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18 top players buy in for AUD$100K By the time registration had closed for this event, 18 players had paid the large entry fee, with almost all of them having good tournament pedigree. The prize pool rose to a final figure of AUD$1,764,000 with AUD$882,000 set aside for the eventual winner. Big names such as […]

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: January 29th on Betfair – 3PM WET REGISTER – What can I win: 100 Euros to be shared between a relatively small number of players […]

Day 3 of the Main Event of the Aussie Millions, the most prestigious poker event in the Southern Hemisphere held at The Crown Casino with a buy-in of A$10,000, ended with 36 players still in the running. The minimum amount these runners will receive for making it at the top 36 is A$30,000 with first […]

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: January 29th on Betfair – 3PM WET REGISTER – What can I win: 100 Euros to be shared between a relatively small number of players […]

For the past 4 days, the action in the Aussie Millions Main Event held at the Crown Casino Melbourne has been unstoppable, hand after hand.  With the end of Day 2 of the Main Event, the numbers, the chip counts and the players are in. To give a quick update of what’s happening in the […]

The starting flights of the Aussie Millions Main Event ended last night with Mustapha Kanit leading the pack of 372 into Day 2.  The most prestigious tournament in the Southern Hemisphere which has a buy-in of A$10,000 recorded a total of 712 entries as compared to last year’s 732.  But registration is still open today until […]

An Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered poker bot named Libratus developed by a computer science team at Carnegie Melon University (CMU) is currently up against a challenge versus 4 of the best professional poker players in the industry in what has been coined Brains Vs. Artificial Intelligence: Upping the Ante.  The match is taking place at the […]

In Vietnam, only foreigners are allowed to gamble in the casinos that are currently operating in the country. But since June of last year, steps were being taken to overturn this rule and allow locals to play in their homeland.  According to studies, Vietnam was losing about US$800 million in tax returns with Vietnamese having […]

For those that love to get their hands on free money, the $100 Somuchpoker freeroll on Tigergaming is the opportunity of the week, with no requirement to make a deposit before registering. Next freeroll: January 22th on Tigergaming -2PM GMT REGISTER – What can I win: $100 to be shared between a relatively small number of players – When? January […]

The Aussie Millions biggest ever A$25,000 Challenge  High Roller Event  finished last night with James Chen from Taiwan taking down a field of 133 entries to win a whopping A$861,840 (approx. US$650,000). Chen, who only really seriously joined the tournament circuit in 2014, opened up the year 2017 by winning the Aussie Millions A$2,500 H.O.R.S.E. […]

Last night, the APT Kickoff 2017 concluded its nine-day festival at Resorts World Manila. The event witnessed many well known pros and APT regulars taking home some of the trophies, including the rise of several players. Here are five of the most memorable achievements of the event. Takumi Samejima wins his first major title Japanese musician, […]

24/02/17: Article edited to include the US$100,000 Tournament Leaderboard Like all poker rooms that are part of the rising GGNET Network, Pokamania has unveiled a new daily tournament schedule, an innovative system of staking players and a few days ago an  US$100,000 Tournament Leaderboard. These changes, combined with our exclusive 35% rakeback deal via our Rewards Club, make Pokamania a premium option for […]

We initially wanted  in this video to underline Daniel Negreanu’s latest top recent achievements but we unfortunately haven’t been able to find them. And so, we ended up exploring the top five fails  endured by the Canadian pro in 2016. 5 – In at number five is…. tournament blanks. Tournaments have always been Negreanu’s main focus, and his hopes going into 2016 […]

The Asian Poker Tour crowned its first APT Main Event champion of the year, Japan’s Takumi Samejima, who defeated Filipino pro Czardy Rivera at the heads up round to capture the US$38,020 first place purse and the APT Championship Ring. The Final 8 match began with Rivera as the chip leader and Samejima trailing closely […]

The Aussie Millions had once again begun with great festivities and a blast but this time without the PokerStars brand. It runs from January 11-30, 2017 at the Crown. 1,565 entries in the opening event  The prestigious festival which has recently ended their partnership with PokerStars due to changes in its live tournament offerings, kicked off […]

The Asian Poker Tour’s first event of the year, the APT Kickoff 2017, has been running at Resorts World Manila with the Main Event winding down to its last day. Last night the Final 8 was set and among them were three past APT Main Event champions. Also in the mix were several newbies and […]

Christian Harder wins the very first Pokerstars Championship The very first PokerStars Championship which was held from January 6-14, 2017 at the Atlantis Resort & Casino in the Bahamas, just ended with Christian Harder taking down the Main Event after making a deal with Cliff Josephy, his backer in 2008 when he placed 7th for […]

What the Australians feared will happen, has finally happened. Online poker giant 888Poker.com exits Australia by ending services provided to its citizens. In a surprise message to customers upon logging into their accounts, 888Poker.com sends the following: “Following a business reevaluation, we’d like to inform you that 888poker’s services are not being offered to players […]

As 2016 saw the end of the Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), the Asian community was unsure as to what will happen to the backdrop of live poker tournaments in the region especially since one of the biggest and most prestigious events held in the continent had concluded forever. It was announced that all live […]

Local pros John Tech and Lester Edoc with early wins; APT Player of Series introduced For the past three days, the APT Kickoff 2017, the first Asian Poker Tour event of the year, has been ongoing at Resorts World Manila in Newport City, Manila, Philippines. The event is scheduled to run from January 11th-19th, with […]