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Greenstein, Hansen, Holz and Nitsche: The World’s Best Share Their Knowledge on Ingram’s Podcast
If you’ve ever wanted to find your way into the mind of a great poker player, you certainly shouldn’t miss the most recent episodes of Joe Ingram’s podcast A.K.A ‘Poker Life Podcast’. Ingram has been putting out some fantastic content lately, interviewing several top guests on his podcast, including a four-hour interview with poker legend […]
APT Philippines Championships: Iori Yogo seizes the Championships Event title; Lester Edoc wins the APT Player of the Series
The APT Philippines Championships 2018 witnessed what could possibly be the most engaging conclusion to the festival with Japanese pro Iori Yogo denying Filipino pro Lester Edoc the victory at the Championships Event. Both players had fantastic runs throughout the twelve-day event to earn them the top two places in the APT Player of the […]
PokerStars India set to launch
April 17th will see PokerStars create a new segregated player pool to accommodate the influx of Indian poker players into its poker room. Indian players will no longer have access to the PokerStars.com client after this date and will be moved across to PokerStars.IN. This new domain will be operated by Sachiko Gaming Private Limited, […]
APT Philippines Championships: Lester Edoc wins the Main Event; Linh Tran, Iori Yogo, and Ha Duong win events
The APT Philippines Championships 2018 has been rocking the poker room at Resorts World Manila for the past week and last night, the first featured tournament, the Php55,000 buy-in Main Event, closed with Lester Edoc claiming the title. This was another incredible victory for Edoc who has now captured three major titles this year alone. […]
Three Televised Poker Hand Highlights During the First Months of 2018
Only a few months of 2018 have elapsed so far, and already we have televised heroics at the tables. If you have forgotten to turn on your TV screen in the last few months, you may have missed these three televised gems. Isildur1 Call Of The Year commented by joeingram1 Hero-calls are always sweet, […]
PokerStars introduces Shot Clocks and Big Blind Antes at EPT Monte Carlo Main Event
PokerStars has released an announcement this week outlining plans for EPT Monte Carlo, which gets underway on April 24th. While the event itself is an exciting one on the calendar, there were interesting changes spoken of in the announcement which could go on to impact tournament games heavily in years to come. Shot Clocks to […]
APT Philippines Championships: Lloyd Fontillas promoted to GM; APT Championships bid; John Zicheng Low wins the opener
The APT Philippines Championships 2018 is currently ongoing at Resorts World Manila with twelve days of games scheduled from March 21 – April 2. This is the first of four APT Championships festivals to be hosted by the brand this year. We’ve got a couple of big news to share. First, Executive Tournament Director Lloyd […]
Justin Bonomo takes down Super High Roller Bowl China title for US$4.8 Million
This week’s Super High Roller Bowl tournament attracted some of the finest poker talent on earth to Macau, generating a huge prize pool of just over HK$145,000,000 (approx. US$18.5 million) with its HK$2.1 million (approx. US$270,000) buy in. Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius were in attendance along with the usual array of High Roller regulars. […]
PokerStars announces further rake increases
Yesterday, PokerStars has released a statement on their blog outlining changes which will soon come into effect. When you cut through opening few sentences and get down to what the statement is really about, it quickly becomes clear that players will be hit with another rake increase. Since the takeover of Amaya back in 2014, […]
APPT Macau: High Roller victories for Alex Foxen, Kristen Bicknell, and Marius Gierse; Shuize Cai lands a Platinum Pass
APPT Macau has been ongoing since March 14 at the PokerStars LIVE Macau room in City of Dreams with players from around the globe flocking to join the event’s early festivities. As been the trend at PS festivals, some of the events cracked the guarantee wide open such as the APPT National, however the biggest […]
Super High Roller Bowl kicks off in Macau: Ivey and Antonius in attendance
The Macau Billionaire Poker Super High Roller Bowl kicked off in style yesterday, unveiling one of the largest poker events ever hosted in the poker room at Babylon Casino in Fisherman’s Wharf. Stars in Attendance The Super High Roller Bowl Macau China Main Event is well now underway, with players having paid HKD2.1 million (approx. […]
Finnish Legend Miikka Anttonen says goodbye to the poker circuit
After losing “the craziest bet” he has ever made, Finnish Legend Miikka Anttonen has decided to quit poker for good. Interview By Gaelle Jaudon Somuchpoker: To briefly sum up your path: You’ve been playing poker for 10 years, and people know you for your famous blog and books, where you explain your adventures and all […]
Partypoker and PokerStars continue to battle for the Russian poker market
Rivalry between Partypoker and PokerStars is not exactly something new. As the world’s leading online poker giants, last year both brands took their battle on land to Russia, a country with a thriving online poker market despite the government’s restrictions on online gaming. Live events return to Russian soil in 2017 When it comes to […]
Dan Bilzerian’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Born on December 7, 1980 in Tampa, Florida, Dan Brandon “Blitz” Bilzerian is the son of Terri Steffen and Paul Bilzerian. After surviving the Armenian Genocide and immigrating to the US, Paul Bilzerian became a Wall Street corporate takeover specialist who also owned a robotics company. Thoughtfully, he set up trust funds … Read more
Michael Kim talks about his poker journey and the expansion of the Riverking brand in Cambodia
Poker in Cambodia is alive and well. For the past few months, the coastal city of Sihanoukville has seen impressive growth with new casinos opening up and a handful of poker rooms alongside. This quick-fire development is largely due to the huge influx of Chinese nationals populating the beach town. Visitors flood the venues, eager […]
What to expect at the upcoming APT Philippines Championships 2018
The Asian Poker Tour is about to unleash one of its biggest events of the season. Coming to Resorts World Manila on March 21 – April 2 is the second edition of the much-anticipated APT Philippines Championships 2018. This 12-day festival offers over 10 Million in guaranteed prizes featuring two highlighted tournaments, the Main Event […]
Lester Edoc lands another! Wins the Manila Super Series and the coveted Platinum Pass
Lester Edoc has done it again! Ten days after winning the Asia Poker League Road Series Main Event in Pampanga, Philippines, Edoc was back on the winner’s stage after taking down the PokerStars Live Manila Super Series Main Event late last night. Edoc was awarded the Php1,377,500 (US$26,400) winner’s purse and the coveted PokerStars Players […]
Samuel Dessaix-Porter wins the APL Million
The Australian Poker League Million was all the hype at the Star Poker Room in Sydney with players from all over the country seeking the dream of winning a WSOP package and a large piece of the 1M guarantee. At the end of the four starting days,1,041 runners jumped on that opportunity, each one ponying […]
India Briefs: Kalyan Chakravarthy wins the Big Millions and Match IPL Season 2 coming on March 31
Checking in on the poker action in India, Adda52, the country’s online poker giant, recently concluded a highly successful inaugural tournament called the Big Millions. This was the biggest tournament held by the brand with a 1 crore (~US$153,800) guaranteed prize pool. At the end of the month, action gets underway for Season 2 of […]
Aussie Briefs: Alex Lee wins Perth Poker Champs; APL Million begins; Aussie Millions 2019
From one side of the coast to the other, poker players have been busy in the continent of Australia. The Perth Poker Champs recently concluded its twelve day festival with Singapore’s Alex Lee taking down the Main Event. While that was wrapping up, the APL Million fired up in Sydney. We’ve got the lowdown for […]
