Rising Star Yaxi Zhu to Return for Day 2 of APPT Seoul Main Event

by April 9, 2015

The Paradise Walkerhill Casino in Seoul is currently playing host to Season 9 of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour. Day 1A of the KRW3,000,000 Main Event has just been completed. It attracted a total of 116 players, of whom only 44 will return for Day 2, which is scheduled for April 11 ...

Ole Schemion Tops GPI’s Ranking for 16th Consecutive Week

by April 8, 2015

The Global Poker Index has just released its weekly ranking update. Generally speaking, Top 10 of the leaderboard remained steady for a second consecutive week. German player Ole Schemion topped it once again with a total of 4,216.88 points. He was followed by Scott Seiver with 3 ...

Ioannis Triantafyllakis Wins Paddy Power Irish Open Main Event

by April 7, 2015

The 2015 Paddy Power Irish Open €3,200 + €300 Main Event was completed last night. It attracted a total of 321 players and a prize pool of €1,027,200 was created. Of all entries, only 36 were paid.Greek player Ioannis Triantafyllakis, who qualified for the tournament via Padd ...

Steven Gurney-Goldman Wins 2015 HPO Grantville $1,115 Main Event

by April 6, 2015

The two-day 2015 Hollywood Poker Open Grantville $1,115 Main Event was completed a few hours ago. It attracted a total of 92 players, of whom only 9 were paid. Day 2 of the event saw 18 players returning so as for the champion to be determined. His name is Steven Gurney-Goldman a ...

Chris Moneymaker Seeks Second HPO Title in Grantville

by April 5, 2015

Day 1 of the 2015 Hollywood Poker Open Grantville $1,115 Main Event was completed mere hours ago and Day 2 has just started. Hollywood Casino at Penn National in Grantville, Pennsylvania is playing host to the two-day event, which attracted a total 92 players.This time last y ...

The Most Profitable Online Poker Players since the Beginning of 2015

by April 4, 2015

The weekly update of the 2015’s most profitable online poker players leaderboard shows that certain changes have taken place. Finnish poker pro Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies, who topped the ranking for quite some time, was replaced by JayP-AA. Mikael “punting ...

Connor Drinan Continues Moving Up in GPI’s 2015 POY Ranking

by April 3, 2015

The Global Poker Index updated its weekly Player of the Year leaderboard on Wednesday. Polish poker pro Dzmitry Urbanovich tops it for a second consecutive week. He has a total of 2,483.10 points and is followed by American player Connor Drinan. The latter has accrued 2,165.00 po ...

Phil Ivey’s Court Troubles Continue

by April 2, 2015

Phil Ivey is a name that even people who are not particularly interested in poker have heard. The player, who is known to be one of the best in the world, is a ten-time WSOP winner and one-time WPT champion. He currently ranks 3rd in the US all-time money list with $22,482,691 in ...

Anthony Zinno Drops Two Spots in the GPI Ranking on April 1

by April 1, 2015

The Global Poker Index is a weekly leaderboard ranking that assesses players’ performance in live tournaments over a certain period of time. Three main things are taken into consideration by compilers of the ranking – the number of tournament entries a given player has comp ...

Larry White Triumphs in HPT Vicksburg Main Event

by March 31, 2015

The winner of the HPT Vicksburg Main Event was announced a few hours ago after a total of 26 levels of play. His name is Larry White and he was awarded the sum of $32,678.The event was held at Ameristar Casino Hotel in Vicksburg, Mississippi and attracted 73 players. The ent ...

Chad Willett Wins MSPT Meskwaki Main Event

by March 30, 2015

The Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Main Event kicked off on March 27 and was completed a few hours ago. It attracted a total of 371 players from across the country. Of those, only 36 were to be paid. The event was held at the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel in Tama, Iowa.It was p ...

Jean Montury Wins EPT Malta €5,300 Main Event

by March 29, 2015

The last EPT stop before the European Poker Tour Season 11 Grand Final in Monte Carlo, Monaco was completed early this morning. The EPT Malta €5,300 Main Event attracted a field of 895 players and a pool of €4,340,750 was created. The major event was won by French poker player Je ...

EPT Malta Main Event Final Table Players

by March 28, 2015

The final day of the European Poker Tour Season 11 Malta €5,300 Main Event is just about to start with only 6 players left at the final table. The Portomaso Casino in St Julian’s plays host to the prestigious tournament. And it is important to note that Malta is, in fact, t ...

Meet Jack Salter – European Breakout Player of the Year

by March 27, 2015

The 14th annual GPI European Poker Awards took place on March 25 at the Portomaso Marina Hilton Hotel in St. Julians, Malta, where currently, Season 11 of the European Poker Tour is being held, as well. The ceremony gathered together some of the biggest names on the European poke ...

Team Italy Wins Global Poker Masters World Cup

by March 23, 2015

The first-ever Global Poker Masters World Cup was completed late last night. The two-day event, which was held at the Portomaso Casino in Malta, a venue that also hosts the EPT European Poker Tour Season 11 Malta, gathered together the current top four players (according to the G ...