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Record-breaking Red Dragon Main Event; Celina Lin wins the Ladies, Jiwei Deng slays the Baby Dragon

Record-breaking Red Dragon Main Event; Celina Lin wins the Ladies, Jiwei Deng slays the Baby Dragon

The Macau Poker Cup is back once again with 17 days of poker festivities at the PokerStars LIVE Macau poker room in City of Dreams. The ongoing event kicked off on August 25th and is set to conclude on September 10th with the most prestigious event in Asia, the Red Dragon Main Event, sure to […]
09/06/2017
Calling with Ten High: Stu Ungar vs Mansur Matloubi 1990

Calling with Ten High: Stu Ungar vs Mansur Matloubi 1990

In 1990, Stu Ungar had a chance to become the only player in history to win three Main Event titles in freezeout format (Johnny Moss won the first ever Main Event by a vote taken between the 7 players). Having already been crowned champion in 1980 and 1981, Ungar held a commanding chiplead as the […]
09/05/2017
Artur Papazyan defeats Phil Hellmuth to win the WPT Legends Main Event

Artur Papazyan defeats Phil Hellmuth to win the WPT Legends Main Event

Season XVI of the WPT Legends of Poker was the talk of the town in Bell Gardens, California with 35 days of festivities that ran from July 28th – August 31st at The Bicycle Hotel & Casino. Hours ago, the Main Event concluded with Art Papazyan defeating poker legend Phil Hellmuth to ship in his […]
09/01/2017
Global Poker League announces GPL India

Global Poker League announces GPL India

Mediarex Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the Global Poker League (GPL), has just announced its expansion into India, one of Asia’s most promising poker markets. The announcement was headlined with: “GPL India is Coming – Get ready to compete against the best players in the country and the world in India’s Premiere Poker […]
08/31/2017
Changing Times:  An afternoon conversation with Sam Razavi

Changing Times: An afternoon conversation with Sam Razavi

There was a time when Samad Razavi dominated the APT circuit. There was a time when Samad Razavi fiercely hunted down the APT’s highest honor – the APT Player of the Year title – capturing it an incredible four years in a row from 2012-2015. There was a time when everyone thought he couldn’t be […]
08/31/2017
Is Japanese rock star GACKT the new ambassador of poker in Japan?

Is Japanese rock star GACKT the new ambassador of poker in Japan?

Poker is one of those special games that tends to attract people from all walks of life. Without exception, many well-known celebrities from a wide variety of professions have been seen taking on the felt albeit a famous athlete, actor, gamer, magician, comedian, TV host, you name it. And many of them not only steal […]
08/29/2017
4 Top Stories from the PokerStars Championship Barcelona

4 Top Stories from the PokerStars Championship Barcelona

The poker community has descended upon Barcelona this month, each player keen to pull up a chair in the PokerStars Championship in Barcelona. The tour, which replaced the European Poker Tour has stopped off at many venues around Europe this year, with Barcelona being the second to last stop of 2017. Asian players Tsugunari Toma […]
08/28/2017
Poker on TV: Phil Hellmuth Defeats Online Wizards Polk and Jungleman

Poker on TV: Phil Hellmuth Defeats Online Wizards Polk and Jungleman

Poker Night in America showcases 4-way duel for $200,000 Poker Night in America brought more exciting televised poker to our screens this week, as Frank Kassela and Phil Hellmuth were joined by notorious online pros, Doug ‘WCGRider’ Polk and Dan ‘jungleman12’ Cates. In the competition which was dubbed ‘King of the Hill’, each player put […]
08/26/2017
Stop-Win and Stop-Loss Limits: 3 Reasons Why You Are Doing It Wrong

Stop-Win and Stop-Loss Limits: 3 Reasons Why You Are Doing It Wrong

Many players will advise you that setting a stopping point when you are ahead or behind by a certain amount in a cash game, is a good idea. While there is some merit to stopping when you are behind if the circumstances are no longer ideal, this is not a magic formula. Stopping a session […]
08/24/2017
Innovations Continue at Major Online Poker Rooms

