Kate Barrington

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Snead Takes Final Table at HPT Meadows Main Event and Wins

Snead Takes Final Table at HPT Meadows Main Event and Wins

After a four-hour showdown at the HPT Meadows Main Event, Calvin Snead, pushed his way to the top, grabbing the HPT Trophy and $61,080 in cash. Not only that, but Snead is going to use the $3,500 prize package to participate in the HPT Championships in St. Louis – a decent showing for the player. […]

It’s a Tight Race in the 2019 GPI Player of the Year Leaderboard

It’s a Tight Race in the 2019 GPI Player of the Year Leaderboard

We’ve seen plenty of activity on the 2019 GPI Player of the Year Leaderboard. Players have been swapping places constantly, and it really is anyone’s game this year. There are 10 very talented players at the top of the leaderboard in 2019, each with an impressive number of large cashes behind them. As 2019 comes […]

MPN’s Universal Championship of Poker Returns on Sept. 15

MPN’s Universal Championship of Poker Returns on Sept. 15

Online poker tournaments are more popular than ever and this is largely due to the massive marketing campaigns that online poker operators have been pushing. The most popular names in the world of online poker tournaments include PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) and the currently-running World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) as well […]

PokerStars Reveals Plans for Second Edition of PSPC

PokerStars Reveals Plans for Second Edition of PSPC

Earlier this week, PokerStars officially revealed that it has plans to hold the second edition of the massively successful Pokerstars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC). The championship event series will be making its grand return as from August 20 to August 24 but the location has been shifted from the Bahamas to Barcelona. Just like […]

The Stars Group Releases Earnings Report for Q2 2019

The Stars Group Releases Earnings Report for Q2 2019

On Monday, August 12, The Stars Group reported its financial results for the second quarter of the year ended June 30.  In addition to that, the company’s officials also provided updated 2019 full-year guidance ranges and announced that that it The Stars Group has appointed an additional director to its Board of Directors. There were […]

PokerStars Rolls Out Short Deck 6+ Hold’em Spin & Go’s

PokerStars Rolls Out Short Deck 6+ Hold’em Spin & Go’s

Renowned poker operator has officially become the first online poker platform to unveil short deck lottery tournament with the launch of its 6+ Hold’em Spin & Go events on Thursday, July 25. Players with access to the dot-com client of the poker room are now able to enjoy the poker operator’s offerings and they can […]

Facebook and CMU’s New Poker AI Beats Five Poker Pros

Facebook and CMU’s New Poker AI Beats Five Poker Pros

Poker professionals may soon have to find new jobs as Artificial Intelligence seems to be taking over. Facebook and the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have recently built an Artificial Intelligence (AI) bot that was able to beat top human professional poker players in six-player no-limit Texas hold’em poker which is the most popular variant of […]

WSOP Announces 2019 Poker Hall of Fame Nominees

WSOP Announces 2019 Poker Hall of Fame Nominees

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has recently released the list of 10 finalists that stand a chance of being inducted into the 2019 Poker Hall of Fame class. These 10 nominees were determined following a public nomination process which was then followed by screening by the Poker Hall of Fame’s Governing Council. As it […]

Poker Community Mourns Russian Poker Star Liliya Novikova

Poker Community Mourns Russian Poker Star Liliya Novikova

On Wednesday, June 12, the poker community received some very disturbing news that one of their own, Liliya “Liay5” Novikova had passed away at the young age in an accident at her home. The esports player and renowned Twitch streamer was found deceased in the bathtub by an elderly neighbor at her parents’ apartment. According […]

Daniel Negreanu, PokerStars Part Ways After Twelve Years

Daniel Negreanu, PokerStars Part Ways After Twelve Years

Barely a week after tying the knot with poker personality Amanda Leatherman, Daniel Negreanu has delivered yet another huge announcement. Taking to social media (specifically Twitter), the poker legend announced to his fans that he and PokerStars were ending their 12-year relationship which was arguably the world’s most high-profile sponsorship. “I have an important announcement […]