Josh Turner Leads Lumiere Place Main Event Final Table

by March 2, 2015

Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event took place yesterday at Lumiere Place in St. Louis. During the event, Josh Turner proved himself to be the indisputable leader who held the majority of chips at the beginning of Day 2 and surprising or not, ended it as a chip ...

American Poker Awards Winners Revealed

by March 1, 2015

The winners from the first ever GPI American Poker Awards have been announced. The lavish ceremony was held at the SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills and was hosted by poker personality and TV commentator Kara Scott.There were a total of thirteen categories. The winners in most of th ...

Aage Eikeland Leads on Day 1B of the 2015 Unibet Open Copenhagen Main Event

by February 28, 2015

Day 1B of this year’s Unibet Open Copenhagen Main Event, which is currently taking place at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel, was completed late last night with Aage Eikeland finishing as a chip leader. The player had 260,000 in chips by the end of the evening.As it ...

PokerStars Signs Sponsorship Deal with Jason Somerville

by February 27, 2015

Poker pro Jason Somerville is to become part of the so-called Team PokerStars Pro, a team of professional players who are sponsored by the popular online cardroom.Somerville is known to be probably the first poker player to be using the Twitch video platform for broadcasting ...

Jouny Hanna Leads on Day 1A of the 2015 Unibet Open Copenhagen Main Event

by February 27, 2015

2015 Unibet Open Copenhagen is currently taking place at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel in the capital of Denmark. Last night, Day 1A of the tournament’s Main Event was completed with Jouny Hanna as the chip leader.A total of 167 players entered yesterday’s game. Of ...

The Winners from the 2014 British Poker Awards Announced

by February 24, 2015

The 2014 British Poker Awards were held last night, February 23, at the Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square, London. Industry experts, players, and fans of this exciting game gathered for a fifth consecutive year to celebrate the best achievements from the past twelve months. ...

Benjamin Wiora Triumphs in the 2015 MSPT Ho-Chunk Gaming Main Event

by February 23, 2015

The 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk Gaming Main Event has ended mere hours ago. As its name suggests, it was held at Ho-Chunk Gaming in Wisconsin Dells. A total of 463 players took part in the event, but it was Benjamin Wiora who emerged victorious to win the amount of $114,5 ...

Heinrich Pauker Wins the bwin.be WPT National Brussels Main Event

by February 23, 2015

The 2015 €1,100 + €100 bwin.be World Poker Tour National Brussels Main Event has just been completed. It took a total of seven and a half levels before a champion was announced. His name is Heinrich Pauker and he captured the amount of €88,000 from the entire prize pool after he ...

The Four Most/Least Profitable Online Poker Players since the Beginning of 2015

by February 21, 2015

The past two months have been pretty action-packed for the world of online poker. For instance, last week, Pot-Limit Omaha specialist Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies became the first player who has won over $1 million in online poker rooms for 2015. And quite surprisingly, poker lege ...

Anthony Zinno Wins the World Poker Tour Fallsview Poker Classic Main Event

by February 17, 2015

The World Poker Tour Fallsview Poker Classic Main Event took place from February 13 to February 16. The event attracted a total of 419 players, but it was Anthony Zinno who emerged victorious to win the first-place prize as well as a seat into the World Championship, which will b ...

Martin Jacobson Donates $250,000 to Initiatives of REG

by February 11, 2015

The champion in the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event – Martin Jacobson – was reported to have donated a sum of $250,000 to Raising for Effective Giving (REG), which is a non-profit organization.Mr. Jacobson won the $10-million prize of WSOP Main Event in November. Then, ...

Saied Moradi Wins the 2015 RunGoodGear.com Poker Series Main Event

by February 9, 2015

The winner of the 2015 RunGoodGear.com Poker Series Main Event, held at the Downstream Casino Resort, a venue located not far from Joplin, Missouri, has just been announced. Saied Moradi from Kansas City emerged victorious to capture the amount of $27,116, a special RunGoodGear w ...

Sulaiman Sesay Wins WPTDeepStacks Event in Malta

by February 8, 2015

Almost seven days after the first 2015 champion of WPTDeepStacks was proclaimed, the tour traveled to Europe for the first time with its €440 ($500) buy-in event. The event, in which a total of 336 entries were made over the three opening flights, took place at the Dragonara Casi ...

Thomas Marchese Finishes First at the Aria $25,000 High Roller II Event

by January 31, 2015

Yesterday, the Aria Resort & Casino, which is currently considered to be one of the best Las Vegas-based venues to play poker at, hosted the one-day Aria $25,000 High Roller II event. The turbo tournament attracted a total of 41 players, many of which were well-known names in ...

Nick Shkolnik Finishes First at the HPT Thunder Valley No-Limit Hold’em Main Event

by January 27, 2015

The Heartland Poker Tour No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, held at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort between January 24 and January 26, has just announced its winner. Poker player Nick Shkolnik was the one to emerge victorious after he eliminated four of all nine players who took ...