Innovations Continue at Major Online Poker Rooms

Flopmania at 888Poker 888Poker has been one of three major online poker rooms shaking up their offerings lately, with Flopmania and Push or Fold Flopmania being their headline innovations. These new games are part of a drive to eliminate parts of the game that slow down or take the fun out of poker. Flopmania is […]
08/23/2017

Daniel Negreanu’s Life: Biggest Profits and Losses, Private Life and Net Worth

Born July 26, 1974 in Toronto, (Ontario, Canada) seven years after his parents, Annie and Constantin emigrated from Romania, Daniel Negreanu, aka
08/21/2017

Phil Ivey’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life

He’s the youngest player ever to win ten WSOP bracelets. In addition, he’s appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables and won one World Poker Tour title.
08/21/2017
Watch: Poker After Dark Free Videos [2017 EDITION]

Watch: Poker After Dark Free Videos [2017 EDITION]

Intro: Welcome to Poker After Dark 2017 It feels like a long time since we’ve seen a televised monster cash game with an exciting line up on our screens. Tom Dwan has, in particular, been missed by poker fans in the years since he burst onto the scene. The long wait for more televised cash […]
08/20/2017
Pros run well at the inaugural APT Korea Incheon 2017

Pros run well at the inaugural APT Korea Incheon 2017

The Asian Poker Tour headed to Korea for its second event in the country this year. Instead of Daegu or Jeju, the event was held in a new destination, at the recently opened Paradise City in Incheon. The APT Korea Incheon 2017 festival ran from August 12th – August 20th; many pros were in attendance […]
08/20/2017
Elton Tsang Poker Sheds New Light on Recent Tsoukernik Scandal

Elton Tsang Poker Sheds New Light on Recent Tsoukernik Scandal

Elton Tsang is not your average poker player. While his recent win in the Big One for One Drop will have brought his name to the attention of the masses, to those who inhabit the elusive super high stakes cash games in Asia, Elton Tsang is already well known. Not only has he been a […]
08/17/2017
Aussie Update: Melbourne Poker Championship Highlights; Online Poker Ban Becomes Official

Aussie Update: Melbourne Poker Championship Highlights; Online Poker Ban Becomes Official

Jarrod Thatcher wins Melbourne Poker Championship Main Event 456 entrants bought into the Main Event at the  Melbourne  Poker Championship, paying AU$1,500 to enter and generating a prize pool of AU$684,000. The event played out over the course of 3 days, and with five of the final sixplayer hailing from Australia, it seemed a near certainty […]
08/15/2017

The days of Isildur’1s sickest comeback: + $1.9 M in 2017

It’s July 24th, and Isildur1 has just closed his tables after a very profitable session. He has just made over half a million dollars in a single day of playing PLO and Triple Draw. This elevates him to the status of biggest online winner of 2017 by some distance, with the Swede having turned profits […]
08/14/2017
Poker After Dark and durrrr challenge: The Return of Tom Dwan

Poker After Dark and durrrr challenge: The Return of Tom Dwan

We all remember those days when High Stakes Poker was at its peak, and the live poker legends were left squirming in their seats by a young online pro who seemed to blast everyone off their hand at every opportunity. While High Stakes Poker is no longer on our screens, that particular young pro soon […]
08/12/2017
Poker Mindset: The 3 most common manifestations of Tilt

Poker Mindset: The 3 most common manifestations of Tilt

In this second video for our community, Steffen will address the three most common manifestations of tilt. More: Poker Mindset: What is Tilt?  Steffen is a Mental Game Coach and a Counseling Psychologist. His passion for the mental game of poker started during his own active career as a poker player. He now helps poker players achieve their […]
08/10/2017
Current standings of the GPI Asia Overall and POY, Asia POY and APT POY 2017

Current standings of the GPI Asia Overall and POY, Asia POY and APT POY 2017

We are well past the mid-year mark and it is prime time to update everyone on the exciting Player of the Year races in Asia. Pete Yen Han Chen leads both the GPI Overall Asia and GPI Asia POY 217 standings 2017 has been a year of fireworks for Pete Yen Han Chen and to […]
08/10/2017
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