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Jonathan Duhamel’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Credit: CTV News Jonathan Duhamel is a Canadian professional poker player. He was born on August 24th, 1987 in Boucherville, Canada. He’s best known for winning the 2010 WSOP Main Event for a staggering $8.944 million. He has two other bracelets: he won the $111,111 High Roller for One Drop event … Read more
People News: Ivan Deyra loses Winamax title and ambassadorship; Galfond Challenge vs Kornuth concludes; Anatoly Filatov plays for GGPoker; Martin Jacobson leaves 888Poker Team Pro
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Ivan Deyra loses Winamax title and ambassadorship The French player Ivan Deyra is known to have won a World Series of Poker bracelet back in 2019 and he was a Winamax pro. Recently he won over […]
Monster win for Negreanu in last two sessions cuts Polk’s lead to $565,709; Polk changes strategy as end draws nearer
The recent turn of events has seen underdog Daniel Negreanu making a much needed comeback just right after opponent Doug Polk broke the $1 million mark. With less than 6,000 hands left on the clock, the last few sessions are highly crucial for the iconic Poker Hall of Famer. The swings have been massive throughout […]
Online Poker News: WPN’s The Venom on record course; PokerBros anti-bot feature; Unibet’s new loyalty program; Run It Once Poker’s “Earn and Learn”
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. WPN’s The Venom on record course The Winning Poker Network (WPN) is hosting their flagship event The Venom for the fifth time. It has already started with Day 1A and 1B on 22nd […]
Second half of Polk Negreanu grudge match underway; Polk breaks $1 million lead in latest session
Having reached the halfway mark of 12,500 hands to end the year, underdog Daniel Negreanu greeted 2021 with the decision to move forward and continue the second half of the popular match. The six-time bracelet winner had a standing deficit of over $770k after 22 sessions yet he remains determined to finish the whole 25,000 […]
Kevin Martin’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Credit: PokerStars Kevin Martin is a Canadian professional poker player and streamer. He was born on January 3rd, 1993 in Calgary, Canada. Martin has the distinction of having been a sponsored pro for three major online poker rooms: PokerStars, partypoker, and Natural8-GGNetwork. He has a little over 100,000 followers on Twitch, where … Read more
Element Partners, LLC in the process of acquiring World Poker Tour for a total of $78,250,000
The past year has been especially tough on the gaming and sport industry with much of its live events having to take a step back given the circumstances. While major poker operators have resulted in an inevitable transition to online platforms, the detrimental effect of the posing global health crisis has regardless taken a toll […]
People News: Tony G leaves politics, returns to poker; Galfond Challenge Update; Marle Cordeiro has Covid and likes to share; Madanzhiev vs Salas HU for WSOP championship?
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Tony G leaves politics, returns to poker Antanas “Tony G” Guoga had been a colourful character at the poker tables until he focused on a political career in his home country Lithuania in 2014. He wasn’t […]
Natural8 greets its players with $6,500,000 in giveaway promotions to start the year
A fresh start to welcome 2021, Natural8 – GGPoker Network has yet again prepared a special treat for its users. Awarding over $6.5 million, the aggressively growing platform has lined up a juicy set of promotions to be given out daily for its active cash game player pool. Players of all bankrolls can take advantage […]
Tyson Apostol’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Tyson Apostol is an American cyclist, reality TV star, and recreational poker player. He was born on June 17th, 1979 in Provo, UT. Between 2003 and 2007, Apostol made his living as a professional cyclist. In 2009, he got cast on the reality show Survivor: Tocantins – The Brazilian Highlands, airing … Read more
WSOPC – Natural8: Paulius Plausinaitis wins the Main Event for over US$ 1.2M
The World Series of Poker Winter Online Circuit officially concluded with Paulius Plausinaitis crowned the Main Event champion. Plausinaitis captured his first ever WSOP circuit ring, first ever seven figure payout worth US$ 1,236,360.75, and brought Lithuania its first win in this series. As a Natural8 player, Plausinaitis was also awarded the motherlode Main Event […]
South Korea’s Jeju Shinhwa World searches for missing banknotes valued to be at US$13 million
A prime destination in Asia for gamblers and tourists alike, Jeju, South Korea has grown to be a popular holiday island, home to ten casinos catering only to foreign guests. While the popular spot receives an average of 15 million visitors yearly, Jeju is clearly not immune to its bout of criminal cases. Most recently, […]
Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson dies at 87
Self-made Sheldon Gary Adelson, mainly known as one of the prime visionaries of the Las Vegas gaming scene, made dozens of headlines earlier this week as news of his death at the age of 87 years old surfaced. The casino mogul had his bout of health issues since 2001 while most recently seeking treatment for […]
Online Poker News: GGPoker’s Isle of Man license and Flip & Gos; Entain refuses MGM takeover bid; Michigan will join interstate online poker liquidity; WCOAP on partypoker
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Isle of Man license for GGPoker Players and the public were informed on 12th January that GGPoker will from now on operate under an Isle of Man license. Up until now GGPoker had […]
Nine weeks of action await players as the U-Series of Poker – World of Champions begins next week
The rise in popularity of mobile poker applications has enabled players all across the globe to tune into their favorite table games at any time of the day. With simply a click away, traffic in these platforms have grown exponentially in recent years, giving players a great new avenue to satisfy their gaming demands. UPoker, […]
WSOPC – Natural8: David “MyLastHand!” Comeron captures second career ring, Niklas Astedt and Samuli “BeastsSag_A” Sipila earn a first; Joseph Cheong among MAIN EVENT final 9; Wei Zhao leads the POS race
The World Series of Poker Winter Online Circuit taking place on Natural8 – GG Network will soon come to a close with 17 rings now claimed. Latest winners were David “MyLastHand! Comeron who captured his second WSOP ring while Niklas Astedt and Samuli “BeastsSag_A” Sipila both locked up their first. Only one event left to […]
Damian Salas’ Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Damian Salas is an Argentinian poker player and lawyer. He was born in 1975. Salas is best known for winning the 2020 WSOP Main Event. That year, due to the global coronavirus pandemic, the event was held as an online-live tournament hybrid with international and domestic segments. Salas won the international … Read more
Celina Lin and Chris Moneymaker exit PokerStars’ umbrella to start the year
A new year marks a new chapter, a new beginning for all and it seems a few of the industry’s most decorated pros have decided to switch their attention elsewhere. Bidding farewell to PokerStars’ Team Pro are two prominent figures in the live tournament poker scene, Asia’s Celina Lin and the widely famous 2003 WSOP […]
Huck Seed enters Poker Hall of Fame as 59th inductee
While poker for 2020 may have been amiss for a number of reasons, it seems that this year has not been quite as terrible for some. A great way to end the troubling last couple of months, Las Vegas pro Huckleberry ‘Huck’ Seed concluded the year with an outstanding cause for celebration. The announcement came […]
WSOPC – Natural8: Double bracelet winners Michael Addamo and Yuri Dzivielevski capture WSOP rings; four rings remain; MAIN EVENT entry days ongoing
Celebration in the air for double bracelet winners Michael Addamo and Yuri Dzivielevski as both took down events to capture their first ever WSOP circuit ring. Australian pro Addamo prevailed at the US$ 400 NEW YEAR COLOSSUS, becoming the second player to win a Natural8 LiveX Live Event Sponsorship Package. For Brazilian pro Dzivielevski, he […]
