Judge Discards FBI Phua Case Evidence

by May 27, 2015

U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon discarded at a Tuesday hearing in Las Vegas what had remained of the evidence in the illegal gambling lawsuit against Malaysian poker player and businessman Paul Phua. It could be said that the judge’s ruling in a way gutted the case.Ju ...

Vanessa Selbst – World’s Most Profitable Female Poker Pro

by May 26, 2015

Although poker is generally considered to be a man’s game, there are female players that prove this wrong and Vanessa Selbst is certainly one of them. With live tournament earnings of more than $10 million and three WSOP bracelets, the Brooklyn native is indisputably the mo ...

David Kluchman Wins WSOPC Foxwoods Resort $1,675 Main Event

by May 25, 2015

David Kluchman won the WSOPC Foxwoods Resort $1,675 Main Event on Sunday. It was the last one before the WSOP National Championship, which is set to start on July 29 and is to take place at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina.Kluchman topped a field of 376 players in or ...

Top WSOP Bracelet Winners of All Time

by May 24, 2015

The 2015 WSOP is scheduled to kick off on May 27. This year, the world’s most popular poker festival is to award more than 60 bracelets and almost $200 million in prize money. Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is to play host to the series of events, which are s ...

Isaac Haxton – This Week’s Biggest Online Winner

by May 23, 2015

The online poker stage was quite action-packed over the past seven days. Apart from the Spring Championship of Online Poker, which is currently taking place, one of the biggest highlights was American player Isaac Haxton winning more than $300,000 online and thus, offsetting last ...

Sorel Mizzi Enters Top 10 of the GPI Player of the Year Ranking

by May 22, 2015

Not many changes were registered in this week’s update of both the GPI and the GPI Player of the Year rankings. American Scott Seiver topped the first leaderboard for the fourth consecutive week with a total of 3,970.10 points. As for the latter ranking, Polish player Dzmit ...

Phil Hellmuth Drops Out of the GPI Top 300 Ranking

by May 21, 2015

The Global Poker Index updated its ranking on Wednesday as usual. However, no movement was seen in top 5 of the leaderboard. In other words, Scott Seiver topped it for a fourth consecutive week with a total of 3,970.10 points. Ole Schemion ranked 2nd with 3,859.58 points and Dan ...

Daniel Colman – the Kid Who Defeated Kid Poker

by May 20, 2015

Where is Daniel Colman? A question that some poker fans are certainly asking themselves. The 24-year-old Massachusetts native became popular about this time last year, as he won the The BIG ONE for ONE DROP topping a field of 54 of the world’s best and most profitable poker ...

Josh Moua Wins WPTDeepStacks Central California $1,100 Main Event

by May 19, 2015

The Turlock Poker room in Turlock, Central California played host to the WPTDeepStacks $1,100 Main Event with a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000, which was completed late last night. Josh Moua emerged victorious over a field of 175 entries to capture the amount of $50,594, a sea ...

Robert De Niro and Chef Nobu Cut Ribbon on First Nobu Hotel in Asia

by May 18, 2015

Two-time Academy Award winner Robert De Niro and popular Japanese Chef Nobu Matsuhisa were among the celebrities who attended the official launch of the first Nobu Hotel on the territory of Asia. The luxurious property is part of City of Dreams, which is one of the two integrated ...

Farid Yachou Wins WPT Amsterdam €3,300 Main Event

by May 17, 2015

The first-ever WPT Amsterdam was completed late last night with Netherlands-based Farid Yachou topping a field of 341 entries to win the €3,300 Main Event. The player received the amount of €215,000 of the entire prize pool for his debut on the felt.As mentioned above, the Ma ...

Steve Warburton Leads WPT Amsterdam €3,300 Main Event Final Table

by May 16, 2015

The first-ever WPT Amsterdam tournament, hosted by Holland Casino, is entering its final stage. The six-handed final table of the €3,300 Main Event is to start today at 2:00 pm local time.The event attracted a total of 341 players who created a prize pool of €992,310. The ch ...

WSOP Champion Martin Jacobson Re-enters Top 20 of the GPI Leaderboard

by May 15, 2015

This week’s update of the Global Poker Index leaderboard showed American player Scott Seiver remaining at its top for a third consecutive week, followed by German Ole Schemion and fellow countryman Dan Smith.Martin Jacobson, the Swedish player who won the 2014 WSOP Mai ...

Dan Smith Enters Top 3 of the GPI Leaderboard

by May 14, 2015

The Global Poker Index has released the weekly update of its GPI leaderboard. American Scott Seiver remained at the top for a third consecutive week with a total of 3,972.33 points. Ole Schemion, who ranked 3rd last week, is 2nd now. The player currently has 3,878.61 points. Dan ...

Shakeeb Kazemipur Wins LAPT Season 8 Panama $2,500 Main Event

by May 13, 2015

The LAPT Season 8 Panama $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Re-entry Main Event, which took place at the Sortis Hotel, Spa & Casino in Panama City, was completed last night. It attracted 422 players who created a prize pool of $930,932.Canada-based player Shakeeb Kazemipur to ...