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Manila, Brisbane: Live poker rooms begin to reopen in Asia-Pacific
Ending the year with some good news, the heavily affected Asia-Pacific region is slowly seeing a return of live poker games into the scene. While the past ten months has been definitely a rocky road for most, the recent reopening has the local poker communities filled with excitement as cash games become available once again. […]
Online Poker News: PokerStars Biggest $55 & Blowout Series; GGNetwork WSOP Winter Online Circuit Series; World College Poker Student Cup on PokerBros; Run It Once returns to Germany
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. PokerStars announces Biggest $55 and Blowout Series PokerStars has faced some technical difficulties recently, but that doesn’t stop the poker giant from offering some massive new events in December. First, the Biggest $55 […]
Andras Nemeth’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Andras Nemeth, better known as his online moniker “probirs”, is a Hungarian professional poker player. His exact age is unknown, but he’s estimated to be in his late 30’s. Nemeth is one of the biggest online tournament winners of all time. While his results are no longer public on the online … Read more
David Oppenheim’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – David Oppenheim is an American professional poker player. He was born on March 7th, 1973 in Los Angeles, CA. Oppenheim has mostly played live cash games during his career. He’s a regular in the world famous high stakes cash room at the Bellagio, Bobby’s Room (now renamed Legends Room) where he … Read more
People News: Bilzerian joins GGPoker; Negreanu and Seidel hacked; Galfond Challenge Update; Poker Hall of Fame; Gus Hansen’s domestic life
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Dan Bilzerian joins Team GGPoker The final stretch of 2020 is still full of surprises. GGPoker has just announced that they have signed the “bad boy” of Instagram Dan Bilzerian as a new ambassador. The controversial […]
Online Poker News: Online Poker back in Switzerland; PokerStars tests shortened Sit & Gos & BSOP returns; GGPoker Final Table Betting; Tesla tests in-car casino
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Online Poker is back in Switzerland After 18 months of online gambling blackout in Switzerland, there is finally some movement. The first legal poker site has launched with an iPoker skin and is […]
Polk scoops up big wins in last couple of sessions, current standing sees him in the lead for $578,417.57
Possibly almost halfway through, the heads-up challenge between poker superstars Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu has been an exciting treat for the whole poker community this past couple of weeks. So far, the two have been battling it out in a series of sessions playing two-tables of heads up No Limit Hold’em online on the […]
VSOP Championship II awards VND 15 Billion in prizes, Hoang Ngoc Tai wins the Main Event title
Vietnam’s quick and aggressive response to the current Covid-19 crisis has been widely recognized for its success in keeping transmission rates under control especially in the Southeast Asia region where a number of high risk countries are still in a losing battle against the spread of the virus. For more than a month, no local […]
David Benyamine’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – David Benyamine is a French professional poker player and former professional tennis player. He was born on July 5th, 1972 in Paris, France. He is a WSOP gold bracelet winner. He won the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split event for $535,687 in 2008. In the poker world, he’s best known for his … Read more
Freeroll your way to the WSOP 2020 Main Event on Natural8
The past two weeks have been buzzing with excitement as the World Series of Poker 2020 US$ 10,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship draws near. Since the big announcement, online poker platform Natural8 on the GG Network, home of the 51st WSOP, has been running satellites and step satellites for as low as $.50 leading […]
Live Poker: King’s Casino ready to reopen; Bobby’s room renamed Legends room
In spite of all the poker action happening the past few months, a lot of poker enthusiasts still long for live poker games and the different feel it brought to the overall experience. With the effects of the current global health crisis coming totally unexpected, live poker operators continue to struggle to bounce back from […]
Online Poker News: COVID-19 vaccine scares investors; Run It Once celebrates SNG launch; Unibet first to announce Christmas promos
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. COVID-19 vaccine announcement scares Online Poker investors Even though a potential upcoming poker boom is not impossible, the announcement by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer of a COVID-19 vaccine might allow potential players to leave […]
Olivier Busquet’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Olivier Busquet is an American professional poker player. He was born on August 22nd, 1981 in New York. He started his career as an online heads-up Sit&Go specialist, winning millions of dollars on the format on Full Tilt. His screen name on the now deficient poker site was “livb112”. Then, he … Read more
Online Poker News: partypoker announces Russian client and 2021 WPT festival dates; Curacao gambling licenses changes
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. GVC/Entain aims for 99% regulation, launches Russian partypoker client As reported in last week’s Online Poker News partypoker mothership GVC Holdings plc (soon to be rebranded to Entain) is committing to achieve 99% regulation […]
Negreanu vs Polk challenge: Negreanu capturing the lead for over $155k after seven sessions
Widely catching the poker community’s attention is the famous heads up challenge of Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu, two of the industry’s most popular icons. While the duel is still in its early stages, a publicized dispute circled the social media accounts earlier this week, bringing to light what was seen as a possible violation […]
Davidi Kitai’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Credit: Winamax Davidi Kitai is a Belgian professional poker player. He was born on September 28th, 1979. He was the first player from Belgium to win a WSOP gold bracelet. In 2008, he took down the $2,000 Pot Limit Hold’em event for $244,583. He then went on to capture two more … Read more
2021 Aussie Millions postponed indefinitely
Live poker has been greatly affected this year, with the risks tied to the novel coronavirus remaining a serious concern for public health. Considering the limitations, Australia has seen its share of live games making a gradual comeback, offering cash games to players eager to enjoy some poker action. However, local enthusiasts will have to […]
Nevan Yu Chung Chang wins the 2020 WPTDeepstacks Taiwan Warm Up
Players in Taiwan finally got a tickle of the World Poker Tour’s famous WPTDeepstacks with the brand wrapping up a four-day stint at the highly popular CTP Club Taipei (Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association). This event has been in the works since last year and was intended to launch in March 2020 until Covid 19 […]
People News: Galfond Challenge Update; Bryn Kenney leaves GGPoker; Lewis Hamilton plays poker; Antonio Esfandiari buys $5.3 million mansion
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Galfond Challenge Update In the most recent $100/$200 PLO match on Saturday between Phil Galfond and Chance Kornuth there was a hefty win of $124,000 for Galfond. This means that the host of this challenge won […]
Unique format for 51st WSOP Main Event will award World Champion title this December 2020
This year has been a wild roller coaster ride with everyone bracing and adjusting to the impacts the current global health crisis has brought upon us. With the threat of the whole Covid-19 situation still looming at large, many did not expect the poker industry to manage a live comeback as soon as we are […]
