Amateur takes WSOP Planet Hollywood Main Event

November 24, 2015

A star-studded cast in poker terms participated in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Planet Hollywood Main Event this week but it was a relative unknown, Sean Berrios, who took home the title. Hailing from Anchorage, Alaska – amateur poker player Berrios defeated a field of 1303 entries winning his first major live tournament title […]

BetConstruct launch live Russian Poker

November 24, 2015

BetConstruct’s Live Dealer Casino now offers Russian Poker allowing an unlimited number of players simultaneous participation in the game. Russian Poker, featuring HD streaming and an “intelligent player” system designed to guide the decision making of the player, will be dealt 24/7 in Russian language, however, other languages will be made available on request. “First […]

Pokerstars makes another millionaire

November 23, 2015

PokerStars Million Dollar Spin & Go promotion crowned yet another millionaire Canadian player “Koovoon”, the seventh in the past month. The $100 buy-in Spin & Go tournament (tournament #1,387,275,374) made “Koovoon” a millionaire after just nine minutes of poker play – one of the fastest ever Million Dollar Spin & Go’s.

Mahoney takes WPT Montreal title

November 23, 2015

Jared Mahoney has won the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal title defeating three-time WPT finalist Darryll Fish after almost 10 hours in heads-up play. The event attracted a field of 697 hopefuls, creating a prize pool of CAD$2.3 million which played down to a final 6-seat table over seven days. Mahoney bested the final table […]

Nevanlinna takes 2015 Master Classics of Poker Main Event

November 22, 2015

Finnish poker pro Jussi Nevanlinna bested a total playing field of 291 to take the 2015 Master Classics of Poker Main Event for Euro 300,000 at Holland Casino in Amsterdam. Nevanlinna, who also played the nine-seat final table in 2011 and 2014, emerged victorious this time after beating Georgios Zisimopoulos heads-up. Final Table Results finished […]

Rake-free poker variants launched by TonyBet

November 20, 2015

Open Face Chinese (OFC) poker-focused operator, Tonybet, has launched popular poker variants Texas Hold’em and Omaha. The new offers will be limited to six players at a time and will be free of rake. Sit ’n Go as well as multi-table tournaments are tipped for launch in the near future. Tonybet recently added an e-sports […]

Pokerstars and Full Tilt commit to charity

November 17, 2015

Amaya Inc. online gaming brands PokerStars and Full Tilt will extend their partnership with Right To Play, an initiative that uses the educational power of sports, games and play to provide disadvantaged children and young people in over 20 countries worldwide with learning, health and social skills. Through Amaya’s corporate giving program, Helping Hands, the […]

ACOP Super High Roller and Main Event winners

November 16, 2015

Miami poker pro, Andy Andrejevic’s participation in the APPT 2015 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) HK$ 480,000 + 20,000 No Limit Hold’em – Super High Roller proved successful as he bested John Juanda heads-up, pocketing HK$8,725,000 (approx GBP 74,000 or US$ 1,125,719) and the title. Andrejevic, who satellited into the tournament for only HK$40,000, bested […]

Full Tilt approved on Steam digital platform

November 14, 2015

Amaya Inc. brand Full Tilt will be the first major online poker brand to launch on Steam, Valve Corporation’s digital gaming platform, following a month in their Greenlight process. Full Tilt secured thousands of votes from the Steam community who had their say on whether the game be made available on the popular platform, a […]

PKR boosts management team

November 13, 2015

Online poker company PKR has made four appointments across its CRM, Payments and affiliate sectors. Stephan Clavel will head PKR’s CRM team. He joins the company from easyProperty prior to which he served at bwin.party as CRM manager under the leadership of Chris Welch who now serves as chief executive officer for PKR. PKR also […]