June 6, 2017
Poker Central’s 2017 World Series of Poker coverage, under the terms of its new deal with WSOP (see previous report), began airing from 3 June to 17 July and will continue from 20-22 July on ESPN and Poker Central’s recently-launched poker subscription service, PokerGO. Coverage of the 2017 WSOP Main Event on ESPN will see […]
June 6, 2017
Event 7, the WSOP $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball, was taken down by American pro, Martin Jesse, marking his 48th WSOP cash, his second WSOP career bracelet and fattening his bank balance by $130,948. The three-day event drew a total of 225 lowball specialists with a total prize pool of $506,250. Thirty-four players cashed in […]
June 6, 2017
Young American poker pro, Dough ‘WCGRider’ Polk, has won the WSOP $111,111 One Drop High Roller, his third career bracelet and $3,686,856 after defeating French pro Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier in heads-up play. . Considered one of the most prestigious bracelet events, Polk outplayed a field of 130 against what is considered some of the best […]
June 5, 2017
World Poker Tour Distribution (WPTD) has partnered Canadian television channel, GameTV, for distribution of WPT content to a nine-million strong Canadian audience. “GameTV is excited to add World Poker Tour content to its robust catalog of programming,” Anthony Cicione, president of Fight Network & GameTV, said. “As the premier name in the distribution of internationally […]
June 5, 2017
Newly-opened Korean integrated resort, ‘Paradise City Incheon’ will host the Asian Poker Tour’s (APT) second event of the year in South Korea. The nine-day tournament, scheduled to kick off August 12, will feature a Main Event buy in of KRW 1,100,000 and offer staple APT events such as Head Hunter, Monster Stack, No Limit Holdem, […]
June 5, 2017
Upeshka De Silva has outplayed a field of 369 to win his second World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and a $229,923 paycheck. De Silva, took down the 2017 WSOP’s Event #3, $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout, winning three straight shootout tables over the three-day event. Referring to heads-up opponent, Louis Helm, De Silva said, “He […]
June 3, 2017
Poker pros Igor Kurganov and Liv Boeree, who have been dating for several years, have won their first WSOP career bracelets in Event 2 of the 2017 series, the $10,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em event. The duo defeated a field of 102 teams to take home $273,964, half of which they have pledged to donate […]
June 2, 2017
Christoph Vogelsang has been crowned the Aria 2017 Super High Roller Bowl winner, emerging victorious from a 56 player field. After five days of action, Jake Schindler was despatched in third place and Vogelsang went into five hours of nail biting heads up play with Stefan Schillhabel for the title and and a $6 million […]
June 2, 2017
Bryan Hollis has taken down the first event of the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em event, for his first ever career World Series of Poker cash in which he topped a field of 651 to win $68,817 and the first bracelet of the tournament. “This is my first […]
June 1, 2017
The International Federation of Poker (IFP) will launch the Match Indian Poker League (Match IPL) in partnership with Viaan Industries Ltd owned by Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her entrepreneur husband Raj Kundra. The Match Indian Poker League (Match IPL) will see city-based teams compete in the world’s first professional match poker league, a press […]