World Series of Poker Sydney Main Event concludes

December 19, 2017

The World Series of Poker Sydney Circuit tournament has concluded with a main event in which 1,067 players registered, many of them professional international aces. The competition was so intense that two additional days were required before a final table was reached, with an interesting mix of old hands and young guns making for some […]

The Stars Group invests $9 million in inaugural poker championship

December 15, 2017

PokerStars parent The Stars Group announced Friday that it is investing $9 million to provide tournament packages in the inaugural $25,000 buy-in Pokerstars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship. The event will be the culmination of all PokerStars online and live promotions and player rewards throughout 2018. The year-long journey to the tournament, which will take […]

Andy Lee wins WSOP Circuit Sydney High Roller

December 15, 2017

Australian professional poker player Andy Lee has claimed the A$273,600 main prize after winning the A$20,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Circuit Sydney High Roller event. The two-day event attracted 36 entries and re-entries from a number of top international players, generating a A$608,000 prize pool and ensuring that the four top players would cash. […]

New York player wins WSOP Circuit Main Event in L.A.

December 14, 2017

Las Vegas professional poker player and former lawyer Jared Jaffee (36) bested a talented field of 687 entries to win the $1,675 buy-in World Series of Poker Circuit main event at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles Tuesday, claiming the main prize of $211,220. Just weeks ago the WSOP bracelet holder took down the six-max […]

Molly’s Game poker movie set for release

December 14, 2017

Movie and poker buffs are predicting that the movie Molly’s Game could prove to be more popular than the favourite poker film Rounders after it received 85 percent positive reviews on the run up to its general release on December 25 Starring Jessica Chastain as Molly, the young women who organised high stakes poker games […]

Has Grand Poker Network foundered?

December 13, 2017

The Grand Poker Network, founded three years ago by online poker operator 5Dimes, appears to be in serious difficulties and has been offline for over a month without proactively communicating with its players or affiliates to explain what is happening. Reporting on the apparent closure of the site, online poker information site ProfessionalRakeback notes that […]

Prague victory for Canadian poker pro

December 13, 2017

For the second time this year Canadian poker pro Tim Adams has achieved victory in a major international tournament, taking down the Euro 50,000 buy-in Super High Roller at the PokerStars Championships in Prague, Czech Republic. The event attracted 34 entries – many of them top names in the game – and generated a prize […]

2018 WSOP schedule released

December 13, 2017

Our readers may want to diarise May 29 to July 17 next year following Tuesday’s release of the 2018 World Series of Poker schedule advising that the prestigious event will again take place at the Rio in Las Vegas. The online poker component in the series has been boosted, and there will now be four […]

Five Diamonds Poker Main Event victory for last year’s runner up

December 12, 2017

Las Vegas professional poker player Ryan Tosoc (27), who finished second in the World Poker Tour Five Diamonds main event last year for a cool $1.12 million, had another crack at the contest this year and made sure he took home the top prize and the respect that goes with this prestigious title. Tosoc bested […]

Palapoker out of beta mode

December 9, 2017

Announcing the end of beta testing and the move to full operational status this week, PalaPoker chief operating officer Mike O’Malley indicated that the project is ready to take its next steps forward: “While we still have a robust roadmap of features and functionality to add to our online poker product, we are encouraged enough […]