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No Accountability Observed as All Complaints against Mike Postle, Stones Gambling Hall and Justin Kuraitis Dismissed
News of the Mike Postle cheating scandal quickly gained the attention of the poker community last year as the live poker game was broadcasted for everyone to watch. First to raise suspicions was former commentator and player Veronica Brill who shared concerns of the...
Online Industry News: Real names on GGPoker, WPT announces new online series, Flutter Q2 report – PokerStars doubles revenue, Playtech enters New Jersey
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. GGPoker pushes for more real names Following the example of partypoker, GGPoker had already started to implement real names in a few high...
Super High Roller Bowl Online: Bonomo Wins Main Event – Addamo Runner-up; Blom Crushes Side Events
The prestigious Super High Roller Bowl series recently concluded its inaugural online edition on the partypoker platform featuring a combined guarantee of over $20 million in prizes. Drawing in the world’s top players, the festival of high-stakes No Limit Hold’em...
$2 Million in June Promo Giveaways at Natural8
Article sponsored by Natural8 June is set to be a great month for Natural8 players, with exciting new promos like the Rush & Cash Daily $33,000 Leaderboard, Spin & Gold Weekly $100,000 Race, All-In Or Fold Daily $10,000 Flipout and the Short Deck $5,000 Daily...
Macau: Gross Gaming Revenue Plunges 93 Percent; GDP Shrinks Almost 50%; 6.6% Occupancy Rate in Five-Star Hotels
While the global pandemic has hit many countries drastically, Macau has been suffering exceptionally hard resulting in damaging impact for the territory’s economy. As Macau’s gambling industry is seven times larger than that of Las Vegas, as much as 80% of the local...
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Natural8-WSOPC: schimmelgodx ships the MAIN EVENT for $1.2M; rubbherducky, waransan, Goblue also seize circuit rings; Isaac Haxton wins the $25K HR
On May 3rd, the World Series of Poker kicked off what promised to be the richest online event in history. 29 days of games, 18 circuit gold rings, and a staggering $ 100 million on the plate with all the action taking place at GG Network Natural8. Five days ago, the...
Natural8-WSOPC: Hunt for the last four rings just hours away; MAIN EVENT breaches $7M; PLO MAIN doubles up to $2M; Day 28 results
The WSOP Super Circuit Online Series has reached its final day and along with it a colorful lineup of games to conquer. Of course, what players will be focused on today are the last four ring events starting with the Monster Stack $500K GTD. The next two are PLO MAIN...
Exclusive Freeroll on 888Poker: $100 for Grab – No Deposit Needed!
We have teamed up with 888poker! The poker room will be offering exclusive $100 freerolls to Somuchpoker followers every Sunday! The field size is expected to be small, you have a great chance to get your hands on some easy money. You do not have to make any sort of...
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Online Industry News: Real names on GGPoker, WPT announces new online series, Flutter Q2 report – PokerStars doubles revenue, Playtech enters New Jersey
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. GGPoker pushes for more real names Following the example of partypoker, GGPoker had already started to implement real names in a few high...
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Negreanu, Kitai, Ensan, Kanit, Blum and More: The Poker Community Talks About Covid-19’s Impact on Their Lives
The poker community, like the rest of the world, has not been spared the unprecedented Covid-19 crisis. The gaming industry has been hit hard by casino closings and the stopping of live tournaments, which has meant a sudden halt to their activities and plans for many...
Super High Roller Bowl Online: Bonomo Wins Main Event – Addamo Runner-up; Blom Crushes Side Events
The prestigious Super High Roller Bowl series recently concluded its inaugural online edition on the partypoker platform featuring a combined guarantee of over $20 million in prizes. Drawing in the world’s top players, the festival of high-stakes No Limit Hold’em...
$2 Million in June Promo Giveaways at Natural8
Article sponsored by Natural8 June is set to be a great month for Natural8 players, with exciting new promos like the Rush & Cash Daily $33,000 Leaderboard, Spin & Gold Weekly $100,000 Race, All-In Or Fold Daily $10,000 Flipout and the Short Deck $5,000 Daily...
Maria Ho Talks Lockdown, Video Content, WSOP and more
Maria Ho is born in Taipei, Taiwan and was raised in the United States. With over 4 million dollars in live poker tournament earnings she is one of the most successful women in the game. Beyond the poker tables Maria shares her knowledge of the game as a poker coach,...
