Poker rooms have been shutting down and opening up frequently in the fast-paced gambling metropolis Las Vegas. Unfortunately more of the former than the latter. In the wake of Black Friday, twenty-eight poker rooms have shut their doors in Nevada since 2012. In 2018, five have closed in Las Vegas alone. In recent news however […]
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WSOP releases controversial ‘Value Menu’ tournament schedule
The 51st World Series of Poker will be held from 26th May to 15th July at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. It is not clear yet how many tournaments there will be in total at this year’s festival. However, a recent announcement from the WSOP is informing poker fans around the […]
Closing the “Fitz”: A disaster for Irish Poker
Just a week before Christmas the most iconic poker venue in Ireland, the Fitzwilliams Casino & Card Club, tragically announced that it will permanently shut its doors immediately with 80 staff losing their jobs. The “Fitz”, as people lovingly called it, had been operating for 16 years and was the main poker venue not just […]
Off Topic: Postle back in headlines; Dunst tells the world about heater; Schwartz talks ‘pigeons’
Recent weeks have seen Phil Galfond’s challenge gather momentum, with trash talking enthusiast Luke Schwartz seemingly having talked his way into an online battle with Galfond. Meanwhile,Tony Dunst has been keen tell the world that he’s been running good over less than 100 MTT’s this year and Mike Postle has been hoping to ignore is way […]
Triton’s 2019 top hands announced and new events scheduled; Jeju first up
Top hands of 2019 A few days ago, Triton poker released the Top 5 Hands of 2019… a year of incredible bluffs, calls, and of course, bad beats. Triton Poker HOTY2019: Chidwick vs Rajkumar https://www.facebook.com/TritonPoker/videos/376669499816643/ The first of Triton’s top hands involves High Roller superstar Stephen Chidwick and Vivek Rajkumar. Facing an all-in shove from […]
GPI 2019: Alex Foxen officially Player of the Year, Danny Tang wins Asia POY, Kristen Bicknell tops ladies ranking for 3rd year in a row
Alex Foxen wins GPI POY for 2nd year in a row Alex Foxen has officially won the 2019 Global Poker Index (GPI) Player of the Year award. With his title win, Foxen achieved the unparalleled feat of winning the GPI Player of the Year award two years in a row. In 2018 he was the […]
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 2nd German champion after Pius Heinz. Gaelle Jaudon is bringing us this exclusive interview. […]
Alex Foxen wins record-breaking WPT Five Diamond title, potentially securing historical Back to Back GPI POY Title
Alex Foxen wins WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $1.69M Alex Foxen topped the record-breaking field of 1,035 entries at the Season XVIII World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic winning $1.69M USD for his first-place finish. Back in 2017, Foxen came in one place short of winning the exact same title. “It […]
Off Topic: Negreanu back-tracks, Jungleman agrees to take on Galfond as list of challengers grows
The run up to Christmas has seen Phil Galfond throw down a challenge to the poker world, reminiscent of that offered by Tom Dwan a decade ago. Dangerous names have stepped out of the shadows to accept, which should give us all something to look forward to in the new year. Daniel Negreanu’s new year […]
2020 WSOP Schedule: 12 more events confirmed
A total of 12 additional events have been recently announced for the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP), that is set to take place at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino from May 26 to July 15, 2020. A few days ago, WSOP was announcing details of the Main Event, BIG 50 and Senior’s Event. […]