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A poker dream was fulfilled today with South Africa’s Michael Clacher “YesPlease” claiming his first WSOP gold bracelet. YesPlease triumphed over 1,342 runners of the WSOP #36: $1,500 FIFTY STACK No Limit Hold’em event. Read up on his win down below. Plenty of chances to join YesPlease in the winner’s circle. The 2020 World Series […]

With only a little over a week left for the 2020 World Series of Poker U.S. leg, players are making their way through the remaining events in hopes of becoming one of the latest gold bracelet winners. So far, 22 fortunate poker players playing on the WSOP.com client have already claimed the highly coveted prize […]

Well-known Finland pro Juha Helppi outshined on Day 3 of the 2020 WSOP Online international series, taking down the lone gold bearing event offered, the WSOP #35: $ 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship, for a second career bracelet. We’ve got that story below including more info on upcoming and key events to lock in one […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Lex wins Stadium Series event live on Twitch Team PokerStars Online member Lex Veldhuis is the most successful streamer on poker Twitch and he keeps adding reasons for it to stay this way. Yesterday, the Dutchman […]

Guy Laliberté is a Canadian entertainment mogul, circus performer, and recreational poker player. He was born on September 2nd, 1959.

Similar to other international countries, Australia was seemingly on the road to normalcy with non-essential businesses and even casinos reopening its doors to the public last June. Further easing of restrictions earlier this month was a result of continuous low new cases recorded throughout the country aside from the recent outbreak seen in the […]

‘Tis the season for the World Series of Poker with the 51st anniversary festival now in full blast under platforms WSOP.com and Natural8 – GG Network. For the first time in history, this year’s esteemed series has moved online which means players now have a chance at securing a WSOP gold from the comforts of […]

While most of the poker world has shifted their attention to the online poker scene, poker players in Vietnam are cashing in on the latest local tournament series held in Corona Resort Phu Quoc’s poker room. Opened only last June 2020, the Corona poker room is the first official poker venue where Vietnamese are allowed […]

What was anticipated to be an exciting opening day at the 2020 World Series of Poker hosted on the GG Network – Natural8, turned out to be a brutal disappointment for many players. Out of the three bracelet events up for grabs, only the $ 525 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed reached completion. […]

The ongoing pandemic has hit the live poker scene extremely hard, halting operations and cancelling majority of the events lined up for the year. In an interview with Asia Poker League (APL) tournament director, Jimmy Chun shares with its readers the obstacles the tour has been experiencing given the situation. He also highlights the upcoming […]

Gavin Smith was a Canadian professional poker player. He was born on September 4th, 1968. He passed away on January 14th, 2019.

Johnny Chan is a Chinese-American professional poker player. He was born in Guangzhou, China in 1957 and moved to the United States at the age of 11. 

Jennifer Ellen Chan, better known by her stage name Jennifer Tilly, is an American actress and recreational poker player. Tilly is her mother’s maiden name.

Joe McKeehen is an American professional poker player. He was born on June 28th, 1991 in the state of Pennsylvania.

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Joey Ingram back on YouTube Despite the Corona crisis being a good chance to create online content like YouTube videos, poker’s favourite video podcaster Joey Ingram had been absent from the public eye for about two […]

It has only been a little over a week since the 2020 World Series of Poker online began running its scheduled games on the official client, WSOP.com and already seven lucky winners have claimed one of the industry’s most coveted awards. Awarding one gold bracelet a day for WSOP’s U.S. leg, 24 more are left […]

International live events may still be a long time coming but that doesn’t mean homegrown live events suffer the same fate. In some countries, restrictions have already eased up allowing for live tournaments to resume. In Vietnam, players craving for live poker got exactly that this past week with the Vietnam Series of Poker (VSOP) […]

For Chinese players, every year since 2013 the China Poker Games (CPG) Championship has been the event to look forward to. Held in Sanya, Hainan Island, it is the biggest annual event in Asia with eight days of nonstop festivities running at the end of August. For the past seven years, the Main Event has […]

One of the nations in the Asia region with the lowest confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, Cambodia is set to get back on track after reportedly stabilizing the spread of the illness. Disclosed by government spokesperson Phay Siphan, the announcement of casinos in the country being allowed to resume operations came last Friday while […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Daniel Negreanu finishes shred, starts bulk The poker community was at the same time impressed and shocked about Daniel Negreanu‘s physical condition in recent Instagram and Twitter posts. KidPoker showed off his lean stature, looking fit […]