MPN to launch Football Fever Poker Missions

June 11, 2018

The Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) is preparing the launch of its Football Fever Poker Missions from June 13 to July 13 in which players can win an entry to four Football Fever Final tournaments culminating in the final Euro 15,000 guaranteed on July 16th. Players are tasked to complete seven simple daily missions in four separate rounds to win […]

Friedman wins $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship at WSOP

June 11, 2018

Ohio poker pro Adam Friedman (36) earned his second World Series of Poker bracelet and $292,375 at the Rio in Las Vegas Sunday after besting Stuart Rutter in the heads up stage of the $10,000 buy-in Dealers Choice Championship. The event attracted a field of 111. So intense was the action in the scheduled three-day […]

Ognyan Dimov triumphs in WSOP $1,500 NLHE 6-Max event

June 11, 2018

Bulgarian player Ognyan Dimov (28) claimed his first World Series of Poker bracelet and $378,743 in prize money over the weekend in taking down Event 17, a $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max competition, after besting a stellar field of 1,662 that generated a prize pool of $2,245,750 from which 250 players cashed. Final table action […]

Justin Bonomo wins $10,000 heads-up championship

June 9, 2018

Barely  ten days ago US online and live tourney poker pro Justin Bonomo claimed the $5 million main prize in the PokerGO – Poker Central $300,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl, an achievement which reprised a similar victory in March this year when he took home $4.8 million after winning the $250,000 buy-in Super High […]

Brazilian restaurant owner wins a million at WSOP

June 9, 2018

13,070 entrants were recorded for this year’s World Series of Poker $565 buy-in COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em competition, creating a major prize pool worth $6,535,000, and Brazilian restaurant owner and player Roberly Felicio bested the field to enjoy the biggest pay-day of his career – a million dollars. The turnout was disappointing compared with previous COLLOSSUS […]

World Series of Poker Dealer’s Choice event attracts larger entry field

June 8, 2018

The World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in Dealer’s Choice event this year is in the record books, with 406 entries, an improvement over last year’s field of 364. Denver player Jeremy Harkin (44) emerged the winner this year, taking the lion’s share of the $548,100 prize pool at $129,882, along with his first gold bracelet. […]

Volpe wins first championship event at WSOP

June 7, 2018

US poker pro Paul Volpe has won the first of this year’ World Series of Poker championship events, taking down the  $10,000 buy-in Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better competition to win his third bracelet and a first prize of $417,921, bringing his live tourney career earnings to over $3 million. The event drew a field […]

German online ace the winner in WSOP event 8

June 6, 2018

German online poker pro Johannes Becker (27), fresh from the disappointment of no cash in a $100,000 high roller event, has triumphed in the World Series of Poker event 8 – a $2,500 buy-in Mixed Triple Draw Lowball competition which attracted the likes of Mike Leah, Bryce Yockey, Chris Ferguson, Frank Kassela, Brian Hastings, Nam […]

Satellite winner takes down the 888live Barcelona main event

June 6, 2018

Romanian player Adrian Constantin, who qualified for the 888Live Barcelona Main Event via an online satellite for Euro 110, has won the event to claim Euro 114,025 following a heads up chop with final opponent Joel Isla of Spain. The six-figure cash represents Constantin’s largest live tournament career cash, doubling his previous career earnings. 709 […]

New Jersey online players can compete from home in special WSOP events

June 6, 2018

Online players in Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey can compete in World Series of Poker online events without leaving their homes this year, thanks to the now established player pooling arrangements between the three states. In its 49th edition, the World Series of Poker boasts four online bracelet events, scheduled for June 3, 22, 29, […]