WSOP Reveals This Year’s Poker Hall of Fame Nominees

by September 9, 2015

The WSOP has just announced the list of the ten finalists for thе 2015 Poker Hall of Fame Class. Established back in 1979, it already has a total of 48 members and this year, two more poker personalities are expected to join this elite group.The 2015 Poker Hall of Fame Class ...

Igor Yaroshevsky Climbs in GPI Player of the Year Leaderboard

by September 8, 2015

Ukrainian poker pro Igor Yaroshevsky was among the players who moved up in the GPI Player of the Year ranking after its most recent update. He currently ranks 29th with a total of 2,744.48 points. In comparison, the player was 31st last week with 2,513.10 points.With live tou ...

Kevin MacPhee Moves Up in GPI Ranking

by September 7, 2015

Given his performance over the past several months, it is not a surprise that American poker pro Kevin MacPhee has continued climbing in the GPI leaderboard. The player ranks 30th after the latest update with as many as 3,178.63 GPI points. His GPI Player of the Year rank is 34th ...

Mustapha Kanit Reaches Highest Personal GPI Rank

by September 6, 2015

Mustapha Kanit is a name that has been gaining quite a lot of popularity since the beginning of the year. The Italian professional poker player topped the fields of a number of prestigious events, both live and online, to collect more than $3.5 million in tournament earnings over ...

Mike McDonald Continues Climbing in GPI Ranking

by September 5, 2015

This week’s update of the GPI ranking saw quite a lot of movement mainly due to the season opening EPT Barcelona poker festival. Several players left top 30 of the popular leaderboard only to make room for their fellow poker pros who managed to cash in EPT or other qualifyi ...

Jack Salter Enters GPI Top 20

by September 4, 2015

With the completion of the EPT Season 12 Barcelona poker festival, there was quite a lot of movement in the GPI leaderboard over the past week. However, the traditional Wednesday update of the world’s most prestigious poker ranking shows Jason Mercier still taking 1st place ...

Yaxi Zhu and Chen-An Lin Join Team PokerStars Pro

by September 3, 2015

PokerStars.com, known to be the world’s biggest online poker room, announced on Wednesday that poker players Yaxi Zhu from China and Chen-An Lin from Taiwan are to join the brand’s roster of Asian Team PokerStars Pros.Being PokerStars sponsored players, both Lin a ...

Thomas Muehloecker Re-enters GPI Top 20

by September 2, 2015

No changes have taken place in top 3 of the GPI leaderboard over the past 7 days. Jason Mercier is still 1st for an eighth consecutive week with 4,245.59 points. Anthony Zinno ranks 2nd with 4,026.49 points and Byron Kaverman is 3rd with 3,982.06 points. Scott Seiver with 3,917.9 ...

Ting Xiao Wins 2015/2016 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Baltimore $1,675 Main Event

by September 1, 2015

The WSOP Circuit completed the second stop in the schedule of Season 2015/2016. Horseshoe Casino Baltimore in Maryland played host to an eleven-day tournament held from August 20 to August 31 and the $1,675 Main Event with a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000 was most definitely i ...

John Juanda Wins EPT Season 12 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event

by August 31, 2015

The EPT Season 12 Barcelona has its Main Event champion. His name is John Juanda and he won the amount of €1,022,593 for his triumph last night. With live tournament winnings of more than $17 million, the player is definitely one of the most profitable and successful poker profes ...

Isaac Haxton – This Week’s Biggest GPI Climber

by August 30, 2015

It could be seen after the traditional Wednesday update of the GPI leaderboard that American poker pro Isaac Haxton is this week’s biggest climber. The player moved up 130 positions and now ranks 154th with a total of 2,093.33 points collected over the past nine months....

Joseph Cheong Moves Up in the GPI Ranking

by August 29, 2015

Jason Mercier with 4,259.98 points, Anthony Zinno with 4,021.32 points, and Byron Kaverman with 3,988.80 points are at the top of the GPI leaderboard after its weekly update. Paul Volpe reached his career highest rank this week. The player is 4th with 3,735.02 points. Scott Seive ...

Martin Finger Wins EPT Season 12 Barcelona €25,000 High Roller

by August 28, 2015

The EPT Season 12 Barcelona €25,000 High Roller was completed last night with German poker pro Martin Finger marching his way through a field of 118 entries to eventually capture the tournament trophy and the amount of €865,900.The €25,000 High Roller was initially scheduled ...

Franco Ivan Luca Returns to GPI Player of the Year Top 10

by August 27, 2015

It has been 8 weeks since Anthony Zinno topped the GPI Player of the Year leaderboard and its latest update shows that the player still ranks 1st. The poker pro, who has won one WSOP gold bracelet, two WPT events, and the L.A. Poker Classic Championship since the the beginning of ...

Adrian Mateos Re-enters GPI Top 20

by August 26, 2015

The Global Poker Index leaderboard has just been updated and it could be seen that there was not movement in its top 3 over the past 7 days. Jason Mercier ranks 1st for a fifth consecutive week, followed by Anthony Zinno and Byron Kaverman.EPT Season 11 Grand Final Main Event ...