Dzmitry Urbanovich Wins EPT Malta €25,500 High Roller Event

by March 21, 2015

The EPT Malta €25,500 High Roller event was completed with Dzmitry Urbanovich as its winner. The player topped a field of 88 entrants, who created a prize pool of €2.156 million. Of those, only 13 were to be paid.Urbanovich himself took €572,300 and a trophy for his first pl ...

Ravee Mathi Sundar Wins WPT Rolling Thunder $3,500 Main Event

by March 19, 2015

The World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder Main Event with a $3,500 buy-in fee was completed a few hours ago. The event attracted a total of 379 players but only 45 were paid. Ravee Mathi Sundar was the one to top the field and win the first-place prize of $266,857.Only several day ...

Japanese Model Yuiko Matsukawa Becomes PokerStars Ambassador

by March 18, 2015

Online poker room PokerStars announced that its team of brand ambassadors will be joined by 24-year-old Japanese model and actress Yuiko Matsukawa. She will promote the game of poker as a skill-based one across Japan.Matsukawa is the third Japanese to be sponsored by PokerSta ...

Konstantinos Nanos Triumphs in partypoker WPT Vienna Main Event

by March 18, 2015

The five-day Main Event of the 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour Vienna, held at the Montesino Card Casino, was completed with Konstantinos Nanos emerging victorious after 81 hands to capture €150,000, a trophy, and a $15,400 ticket for the WPT World Championship.Day 5 of the ...

Kane Lai Triumphs in 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino Main Event

by March 16, 2015

Day 2 of the Mid-States Poker Tour Main Event, held at the Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado, was completed a few hours ago. It was local poker star Kane Lai who won the event to receive the amount of $101,365.The tournament attracted a total of 409 entries. Of thos ...

Yuguang Li Triumphs in Two Macau Poker Cup 22 Events

by March 15, 2015

The emblematic Red Dragon Main Event, part of the Macau Poker Cup 22, was completed on Friday. The event, as well as the whole tournament, was held at the PokerStars LIVE Macau poker room at the City of Dreams. Chinese player Yuguang Li emerged victorious over a total of 987 play ...

David Beckham Participates in Marina Bay Sands Advertising Campaign

by March 12, 2015

Marina Bay Sands – the Singaporean resort that consolidated its positions on the Asian gambling market and proved itself to be a major gambling hub, has recently launched an advertising campaign called “Never Settle”.Representatives of Marina Bay Sands revealed details about ...

José Antonio García Appointed as Deputy Director General of Management and Institutional Relations at DGOJ

by March 9, 2015

Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego, which is known to be the gambling regulator of Spain, announced the appointment of José Antonio García as a Deputy Director General of Management and Institutional Relations.Mr. García has been working for the Spanish regulator for a ...

Henry Gingerich Triumphs in 2015 RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Casino Council Bluffs Main Event

by March 9, 2015

The Main Event of the 2015 RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa was completed a few hours ago. It attracted a total of 426 players and a prize pool of $251,340 was created. Henry Gingerich emerged victorious to win the amount of $39,083 and a seat into th ...

Xiaohu Chen Triumphs in 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge Event #2

by March 8, 2015

The winner of the second one-day event, part of the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge, became clear mere hours ago. His name is Xiaohu Chen and he topped a field of 117 entrants in the $500 No-Limit Hold’em event to capture the amount of $15,242 of the entire prize pool ...

Jerry Calvaneso Triumphs in 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge Event #1

by March 7, 2015

The one-day $200 buy-in No Limit Hold’em, which is the first one in the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge, held at the Seneca Niagara Casino, has just been completed. It attracted a total of 139 players and it took almost 13 hours for a winner to be determined. His name ...

Anthony Zinno Wins the 2015 WPT L.A. Poker Classic

by March 6, 2015

The WPT L.A. Poker Classic was completed a few hours ago. The tournament was held at the Commerce Casino and kicked off back on January 23. It was poker pro Anthony Zinno who won the $10,000 single-entry Main Event to capture the amount of $1,015,860.Zinno managed to tie sev ...

European Poker Awards Nominees Announced

by March 5, 2015

The nominees for the 14th annual GPI European Poker Awards have just been revealed. As previously reported, the event is to take place on March 25 at the Portomaso Marina Hilton Hotel in St. Julians, Malta.The nominees in most of the categories were determined by a specially ...

Jesse Mills Wins the WSOP Baltimore Event #2 $365 No-Limit Hold’em Re-entry

by March 4, 2015

The World Series of Poker Circuit is currently visiting the Horseshoe Baltimore Casino for the first time ever. Event #2 $365 No-Limit Hold’em Re-entry was completed mere hours ago. It attracted a total of 2,403 players and thus, became the largest one to have ever taken pl ...

Poker Tournaments in the Beginning of March

by March 3, 2015

The fact that poker is one of the most popular games in the world explains why so many poker tournaments are taking place daily and weekly. And here is a list of some of the major events that are set to commence in the week between March 3-10.partypoker WPT ViennaThe tour ...