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In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Successful online series all around The biggest online poker season of the year has concluded, but who knows what other highlights this year will bring us. For now, most online poker providers report […]

Three thrilling weeks of GG Spring Festival 2021 madness came to a close earlier today with a record US$ 176,560,597 paid out across 336 tournaments. This final tally more than exceeded last year’s WSOP 2020 Online Series [International] that paid out over US$ 147.7 million on the network. The games took place from April 4 […]

With a live WSOP most likely happening this fall, it appears schedules in the online scene will just be as packed if not more. Online players tuning in to this year’s WSOP events can expect an action-filled schedule throughout the year with three circuits currently lined up to run on the GGNET – Natural8 platform. […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Virtue Poker ready for real-money launch in May Phil Ivey has been seen with Virtue Poker patches for over three years now – a poker site that didn’t exist. But it looks like […]

The Natural8 – GG Spring Festival 2021 is nearing its completion with 18 out of the 22-day schedule in the bag. With the featured GGSF Main Event- H $1,500 buy-in games yet to be played, the festival is on course to demolish the promised US$ 150 million guarantee. As it stands, US$ 141.2M has already […]

Sweden’s Joakim Andersson was the envy of all after he shipped the richest tournament of the GG Spring Festival 2021. Andersson entered the final table of the GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD as chip leader, proceeded to eliminate six players to seize the enormous US$ 1,537,605.12 first prize. This was the single largest […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Leon Tsoukernik sues Facebook A few weeks ago King’s Casino posted several messages on their social media accounts about a fraudulent app in circulation, pretending to be an online casino offering by the Czech border casino. […]

Another week done and dusted at the GG Spring Festival 2021 and to cap it, the week-ender guaranteed over US$ 26.7 million across 20 games. This was the biggest day yet to bring the festival total payout to US$ 120,238,547 million across 231 games. Among the biggest winners were Belarusian pro Mikita Badziakouski who crushed […]

GG Spring Festival 2021 is well beyond its halfway point with 14 days of games completed. Day 11 to Day 14 contributed a combined US$ 15,882,140 in prize money to bring the cumulative festival payouts to a bulging US$ 89,852,650. Among the latest winners were Ronny Kaiser, Michele “CrossfireX” Dattani, Artur Martirosyan, Robert Heidorn, Adrian […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. WPT launches NFTs We did recently report about Tony G being the first known poker person to launch NFTS, but now the World Poker Tour has announced a much bigger project around this. […]

Topping the headlines once again was Swedish pro Niklas Astedt who conquered this week’s edition of the Sunday Five Million for a towering US$ 1,095,740.82, the largest festival payout to date. This was his fourth victory, the most by any player. Finland’s Sami Kelopuro won the Super High Roller for US$ 520K. Also proving their […]

Over one week of games have now been slayed at the Natural8 – GG Spring Festival 2021 to bring the total number of champions to 126. The newest heroes were Brazil’s “RealGanjaBoy” and Germany’s “TOTOROO”, both players taking down the featured GGSF Opening Act-L events. Also navigating to victory were Singapore’s Ho Bao “Yummers19” Qiang, […]

Following an action packed opening night, the next two days at the GG Spring Festival 2021 hosted at online platform Natural8 were just as loaded with 27 events served and three others on its final day. The biggest winners were Canada’s Guillaume Nolet and USA’s Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb. Nolet seized over one million dollars at […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Negreanu vs. Hellmuth Duel – Fuel for more bets After Daniel Negreanu was beaten by Phil Hellmuth in the first round of the High Stakes Duel, things are heating up even more. Daniel re-challenged Hellmuth immediately […]

Springtime has arrived and with it the biggest online event of the season. Buzzing last night on computer screens around the world was the highly anticipated US$ 150 million guaranteed GG Spring Festival 2021, hosted by online platform Natural8 on the GG Network. Join Natural8 – $100 in Free tickets with your 1st Deposit The […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. PLO5 on Natural8 The GGPoker Network has rolled out a new update. The main addition to the game offering is PLO5. As we have seen in the past couple of months, Omaha is […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Spring Festivals everywhere Once upon a time there was only one notable big spring poker festival. Now it has become an industry-wide phenomenon. PokerStars, partypoker, GGPoker and Sky Poker have announced online poker […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. ACR’s Next Moneymaker America’s Card Room has announced a new promotion on their platform to find the “Next Moneymaker”. It’s the first big thing they do with the legendary Chris Moneymaker, utilizing his […]

Celebration is in the air as Canadian pro Vanessa “Niffller” Kade impressively bagged her largest career score just yesterday. PokerStars’ Sunday Million 15th Anniversary crowned its newest champion to the tune of $1,514,920 for the victory. An epic heads up battle went down on Tuesday night as Kade defeated player “Talibenes” for the title and […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. High Stakes Duel postponed By now you will be aware of the fact that the High Stakes Duel between Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth has not started on 16th March. The heads-up challenge was supposed to […]