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For those that love to get their hands on free money, the $100 Somuchpoker freeroll on Tigergaming and BetOnline (US Players) is the opportunity of the week, with no requirement to make a deposit before registering. – What can I win: $100 to be shared between a relatively small number of players. – When? June 11th (Sunday) at 2PM GMT. – […]

While on our travels to Florida, Somuchpoker got a front row seat to the introduction of ‘action clocks’ at the WPT Tournament of Champions, and felt it important to write about the subject. After all, the speed of the game has been a big problem in recent years and it felt like a very workable […]

In recent weeks, both PokerStars and PartyPoker have expanded their lineups, but in two decidedly different directions. While PartyPoker added the talented and experienced Marcel Luske and Kristen Bicknell to their pro team, PokerStars opted to go the celebrity route, adding actor and comedian Kevin Hart and world record-breaking sprinter Usain Bolt to their line-up. […]

While Las Vegas sizzles with the WSOP back in town, on the other side of the globe its Asian counterpart also experienced a little fire of its own with the Asian Poker Tour back in the Las Vegas of the East for the APT Macau 2017. This latest festival ran a course of nine days, […]

It continues to be an exciting WSOP 2017 with all types of stories grabbing the headlines. For our latest update, we start off with two online legends Chris Moorman and Shaun Deeb. Days ago, Moorman finally captured his first WSOP victory which of course came with that coveted gold bracelet. He has been ecstatic, to […]

In the coming months, Gaelle Jaudon will bring us interviews with the biggest international stars of the poker circuit. Her first interview for Somuchpoker: Gus Hansen who discusses his goals as player, online poker, WSOP and the poker world in general. Somuchpoker : We haven’t seen you on the circuit for a long time, and […]

The WSOP 2017 may be seeing many coveted bracelets land in the hands of the host Americans but some of them do slip away. The Liv Boree – Igor Kurganov tandem took one for their respective countries followed by the Nipun Java – Aditya Sushant tandem for the first-ever bracelet awarded to India. While there were several […]

On the surface, the Chinese poker scene can sometimes give the appearance that poker is struggling to take root in the country, but this is in fact quite far from the truth. The Chinese poker scene is dynamic, it’s just that many of the tournaments are not reported to the rest of the world. Here […]

When people look at players who have become household names, with gold bracelets adorning their wrists and millions in the bank, they often wonder how a player ever reached that point in their career. Whether they simply got very lucky in one big tournament, or whether they had to grind like crazy for many years. […]

Back in March, Somuchpoker reported on the worrying developments down under as the government in Australia barred online poker. There was support for online poker, and some senators stood up and spoke for the game to be treated differently to other forms of gambling, but as is so often the case when politicians make judgements on […]

Being fresh off the back of a busy SCOOP schedule, most players would take a break before getting back into the action. Isildur1 is not most players. Having had a great SCOOP series, finishing 2nd on the Player of the Series leaderboard, he has hit the high stakes tables in recent weeks, posting over $1 million […]

People always say, “do you want to hear the good news first or the bad news?” In our latest Pinoy Briefs, there are a couple of stories that won’t exactly leave a smile on your face so we opted to start with them. The first one is a follow up story on the tragic incident […]

Just a few days ago we brought you news of early results from the 2017 World Series of Poker. One of the big stories to emerge from those early events was that Vlogger, Youtube channel hoster and all-round fan favourite Doug Polk had taken down the $111,111 WSOP One Drop, picking up $3,686,865 as he bested a […]

The Vietnamese poker community has seen the latest of numerous positive steps this week, as the coastal city of Nha Trang announced the opening of a new poker federation. This latest development is part of a poker turnaround in Vietnam which has followed several years of difficulties. Nha Trang is a prime location for bringing […]

The Asian contingent that’s currently at the WSOP 2017 may be comprised of a light scatter of different nations however one country out in full force is most definitely Team India. Since the start of the series, Indian players have been seen at the felt, and two days ago two of them had smiles tantamount […]

May 31st saw Mediarex Sports & Entertainment and JuzhongJoy host a joint ceremony that would signal the beginning of the first poker league in China: The GPL China. The GPL is not a new concept of course, having first left its mark on the world of poker back in 2016 when it was launched globally […]

The 48th Annual World Series of Poker continues with lots of exciting action happening daily. The latest story was on one of poker’s most vocal players, Daniel Negreanu, who once again ran very deep but came painfully short of seizing his first gold of the series. On other WSOP news, there has been an ongoing twitter […]

The Las Vegas desert storm has been the hottest talk of the town, but of course we don’t mean the temperature outside. One week ago, the 48th Annual World Series of Poker 2017 opened its doors at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino and with it came a massive influx of players from all […]

PartyPoker continues to outshine Pokerstars with rewards changes In the last few weeks, the differences between PartyPoker and PokerStars have never been more visible. The two major online poker operators have taken entirely different paths with their rewards systems, and this week, PartyPoker have followed up with another announcement that seems set to give value back […]

Christoph Vogelsang Wins 2017 Super High Roller Bowl for $6 Million Five days ago, 56 elite poker players took their seats at the prestigious Super High Roller Bowl held at Aria Casino & Resort in Las Vegas. This highly anticipated event sold out as quickly as it was announced back in February with pros from […]