In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Full Tilt finally retiring Many poker fans reacted to this news with “Huh? Wasn’t Full Tilt already gone?”. Technically yes, but PokerStars had kept the Full Tilt brand as a skin after the […]
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WPT Spring Festival – Poker King: “DannyAce66” wins the Main Event for US$ 270,300; Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Jean Robert Bellande, Nick Petrangelo reach ITM
The WPT Spring Festival wrapped up its twelve-day online series that ran from February 11 to 22 at sponsor Poker King app. For those in attendance, money flowed daily with CN￥2,000,000 (~US$ 310,880) guaranteed across 12 tournaments and a whopping CN￥10,000,000 (~US$ 1,554,390) paid out at the highlighted Main Event. We’ve got the results for […]
Poker Videos of the Week: The sickest chopped pot in poker history; PKO bounties explained; Johnnie Vibes vlog
In this article we deliver you a couple of selected poker videos of the past week. PokerStars: The SICKEST CHOPPED POT in Poker History PokerStars is presenting us with a sick chop that occurred during the EPT 9 Grand Final in Monte Carlo Casino in 2013. If it is the “sickest chopped pot” in poker […]
WPT Asia-Pacific Championship at NagaWorld set to a later date
2021 seemed like a new year for live poker as clubs began to reopen here and there amidst the continuing global health crisis. Successful yet much smaller live festivals in a number of countries were also welcomed by local players considering the situation. With about the whole of 2020’s events canceled or postponed for a […]
WPT Spring Festival – Poker King: Main Event CN￥10M GTD underway, take down the world’s top pros; Scotty Nguyen and Stephen Chidwick advance
The WPT Spring Festival is in full swing at the online Poker King app with several events already completed. The twelve-day festival kicked off on February 11 to conclude on February 22. The star attraction Main Event CN￥10 million guaranteed has already begun with 1318 turning up for Day 1A. As advertised, well known pros […]
Poker Videos of the Week: The worst slow roll in history; Doug Polk: “Negreanu thought I was a spewtastic player!”; Phil Ivey Goes Heads Up ; Pokerkraut: The legendary game
In this article we deliver you a couple of selected poker videos of the past week. The worst slow roll in poker history PokerStars delivers us THAT slow roll during a national team event that gave Germans the bad reputation for being a slow rolling nation. The incident is being reviewed by Joe Stapleton and […]
WPT and Poker King join forces to bring the Spring Festival featuring CN￥12M in guarantees; top pros confirmed for the Main Event
The globally renowned World Poker Tour and one of Asia’s leading brands, Poker King, have teamed up for an upcoming festival that players are definitely not going to want to miss. Running from February 11 to 22 is the WPT Spring Festival featuring a substantial CN￥12,000,000 (~US$ 1.86 million) in guarantees. The event will be […]
Poker Videos of the Week: Johnny Chan Wins 1987 WSOP Main Event; Top-10 WPT Bad Beats of All-Time; Mateos shows epic bluff; We’re All In @ Bellagio And There’s Only One Hand We Can Beat!
In this article we deliver you a couple of selected poker videos of the past week. Johnny Chan Wins 1987 WSOP Main Event Let’s start with an iconic moment in poker history: Johnny Chan winning the WSOP Main Event. PokerGo brings us a video summarizing the final table action back in 1987. Top-10 WPT Bad […]
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 […]
2020 WPTDS Taiwan: Huang Chyan Pu bags the Main Event, Zong Chi He wins Player of the Series; Chi Jen Chu takes the Super High Roller
After 11 days of action running from December 11 to 21, the World Poker Tour wrapped up its first ever DeepStacks Taiwan festival in Taipei City. The inaugural event took place at the highly popular poker room, Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association aka CTP Club. 27 players walked away carrying WPT event trophies with Huang […]