Poker action is raging around Europe and beyond. The latest instalment is the upcoming PokerStars European Poker Tour which will hit Barcelona with the eponymous EPT event. With the latest tournament set to run from August 21 through September 2, it’s with excitement that the majority of fans and players are looking towards the final […]
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open has concluded on Tuesday in Florida and a handful of people left the place all the richer. The $5,250 buy-in was not a hush-hush affair, attracting solid interest from nearly 1,000 players who eagerly flocked to the SHRPO in pursuit of solid riches. And yet, it was only one […]
And now the good news. Anatoly Filatov managed to top the competition during the PartyPoker Live Millions Main Event, taking on some serious rivals and clinching a victory at the Sochi Casino & Resort in Sochi, Russia. The 28-year-old was all smug about his victory having paid $5,000 to get nearly a million with his […]
As a travelling reporter, your contributor has always had to stay at hotels that offer little in the way of decent Internet. The struggle with accessing the latest missives has been real, cold-sweat-inducing and ultimately bite-one-nails maddening. And even then, the horror of not having Internet while researching cannot quite live up to the gut-wrenching […]
It was going to be a good poker action. Instead, it turned out to be an emergency. Arizona had to cancel its State Poker Championship scheduled for Talking Stick Resort casino. However, a major storm forced hosts to reconsider and take a rain check on the event. A Perfect Storm Hits While hosts hoped that […]
The Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has had more than one winner. Even though the regular event may have come with a $243,000, the High Roller event was definitely one of the shiniest jewels of the overall competition. Throwing together as many as 124 entrants, the event was a far greater success than the previous […]
With the APPT Manilla Main Event now completed, we have seen Wilson Lim carry on to the top and defeating 1,364 competitors who were just as eager to grab $243,324 of the total cash pool. Lim’s success was not a mere begging of the fates. He managed to pull some stellar plays and transition from […]
Do you remember Maria Konnikova? The young researcher who has turned a love for science into a love for cards. Luck has always fascinated her. And so, she wanted to write about it. Luck, she argued, was pure randomness. She may have been right at the time, but as she started studying the cards, it […]
Elio Fox has been making a name for himself in 2018. Perhaps he is not the most prominent player out there right now, but he’s one that has amassed solid riches out of playing live action poker games. Mr. Fox’s commitment has led him down a path to yet another victory and that is itself […]
Good morning ladies and gentlemen! Online Poker America returns with news from the nippy North where we have a winner, I repeat – we have a winner. Ivan Leow has won the Triton Poker Super High Roller for a total of $1,134,000 and that’s quite the feat we should think. In any event, Mr. Leow […]
Remember Phil Galfond’s ambitions to stream? Broadcasting live poker is not all that strange, come to think of it. In fact, it’s rather easy to understand why content is becoming king in the poker industry. We ourselves can think of a few reasons. The sport is growing in popularity. Is it wrong to call it […]
Batten down the hatches, players! It’s time for a rare opportunity for the whole lot of you. 888poker is now offering you excellent online qualifiers to make it all the way to Malta where you will participate in the Main Event. The Battle of Malta is upon us, and the question is, can you get […]
