Aaron Lim Wins APPT Season 9 Manila Main Event

by August 10, 2015

The three-day Asia Pacific Poker Tour Season 9 Manila PHP50,000 Main Event held at the City of Dreams was completed late last night. Poker player Aaron Lim topped a field of 585 entries to capture the title and the amount of PHP6,016,250 in first-place prize. The winner also rece ...

Phil Hellmuth Starts Streaming on Twitch

by August 9, 2015

Phil Hellmuth joined the elite company of professional poker players who stream live on Twitch while playing their favorite variations of the game. The Poker Brat, as he is known due to his temperamental personality, made his live debut on the live streaming platform on Saturday, ...

Most Recent Poker Hall of Fame Inductees

by August 8, 2015

Nominations for this year’s Poker Hall of Fame inductees are open up until August 15. Poker fans from around the world are welcome to submit their nominations as well to briefly explain why they have chosen a particular nominee.All submitted names will be tabulated and ...

Scott Clements Reaches Highest GPI Rank

by August 7, 2015

The Global Poker Index posted the weekly update of its leadearboard on Wednesday, as it traditionally does. It could be seen that Jason Mercier is at its top for a third consecutive week. He has collected a total of 4,057.41 GPI points so far. The player is followed by Byron Kave ...

Byron Kaverman Ranks 2nd in the GPI Leaderboard

by August 6, 2015

Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier topped the GPI ranking for a third consecutive week with a total of 4,057.41 points. The traditional Wednesday update of the leaderboard also showed Byron Kaverman climbing six positions to take 2nd place with 3,987.89 points. Scott Seiver droppe ...

Jason Brin Wins WPT Choctaw Main Event

by August 5, 2015

The inaugural WPT Choctaw Main Event held at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma was completed a few hours ago with Jason Brin emerging victorious to become the first Season XIV champion and to add $682,975 to his poker bankroll.The Choctaw Main Event with a buy-in fee ...

WSOP Top 5 All-Time Money Earners

by August 4, 2015

The World Series of Poker, an annual festival that was first held in 1970, has gradually turned into the world’s most celebrated poker-related event. It not only features some of the biggest prize pools, but also gives both professional poker players and amateurs the chance ...

2015 WSOP Top 5 Money Earners

by August 3, 2015

This year’s edition of the World Series of Poker was completed more than two weeks ago. As many as 67 gold bracelets found their owners and almost $150 million were awarded to more than 10,000 tournament entries. The last piece of 2015 WSOP jewelry is to be given to the win ...

The WSOP National Championship Winners over the Years

by August 2, 2015

The WSOP National Championship was first held in 2011. Since then, the special invitation-only event has been gathering together WSOP Circuit regulars and some of the world’s top players to celebrate the end of the WSOP Circuit season and to crown a victor who gets not only ...

Loni Harwood Wins 2015 WSOP National Championship

by August 1, 2015

The fifth-ever WSOP National Championship, which took place at Harrah’s Cherokee in Cherokee, North Carolina, was completed late on Friday. Female poker pro Loni Harwood topped the field of 122 of world’s best players as well as WSOP Circuit regulars to capture her se ...

Loni Harwood Leads WSOP National Championship Final Seven

by July 31, 2015

The WSOP National Championship, which is currently being held at Harrah’s Cherokee in Cherokee, North Carolina, is actually entering its final stage. There are only seven remaining players who are to return for Day 3, the event’s last one. Play is scheduled to resume at 1 p ...

Tony Hachem to Appear in the Sydney Championships

by July 30, 2015

It was ten years ago when poker pro Joe Hachem topped the field of the WSOP $10,000 Main Event, captured the amount of $7.5 million, and became the first Australian to ever win the world’s most celebrated poker event. Apart from his triumph back in 2005, the player also won ...

David Peters Re-enters GPI Top 20

by July 29, 2015

The Global Poker Index has just released the latest update of its leaderboard. Jason Mercier is at its top for a second consecutive year with 4,020.74 points. Scott Seiver is taking 2nd place. He has collected 3,928.27 GPI points so far. Anthony Zinno is this week’s number ...

Joanne Liu Tops GPI Female Leaderboard

by July 28, 2015

The latest GPI update showed female poker pro Joanne “JJ” Liu, originally from Taiwan but currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, overthrowing long-standing number 1 in the female ranking – Vanessa Selbst. Liu has collected a total of 1,781.06 points since the beginn ...

Blake Bohn Wins 2015 MSPT Meskwaki Casino Main Event

by July 27, 2015

The Mid-States Poker Tour’s latest stop was at Meskwaki Casino in Tama, Iowa. There, the $1,110 Main Event was completed a few hours ago. Blake Bohn, who is member of the MSPT Team Pro, emerged victorious over the event’s field to capture the amount of $101,229 of the ...