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2021 Live World Series of Poker dates for this fall are in
April Fools’ day aside, the excitement for this year’s awaited live World Series of Poker continues on as tentative dates are finally announced! As previously hinted by six-time bracelet champion Daniel Negreanu, the festival is scheduled to run beginning on September 30 – November 23, 2021 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. […]
Hellmuth scoops up impressive victory in first round of High Stakes Duel against Negreanu
The first round of 15-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth against fellow poker icon Daniel Negreanu’s High Stakes Duel finally came into action yesterday after weeks of social media banter leading up to the game. After 6 long hours of heads-up play, Hellmuth emerged victorious following a successful comeback from a 19:1 chip deficit, banking in […]
Artur Martirosyan’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Artur Martirosyan is a Russian professional poker player. He was born in 1997. He has collected $3.114 million in live tournament cashes. That includes an EPT (European Poker Tour) Main Event title which he won for $325,316 in his home country of Russia. The Russian seaside city of Sochi is … Read more
Somuchpoker Talks: Vanessa Kade about winning the Sunday Million
Everybody knows who Vanessa Kade is now after her Twitter run-in with Dan Bilzerian, her criticism of GGPoker to sign him as an ambassador and the drama around her Affiliate account. She managed to REALLY turn this story around, however, by getting signed by America’s Card Room as an ambassador and then moving on to […]
Online News: Spring Festivals everywhere, Flutter loses Kentucky appeal and more…
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Spring Festivals everywhere Once upon a time there was only one notable big spring poker festival. Now it has become an industry-wide phenomenon. PokerStars, partypoker, GGPoker and Sky Poker have announced online poker […]
Asia briefs: China Poker Games completes first satellite event in Fuzhou; Asia Poker League Hanoi in April; J88PT Korea Spring Main Event underway
Good news on the Asia live front with land based festivals alive and well in China, Vietnam, and Korea. Last week, the China Poker Games (CPG) concluded its first satellite event of the year in Fuzhou; in Korea, the J88 Poker Tour (J88PT) Spring Festival completed two of its 8 Main Event starting days; and […]
Metro Manila poker rooms close again as community goes into a second lockdown
Live poker for the once budding poker hub in Asia has reached a complete downfall since the global health crisis broke out earlier in 2020. Prior to the pandemic, Metro Manila, Philippines was a popular pitstop for major poker brands having hosted several successful festivals year after year. Non-essential businesses which included the gaming sector […]
WPTDeepStacks Hanoi Warm Up Weekend: Lê Đình Hải bests Macaron Tran for the Micro Main Event title; Đoàn Văn Chúc & Nguyễn Văn Chiến win side events
Three weeks ago, the World Poker Tour revealed its return to Vietnam for its first live event in the country since 2019. The much awaited event is the tour’s premier mid major WPTDeepStacks festival, slated to run in mid April 2021 at the capital city of Hanoi. To give players a taste of what’s to […]
Dominik Nitsche’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Credit: Global Poker Index Dominik Nitsche is a German professional poker player. He was born on October 11th, 1990 in Minden, Germany. He is a 4-time WSOP gold bracelet winner, the most for any player from Germany. The biggest out of his 4 bracelet wins was taking down the €111,111 … Read more
Online News: ACR’s Next Moneymaker, BetMGM MI Poker Launches and more…
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. ACR’s Next Moneymaker America’s Card Room has announced a new promotion on their platform to find the “Next Moneymaker”. It’s the first big thing they do with the legendary Chris Moneymaker, utilizing his […]
Vanessa “Niffller” Kade scoops up PokerStars’ Sunday Million 15th Anniversary title for $1,514,920
Celebration is in the air as Canadian pro Vanessa “Niffller” Kade impressively bagged her largest career score just yesterday. PokerStars’ Sunday Million 15th Anniversary crowned its newest champion to the tune of $1,514,920 for the victory. An epic heads up battle went down on Tuesday night as Kade defeated player “Talibenes” for the title and […]
Somuchpoker Talks: Sasha Liu about Omaha
Some of you might also know Sasha Liu as “PokerSasha”. Sasha is an absolute Omaha beast and she got recently signed to be part of the Omaha Squat as the first female Team Pro at GGPoker. Enjoy this conversation about the great game that is PLO and Sasha’s journey through the poker world. Interview by […]
GPI Asia Poker Festival and GPI Masterboard Award Ceremony from April 8 to 18 at CTP Club Taipei
More live felt excitement to erupt in Taiwan with the arrival of the first ever GPI Asia Poker Festival this April. Since 2018, Taiwan has been one of the most sought after locations for many land based poker groups, and having arrested the novel coronavirus early on, players in the area have had the privilege […]
Bracelet winner Sung Joo Hyun on fire with over half a million dollars earned in 2021
Off to a fantastic start this year, South Korean player Sung Joo “Arte” Hyun has been running red hot in Las Vegas with two live events shipped and well over half a million dollars in winnings earned. In February, Hyun won the WPTDeepStacks Venetian US$ 1,600 No Limit Hold’em event for US$ 208,335, then just […]
People News: High Stakes Duel postponed, Vanessa Kade joins ACR Team Pro team and more…
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. High Stakes Duel postponed By now you will be aware of the fact that the High Stakes Duel between Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth has not started on 16th March. The heads-up challenge was supposed to […]
Online News: Bally’s might buy WPT for $100 Million, IPoker overtakes partypoker, Upoker launches 6+ Omaha and more…
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Bally’s might buy WPT for $100 Million For a while it looked like Element Partners would purchase the WPT brand, but Bally’s Corporation swooped in at the last minute to place the winning […]
Live edition of the 2021 WSOP likely to take place this fall
The past year has been unlike any other with the whole global health situation having greatly affected the sport and gaming industry. 2020 has seen its fair share of disrupted live poker tournament schedules with the new year now relying on the hopeful side of things. Last year’s action, however, remained eventful with major brand […]
Deltin Poker Tournament delivers India’s first live festival in nearly a year; Ramesh Rao Thotapalli wins the Main Event
More signs of live felt activity in Asia as the Deltin Poker Tournament (DPT) completed its first live series onboard the Deltin Royale in Goa, India in nearly a year. With Covid-19 cases still an issue at various locations around the country, it was uncertain as to the turnout. However, it seemed, poker players had […]
Australian pro Michael Addamo crushes Super high roller field, shows outstanding results in recent events
You know you’re at the top of your game when you’re taking down the biggest events in the world and defeating the best of the best in the industry. From playing $15 tournaments about less than a decade ago, 27-year old Michael Addamo has taken the poker community by storm and has quickly risen up […]
People News: Negreanu vs Hellmuth Match Details; A prop bet in court and more…
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Negreanu vs Hellmuth Match Details It looks like the High Roller bet between Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu and Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth, where Hellmuth would have to come out in the black after playing 50 $25k tourneys […]