June 14, 2014
Seattle online entrepreneur Andrew Rennhack – he runs an ATM business – will be able to pay off a new condo he bought recently with the $504,239 first prize he won in event 26 at the World Series of Poker this week. The 28-year-old bested a field of 1,593 other players who anted up $1,500 […]
June 14, 2014
24-year-old Kevin Eyster added to his career earnings in online poker of over $3 million Friday by taking down the four day event 24 – NLHE Six Handed – for his first WSOP bracelet and a handsome first prize of $622,998. Along with 540 other players, Eyster bought in for the event at $5,000, creating […]
June 14, 2014
Online poker fans on the Terminal Poker skin have a greater choice of network following this week’s decision by the operator to add The Hive to the existing Revolution and InstaDeal options. Terminal uses a single cashier to give its players a selection of poker action, and has positive expectations for the new addition, which […]
June 13, 2014
During a conference call Friday on his company’;s $4.9 billion acquisition of The Rational Group (see previous reports), Amaya Gaming CEO David Baazov said he regards reviving the Pokerstars deal with New Jersey’s Resorts Casino as a priority. The deal has been on the back burner since the New Jersey regulators put the application on […]
June 13, 2014
British poker pro John Kabbaj has claimed his second WSOP winner’s bracelet – his first was in a $10,000 buy-in PLHE championship back in 2009 – after besting a field of 470 entrants to triumph in the $2,500 buy-in Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi Lo Split8 or Better competition – event number 25 on the WSOP […]
June 12, 2014
With over a third of the events scheduled for the 2014 World Series of Poker now complete, it is clear that American players are flocking to the Las Vegas venue, with many earning big money from cashes in the wide variety of competitions on offer. Thus far, 23 of the coveted WSOP winner’s bracelets have […]
June 11, 2014
Minnesota poker pro Chris Wallace (40) had reason to be delighted this week, earning himself a half-million dollars and claiming his first World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet after besting a field of 200 in the $10,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. championship event at the Rio in Las Vegas. The St. Paul native nicknamed “Fox” with some […]
June 11, 2014
Dominik Nitsche (23), a young poker ace from Minden in Germany has won his third World Series of Poker bracelet and $335,659 after emerging victorious from event 21, a $1,000 buy-in NLHE contest which attracted a field of 2,043 players. This week he entered the WSOP record books as the youngest yet winner of three […]
June 11, 2014
Doug Polk, a well-respected player on the virtual nosebleed tables at Full Tilt Poker, where he is better known and often feared as the aggressive “WGCRider” has scored his first World Series of Poker bracelet, proving that he can be just as dangerous on the live tournament tables, even in major competitions. Polk survived a […]
June 11, 2014
Some of the brightest young minds from Oxford and Cambridge universities went head to head for some intense competition at the Oxford vs. Cambridge Varsity Poker Match 2014 and the 12th annual Oxford Cup, both sponsored by Full Tilt Poker. To kick-start the weekend’s festivities, which took place on June 7th and 8th, Cambridge triumphed […]