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While many have only heard of Phil Ivey from recent developments of his popularized edge sorting case against Borgata, the poker superstar remains an iconic character in the poker industry with thousands of fans admiring the 43-year-old pro. Regarded as one of the best poker players of all time, Ivey is still at the top […]
10/15/2020
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Lex Veldhuis streams again On 8th October, after two months of absence poker legend Lex Veldhuis announced his return to the Twitch world with a tweet. STREAM 3.0A new chapter begins this Sundayhttps://t.co/MK4Fd26cVm pic.twitter.com/Jrg38lqnk3 — Lex […]
10/15/2020
Taking 2020 by storm, Asia’s leading online poker site Natural8 – GGPoker network continues to bring its users nonstop action as a strong start to the last quarter of the year. Coming from a hugely successful past couple of months, the prime network has scheduled yet another lineup of great value tournaments and generous promotions […]
10/14/2020
Another week of thrilling action at the WPT Asia Online Series taking place at online platform Natural8 – GG Network. Of the 17 remaining trophies, six were claimed this past week. Israel took home two – DontWantARiver and BetAddict -, two for China – Xiaosong Zhu “zgheinan” and Loris51 -, one for clockmaker and Abhinav Iyer […]
10/14/2020
Leon Tsoukernik is a Czech casino owner, antique and furniture dealer, and recreational poker player. He was born on November 7th, 1973.
10/11/2020
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. UK gambling ads crackdown There is a lot happening in European gambling legislation. We previously reported about the situation in Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands and now the United Kingdom is working on […]
10/10/2020
While the first couple months of the pandemic hit the gaming industry especially hard, the recent months have been seen as a continuous work in progress as operators strive to recover incurred losses in one of its most devastating periods. It was only last April 2020 when 193 licensed casinos in the Kingdom of Cambodia […]
10/08/2020
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. “Precious Metals” Tournament The first stop of a new poker tour kicked off last week in the Chicagoland area and it looks like it might have been the last as well. Though the $1,100 buy-in Main […]
10/06/2020
Ihsan “Sammy” Farha is a Lebanese-born American professional poker player. He was born in 1959 in Beirut, Lebanon.
10/06/2020
The recent back-to-back major online poker festivals have brought many poker players the opportunity to jump in great value tournaments, with a fortunate few cashing in on massive profits for their hard work. PokerStars’ annual World Championship of Online Poker is one of the regular series poker players look forward to given its generous prize […]
10/05/2020
It has been almost a year since Veronica Brill and 24 other plaintiffs filed suit against Mike Postle, live poker director Justin Kuraitis and Stones Gambling Hall citing a total of nine allegations of which included fraud, negligence, libel and unjust enrichment. While many in the poker community took to social media to express their […]
10/04/2020
Five years ago in the city of Tao Yuan, Taiwan, the first Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) opened with just two tables and a third one at the nearby market. Fast forward to today, CTP has grown to five branches. The largest and most popular is located in the Songshan District in Taipei […]
10/01/2020
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Micro Stakes added on Natural8 Natural8 is riding the traffic high from the Corona pandemic and is determined to keep this going. While a lot of focus has been on big number tournament […]
09/30/2020
Thomas Austin Preston Jr., better known as Amarillo Slim, was an American poker player and gambler. He was born on December 31st, 1928 and passed away on
09/29/2020
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Deeb in hospital with Covid-19 The American poker pro Shaun Deeb had travelled to Mexico to successfully grind the WCOOP from there. Last week he revealed that he had been infected with Covid-19 and has since […]
09/27/2020
Players geo-located in Asia have plenty to be excited about in October with globally renowned World Poker Tour announcing its first ever WPT Asia Online Series. Taking place at GGPoker from October 3 to 25, the festival will be the biggest Asia dedicated online event, guaranteeing a mighty HK$100 Million (~US$ 12.9 million) across 22 trophy […]
09/27/2020
The annual World Championship of Online Poker held in one of the industry’s most formidable platforms, PokerStars went successfully underway these last four weeks, having awarded over $80 million in guarantees. With 75 featured events spread out across three buy-in levels each, a total of 225 tournaments completed the full schedule. The generous lineup ran […]
09/25/2020
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Unibet Poker 3.0 It had been teased last month that Kindred Group’s independent online poker room Unibet was working on a full client overhaul. And now the time has come. A lot of […]
09/24/2020
With the latest online poker series drawing in huge successes the past few months, 888poker is joining in on the action with its biggest tournament festival the site has ever seen. The ongoing Millions Superstorm series is set to run a staggering total of 480 tournaments spread out across 32 days, covering over $8 million […]
09/22/2020
Rising to fame back in 2009, amateur poker player Darvin Moon captured the hearts of many poker enthusiasts for his overall humble and true-to-self personality. Over a decade ago since Moon’s first appearance in the renowned World Series of Poker Main Event, Moon passed away last September 20th as shared by friend Todd Anderson on […]
09/22/2020