September 2, 2015
The newly appointed CEO at online poker operator PKR, Chris Welch, has wasted no time in structuring his senior management team, announcing the appointnents of Mike Ellis as chief technical officer and Tony Browne as chief financial officer. Ellis is a 16-year veteran who has held management posts at William Hill, Betfred and lately Youwin, […]
September 2, 2015
World Poker Fund Holdings, Inc. has announced that it will begin rolling out a series of subscription-based online poker sites in 2015 using WPFH celebrity relationships as its marketing platform. The company claimed in a statement that the new initiative will run in parallel with its development of a cash poker platform for Native American […]
August 31, 2015
The Euro 10,000 buy-in Euro 25,000 buy-in European Poker Tour High Roller event in Barcelona concluded in sensational fashion with a three-way chop over the weekend, with Italian pro Mustapha Kanit (24) taking the main honours in the 506-entry competition. When Swedish pro Niklas Astedt was sent home in fourth place for Euro 336,700, the […]
August 31, 2015
The schedule for next year’s Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure tournament has been released, showcasing 104 events over the period January 8 to 14 and featuring a main event buy-in slashed in half at just $5,300. Edgar Stuchly, who is the Pokerstars director for live events, commented in a company statement this week: “We have seen extraordinary […]
August 31, 2015
Poker pro John Juanda (44) is Euro 1,022,593 wealthier this morning after taking down the main event of the Pokerstars European Poker Tour main event in Barcelona…and he achieved his first EPT champion title after a year-long break from top level poker. There were 1,624 entries in the event, each providing a buy-in of Euro […]
August 28, 2015
German online and live tournament poker ace Martin Finger has added another trinket to his bulging trophy cabinet – along with the first prize of Euro 865,900 – after taking down the Euro 25,000 buy-in European Poker Tour High Roller event in Barcelona. Although originally scheduled for just one day the event attracted so much […]
August 27, 2015
PokerStars.eu has invited players in the United Kingdom to take part in a test of ‘VIP Steps’- a new way to benefit from the VIP Club at PokerStars. Participating players will be the first to discover this new feature and will have the opportunity to send the online poker giant feedback to finalise the implementation […]
August 25, 2015
French poker pro Sylvain Loosli took down the European Poker Tour (EPT) Estrellas Barcelona €50K Super High Roller Event besting a star charged field and ultimately Dzmitry Urbanovich in heads-up play. Loosli pocketed a handsome Euro 1,224,000, the win marking his biggest result since finishing fourth in the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event. […]
August 25, 2015
21-year-old Brit economics student Harry Lodge triumphed to the tune of GBP 60,000 in the Sky Poker 6-Max UK Poker Championships at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham this week, defeating Richard Hawes heads-up to claim the main prize. 475 hopefuls entered for the GBP 550 buy-in event, creating a prize pool comfortably in excess of […]