March 31, 2017
Veteran US games developer Zynga has announced the launch of its popular ten-year-old free-play poker app on social media platform Snapchat, making the Texas Hold’em based app available to the platform’s reportedly 158 million daily users. The app is available in iOS and Android formats. Snapchat is the latest social media targetted by Zynga, which […]
March 31, 2017
German poker pro Dietrich Fast has followed his $1.5 million 2016 WPT and $1 million LA Poker Classic victories last year with another big money win in the $50,000 buy-in Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Super High Roller, banking $483.693. The Florida event attracted 28 entries that included notable names like Dan Colman, Jason Mercier, […]
March 29, 2017
Microgaming has flagged its second MPN Poker Tour festival for 2017, which will take place at the Casino Malta from 27–30 April and offers players a Euro 150,000 guarantee for a buy-in of Euro 550 on the Main Event. Satellites start from just Euro 0.25.
March 29, 2017
Guy Laliberte’s inspiring Big One for One Drop poker tournament (a percentage of the buy-ins goes to aid clean water projects in developing nations) this year looks set to be one of the biggest yet, with 50 firm seat reservations already made at Euro 111,111 each. Players are required make a non-refundable deposit of Euro […]
March 28, 2017
GVC subsidiary Party Poker is putting big money – $20 million – behind the latest edition of its Powerfest series, which will feature 301 tournaments with combined guarantees worth tens of millions of dollars. It’s the biggest investment in a Powerfest yet, company spokesmen advised Tuesday. Tom Waters, the md at Party Poker said in […]
March 28, 2017
There’s a packed schedule in planning for the next Pokerstars Spring Championship of Online Poker, which will feature 57 events and run from April 30 to May 23 this year. SCOOP 2017 is set to be the largest guaranteed PokerStars series with a guaranteed prize pool of $55 million enticing both professional and recreational poker […]
March 28, 2017
Described as an epic five days of record-breaking poker in Russia, Dmitriy Chop has defeated Lev Mnatskanyan heads up and taken home the title of the first partypoker Million Main Event Sochi. Chop outplayed a field of 1,170 in the $1,100 buy-in event that generated a generous $1,134,900 prize pool, claiming the biggest event ever […]
March 28, 2017
Will Berry won the World Series of Poker Circuit main event at the Hard Rock Tulsa, earning $180,806 and the WSOP gold ring which has eluded him twice before at consecutive circuit events held in his home state. Berry won the title after besting Dan Lowery in heads up play at his third consecutive Oklahoma […]
March 28, 2017
PokerStars Sunday Million double winner, Rob ‘robtinnion’ Tinnion is aiming for a hat trick in the huge $10 million guaranteed prize pool, 11th anniversary event on April 2, 2017. Tinnion, who claimed over $400,000 within six months in two previous Sunday Million title wins, hopes to clinch a third title for a $1 million payday. […]
March 27, 2017
The inaugural PokerStars Championship in Asia is just set for kick off at the City of Dreams, Macau, later this week. The Championship features 11-day, 52-tournament event that will offer players a range of tournaments at different buy-in levels between March 30-April 9, 2017. Highlights include the HKD$400,000 Super High Roller, the HKD$42,400 Main Event […]