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A buffet of high roller bracelet events resulted in star-studded fields at the 52nd World Series of Poker. Two of the four games have completed with four players pocketing seven figures. Spain’s Adrian Mateos banked over US$ 3.2M and his fourth career bracelet at the steepest buy in event of the series, the US$ 250K […]

Koray Aldemir is a German professional poker player. He was born in 1990 in Berlin, Germany, but now resides in Vienna, Austria.

The 52nd World Series of Poker awards table is emptying out fast with another three bracelets snatched up. Coming out victorious were first time champions Ole Schemion and Jason Wheeler while UK’s Benny Glaser outlasted a lengthy heads up match to clinch his fourth career gold. Among the Asian contenders, Philippine player Marc Rivera placed […]

The World Poker Tour Asia Online is well underway on the Poker King app with numerous players already crowned as champions. Games kicked off on November 12 and will run through November 22. The CN¥ 10,000,000 guaranteed Main Event headliner is currently in progress with three starting days in the books. Players can still jump […]

In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. 888poker combats bots, $100K redistributed Security across the online poker scene has always been a monumental issue for both operators and players as reports of fraudulent activity have frequented headlines across the years. […]

Amid a packed fan rail where one side sported black “KORAY” t-shirts and the other in white with “Show em the Lights – Bring it on Holmes” printed on, the exciting conclusion of the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship had just unfolded. And it couldn’t have been a more climactic end as […]

Now that the Main Event excitement has cooled we jump back to the other events where four players have secured bracelets on the live stage and two at online platform WSOP.com. The latest champions were Brian Hastings for his fifth career gold strap, Denis Strebkov for his second, and one each for Chad Himmelspach, Paulo […]

After twelve days of action that drew a jam packed house of 6,650 players, the World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event No Limit Hold’em World Championship is now down to the final 9 players. In just two days, one player will take the crown and carve his name in history as the 52nd WSOP […]

With the 52nd World Series of Poker down to its final days at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino, Asian players have been more visible on the felt with several going deep and reaching final tables. The latest to join the crew of newly minted Asian winners was Japan’s Motoyoshi Okamura for his victory […]

Nonstop action at the 52nd World Series of Poker resulted in four more bracelet winners. The newly minted were Jermaine Reid, Jacob “incel4life” Neff, and Mourad Amokrane who gave France its third gold. Another champion was Scott Ball who captured his second win in this series for his second career gold bracelet. The ongoing festival […]

In this article, we deliver you a couple of selected poker videos of the past week. Chris Moneymaker in the WSOP Main Event The last person to defend their Main Event title was Johnny Chan in 1988. The last person to win the Main Event as a former champion was Stu Ungar back in 1997. […]

The 52nd World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event NL Hold’em World Championship completed another two days of eliminations at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino. Day 3 determined who would advance to the money round while Day 4 wrapped up with 708 paid and 292 players moving on. Among the survivors were 11 […]

Live poker in the capital of the Philippines was doing exceedingly well right before the pandemic hit the vibrant city and took the sport back to an all-time low. Weekly events, major festivals, daily tournaments and round the clock cash games kept hundreds of poker devotees busy seven days of the week with nonstop action […]

For the past week, all the action at the 52nd World Series of Poker was focused on the highly anticipated $10,000 Main Event NL Hold’em World Championship. Now that the rush has calmed, the official player count was 6,650 which was incredibly impressive given the vaccination mandate and challenges faced by many international travelers. This […]

If there is one clear proof that the World Series of Poker was sorely missed, it was the sheer number of players coming out for the $10,000 Main Event NL Hold’em World Championship. With the US having opened its borders on November 8, the highlighted event expanded from four starting days to six, and for […]

While plenty of attention is on the live games happening in Las Vegas, another exciting festival is about to take place. On the virtual arena, the globally renowned World Poker Tour, and one of Asia’s leading brands, Poker King, unite once again to bring players an eleven day festival featuring CN¥ 15 Million (~US$ 2.3 […]

A colorful bag of new champions minted at the 52nd World Series of Poker. The biggest winner was Daniel Cates at the $50K Poker Players Championship 6-Handed. Cates denied series winner/ 3x bracelet winner Ryan Leng to lock up his first ever gold bracelet and have his name etched on the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy. […]

In this article, we deliver you a couple of selected poker videos of the past week. Jungleman Catches His First Bracelet Daniel “Jungleman” Cates is one of the most famous poker players out there. However, he built his fame and fortune at the nosebleed stakes cash tables of the now defunct poker site Full Tilt. […]

In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Chris Moorman and Katie Lindsay join ACR’s Team Pro Two more big names signed under Americas Cardroom’s roster of pros to start the month of November, joining the likes of Chris Moneymaker, Jon Van Fleet, Ebony […]