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The 2019 European Poker Tour stop at the Hilton Prague is rolling through its action and, at the end of Day 2, the money bubble has already been popped in the 1154 entry field. With only 141 players left in the field, the battle for first place is a tenacious one as only a single… Read more »
Wants re-entry events gone Re-buy events – or re-entry events as they have come to be called, for whatever reason – are the subject of great controversy in the poker world. They are a tournament format that naturally appeals to the deepest pocket players, but Daniel Negreanu, whose pockets reach the Earth’s core, has railed… Read more »
Riding the chip lead that he came to the final table with, Bulgaria’s Milen Stefanov earned a few firsts at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Wednesday night. First, he earned his first major championship in winning the World Poker Tour’s Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open. Second, Stefanov gave his home country… Read more »
The 2019 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Main Event final table is all set, with Milen Stefanov holding the chip lead going into six-handed action on Wednesday. Stefanov has 8.925 million chips to set the pace. It is one of the closest WPT final tables in recent memory, though, as… Read more »
The 2019 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Main Event (I’ll admit, having to type that out bothers me, for some reason) heads into Day 4 today with Fabian Gumz leading the 17 remaining players. This is Gumz’s first trip to Florida and so far, it’s going swimmingly; Gumz takes 6.620… Read more »
Two massive days of poker at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, have created what looks to be an outstanding tournament for the World Poker Tour. Although it is only in its second year of existence, the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open smashed its inaugural year record, bringing in… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has packed up the trucks for their first foray into Florida for their Season XVIII schedule. The place to be this Thanksgiving weekend may not be the malls but very well could be the grounds of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL, as the WPT Seminole Rock… Read more »
The Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) announced that it was going the way of the dodo about two months ago. The exact termination date was still up in the air, though. Last week, things were brought into focus as it was revealed that MPN will shut down on May 19, 2020. The information was divulged by… Read more »
It’s been roughly three weeks since online poker in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania opened for business. At this time, only one operator – PokerStars, along with the Mount Airy Casino as its Keystone State partner – is currently allowing those inside the state to partake of their product. So just how well is PokerStars and… Read more »
It may seem like the World Poker Tour has some sort of poker tournament going on every week and it looks like they would like that to be even more frequent. This week the WPT announced that there will be two new stops for poker players to enjoy in 2020. One will be on the… Read more »
Daniel Negreanu, one of the most recognizable poker players in the world, announced on Wednesday that he has signed on as an ambassador for GGPoker. Didn’t see that coming His reveal came via a one-minute video on Twitter, recorded as he was walking down the Las Vegas Strip. “In a very short time, GGPoker has… Read more »
Less than two weeks after PokerStars, in conjunction with Mount Airy Casino, became the first online poker room to go live in Pennsylvania, the site has already announced a major internet poker series. On Friday, Fox Bet and PokerStars released the schedule for the inaugural Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker (PACOOP), another poker series in… Read more »
Red Star Poker announced on Monday that it will soon be joining Playtech’s iPoker Network, leaving the Microgaming Poker Network (MPN). MPN will soon have zero skins The move is necessary because Microgaming is shutting down its poker operations sometime next year, in either the second or third quarter. Microgaming announced the surprising decision two… Read more »
As the players reach the home stretch of the 2019 Player of the Year races, there is one thing that is plainly evident. Through their calculations, the two major POY races – the CardPlayer Magazine leaderboard and the Global Poker Index standing – try to offer their interpretations of who is doing the best in… Read more »
In arguably one of the most dominant displays of poker in some time, Sam Soverel completed the objective he came to Las Vegas with. Not only did Soverel capture the championship of the 2019 Poker Masters Main Event, he also earned the Purple Jacket, significant of the overall champion of the series. In reaching that… Read more »
The 2019 Poker Masters is winding down, with the $50,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event reaching its final table. Six men will be in contention for the championship, with only five of them actually earning any money for their efforts. Something that isn’t up for grabs with this tournament is the overall champion of the… Read more »
“Drama” was the word of the moment in the poker world last week. Shaun Deeb needed went into the final day of the WSOP Europe Colossus event needing to finish fifth to win the 2019 World Series of Poker Player of the Year award, but when he was eliminated in eleventh place, that honor went… Read more »
It may be one of the quietest “high roller” events in history, coming on the heels of the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe, but the 2019 Poker Masters has been in action for the past week. The ten-tournament series with buy ins over $10,000 has been quite popular with some of the “elite” players… Read more »
In one of the most colossal mistakes in the history of the World Series of Poker, a tabulation error in the race for the WSOP Player of the Year has resulted in a change atop the standings. Instead of Daniel Negreanu winning his third POY title (no one else has won more than one), Australia’s… Read more »
Poker players, despite the slow pace of the game, are not known to be a patient bunch. They had no choice in Pennsylvania, though, as despite online poker being legalized a full two years ago, it seemed like no sites were ever going to get up and running in state. But finally…FINALLY…PokerStars became the first… Read more »
Daniel Negreanu clinched the 2019 World Series of Poker Player of the Year title on Monday after Shaun Deeb was eliminated from the €550 Colossus No-Limit Hold’em at WSOP Europe. This is the third time Negreanu has won the POY award. He previously won in 2004 and 2013; the first was before the WSOP Europe… Read more »
It has all come down to one dramatic final day at the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe. 11 men will return to the King’s Casino in Rozvadov on Monday to determine the champion of the Colossus. Also important is the race for the WSOP Player of the Year, with one contender left with a… Read more »
The final event of the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe, the €550 Colossus, has wrapped up its multiple Day Ones and been able to exceed the guarantee that was placed on the tournament. As Day 2 action begins today, there’s a big prize pool out there to carve up and four men will be… Read more »
There’s been a champion crowned in the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, but the festivities haven’t ended quite yet. After battling through two of the toughest pros in the game today in Anthony Zinno and Dario Sammartino, Alexandros Kolonias defeated Claas Segebrecht to earn one of the most prestigious prizes in poker.… Read more »
Online poker was legalized in Pennsylvania exactly two years ago, but there are still no online poker rooms up and running in the state. Online casinos exist, as do sportsbooks, but no internet poker. Until Monday. According to PlayPennsylvania, PokerStars will be the first online poker room to launch in the Keystone State on Monday.… Read more »
