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Dominik Nitsche is a German professional poker player. He was born on October 11th, 1990 in Minden, Germany.

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 […]

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 […]

Some of you might also know Sasha Liu as “PokerSasha”. Sasha is an absolute Omaha beast and she got recently signed to be part of the Omaha Squat as the first female Team Pro at GGPoker. Enjoy this conversation about the great game that is PLO and Sasha’s journey through the poker world. Interview by […]

More live felt excitement to erupt in Taiwan with the arrival of the first ever GPI Asia Poker Festival this April. Since 2018, Taiwan has been one of the most sought after locations for many land based poker groups, and having arrested the novel coronavirus early on, players in the area have had the privilege […]

Off to a fantastic start this year, South Korean player Sung Joo “Arte” Hyun has been running red hot in Las Vegas with two live events shipped and well over half a million dollars in winnings earned. In February, Hyun won the WPTDeepStacks Venetian US$ 1,600 No Limit Hold’em event for US$ 208,335, then just […]

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 […]

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 […]

The past year has been unlike any other with the whole global health situation having greatly affected the sport and gaming industry. 2020 has seen its fair share of disrupted live poker tournament schedules with the new year now relying on the hopeful side of things. Last year’s action, however, remained eventful with major brand […]

More signs of live felt activity in Asia as the Deltin Poker Tournament (DPT) completed its first live series onboard the Deltin Royale in Goa, India in nearly a year. With Covid-19 cases still an issue at various locations around the country, it was uncertain as to the turnout. However, it seemed, poker players had […]

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 […]

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 […]

Live poker festivals are on a gradual return around the world, however, in Asia, there are places where locals have been shuffling chips on the physical green. One such place is Korea. Since mid last year, poker group J88PT has attracted from 800 up to 1,500 entries to their marquee events. In just a week’s […]

The return of World Poker Tour to Australia isn’t a surprise to many with its 2019 debut in the country well met with success. Held in The Star Gold Coast, the inaugural WPT Australia exceeded expectations having garnered more than 3,000 entries across its 10-day event schedule. Over AUD 3.1 million (~USD 2.09 million) in […]

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 […]

Billy Baxter is an American professional poker player and sports bettor. He was born in 1940 in Augusta, Georgia.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]