Kenny Hallaert: Interview With An Ambassador Of The Belgium Poker Scene
Present on the circuit for almost fifteen years, Kenny Hallaert fulfilled his dream in 2016 by reaching the final table of the Main Event of the World Series Of Poker. The tournament director talks to Gaëlle Jaudon about this highlight, and the milestones of his...
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Top 10 Beginners Tips for Six Plus Hold’em / Short Deck
It’s been over a year since PokerStars introduced Six Plus Hold’em and since then other major poker sites like GGPoker have followed suit. Six Plus might seem very similar to regular Texas Hold’em, except the ante structure and of course having the deck being stripped...
Everything you should know before making a deal in a tournament
Over the years, deal making has become an increasingly popular and important factor in tournaments. It allows players to flatten the payouts in the late stages which decreases the variance which can make tournament grinding difficult to manage as a profession. Most...
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Are re-entries and late registrations hurting the poker economy?
There once a time when poker tournaments involved one buy-in, one stack and one shot. In the simpler days of a freezeout you’d only ever see a player bust once. But these days, professionals can fire bullet after bullet until they finally build a big stack they can go...
6 reasons why you need to start beating online micro stakes if you want to take poker seriously
There is a common complaint among players who want to be successful at poker but cannot climb the ladder. They claim to have difficulty beating the micro stakes and moving up because their sophisticated plays do not work on weak players. You’ll normally find such...
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Six Asia poker trends of 2019
It was a dizzying year of poker in Asia with barely a break in the live tournament scene. Players had plenty to choose from as festivals sometimes overlapped. Vietnam and the Philippines were consistently busy with nonstop events both local and international. Coming...
Asia Pacific’s biggest player achievements of 2019
Another incredible year of poker has come anphuad gone. Once again, players from Asia – Pacific outshined around the globe. For some, their wallets weighed down with large scores, for others dreams were fulfilled. Many definitely deserve acknowledgment. Here’s a...
China Poker Games revealed: Interview with Mr. Li, President of Hainan Poker Association
On August 23 to 30, China Poker Games delivered the biggest and wealthiest live poker event in Asia with 3,132 Main Event entries and a prize pool spilling over US$ 4.1 million. The festival took place at the Howard Johnson Resort in Sanya, Hainan Island,...
Florencio Campomanes clinches the APPT Manila 2019 Main Event
After four days of heated competition that included a final day that ran for 13 hours at Okada Manila, semi-retired Filipino player Florencio Campomanes railroaded the latter half of the final table to become the newest APPT Main Event champion. He pocketed his...
Mid-year update on GPI Asia’s top 10: Daniel Tang takes the lead
With the summer’s biggest poker event all wrapped up, it’s time for a mid-year review on the Global Poker Index Asia rankings. Since our last update significant changes have taken place; only six players secured their top ten standing and Hong Kong’s Daniel Chi Tang...
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Negreanu, Kitai, Ensan, Kanit, Blum and More: The Poker Community Talks About Covid-19’s Impact on Their Lives
The poker community, like the rest of the world, has not been spared the unprecedented Covid-19 crisis. The gaming industry has been hit hard by casino closings and the stopping of live tournaments, which has meant a sudden halt to their activities and plans for many...
PokerStars Founder Isai Scheinberg surrenders to American authorities
If PokerStars was once an empire of the online world, then Isai Scheinberg was its emperor. Over a relatively short space of time, Scheinberg’s online poker room had ridden the crest of the poker boom to become an all-conquering business behemoth, basking in the rays...
An exclusive conversation with 2019 WSOP Main Event Champion Hossein Ensan
Last July, Germany’s Hossein Ensan outlasted Italy’s Dario Sammartino and Canada’s Alex Livingston to win the WSOP Main Event. The 55-year-old, who was born in Iran but moved to Germany 30 years ago, became the oldest world poker champion since Noel Furlong and the...
WSOPE: James Chen wins €250,000 Super High Roller title and first ever bracelet for Taiwan!
The 2019 World Series of Poker Europe at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic kicked off with James Chen taking down the most expensive event of the series and bringing home the first gold bracelet for his home country of Taiwan. €250,000 Super High Roller...
Five stories that built Billy Baxter’s legacy
When it comes to legends of poker, Billy Baxter is certainly not spoken of as much as he should be. Not only has he accumulated 7 WSOP bracelets and been cashing at the WSOP for over forty years, but he also paid Stu Ungar’s 1997 Main Event entry because he was having...
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