March 23, 2018
US poker pro Justin Bonomo (32) is $4.8 million dollars wealthier this week after winning the inaugural $271,115 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl China in Macau – his biggest pay day yet, bringing his live career earnings to over $25 million.. Bonomo bested a field of 75 that included many of the world’s top players […]
March 22, 2018
PartyPoker has announced increased guarantees totalling $2.7 million for the second edition of its popular Monster online poker series, scheduled to run between April 29 and May 6 this year and offering 123 different events in a three-tier system of low, mid and high stakes. Buy-ins ranging from 44 cents to $33 are available, giving […]
March 21, 2018
888Poker has announced a significant partnership with the One Drop Foundation to celebrate World Water Day tomorrow (March 22) by presenting the charity’s first ever online poker tournament. The $11.11 buy-in event has a $5,000 guarantee, and all fees will be donated to One Drop, a charity that provides clean water to underdeveloped communities around […]
March 20, 2018
UK poker player Ryan Mandara may have won this week’s Euro 1,150 buy-in 2018 Irish Poker Open Main Event in Dublin, but it was Irish player Ferdia O’Connell who scored the biggest return on investment, taking home a second place Euro 180,000 after winning his seat in a PartyPoker one penny satellite! The two players […]
March 20, 2018
There’s a new star rising on the live tournament poker scene in the shape of young New York pro Alex Foxen, who has just added $963,900 to his list of big wins after besting a field of 68 entries (including 19 re-entries) that included names like Rainer Kempe, Isaac Haxton, Brian Rast, Sam Greenwood, Christoph […]
March 19, 2018
Canadian PartyPoker pro Kristen Bicknell has claimed a HK$2,192,000 ($279,549) pay day after defeating top poker player David Peters in the $10,200 buy-in PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour High Roller in Macau on St. Patrick’s Day. With this victory, Bicknell also becomes the first ever APPT High Roller champion. Bicknell’s first prize for besting a […]
March 15, 2018
Feared and respected online cash game ace Ilari ‘Zigmund’ Sahamies is taking a break from poker to deploy his persuasive and bluffing talents in the Finnish version of the famous “Survivor” television reality show, according to a report in Poker News Wednesday. Sahamies is apparently a restless soul who has also dabbled successfully in rapping, […]
March 14, 2018
Microgaming’s Indian Poker Network (IPN) has welcomed Stuti Hardware Pvt. Ltd (Ability Games) -owned operator, PokerLion. PokerLion went live on 8 March 2018, supporting all major poker variants across the desktop and mobile channels. Powered by Microgaming, players will gain access to licensed branded content and Fish Party, promotions and the industry’s only progressive jackpot SNGs. “PokerLion joins the […]
March 12, 2018
The recent PokerStars Turbo Series exceeded its original $15.6 million prize-pool guarantee by nearly $10 million, The Stars Group reported Monday. The series paid out more than $25 million among the 46,581 unique players who participated in the online poker series from February 18 to March 4, with three events’ prize pools exceeding $1 million. “We designed […]
March 11, 2018
PokerStars has announced the return of its High Rollers Series with improved guarantees of $10 million across 27 events, which are scheduled to run from March 18 to 26. The series will host a mixture of Hold’em and Omaha events, and the minimum buy-in has been dropped from $1,050 to $530, according to the company […]