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First-Ever Pokerstars Championship Bahamas Highlights
Christian Harder wins the very first Pokerstars Championship The very first PokerStars Championship which was held from January 6-14, 2017 at the Atlantis Resort & Casino in the Bahamas, just ended with Christian Harder taking down the Main Event after making a deal with Cliff Josephy, his backer in 2008 when he placed 7th for […]
01/16/2017
WPT Announces the acquisition of Deepstack Poker Tour
Deepstacks Poker Tour which started organizing live tournaments in the US in 2012 is now 100% owned by the World Poker Tour (WPT). As such the WPT® will be in full control of WPTDeepStacks operations. WPTDeepStacks which initially partnered with the WPT® in 2014, was created to replace the WPT Regional and DeepStacks Poker Tour […]
01/12/2017
GPI Players of the Year 2016: David Peters and Yang Zhang for Asia top rankings
The Global Poker Index (GPI), the authority in live tournament rankings and results, is awarding its GPI Player of Year (PoY) trophy to David Peters of the United States. Peters has accumulated a total of 3,666.31 GPI POY points while unstoppable Fedor Holz from Germany follows at 2nd with 3,644.80 points. What is the GPI […]
01/05/2017
Biggest Online Poker Winners and Losers of 2016
With 2016 now consigned to the pages of history, we delve into the numbers and take a closer look at who the big online winners and losers of last year were. We use HighstakesDB as our source, and while this is a globally recognised website with accurate tracking, it doesn’t necessarily tell the entire story. […]
01/04/2017
An Insider look to the new Asian-Themed Las Vegas Casino
Las Vegas is once again opening a new casino – The Casino Lucky Dragon – after 6 years, the last opened casino being the Cosmopolitan which opened in 2010. Somuchpoker’s friend Las Vegas Jaunt from Las Vegas has given a full report after visiting the newly opened casino. When East meets West A step away […]
01/02/2017
2016: Annus horribilis for Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu?
We all know the feeling of waking up in the first few days of January and seeing a fresh opportunity before us. Each new year seems like a clean slate and a chance to push our game and bankroll to the next level, but not all years can be great ones even for the best […]
12/30/2016