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Victoria Poker Championship early highlights: Eoin McLaverty wins opening event
Crown Melbourne has prided itself on being one of Australia’s premier locations for tournament poker in recent times. This month sees the Victoria Poker Championship hosted there, bringing yet more tournament action to Melbourne. Here is a recap of the early events. Event 1 – AU$300 Opening Event – Winner: Eoin McLaverty The opening event […]
Baazi Poker Tour: Bharat Kumar takes Main Event title; Rohit Jinwal wins High Roller
The Baazi Poker Tour (BPT) has brought a wealth of action and interest to its series in the last week, with the two biggest events having rounded off the series in style. Floating casino “Pride II” in Goa has been hosting the events, which have attracted some of India’s finest poker talents. ₹50,000 Main Event […]
J88PT concludes two successful festivals in Taipei and Shanghai
J88Poker’s new live tournament series, J88PT got underway with two festivals in a two-week period: J88PT Ultra Stack Taipei and J88PT Shanghai. Everything you should know about both festivals: J88PT Ultra Stack Taipei: Huang Wei claims the title The Ultra Stack having taken place between September 18th and 23rd at the Ace8 International Poker Association. This […]
AJPC: Rijad Hasani takes Main Event victory, Sorokin crushing side events
The AJPC festival in Korea has been providing players with chances at glory over the last week with a total of 14 events set to take place. Most of those are now complete, including the all-important Main Event and High Roller, so allow us to bring you the latest results from Paradise City in Incheon. […]
APL HCMC: Terry Nguyen claims Main Event title for VND1.2 Billion
APL Ho Chi Minh City Main Event reached its climactic conclusion over the weekend, with Terry Nguyen overcoming a field of 365 challengers to take the trophy. In addition, five more side events are now in the books, with five more happy champions picking up APL titles. VND16,500,000 Main Event – Winner: Terry Nguyen The Main […]
Off Topic: 16 Players chop WPT Side Event, Negreanu sparks Twitter discussion about tipping
The last week has brought with it an interesting reminder of just how peculiar the world of poker can be sometimes. The general theme has been one of giving things away and attempting to facilitate some financial equality, but people have always had very different ideas about what that means. The 16-way equal chop WPT’s […]
Marle Cordeiro’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Marle Cordeiro is an American professional poker player and vlogger. She was born in January 1992. Cordeiro was working as a model before getting into poker. She also dabbled in comedy. As a poker player, she mostly focuses on live cash games – she appeared on a number of shows which … Read more
HKPPA wraps up a second Premier League in Taiwan; Kuang “Luke” Lee wins the Main Event
The Hong Kong Poker Players Association has certainly called Taiwan its second home. After staging their first-ever full length festival in the country back in April, the association returned to Taipei City on October 4 to 8 to host its second of the year. Once again the HKPPA Premier League Taiwan took place at the […]
APL HCMC: Cao Ngoc Anh leads Main Event; Jack Wu bags High Roller title
After almost a week of Asia Poker League action in Vietnam, we can now bring you the result of the High Roller, all the latest from the Main Event, along with the latest side event winners. The festival has seen some great poker and worthy winners, with thousands of dollars having changed hands in Ho […]
Mike Postle cheating storm; $10M lawsuit filed amid new developments
The story began with a tweet. Since then, countless hours of footage have been put under the microscope and forensic analysis of every movement made by Mike Postle at the table during livestreamed Stones cash games has been conducted. The poker world’s vast jury has deliberated, and its verdict is clear. Mike Postle has cheated […]
Manila Megastack 13: Hiroshi Naito takes down Main Event; Bin Sun and Fu Bang Wang win big
The Manila Megastack run by PokerStars is always one of the key events on the calendar when it comes to live poker in Asia and this latest edition has been no exception. The final river card has been turned and the final trophy has now been awarded, so allow us to bring you all the action […]
One Day of Poker: Poker Pro Johnny Lodden Loses Millions to Hacker
It’s 2006, and Johnny Lodden is one of two undisputed kings of online poker, dominating all challengers on the Prima network alongside his only equal – Patrick Antonius. He is only 21 years old, and has already made millions – but he is about to lose it all. Visit our YouTube Channel
WPT Australia: Hari Varma triumphs in the Main Event; Hussien Hassan wins 5K Challenge
The inaugural WPT Australia festival has been illuminating the Gold Coast for just over a week now. During that time, some great poker has been played and worthy champions crowned. Of all the titles on offer at Star Poker Gold Coast however, none are more coveted than the Main Event. After a lengthy battle at […]
Asia Poker League HCMC: Kjell Ove Dyb wins the Kickoff; four winners crowned
The Asia Poker League is still relatively new in the live poker world, having only begun in 2016. In that time, it has grown persistently and moved out of its early home in China to tour Asia. The long-anticipated Vietnamese stop in Ho Chi Minh City at Pro Poker Club has now arrived, with the […]
Barry Greenstein’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Barry Greenstein is an American professional poker player. He was born on December 30th, 1954 in Chicago, IL. He has 3 WSOP gold bracelets and a total of $8.396 million in live tournament earnings. Greenstein also appeared routinely on both of the two most classic and beloved poker TV shows, Poker … Read more
Flutter Entertainment merge with Stars Group to create world’s biggest online gambling giant
Shockwaves were sent rolling through the gambling industry today as The Stars Group, who own PokerStars, announced a merger with Flutter Entertainment, formerly known as Paddy Power Betfair. The two huge gambling companies struck a near $12 billion deal which gave Flutter 55% of the shares for the new merged company, while The Stars Group […]
Natural8 announces $600,000 in poker promotions in October
GGSeries3 may have been a huge success, but with the dust barely having settled on that tournament festival, Natural8 has delivered its promotion plans for October. As ever, variety and value are at the core of the promotions, as Natural8 seeks to further its standing in the online poker world. Here are the key promotions […]
Five reasons to follow the 2019 WSOPE
The WSOP has become one of poker’s oldest and finest institutions over the years, providing many of the greatest moments in the history of the game. That fact alone should be enough to convince you to tune in to the WSOPE when it starts on October 13th in Rozvadov. But if not, allow us to […]
Asian Poker Tour returns to Taiwan in October with NT$ 12 million guaranteed prize pools
Early this year, Taipei City, Taiwan was treated to the first-ever Asian Poker Tour event held at the highly popular Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association aka CTP Club. The inaugural event exceeded all expectations. Guaranteed prize pools were easily smashed and over US$ 2 million in prizes were distributed. Coming next week, the tour returns […]
Mike Postle accused of cheating at Stones livestreamed cash game
In a story which has snowballed very quickly over the last day or two, allegations of cheating have been levelled at a regular on the televised cash game at Stones Gambling Hall in California. There is currently no conclusive proof, but if clear evidence is found it could fracture the trust players have in televised […]
