Negreanu Busts Out of WPT World Championship

by April 26, 2015

Day 1 of the WPT World Championship was completed last night. The Borgata in Atlantic City plays host to the prestigious event, just as it did last year.The first day saw a field of 234 entries, of which only 166 survived through all six levels played yesterday and will be re ...

Dzmitry Urbanovich Tops the GPI Player of the Year Ranking

by April 25, 2015

This week’s update of the GPI Player of the Year ranking shows Polish player Dzmitry Urbanovich at its top. Currently, the player has a total of 2,483.10 points and is followed by Argentinian Ivan Luca with 2,409.51 points and American Connor Drinan with 2,165.00 points. ...

Scott Seiver Moves Up in the GPI Leaderboard

by April 24, 2015

This week’s Global Poker Index leaderboard update shows that German Ole Schemion is ranking 1st for yet another week. In fact, this is the eighteenth consecutive week that the player tops the leaderboard. He has managed to best his own as well as Jason Mercier and Dan Smith ...

Griffin Paul Wins $3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown

by April 23, 2015

California-born player Griffin Paul won the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown mere hours ago. The six-day $3,500 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event with a guaranteed prize pool of $5 million attracted a total of 1,476 entries.The six-handed final table lasted about five a ...

Jonathan Duhamel Parts Ways with PokerStars

by April 22, 2015

Mere hours ago, it was announced that another poker legend has left PokerStars. Jonathan Duhamel – the poker player who emerged victorious at the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event, will no longer be part of Team PokerStars Pro.PokerStars representatives remained tight-li ...

Michelle Chin Wins Council Bluffs WSOPC $1,675 Main Event

by April 21, 2015

The World Series of Poker Circuit $1,675 Main Event, held at Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa, was completed late on Monday with Michelle Chin topping the field and becoming the first ever female player to win a Circuit Main Event.The three-day event attracted a total ...

Greg Himmelbrand Wins MSPT Maryland Live! Casino Main Event

by April 20, 2015

The 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Maryland Live! Casino Main Event was completed mere hours ago with New York-based player Greg Himmelbrand as its champion. He took home the first-place prize of $72,910 after facing Justin Liberto in a tough heads-up play.The event attracted a t ...

Barry Hutter Leads WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event

by April 19, 2015

The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida is currently playing host to the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event. The week-long event had its three starting days completed with Florida-based Barry Hutter as the chip leader.The player is to ret ...

Davidi Kitai Aims for Top Spot in the GPI Leaderboard

by April 18, 2015

This week’s Global Poker Index leaderboard finally saw some movement in top 3, after no changes were registered for four consecutive weeks. Unsurprisingly, German Ole Schemion still tops it with 4,207.86 points, but Scott Seiver and Davidi Kitai switched places. The latter ...

Victoria Coren Mitchell to Host BBC TV Show

by April 17, 2015

The popular poker player Victoria Coren Mitchell announced that tonight, she will be hosting the Have I Got News For You show. It is a British television panel show broadcast by BBC One.This will not be the first TV show the poker pro takes part in. She has been gaining more ...

Ivan Luca Wins £3,000 UKIPT Nottingham High Roller Event

by April 16, 2015

The Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club is once again playing host to the UKIPT Nottingham. Apart from the £1,000,000 Guaranteed Main Event, the tournament is set to feature a number of other exciting events, the two-day £3,000 Nottingham High Roller, which was completed late last night, b ...

PokerStars Pros Ranking Highest in the GPI Leaderboard

by April 15, 2015

The Global Poker Index has released the weekly update of its leaderboard as it does every Wednesday. Ole Schemion tops it once again with 4,207.86 points, followed by Davidi Kitai with 3,910.74 points and Scott Seiver with 3,883.00 points.Furthermore, it could be easily seen ...

Paul Belken Wins HPT River City Main Event

by April 14, 2015

The Heartland Poker Tour River City Main Event was completed with Missouri-based player Paul Belken as its winner. He defeated three-time HPT champion Reginald Shawn Roberts and prevented him from winning the title for a record fourth time.The event attracted a total of 296 p ...

Jason Mo Wins APPT Seoul Main Event

by April 12, 2015

The APPT Season 9 Seoul KRW3,000,000 Main Event has just been completed with Jason Mo emerging victorious and capturing the tournament trophy and the amount of KRW165,590,200 ($151,359) of the entire prize pool.As previously reported, the event attracted a total of 241 player ...

Jason Mo Leads after Day 2 of APPT Seoul Main Event

by April 11, 2015

Day 2 of the APPT Season 9 Seoul KRW3,000,000 Main Event was completed a few hours ago after 10 levels of play. The two starting fields attracted a total of 241 players, of whom only 91 returned for Day 2.Action started with Takihiro Nakai as the chip leader with 186,700. He ...