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Deal-making has been around for almost as long as the game of poker has existed. Skilled players in big tournament fields know that their earnings can be massively impacted by variance. Striking a deal to flatten the payouts once they reach the final few players helps stabilise earnings and limit the potency of chance. Everyone […]

The last week has seen numerous major tournament series’ moving towards their Main Event finales, with players seeking to make the most of their dwindling opportunities to win big before tournament festivals come to an end. Predictably, the WCOOP headlines have been stolen by one familiar name, but WCOOP Main Event winner “BigBlindBets” has borrowed […]

WPT’s Asia Swing finished in style yesterday, with Japan’s Tadashi Takei taking the WPT Korea Main Event title and bringing the four-day tournament to a close. It was not the only exciting tournament finale to have taken place in Korea lately though, as several side events have also wrapped up too. Here is the latest […]

APT Philippines II 2019 concluded its twelve-day run at Resorts World Manila running from September 11 to 22. On our first article, the opening half witnessed Peru’s Yohn Paredes win the Main Event. To wrap up the series, China’s Xixiang Luo claimed the Championships Event for PHP 4,594,800 (~US$ 88,000), Philippines’ Richard Nakila won the […]

In a business deal which had been rumoured for weeks, the Rio Hotel & Casino has been sold for $516.3 million. The property was sold to real-estate company Imperial Companies, which is based in New York. Initial reports confirm that the WSOP which has been based at the Rio for fifteen years, will run at […]

Crown Perth’s Western Classic poker festival has now been running for the best part of a decade, and while the Aussie Millions outshines most other festivals on Australian shores, the Western Classic should not be overlooked when it comes to premier poker festivals in the country. Field sizes are consistently solid each year with most […]

The Asia Swing has swung across to Korea this week, stopping off at Incheon. The WPT Korea got the action rolling on September 17th with a packed poker room at Paradise City. With the Main Event Warm Up and two High Rollers among the events now in the books, allow us to bring you the latest […]

GGNetwork home of Natural8 has grown in stature as a network in recent years. One of the main reasons for that growth is that GGNetwork are innovative, always looking to improve and are receptive to player input. Building on those key principles even further, GGNetwork has now released its “Public Roadmap”, in which it shows customers […]

APT Philippines II 2019 has been underway at Resorts World Manila since September 11 and is scheduled to conclude on September 22. For the first time, the event was held at the new Grand Wing of RWM. As promised, more tournament tables and cash tables were provided with both sections filled up nearly everyday. The […]

Taipei in Taiwan has welcomed the J88PT Ultra Stack to the ACE8 International Poker Association in recent days, with the opening events now underway. This will be J88’s third event on Taiwanese soil, with the first two attracting a lot of interest. Opening ceremony The opening ceremony and first event have now been completed, with the […]

Phil Laak is an Irish-born American professional poker player. He was born on September 8th, 1972 in Dublin, Ireland. His family moved to the United States

In what is a rather unique stop on the World Poker Tour, the Asia Swing has been passing through Tokyo in recent days, stopping off at Gajoen Hotel for WPT Japan. Unusually for a WPT event, no money has been won by any players, with competitors instead playing to get their hands on WPT passports […]

Sheldon Adelson has a colourful history of angering poker players, most notably with his campaigning for online poker to be quashed in the US. His casino, the Venetian, has now fuelled that fire with its latest tournament offering – Lucky Shot Poker Series. Lucky Shot Poker Series and Drawing With a catchy name and an […]

Since September 11th, Big Daddy Casino in Goa has been busy hosting the India Poker Championship (IPC). The tournament series has returned after a 3 year break. Instagram star Dan Bilzerian has been in attendance, with dozens of great players all looking to land an IPC title. With the record-breaking Main Event now concluded, we […]

To date, Singapore has only permitted two mega casino resorts to operate within the country; namely, Marina Bay Sands and Genting’s Resort World Sentosa. Both have already generated massive tax incomes for the country. The authorities granted them an extension and renewal of their license in April, but both casinos will be forced to pay […]

The British Poker Open’s first ever edition launched at Aspers Casino in London last week, with ten separate events scheduled, each with a minimum price tag of £10,000 (US$12,455). Field sizes were small for the inaugural series, which was created by Poker Central. But, the quality of play was exceptional, with many recognisable names finding […]

The opening week of online poker’s most anticipated series has concluded with Michael “imluckbox” Addamo winning event 13 – the Sunday Million High Roller for $258,952. In the 6 preceding days, we saw Shaun Deeb claim a record 7th WCOOP title, with China also joining the list of nations that have a WCOOP winner. Addamo […]

From September 3 to 11, the World Poker Tour hosted WPT Vietnam, the first festival of the brand’s Season XVIII Asia-Pacific. The nine day event took place at the highly popular Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh City. Among the final winners were Nguyen Van Dung and Yohwan Lim. We’ve got all the remaining […]

Only a couple of months has passed since the last twist in the tale of Phil Ivey and Borgata, and already, we have interesting new information coming to light wich could suggest that Phil Ivey is in fact, broke. The poker great was seemingly backed for 100% of his WSOP action and cash games this […]

After six days of thrilling poker action, that saw a final table run for six hours, the newest WPT Vietnam Main Event champion emerged. Lifting the prestigious title was New Zealand’s Hamish Crawshaw who crushed the competition sending every player to his knees. Crawshaw was awarded the WPT Champions Trophy, 1500 points towards the Season […]