Nicholas Petrangelo Reaches Best GPI Rank

by July 26, 2015

After this week’s update of the GPI leaderboard, it could be seen that poker pro Nick Petrangelo continued climbing to enter top 20 and reach his best rank. Currently, the player, who resides in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, is taking 12th place. He climbed thirteen positio ...

Dominik Nitsche Enters GPI Player of the Year Top 10

by July 25, 2015

The traditional Wednesday update of the GPI Player of the Year leaderboard shows Anthony Zinno topping it for a third consecutive week. The player has collected as many as 4,192.92 points since the beginning of the year. He is followed by Connor Drinan with 3,771.10 points and Sc ...

Phil Ivey Files Countersuit Against the Borgata

by July 24, 2015

Professional card player Phil Ivey filed a countersuit against Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino. Attorneys for Ivey claimed that the gambling venue had destroyed key evidence in the lawsuit against him.In 2012, the player won a little less than $10 million by playing bacc ...

Matt Glantz Once Again in the Middle of Poker-Related Controversy

by July 23, 2015

Matt Glantz is among those poker personalities who have never been afraid to speak their minds and share their opinion on what should be improved in one of the world’s most popular games and how this could be done.However, it seems that he has found himself in the middl ...

Claudio Moya Wins Latin American Poker Tour Peru Main Event

by July 22, 2015

The Latin American Poker Tour Peru Main Event was completed mere hours ago and the Chilean Claudio Moya emerged victorious to capture the trophy and the amount of $135,576 for his first place.The tournament took place at Atlantic City Casino in Lima, the capital of Peru. As ...

Samuel Bernabeu Wins the Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza III

by July 20, 2015

Although the 2015 WSOP was regarded as the most important poker event during the last couple of weeks, it does not mean that there were not other exciting poker tournaments taking place at the same time. The Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza (DSE) III was just completed and Samuel ...

Negreanu and Somerville Lobby for Online Poker in California

by July 19, 2015

The legalization of online poker in California has been a hot topic for quite some time now. And while involved parties and legislators have been quarreling and putting off hearings on the matter, PokerStars, one of the world’s biggest online poker card rooms, has decided t ...

Blake Bohn – This Week’s Biggest GPI Top 100 Mover

by July 18, 2015

Given the fact that the 2015 WSOP $10,000 Main Event was completed mere days ago, it was not a surprise that quite some movement was seen in this week’s top 100 of the GPI leaderboard. It is topped by Anthony Zinno for a second consecutive week. The player has a total of 3, ...

Fedor Holz Continues Climbing in GPI Player of the Year Ranking

by July 17, 2015

After his debut at the WSOP, German player Fedor Holz continued climbing to reach his best ranks in the GPI and the GPI Player of the Year leaderboards. After this week’s update of the two rankings, the German is taking 38th place in the first one with 2,977.42 points he ha ...

Jason Mercier Enters Top 3 of the GPI Ranking

by July 16, 2015

After the weekly update of the Global Poker Index ranking, it could be seen that Anthony Zinno tops it for a second consecutive week, following his more than excellent performance during this year’s edition of the WSOP. The player has collected a total of 3,886.78 points so ...

Joseph McKeehen Leads 2015 WSOP Main Event November Nine

by July 15, 2015

The summer edition of the 2015 WSOP was completed mere hours ago and the names of the nine players who will appear at the $10,000 Main Event final table, which will be played on November 8-10, became clear. Joseph McKeehen from Pennsylvania will lead the nine remaining finalists, ...

Thomas Kearney Leads Final 27 into 2015 WSOP Main Event Day 7

by July 14, 2015

Day 6 of the 2015 WSOP $10,000 Main Event was completed a few hours ago. There are only 27 remaining players and they will return for Day 7 determined to win a seat into the final table. Thomas Kearney from Las Vegas, Nevada finished as the chip leader bagging up a total of 14,40 ...

Pierre Neuville Starts 2015 WSOP Main Event Day 6 as Chip Leader

by July 13, 2015

Pierre Neuville finished Day 5 of the 2015 WSOP $10,000 Main Event as the chip leader. The Belgian player collected 7,105,000 chips over the day. He is to return for Day 6 topping a field of 69 remaining entries.This year, Neuville cashed in one event – the first-ever MILLION ...

Joseph McKeehen Takes the Lead after 2015 WSOP Main Event Day 5

by July 12, 2015

Yet another day of the 2015 WSOP $10,000 Main Event was marked as completed. Day 4 saw 661 players returning to try their best and win a seat into this year’s final table, which is to take place in November. By the end, there were only 237 left. And two-time WSOP Circuit go ...

Amar Anand Tops 2015 WSOP Main Event Day 3

by July 11, 2015

Day 3 of this year’s WSOP $10,000 Main Event has been completed a few hours ago. After five levels of play, there are 661 remaining players who will return for Day 4 of the event. Amar Anand from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts finished the day as the chip leader, bagging up a to ...