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Natural8-GGSF: Two new millionaires! Joakim Andersson banks US$ 1.5M at Super MILLION$ 10M GTD, runner up Julian Stuer collects US$ 1.1M
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 […]
04/21/2021
People News: Leon Tsoukernik sues Facebook; Neymar Jr becomes Cultural Ambassador at PokerStars and more
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. […]
04/20/2021
Natural-GGSF: Over US$ 120M paid out; Connor Drinan with an epic win; Juan Pardo Dominguez ships NLHE Headliner; Mikita Badziakouski banks US$ 1.1M; Kosei Ichinose, Pete Chen, Abhinav Iyer go deep
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 […]
04/20/2021
Natural8-GGSF: Over US$ 89.8M paid out; Day 11 to 14 winners include Ronny Kaiser, Michele Dattani, Artur Martirosyan, Tim Rutherford, & Wei Zhao
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 […]
04/18/2021
Online News: WPT launches NFTs; The Venom PKO on WPN and more…
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. […]
04/15/2021
Natural8-GGSF: Niklas Astedt ships over US$1M at the Sunday Five Million; Sami Kelopuro pockets US$520K; Jack Salter & Chun Lei Zhou among latest multi winners; US$10M gtd Super MILLION$ underway
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 […]
04/14/2021
Natural8-GGSF: “RealGanjaBoy” & “TOTOROO” ship Opening Acts; Lev Gottlieb bags third win; Fedor Holz, Stefan Schillhabel, & Ho Bao Qiang victorious; four final tables for Joshua McCully
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, […]
04/12/2021
Natural8-GGSF: Guillaume Nolet turns US$1K satellite ticket to US$1M; Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb banks two SHR events; Ivan “Cordialement” Deyra & Pulkit Goyal among winners; four final table cashes for Juan Dominguez
Following an action packed opening night, the next two days at the GG Spring Festival 2021 hosted at online platform Natural8 were just as loaded with 27 events served and three others on its final day. The biggest winners were Canada’s Guillaume Nolet and USA’s Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb. Nolet seized over one million dollars at […]
04/08/2021
People News: Negreanu vs. Hellmuth Duel – Fuel for more bets; Mike Postle string folds and more…
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Negreanu vs. Hellmuth Duel – Fuel for more bets After Daniel Negreanu was beaten by Phil Hellmuth in the first round of the High Stakes Duel, things are heating up even more. Daniel re-challenged Hellmuth immediately […]
04/07/2021
Natural8-GGSF: Opening night collects over US$ 19.6M; Konstantin Maslak denies Damian Salas; Neel Joshi ships one for India; Juan Dominguez at two Super final tables
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 […]
04/06/2021
Online News: PLO5 on Natural8, All-in or Fold on KKPoker and more…
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 […]
04/06/2021
Online News: Spring Festivals everywhere, Flutter loses Kentucky appeal and more…
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 […]
03/31/2021
Online News: ACR’s Next Moneymaker, BetMGM MI Poker Launches and more…
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 […]
03/25/2021
Vanessa “Niffller” Kade scoops up PokerStars’ Sunday Million 15th Anniversary title for $1,514,920
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 […]
03/24/2021
People News: High Stakes Duel postponed, Vanessa Kade joins ACR Team Pro team and more…
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 […]
03/19/2021
Online News: Bally’s might buy WPT for $100 Million, IPoker overtakes partypoker, Upoker launches 6+ Omaha and more…
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Bally’s might buy WPT for $100 Million For a while it looked like Element Partners would purchase the WPT brand, but Bally’s Corporation swooped in at the last minute to place the winning […]
03/18/2021
Australian pro Michael Addamo crushes Super high roller field, shows outstanding results in recent events
You know you’re at the top of your game when you’re taking down the biggest events in the world and defeating the best of the best in the industry. From playing $15 tournaments about less than a decade ago, 27-year old Michael Addamo has taken the poker community by storm and has quickly risen up […]
03/16/2021
People News: Negreanu vs Hellmuth Match Details; A prop bet in court and more…
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Negreanu vs Hellmuth Match Details It looks like the High Roller bet between Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu and Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth, where Hellmuth would have to come out in the black after playing 50 $25k tourneys […]
03/13/2021
Online News: partypoker and PokerStars 2020 growth; SCOOP announcement and more online events…
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. partypoker Enjoys 47% growth in 2020 The poker section of Entain PLC (formerly GLC Holdings) might just be 4% of their business, but a 47% growth in revenue is still something to highlight […]
03/11/2021
People News: Holz vs. Malinowksi; Jon van Fleet joins ACR Team Pro and more
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Ryan Fee buys new car and needles Dnegs Daniel Negreanu was very clear on social media and the DAT poker podcast that his loss of $1.2 million in the Grudge Match against Doug Polk is in […]
03/03/2021