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When Cheaters Take Card Marking to the Next Level
Cheating has been around since before there were even casinos, and it has evolved drastically ever since. When trying to beat an opponent or a casino at Poker, Blackjack or Punto Banco, card marking is one of the oldest tricks in the book. Security measures are constantly being updated, but cheaters are becoming increasingly inventive. […]
12/07/2017
Cards are in the air at the brand new Asian Network PokamAAx
Virtual cards are in the air at the brand new Asian Network PokamAAx. The brand is operating on its own network and is aiming to capture a piece of the rapidly expanding South East Asian poker market. The site is making a soft opening with a few Hold‘em and Omaha games (currently running), although the […]
12/06/2017
Early Highlights of the APT Finale Macau Championships 2017
Macau may be a bit chilly this time of year but at the ongoing APT Finale Macau Championships 2017 at the Macau Billionaire Poker in Babylon Casino, poker enthusiasts have been heating up the felt with many of the events already claimed. Here are some of the festival’s early highlights: Varun Gupta wins the Main […]
12/06/2017
Poker destination: DSO and ASOP Festivals in Mauritius
The year may be drawing to a close, but big live poker festivals are set to get underway across the world in the new year. Players who prefer their felt to be live rather than virtual still have plenty to sink their teeth into in January, with the Deepstack Poker Open (DSO) and African Series […]
12/04/2017
An overview of the massive Suncity Cup 2017 event by the numbers
Poker King Club’s biggest event of the year has arrived and for the past eight days, players from all over the region, and scattered parts of the world, have converged at the Venetian Macau for this much-awaited year-ending event – the Suncity Cup 2017 with its jaw-dropping HKD 8 Million Guaranteed Main Event (US$1,000,000). With […]
12/01/2017
Fedor Holz and Isildur1 take down High Roller events on PokerStars
Fedor Holz Wins Event #1 of the PokerStars Super HighRoller Series Fedor Holz takes down yet another high stakes poker tournament: the PokerStars High Rollers Event #1. The event was the first of 22 high roller events, starting on Nov. 26 and had a buy-in of $2,100. Despite an alluring guaranteed prize pool of $1 […]
11/29/2017
Eiji Kimura wins the first-ever WPT Japan
Eiji Kimura won the first-ever WPT Japan on Sunday. He defeated a field of 460 entries to win the $10,000 WPT Multi-Passport top prize. An Unique Event WPT President Adam Pliska attended the event and got proceedings underway, after especially pleasing local players by announcing how special WPT Japan was personally to him, given that his […]
11/28/2017
Incredible week for Sam Greenwood at the 2017 Caribbean Poker Party
In recent times, partypoker have been posing a challenge to PokerStars when it comes to being the top poker room, and that has been further underlined by the live festival offerings which partypoker are now bringing to the poker community. The most recent of these festivals took place in Punta Cana in the Caribbean, with millions of […]
11/26/2017
WSOP and Tencent unveil WSOP China schedule
The 48th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas may have come and gone but on December 13 – 22, 2017, the world’s most prestigious poker brand will be hosting its first-ever WSOP China at the Shangri-La Resort & Spa in Sanya, Hainan Island, the country’s prime beach destination. This past summer, the WSOP […]
11/23/2017
APT Game of Champions: An exclusive battle of APT 2017 title-holders
Every December, the Asian Poker Tour offers big rewards recognizing the top players in its circuit for the calendar year. The most popular avenue they’ve done this is through the APT Player of the Year race. This year, in addition to the APT POY, another exciting player incentive program was introduced, the APT Game of […]
11/20/2017
WPT Sanya Main Event Final Table set, Qian Zhi Qiang chip leader
The 888 entries to the World Poker Tour (WPT) Sanya Main Event is now down its final nine aspirants bringing an end to Day 4 of the competition here. Wu Xin became the bubble boy as his wilted against the of chip leader Qian Zhi Qiang on a board of to now bring to an end Day […]
11/20/2017
Meet your WPT Sanya Final 9
The Final Table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Sanya is set to clash starting tomorrow (November 21st) at 12:00NN (local time) with a new champion to be crowned and the top prize of $242,555 still at stake. But before the finale, let’s get to meet the nine players who will engage in the last […]
11/20/2017
Private Freeroll on Betfair: €100 prize pool, No deposit needed
For those that love to get their hands on free money, the €100 Somuchpoker freeroll on Betfair is the opportunity of the week, with no requirement to make a deposit before registering. Next freeroll: November 19, 2017 on Betfair – 3PM WET REGISTER – What can I win: 100 Euros to be shared between a relatively small number […]
11/19/2017
Pete Chen: Modern Poker’s ‘Ironman’
After busting out of the ongoing World Poker Tour (WPT) Sanya, Pete Chen has decided to stop playing poker for the next three days. The real reason for this is that he wanted to spend more time with his girlfriend, who had flown to this island paradise southwest of mainland China for the weekend. He […]
11/19/2017
WPT Sanya Day 2 Recap: American WPT champs out, Chen still in, 74 remain
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Sanya Main Event field has been whittled down to 74 as Day 2 came to a close with the money bubble being burst, the two American WPT titlists eliminated and lots of incredible poker action going down here at the MGM Grand Hotel in Hainan, China. The first news maker of […]
11/18/2017
Daniel Weinman and Sam Panzica: their WPT Asian journey
It’s not every day that World Poker Tour (WPT) champions get immersed in an event on this side of the planet. But WPT Sanya is fortunate to actually have two titlists locking horns with the immense local field here and for these American tournament veterans that have made a name for themselves in the Western hemisphere, […]
11/17/2017
WPT Sanya Day 1B Recap: International players join, 169 advance to Day 2
Day 1B is now in the books as 169 players move on to Day 2 of the Main Event here as a global flavour, the return of past champions and the arrival of no less than the big boss himself highlights the day’s headlines here in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Sanya. Adam Pliska, WPT’s […]
11/17/2017
A slew of first time champions at the APT Manila 2017; Anthony Abram wins Player of the Series
The Asian Poker Tour may see the likes of Japanese pros Tetsuya Tsuchikawa and Iori Yogo grabbing the headlines at many of their stops, however joining them at the APT Manila 2017 in making the news were numerous players all claiming their first trophies of the year, some even picking up their first-ever APT title. […]
11/14/2017
Online Qualifier Marti Roca De Torres wins the WSOPE Main Event for €1,115,207
If there’s one thing you can rely on in poker, it’s that the WSOPE Main Event will provide interesting stories. With final tables that regularly feature big names (Annette Obrestad, Phil Hellmuth and John Juanda have all won the event), it’s no wonder this tournament is keenly awaited every year. This year, despite the stellar field assembled in the […]
11/11/2017
A conversation with Jamie Gold – winner of the biggest WSOP Main Event ever
Explore insights from Jamie Gold, the winner of the $12M WSOP Main Event, in an exclusive conversation about his journey.
11/10/2017