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From July 2 to 7, PokerStars LIVE Manila ran the 11th edition of the Manila Super Series at their hub in Okada Manila. The Main Event drew a strong field of 622 entries to more than double the advertised 3M guarantee. 94 players dipped into the Php 6,371,270 (~US$ 124,600) prize pool with Filipino player […]

Rick Salomon is an American entrepreneur, film producer and poker player. He was born on January 24th, 1969 in Neptune Township, NJ. He’s the son of former

Stephen Chidwick is a British professional poker player. He was born on May 10th, 1989 in Deal, England.

The 2019 Main Event has thrown up some interesting stories during the opening days as the huge field of players has been busy with the task of culling itself. Now, after three day 1 starting flights, two day 2 flights and an action packed third day on the felt, the bubble has burst. All players […]

Day 2C has now come to close, concluding the day 2 action and giving us the other half of what will form our day 3 field tomorrow. All remaining players will be in the same place to play out the rest of what is the second largest Main Event ever. Here are the updates from […]

After the madness of day 1C, the Main Event rediscovered some equilibrium. The surviving players from days 1A and 1B came together to fight it out at the Rio, with Bryan Campanello leading the way at the start of play. By the end, many players had fallen, with some interesting names having also clambered up […]

Day 1C typically brings big fields and interesting stories at the WSOP Main Event, but yesterday was on an entirely different level. The first unusual happening was the sheer number of players who flooded into the tournament areas. This was then followed by a generous helping of Ivey-busting, shoe-throwing, player-mooning, double-disqualifying, earthquake interrupted poker – […]

The WSOP 2019 Main Event moved on to its second starting flight yesterday, leaving the 375 lost souls from day 1A in its wake. With the second of three day 1’s playing out, the Rio was full of players hoping to follow the 960 survivors from the day before. The field size for day 1A […]

Yesterday’s action has brought the best and worst of doubles to the fore, with one player taking his second runner-up spot of the series while another claims his second bracelet this summer. In addition, former bracelet winners have been getting busy, with two of them adding to their career collection in the last 24 hours. […]

The biggest WSOP event of all has finally arrived – event 73. The $10,000 NLH Main Event is underway, with the first of three starting day flights having played out last night. With the smoke having cleared after the opening salvos, we have all the latest on risers and fallers to bring you. Typically, the […]

Reports suggest the current blinds in Bobby’s Room are $4K/8K and $250K pots are changing hands. Who said summertime in Vegas was all about the WSOP? This cash game action does of course spring up partly due to the WSOP bringing players together, but many players head to Vegas at this time of year purely […]

The 2019 WSOP continues to roll on, with stories and bracelet battles springing up across the Rio. Yesterday saw two exciting Asian stories unfold, with Korea’s Sejin Park adding to Korea’s stellar series, and Yueqi Zhu attempting to win the same event two years running, having also final tabled it the year before that. Event […]

We’ve entered the last half of the year and with that comes plenty of exciting poker all over the Asian region. Focusing our attention on the Philippines, this July will see plenty of cards flying and chips shuffling at Okada Manila. Two events will bookend the month, the Manila Super Series 11 and APPT Manila. […]

This week has been a fascinating one at the Rio, with the $50K Player’s Championship concluding, Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan getting involved in the action, and star names going deep in events too. There may not be too many $10K events left, but the biggest one of all is now not far away. With […]

Timofey Kuznetsov, better known as his PokerStars screen name Trueteller, is a Russian professional poker player. He was born in 1991. For most of his career

The inaugural Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Jeju crowned its first Main Event champion with Macau’s Huidong Gu overcoming the 362 field at Jeju Shinhwa World – Landing Casino. This was Gu’s first-ever major title; he pocketed KR₩ 183,695,000 (~US$ 159,000), the largest live score of his career. In a brief interview with APPT, Gu expressed, “I […]

From June 21 to 27, the poker tables at ARIA casino filled with action for the World Poker Tour’s Zynga Poker WPT500. There was plenty of opportunity to join with eight stating flights offered. In the aftermath, 1,932 entered for a very juicy prize pool of $ 966,000. Navigating his way to the top was […]

Shifting our attention from west to east, one of the most prestigious tours offered in Asia is underway. PokerStars LIVE Asia is hosting the inaugural Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Jeju at the Jeju Shinhwa World – Landing Casino. Doors opened on June 22 and is scheduled to run until June 29. The top story […]

For many years, the online tournament throne has been occupied by the same man. Chris “Moorman1” was the first to cross the $10 million in 2013, and $15 million mark for online tournaments in 2018, as far as anyone knew. Now, having been quietly amassing a fortune in online tournament scores for thirteen years, a […]

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