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Johnny Chan’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Johnny Chan is a Chinese-American professional poker player. He was born in Guangzhou, China in 1957 and moved to the United States at the age of 11. Chan has won 10 WSOP gold bracelets which means he’s tied in second place with Doyle Brunson and Phil Ivey on the all-time WSOP … Read more
Jennifer Tilly’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Jennifer Ellen Chan, better known by her stage name Jennifer Tilly, is an American actress and recreational poker player. Tilly is her mother’s maiden name. She was born on September 16th, 1958. Tilly is the long time partner of famous professional poker player Phil Laak. The couple has been together since … Read more
Joe McKeehen’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Joe McKeehen is an American professional poker player. He was born on June 28th, 1991 in the state of Pennsylvania. He’s best known for winning the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2015. He bested a 6,420-player field and won $7.683 million. He has two other WSOP gold bracelets: from … Read more
Off Topic: Joey Ingram back on YouTube; Mathusow’s Online Poker tilt; Negreanu’s Online Poker Tilt; WSOP moment captured on video
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Joey Ingram back on YouTube Despite the Corona crisis being a good chance to create online content like YouTube videos, poker’s favourite video podcaster Joey Ingram had been absent from the public eye for about two […]
2020 WSOP Online: Robert “bustinballs” Kuhn, Matt “Bodeyster” Bode, Allen “Acnyc718” Chang, Nathan “surfbum” Gamble and Joon “jykpoker” Kim claim gold bracelets for Events #3 – 7
It has only been a little over a week since the 2020 World Series of Poker online began running its scheduled games on the official client, WSOP.com and already seven lucky winners have claimed one of the industry’s most coveted awards. Awarding one gold bracelet a day for WSOP’s U.S. leg, 24 more are left […]
Big turnout at the first ever Vietnam Series of Poker Championship in Ha Noi
International live events may still be a long time coming but that doesn’t mean homegrown live events suffer the same fate. In some countries, restrictions have already eased up allowing for live tournaments to resume. In Vietnam, players craving for live poker got exactly that this past week with the Vietnam Series of Poker (VSOP) […]
China Poker Games resumes; on track for annual championships event in August
For Chinese players, every year since 2013 the China Poker Games (CPG) Championship has been the event to look forward to. Held in Sanya, Hainan Island, it is the biggest annual event in Asia with eight days of nonstop festivities running at the end of August. For the past seven years, the Main Event has […]
Cambodia casinos given green light to reopen
One of the nations in the Asia region with the lowest confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, Cambodia is set to get back on track after reportedly stabilizing the spread of the illness. Disclosed by government spokesperson Phay Siphan, the announcement of casinos in the country being allowed to resume operations came last Friday while […]
Off Topic: Daniel Negreanu finishes shred; Timex shooting hoops on Twitch; Max Silver’s $25k pull-up bet; No Vegas birthday bash for Jake Cody; Konnikova publishes “The Biggest Bluff”
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Daniel Negreanu finishes shred, starts bulk The poker community was at the same time impressed and shocked about Daniel Negreanu‘s physical condition in recent Instagram and Twitter posts. KidPoker showed off his lean stature, looking fit […]
Stellar first half of 2020 for Australia’s Michael Addamo in the High Roller circuit
While poker may often be known as a fun game to many, the competitive sport is a full-time job for most professional poker players. Time off the tables is essentially as important as actually playing these games, and when you eventually get to the top, the battle between the best of the bests is on […]
Online Industry News: PokerStars’ new IOS mobile app; New Partypoker’s cash game leaderboards; DOJ targets Online Poker again
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. PokerStars releases Next-Gen mobile app with biometric login PokerStars players have long awaited an update on the so important mobile experience and after a long period of testing in smaller markets, the poker […]
APT Online Series 2nd Edition: Pete Chen wins Championships Event & Player of the Series; Final stats and results
Land-based operator Asian Poker Tour wrapped up its second ever online series on Natural8 – GG Network and it was nothing short of a smasher. Running from June 14 to 28, the APT online Series 2nd Edition delivered on its eight figure promise, paying out a tour record $ 10.9 million across 234 events. With […]
WSOP on GGPOKER – Natural8: More details on the Main Event and upcoming Silk Road series
Only a couple more weeks until the 2020 World Series of Poker Online series runs on the GGPoker – Natural8 network and everyone is already anticipating its 54 gold bracelets to be awarded. One for the books, the extraordinary event will feature over $60 million in combined guarantees throughout the seven-week period. Buy-ins ranging from […]
Australia Live Poker Update: Australian Poker Tour announces first post-covid event this coming September; Crown Perth poker reopened
The path to normalcy is slowly coming to light as countries attempt to begin restarting their economies in combat against the impact of the ongoing worldwide pandemic. News of casinos and poker rooms being open and available once again were evident these recent couple of weeks giving poker enthusiasts across the globe hope for live […]
Off Topic: Daniel Negreanu offering more WSOP bracelet bets; Players contemplating quitting poker; Phil Helmuth selling his Vegas house; “Mike Matusow has lost it”
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Daniel Negreanu offering more WSOP bracelet bets Daniel Negreanu has added to his WSOP bets, looking for even more action. A few weeks ago he took it to Twitter, offering bets on him winning a bracelet […]
Online Industry News: High Roller online tourneys; Traditional operators try to catch the home game train; Unibet launches“HexaPro Banzai”
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. PokerStars, GGPoker, partypoker and the flourishing high stakes tournament action It wasn’t just traffic that rose during the Corona lockdown months, it was also the stakes involved especially in the tournament area. Now […]
GPI Asia rankings mid-year update: Paul Phua leads GPI, Pete Chen top spot for player of the year
We are officially halfway through the year despite the circumstances brought about by the current pandemic that put an unavoidable pause for multiple live poker events across the world. In this article, an update for the Global Poker Index (GPI) for the year is presented for the Asia region presenting the top tournament poker players […]
PokerStars Live Asia parent company, IEC applies for PAGCOR casino license
It’s not a surprise that more investments in the Philippines’ gambling industry are coming in despite the current pandemic in the country. For recent years, gambling revenue in the Philippines has been continuously increasing with a recorded 20.8% year-on-year gain just last year. The thriving industry has had a steady stream of VIP players from […]
WSOP Online, WPT Online Championships, Stadium Series : It’s going to be a great Online Summer
In many places of the world people are still not supposed to have large gatherings, but everyone’s fatigued and want to leave their homes. The northern half of the world is having the start of a beautiful summer and you don’t want to sit inside when it’s warm and the sun is shining. Most poker […]
Off Topic: DNegs – lean & mean; Post-Corona Joey; Gilmartin’s Wedding and Quarantine; Patrick Leonard warns community; Slowrollin’ Team Pros
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Daniel Negreanu – lean & mean Daniel ‘KidPoker’ Negreanu is arguably the most famous poker player in the world and he knows how to stay in everybody’s minds. Last week the 45-year-old vegan posted a picture […]