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Aussie Briefs: Local John Bogdanovski scoops up 2021 Poker Palace Summer Championships title; WPT League Sydney finds new home in St. Johns Park
Live poker in Australia is alive and recovering well as compared to the rest of the world who are still seeing the drastic effects brought about by the current global health situation. Back to back great value tournaments are lined up on schedule and targeted mainly for local players as major operators begin to resume […]
03/10/2021
World Poker Tour and Crown Poker Club, Hanoi announce WPTDeepStacks Festival for April
It has been over a year and a half since the World Poker Tour made a live appearance in Vietnam, one of the prime budding poker communities within the Asian region. It’s 2019 events were hailed as a huge success as it offered its richest tournament to date with the Main Event posting a buy-in […]
03/09/2021
Hui Chen “Kitty” Kuo wins the APT Taiwan 2021 Main Event; other big winners were Ping Hao Huang and Kun Han Lee; Chen An Lin closes it out
After being grounded for one year, the Asian Poker Tour returned to the live stage with games running from February 19 to March 8 at two locations in Taiwan. The first weekend of APT Taiwan 2021 was held at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) branch in Taichung, you can read up on […]
03/09/2021
Daniel Negreanu bets $400,000 that Phil Hellmuth is a losing player
Well-known poker icon Daniel Negreanu has regularly reveled in the industry’s spotlight whether it be for his skills in gameplay, daring opinion or exciting matches. Most recently, the Canadian pro is once again under the limelight as social media banter against soon-to-be opponent in another interesting round of heads-up challenge Phil Hellmuth caught everyone’s attention. […]
03/04/2021
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
Online News: Natural8 Fish Buffet reboot; 888poker’s new tournament schedule and more…
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Natural8 Fish Buffet reboot The Fish Buffet Rewards program has received an upgrade. All fixed cashback levels are now called Platinum. Whale and Shark levels have been changed. From now on there is […]
03/02/2021
Genting Group carries on with expansion plans in Malaysia and Singapore amid Covid-19 pandemic
While the gaming and casino industry has been hit exceptionally hard throughout this whole global health crisis ordeal, it appears the Genting Group is focused on its long term standing rather than the current predicament. One of Asia’s leading multinational companies, Genting Group is involved in various businesses within the region ranging from casinos, hotel […]
02/28/2021
Sami Kelopuro’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
Sami Kelopuro, better known by his online moniker “LarsLuzak”, is a Finnish professional poker player. He was born in 1987 in the Scandinavian country of
02/24/2021
Australia blocks more gaming websites
The fight for legalized online poker in Australia has been a long winding battle for the last two decades with the government firm on its decision to ban citizens from taking part in the popular sport. Since the Interactive Gambling Act (IGA)’s implementation in 2001 which prohibits gambling providers to offer services including the likes […]
02/24/2021
Online Poker News: Full Tilt retiring; WSOP packages a good sign?; WPN client update and more…
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Full Tilt finally retiring Many poker fans reacted to this news with “Huh? Wasn’t Full Tilt already gone?”. Technically yes, but PokerStars had kept the Full Tilt brand as a skin after the […]
02/24/2021
APT Taiwan 2021 underway; Kun Han Lee wins the opener; Main Event NT$ 2M GTD up next
The last time the Asian Poker Tour held a full blown live festival was nearly one year ago in Taiwan. Immediately after, the world went on a sudden standstill, grounding many land based poker operators due to the novel coronavirus. One of the few places that was able to arrest the virus early was Taiwan […]
02/23/2021
WPT Spring Festival – Poker King: “DannyAce66” wins the Main Event for US$ 270,300; Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Jean Robert Bellande, Nick Petrangelo reach ITM
The WPT Spring Festival wrapped up its twelve-day online series that ran from February 11 to 22 at sponsor Poker King app. For those in attendance, money flowed daily with CN¥2,000,000 (~US$ 310,880) guaranteed across 12 tournaments and a whopping CN¥10,000,000 (~US$ 1,554,390) paid out at the highlighted Main Event. We’ve got the results for […]
02/22/2021
WPT Asia-Pacific Championship at NagaWorld set to a later date
2021 seemed like a new year for live poker as clubs began to reopen here and there amidst the continuing global health crisis. Successful yet much smaller live festivals in a number of countries were also welcomed by local players considering the situation. With about the whole of 2020’s events canceled or postponed for a […]
02/19/2021
Daniel Negreanu set to take Phil Hellmuth as next contender in heads up challenge
After losing $1.2 million in the 25,000-hand heads up challenge vs Doug Polk, Daniel Negreanu is quickly moving forward and is ready to take on his next opponent. While no plans were initially set following the grudge match, talks of another anticipated challenge against 15-time World Series of Poker champion Phil Hellmuth recently blew up […]
02/18/2021
People News: Daiva Byrne latest GGPoker ambassador; Tony G Challenges Phil Hellmuth; GGPoker bans poker players and more…
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Daiva Byrne latest GGPoker ambassador After the signing of Dan Bilzerian and the outcry about this decision in the poker community, specifically the female one, GGPoker had promised to work on making the game more inclusive. […]
02/18/2021
WPT Spring Festival – Poker King: Main Event CN¥10M GTD underway, take down the world’s top pros; Scotty Nguyen and Stephen Chidwick advance
The WPT Spring Festival is in full swing at the online Poker King app with several events already completed. The twelve-day festival kicked off on February 11 to conclude on February 22. The star attraction Main Event CN¥10 million guaranteed has already begun with 1318 turning up for Day 1A. As advertised, well known pros […]
02/18/2021
Andrew Robl’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
Andrew Robl is an American professional poker player. He was born on September 27th, 1986 in Okemos, Michigan.
02/17/2021
Three stories the poker world will remember Larry Flynt for
It has been a week since news of notable figure Larry Flynt’s passing took everyone five decades back worth of memories to where the Hustler founder was seemingly on top of the world. Flynt was mainly known for the Hustler brand in which he founded in the late 1960s stemming from entertainment bars, a pornographic […]
02/17/2021
Online Poker News: PokerStars launches Tetris Spin & Gos, announces Turbo Series; OSS Cub3d XI on ACR; partypoker’s Love Party; Unibet Online Poker revenue more than doubled; Online Poker Bill Delayed in Kentucky
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. PokerStars launches Tetris Spin & Gos On 15th February, PokerStars launched the new Tetris Spin & Gos in the .com market. It is a leaderboard promotion running until 28th March. More than $1.5 […]
02/17/2021
Online Poker News: GGPoker approved for Pennsylvania; PokerStars makes statement in Michigan; Tax returns for Dutch poker pros; partypoker’s MyGame Whiz; Poker operators react to UK black market; China gives ultimatum
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. GGPoker gets approval for Pennsylvania It took a bit over a year for the approval process to go through, but on 10th February it was decided that GGPoker’s parent company NSUS Group will […]
02/11/2021