December 21, 2018
Respected US poker pro Isaac Haxton has pushed his career live tourney earnings north of $23 million after winning the $3,672,000 main prize in the $300,000 buy-in Super High Roller playing in a field of 36 world renowned rivals. Haxton held the chip lead going into the third and last day of the competition, chased […]
December 20, 2018
Top Danish online high stakes poker player Henrik “hhecklen” Hecklen recorded the largest live tourney pay-day of his earning career this week by taking down the Euro 10,300 buy-in High Roller event at the European Poker Tour Prague for Euro 503,700. It was tough competition against some of Europe’s most respected players in the field […]
December 19, 2018
Young German poker pro Paul Michaelis as emerged as the winner in the 2018 Euro 5.300 buy-in EPT Prague main event after the final three survivors from a field of 1,174 agreed a three-way chop prioor to the heads up stage. Michaelis played strongly throughout the multi-day competition, flagging on the fourth day, where he […]
December 18, 2018
The Israeli Poker Community has welcomed the news of a submission in late November by Knesset member Sharren Haskel in which poker is redefined as a sport and not gambling following an Israeli Supreme Court ruling that defined the card game as a skill rather than a chance game. According to a report in The Jerusalem Post, Haskel’s proposal would […]
December 18, 2018
Besting a field of 1,191, Australian poker pro Alex Lynskey has won the A$2,200 buy-in World Series of Poker Circuit Sydney main event to claim his largest pay day yet – A$422,796. It was seven days of hard work at the Star Casino for the young pro, who beat fellow Australian Matt Pongrass heads-up to […]
December 18, 2018
38-year-old Idaho poker pro Dylan Linde hit the big money this week when he claimed the $1.6 million main prize in the $10,000 buy-in Five Diamond Championship main event, besting a quality field of 1,001 entries that generated a massive $9,709,700 prize pool. Linde had to work hard for his money, making five re-entries in […]
December 16, 2018
Optimism is growing in Israeli poker circles that poker tournaments may be legalised by the Knesset following a bill introduced at the end of November by Likud MK Sharren Haskel (see previous InfoPowa report). The Haskel bill would remove poker from the list of illegal gambling activity in the wake of a Supreme Court decision […]
December 16, 2018
A last minute decision to enter a satellite poker tournament in the European Poker Tour series currently running in Prague ended in a celebration for French poker pro Corentin Ropert this weekend as he claimed the main prize of Euro 277,560 in the Euro 25,000 buy-in Single-Day High Roller event. The win, Robrt’s best yet, […]
December 14, 2018
Young Melbourne poker pro Luke Martinelli scored the biggest live tourney pay-day of his career this week in claiming the A$356,250 main prize in the A$20,000 buy-in High Roller competition at the WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney. The event attracted a field of 50 entries. Although he started the final day’s play as chip […]
December 13, 2018
Austrian poker pro Matthias Elbinger banked a further Euro 653,000 in career earnings this week in taking down the Euro 50,000 buy-in PokerStars’ European Poker Tour competition in Prague, an event that attracted 40 entries from quality international players. Elbinger’s big win – his third this year – brings his career earnings from live tourney […]