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Two iconic online glories made an unexpected return in poker news headlines most recently which got the community tuning in once again to these memorable names. Swedish pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom who once took the poker world by storm has resurfaced in the online cash game scene once again, albeit in lower stakes in comparison […]

The World Series of Poker is back on the GG Network with a month long Super Circuit Online Series hosted at online platform Natural8. Running for the full month of May, the festival boasts of US$ 100 Million in guaranteed prizes with a total of 18 WSOP Circuit Rings up for grabs. For the first […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Successful online series all around The biggest online poker season of the year has concluded, but who knows what other highlights this year will bring us. For now, most online poker providers report […]

A budding poker scene, Vietnam has been increasing in popularity within the Asian region as a prime gaming hub in the past few years. Major name brand operators have found success in the Southeast Asian country with its local poker community alone having recently caught the so-called poker bug. Coming from a strong start this […]

Three thrilling weeks of GG Spring Festival 2021 madness came to a close earlier today with a record US$ 176,560,597 paid out across 336 tournaments. This final tally more than exceeded last year’s WSOP 2020 Online Series [International] that paid out over US$ 147.7 million on the network. The games took place from April 4 […]

With a live WSOP most likely happening this fall, it appears schedules in the online scene will just be as packed if not more. Online players tuning in to this year’s WSOP events can expect an action-filled schedule throughout the year with three circuits currently lined up to run on the GGNET – Natural8 platform. […]

The first ever WPTDeepStacks Hanoi is officially in the books! The ten day series took place from April 16 to 25 at the Crown Poker Club. Given the challenges brought on by the global health crisis, it drew a substantial 1,410 entries across thirteen events and amassed an overall grand prize pool of VNđ 17,866,042,000 […]

Almost every poker player has read Jared Tendler‘s book “The Mental Game of Poker” and “The Mental Game of Poker 2”. Jared’s books have inspired and progressed a whole poker generation. Now he has expanded his knowledge into trading. With his new book “The Mental Game of Trading”, Jared is now targeting the traders of […]

It was a marathon at the inaugural WPTDeepStacks Hanoi as 90 players thundered in to host venue Crown Poker Club for Day 2 of the Main Event. After ten and a half levels of intense competition, the race ended with the final 9 players determined. Vietnam’s Lý Đắc Dũng bagged 2,630,000 (65 bb) to earn […]

Another packed house at the inaugural WPTDeepStacks Hanoi as everyone came out to take part in the last two starting heats of the highlighted Main Event. Well known local and international players were among the attendees such as Cao Ngoc Anh, Đinh Xuân Dinh, Nguyễn Hoàng Bách, William Kang, Andre Lettau, and Warm Up Event […]

The sound of chips shuffling was heard all through the day as another set of games played out at the inaugural WPTDeepStacks Hanoi. Bringing everyone in was the featured VNđ 4 billion (~US$ 173,500) guaranteed Main Event with Day 1B up on deck. After nine rounds of late registration, 86 entered (67 uniques, 19 re-entries), […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Virtue Poker ready for real-money launch in May Phil Ivey has been seen with Virtue Poker patches for over three years now – a poker site that didn’t exist. But it looks like […]

With Australia being one of the world’s success stories in this pandemic, local citizens have begun to see glimpses of an anticipated return to normalcy. Non-essential businesses including the live poker industry have since made great leaps to recovery, ultimately aiming to make 2021 a way better year than its previous one. Live poker has […]

The Natural8 – GG Spring Festival 2021 is nearing its completion with 18 out of the 22-day schedule in the bag. With the featured GGSF Main Event- H $1,500 buy-in games yet to be played, the festival is on course to demolish the promised US$ 150 million guarantee. As it stands, US$ 141.2M has already […]

Day 6 at the inaugural WPTDeepStacks Hanoi was the start of the series headliner Main Event with VNđ 4 billion (~US$ 173,500) guaranteed in tow. 19 players found their way to the felt with 3 re-entering for a total of 22 entries. After 15 rounds of scheduled play, only five players remained. They will have […]

Last night, two players joined the winners club, Nguyễn Quang Huy for his victory at the All Bankrolls and Nguyễn Chiến Hữu who bulldozed through the competition at the Bounty Event. Taking a look at the Player of the Series race, Warm Up Event champion Phạm Ngọc Quốc Bảo maintained the top spot. With five […]

While the pandemic has made it a difficult time for many non-essential businesses including the gaming sector to thrive in the past months, global casino giant Genting Group has decided on making 2021 definitely a year to remember. The Malaysian group has finally announced the grand opening of its $4.3 billion integrated resort in the […]

Sweden’s Joakim Andersson was the envy of all after he shipped the richest tournament of the GG Spring Festival 2021. Andersson entered the final table of the GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD as chip leader, proceeded to eliminate six players to seize the enormous US$ 1,537,605.12 first prize. This was the single largest […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Leon Tsoukernik sues Facebook A few weeks ago King’s Casino posted several messages on their social media accounts about a fraudulent app in circulation, pretending to be an online casino offering by the Czech border casino. […]