor Holz Reaches Highest GPI and Player of the Year Ranks

by December 26, 2015

Following a career win at WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas, German poker pro Fedor Holz climbed 14 positions in GPI to reach top 10 of the leaderboard for the very first time. The young player now ranks 10th with a total of 3,632.87 points. What is more, his triumph in Las Vegas also secured ...

Chris Moneymaker’s Numerous Contributions to Poker’s Growth and Popularization

by December 25, 2015

There is barely a poker fan or a person involved in any way in poker who has not heard the name Chris Moneymaker. Shortly put, Chris Moneymaker is the 2003 WSOP Main Event Champion. The player, who was 27-year-old at that time, topped a field of 838 entries to capture a gold brac ...

Hendon Mob’s 2015 Most Popular Players

by December 23, 2015

Among other things, the Hendon Mob, known to be the world’s largest poker database, ranks the most popular poker players every year. The ranking is based on the number of unique views each poker player has received over the past twelve months. The Hendon Mob updates its ran ...

Jason Somerville to Broadcast 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship on Twitch

by December 22, 2015

Gambling operator Crown announced today that poker pro Jason Somerville is to broadcast the upcoming Aussie Millions Poker Championship live on his Twitch channel. A number of events on the schedule of one of the largest poker festivals in the Asia-Pacific region will go live on ...

Fedor Holz Wins WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas

by December 21, 2015

German poker pro Fedor Holz joined the elite company of WPT Alpha8 champions last night after he bested the field of the WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas. He collected the amount of $1,589,219, his best live cash so far, as well as an Aurae Solid Gold MasterCard pre-loaded with $10,000 and a ...

Kenny Smaron Wins EPT Season 12 Prague €10,300 High Roller

Kenny Smaron Wins EPT Season 12 Prague €10,300 High Roller

by December 17, 2015

European Poker Tour Season 12 Prague €10,300 High Roller that has just finished attracted as many as 315 entrants. The accumulated prize pool of €3,150,000 was distributed among the most skilful ones and the winner captured the largest piece of the pie. Kenny “kenny05” ...

Kevin MacPhee Leads Day 2 of EPT Prague €10,300 High Roller Event

Kevin MacPhee Leads Day 2 of EPT Prague €10,300 High Roller Event

by December 16, 2015

Kevin MacPhee triumphed during Day 2 of the 2015 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Prague €10,300 High Roller event. He became the chip leader holding a total of 1,576 million in chips. Despite the tough competition, MacPhee managed to defeat all opponents. Now, there are only 1 ...

Marc MacDonnell Finishes EPT Day 4 as Chip Leader

Marc MacDonnell Finishes EPT Day 4 as Chip Leader

by December 15, 2015

During Day 4 of the EPT Prague Main Event, the Irishman Marc MacDonnell topped up the leaderboard and captured a total of 3.6 million in chips. Gleb Tremzin became the runner-up holding 3.535 million in chips. Benjamin Lamprecht occupied the third position with 3.19 million. Day ...

Abbas Moradi Leads after Day 3 of EPT Prague Main Event

Abbas Moradi Leads after Day 3 of EPT Prague Main Event

by December 14, 2015

During Day 3 of the European Poker Tour, which took place in Prague, the Czech Republic, the names of several players stood out from the rest. Day 3 of the Main Event concluded on Sunday and the money bubble that popped managed to completely change the leaderboard. As many as 151 ...

Steve O’Dwyer Tops GPI Player of the Year Ranking after EPT Prague Super High Roller Victory

by December 13, 2015

American poker pro Byron Kaverman has been topping the GPI Player of the Year ranking for six weeks now. The player has accumulated a total of 4,736.90 points since the beginning of the year. However, his reign may come to an end really soon, as Irish player Steve O’Dwyer t ...

Rainer Kempe Wins EPT Season 12 Prague €25,000 Single-Day High Roller

by December 12, 2015

Another high roller event on the schedule of the EPT Season 12 Prague poker festival was completed. The €25,000 Single-Day High Roller saw German poker pro Rainer Kempe best its field to collect the amount of €539,000 in prize money and the tournament trophy. The one-day even ...

Steve O’Dwyer Wins EPT Season 12 Prague €50,000 Super High Roller

by December 11, 2015

With a buy-in fee of €50,000, the Super High Roller, an indispensable part of the schedule of almost all EPT poker festivals, is among those events that traditionally gather together some of the world’s best players. And the EPT Season 12 Prague €50,000 Super High Roller wa ...

Phillip Penn Wins 2015/16 WSOP Circuit Bicycle Hotel & Casino $365 Omaha 8 or Better

by December 10, 2015

The Bicycle Hotel & Casino in Los Angeles, California is now playing host to the 2015/16 WSOP Circuit. Six gold rings have already found their owner and there are six more up for grabs. Poker player Phillip Penn from Bell Gardens, California collected his first-ever gold piec ...