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Jaime Staples is a Canadian professional poker player and Twitch streamer. He was born on May 27th, 1991 in Lethbridge, Canada.

With some of the early events now completed, the 2019 WSOP schedule is in full flow heading into the second week. The action will now be non-stop across multiple events until the fabled Main Event on July 3rd, and then beyond. There are 89 events scheduled this summer, with the final one kicking off on July […]

The Asian Poker Tour is in full swing at Grand Walkerhill Paradise Casino for the fifth leg of their calendar season. APT Korea Seoul 2019 kicked off on May 29 and is slated to run for twelve days to conclude on June 9. Half of the events have already completed including the Main Event. We’ve […]

Over the past ten days, running from May 24 to June 2, PokerStars LIVE Manila held the 12th edition of their highly popular Manila Megastack series at Okada Manila. 26 events were up for grabs. Numerous well known players lifted trophies with some even bringing home two for the shelf. Stealing the ultimate spotlight was […]

Big 50 becomes record-breaking 50 The WSOP is no stranger to large tournament fields, with the Main Event regularly attracting well over 7,000 players and events like the Colossus consistently trebling that figure. Despite the name, the event commands a buy in of $500. The name Big 50 is in honour of the 50th anniversary […]

The World Poker Tour New Zealand 2019 festival at SkyCity Auckland casino ran from 23rd May to 3rd June, and came to a conclusion with finding a Main Event champion. Ken Chan takes down the Main Event The NZ$2,000 buy-in Main Event had 333 entries, and Ken Chan came into the third and final day […]

The Sapphire Series Poker Challenge at the Crown Casino in Perth has come to a conclusion. The event ran from 23rd May to 2nd June and included 11 events. Andrian Chin takes down Main Event The Main Event of the series had a AU$ 1,150 (~US$ 800) buy-in and found 299 entries (with 49 re-entries). […]

Natural8 is giving away $300,000 to players during the month of June in the $300,000 Gold Hunt promotion. Rush & Cash made its debut to Natural8’s Chinese customers earlier in 2019, and now they are celebrating the international launch with $300,000 worth of prizes. Rush & Cash is Natural8’s take on the “fast-fold” cash games. […]

4-time Asia Poker Tour “Player of the Year” Sam Razavi is a well-known figure of the Asian poker circuit. However, right now his ambitions have switch to a new focus, both as a player and also as a content creator.   Sam Razavi has just landed in Las Vegas with his ambition to do better […]

While the poker world is looking at Las Vegas, two other major poker tournament organisers have announced some big news. WPT announces first ever-event in Australia The World Poker Tour has announced a partnership with The Star Gold Coast Casino Queensland and the first WPT ever to be held in Australia. The full WPT Australia […]

The World Series of Poker has arrived and within the coming weeks players from all around the globe will descend upon the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. This particular series is expected to be the grandest of WSOP poker events – and one not to be missed – with the series celebrating […]

16 days, 219 tournaments, over a million entries and more than $105 million in prize money. Another Spring Championship Of Online Poker is in the books and officially the biggest online poker series of all time. The record breaking series had a few newsworthy highlights. Gianluca “Tankanza” Speranza wins back-to-back SCOOP High Main Events It’s the […]

The old poker heros still make headlines in the news. Most recently Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu popped up once again with interesting stories. Phil Ivey unveils a Masterclass Daniel Negreanu modelled it and now the world’s best poker face Phil Ivey follows with offering a poker course on Masterclass.com. Masterclass offers courses from the […]

Chris Ferguson is an American professional poker player. He was born on April 11th, 1963, in Los Angeles, CA. He won the biggest tournament in the world of

We sat down with Ray Chiu, Co-founder and Academy Director of the Hong Kong Poker Players Association during the Asia Poker League Vietnam 2019 to talk about the Hong Kong Poker scene.

Macau in seems to be becoming too popular for its own good. 2018 saw 35.81 million visitors, a 9.8% rise in numbers compared to 2017. According to forecasts, 2019 could bring this number up to 38 million. Communities in Macau have raised concerns about the increasing number of visitors and are calling for measures that […]

In his latest Tweets and YouTube video Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu doesn’t just update us on his recent marriage to Amanda Leatherman (and his plans to become a father) and his upcoming WSOP, but he also drops the bomb about leaving industry giant PokerStars, “…after 12 years of being an ambassador for PokerStars we had an […]

Asia Poker League wrapped up another exciting festival in Vietnam running from May 9 to 20 at Pro Poker Club. This was the brand’s third visit to the country. Over the course of the twelve days, 18 events were up for grabs. As always, the Main Event fueled the largest turnout of 623 entries for […]

In January 2017, Fedor Holz predicted that 2017 would be Sontheimer’s “breakout year”, and he shared this thought publicly on Twitter. Predicting the breakout year of @RunGo0seRun. Best player in the game right now. — Fedor Holz (@CrownUpGuy) January 26, 2017 A few months later Sontheimer claimed the Purple Jacket at the Poker Masters. Since then, he […]

Negreanu and Leatherman tie the knot In one of the biggest events of the year for celebrity players in the poker world, outspoken Twitter enthusiast Daniel Negreanu married Amanda Leatherman. The couple said their vows as fellow players Phil Hellmuth, David Benyamine, Antonio Esfandiari and Jennifer Tilly looked on. It is unclear whether Negreanu went […]