May 8, 2017
Cardrunners, an online poker coaching site launched in 2005 by poker pro Taylor Caby, who was later joined by Andrew Wiggins and Alex Huang, has announced its effective shuttering in June this year. In a communication to subscribing members, the trio advise that on June 1st Cardrunners will halt the production of paid video content […]
May 7, 2017
Canadian online and live poker pro Mike “Timex” McDonald boosted his career earnings to $13.3 million over the weekend when he took down the $10,300 buy-in High Roller competition at the Party Poker Million North America festival at the Playground Poker Club outside Montreal, claiming the main prize of $200,000. After a rather slow start […]
May 6, 2017
The Pokerstars Championship in Monte Carlo Euro 5,300 buy-in NLHE main event has concluded with a victory for Italian ace Raffaele Sorrentino after a heads up tussle with German pro Andreas Klatt. Due to a heads-up stage chop between the two finalists, Sorrentino took home Euro 451,714 instead of the scheduled first prize of Euro […]
May 5, 2017
Frank Gibeau, the chief executive of US social gaming giant Zynga, assured investors in his Q1-2017 report this week that he expects to return the company to profitability “in the very near future”, his confidence given credibility by reduced losses and a good quarterly performance from Zynga Poker. A statement from the company outlined key […]
May 3, 2017
The Pokerstars Championship in Monte Carlo continued to deliver on exciting action this week with the completion of another High Roller event, this one the Euro 25,500 buy-in Single Day High Roller, which attracted 85 entries (27 of them re-ups, including a remarkable four by runner up Steve O’Dwyer!) generating a prize pool of Euro […]
May 1, 2017
PartyPoker has announced a 5-year main sponsorship deal for the Eurasian Poker Tour with organisers Poker Club Management, with the first event slated as the Euro 1 million guaranteed Party Poker Eurasian Poker Tour Montenegro on June 16-25 this year at the Merit Royal Casino in the coastal resort of Budva. The EAPT gives Party […]
May 1, 2017
The PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo Euro 50,000 buy-in Single-Day High Roller has delivered Spanish poker ace Adrian Mateos’s third largest pay-day, the victory boosting the Spaniard’s bank balance by Euro 908,000 this weekend. The event generated a prize pool well over the guarantee at Euro 3.10 million from a total of 64 entries, 12 of […]
April 30, 2017
Hollywood star and popular international comedian Kevin Hart has announced that he has signed a partnership agreement to promote the Pokerstars brand and advise on how to introduce the game to new audiences. Hart announced the partnership in a hastily called press conference in Monaco during the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte Carlo Casino festivities […]
April 30, 2017
US poker pro Bryn Kenney (30) has enhanced an already impressive reputation as an international player with one of his biggest wins yet this weekend – playing in the Euro 100,000 buy-in PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino Super High Roller, he scored one of his biggest rewards yet in claiming the top prize of […]
April 29, 2017
Finnish live and online poker ace Patrik Antonius, currently resident in Monaco, is contemplating a new poker room business in the principality, according to Poker News. Antonius has been focusing on cash games in the region, which attracts the rich and famous with its luxury and gambling facilities. He has settled in Monaco with his […]