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Tonight at 20:00 GMT / 22:00 CET / 16:00 EST is your last chance to win a 2018 Battle of Malta package worth $1,700!

The qualifier has a $10 buy-in (CLICK HERE FOR PASSWORD) and the top 5 players will win prize money and advance to the final table (only 10 players) this Sunday at 14:00 CET! The winner of the final table will get the following package:

· €550 buy-in to the Battle of Malta Main Event Playing Day 1C.

· 4 nights' accommodation at The Intercontinental Hotel 26th - 30th October

· Travel money $250 paid into your 888poker account

· 888poker LIVE kit

- Anyone with an 888poker account (no need to be tracked to BankrollMob.com)  can participate and win! 

- Only 13 players entered the first qualifier on Wednesday, October 10th, so expect a lot of overlay in tonight's qualifer as well!

Click Here for information on the 2018 Battle of Malta.

The Coolbet Open 2018 Autumn Edition shall commence on October 16 to 21 in Tallinn, Estonia, and its Main Event is expected to feature at least a guaranteed prize pool of €200,000!

The second-ever Coolbet Open is hosted by the Olympic Park Casino at the Hilton Tallinn Park in Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia.

Read more » Second Edition of Coolbet Open to Kick Off on October 16-21 in Tallinn

Last week, Triton Poker released Episode 1 of their popular SHR Short Deck Cash Game in Jeju, South Korea, where Tom Dwan walked out after losing a huge pot worth $2.3 million to Paul Phua.

This week, fans can finally get to watch the continuation as Triton Poker released Episode 2. The cash game event is still held at the same venue (Landing Casino in Jeju, South Korea), and still playing with the 36-card Short Deck Poker.

Read more » Triton Poker Releases Episode 2 of SHR Short Deck Cash Game - Tom Dwan Gets Stacked Again

888poker will be giving away an Exclusive Battle of Malta package worth $1,700 to a "lucky" BankrollMob member this week!

Here is some information:

1st Qualifier will run Wednesday, October 10 at 22:00 CET - Top 5 players advance to final qualifier. Click here for further information.

2nd Qualifier will run Thursday, October 11 at 22:00 CET - Top 5 players advance to final qualifier. Click here for further information.

Final Qualifier will run Sunday, October 14 at 14:00 CET. 10 players from above qualifiers will compete for 1 (one) Battle of Malta package worth $1,700!

The package includes:

· €550 buy-in to the Battle of Malta Main Event Playing Day 1C.

· 4 nights' accommodation at The Intercontinental Hotel 26th - 30th October

· Travel money $250 paid into your 888poker account

· 888poker LIVE kit

New to 888poker? Join now and get $88 Free + 100% up to $700 on deposit!

Bobby Baldwin, who became the 1978 WSOP Main Event champion, is going to leave his post as one of the executives for MGM Resorts International sometime "later this year." The company he has represented and worked so long for announced in a rather suspiciously short press release news. This left many to wonder whether the parting ways is from a mutual agreement or if the Oklahoman-born poker legend has been pushed out by force.

Read more » Bobby Baldwin to Leave MGM Resorts at Year's End

The Global Gaming Expo (G2E) held annually shall kick off on October 8 Monday next week at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the main topic would be sports betting.

Presented by the American Gaming Association, G2E shall be holding a sports betting symposium for the first time ever. In August, North America’s premier international gaming trade show displayed the full schedule and its speakers for the symposium.Read more » G2E Sports Betting Symposium to Feature New US Sports Betting Changes

Triton Poker has officially posted the first episode of their short deck poker cash game series, entitled Triton Poker Super High Roller Series 2018. Poker fans will definitely be delighted to watch this star-studded table battling it out with a 36-card deck.

Earlier, Triton Poker released a 7-minute video showing Tom Dwan walking out after he lost a humongous pot worth $2.3 million to Malaysian high stakes player Paul Phua.Read more » Triton Poker Releases Episode 1 of SHR Short Deck Cash Game

Mr Green, the Swedish iGaming brand is celebrating its 10th anniversary, with MRG group CEO Per Norman saying that it still remains the ‘flagship’ for the company.

The most famous brand among casino gamblers in Germany, Mr Green was put up by three Swedish IT entrepreneurs thinking of what could be a memorable and powerful name for a new gaming site they’re making that would be best associated with responsible gaming.Read more » Swedish iGaming brand Mr Green celebrates 10th Anniversary

Borgata definitely did not take it too kindly when Phil Ivey tried to delay and hold on to the money he won from them via the edge sorting technique. As he tried to appeal to overturn the decision that he must pay back the $10.1 million (but apparently fell on deaf ears), the casino has amped up their legal game to perhaps give Ivey a very harsh lesson.

Read more » Phil Ivey's Delay Tactics to $10.1M Payment Pisses Off Borgata, Files Cross-Appeal

October 1 Monday at 10pm PT marks one year since 58 lives were abruptly taken and hundreds injured during a shooting spree of a man named Stephen Paddock who checked in a room at the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and mercilessly shot people at random while they were at a Route 91 Harvest music festival performance by country artist Jason Aldean.

Read more » Las Vegas goes Dark to Mark 1 Year of Mandalay Bay Shooting, Motive still Unknown

Remember Mike Takayama, the first Philippine poker player to win a WSOP bracelet this past summer? Well, he has made his home country proud once more, because it turns out that his WSOP bracelet win helped him become the 2018 Asia Player of the Year!

Read more » Mike Takayama becomes First Filipino Ever to Win 2018 Asia Player of the Year

Poker fans who follow Tom Dwan in his high-stakes poker sessions love it when Tom Dwan gets to win an incredibly huge pot, but it can pretty interesting to see what his reactions could potentially be when things don’t go too well for the reclusive poker pro. Take for example the time when he lost a $2,353,500 pot that made him quit playing immediately.

Read more » Tom Dwan Calls it Quits after Losing $2.3 Million Pot in High Stakes Cash Game

Welcome to the BEST casino slots game, featuring Vegas casino slot machines from the Heart of Vegas brand! Collect your 2 million coins welcome bonus and play real slots games with heart and go for the Jackpot!

Read more » Introducing Heart Of Vegas

Either the Indiana Gaming Commission agent doesn’t like fast food, or maybe he should have offered some super-sized Big Macs instead?

Of course, when it comes to being arrested due to a gambling-related crime, it is very risky to bribe your way out of this mess, but if you are desperate, remember that bribing someone with fast food is not the very best of ideas out there, most especially if you don’t even have the mouthwatering burgers and fries on hand.Read more » Baccarat Player caught Cheating attempts to Bribe IGC Agent with Big Macs

It doesn’t surprise a lot of us that doing one thing for a long time can lead to boredom, but if it allows one to earn money, then it wouldn’t be such a bad thing, right? However, for one poker pro, he believes he’s done playing the game. In fact, he even announced it in his Youtube channel recently.

Doug Polk said he doesn’t enjoy playing poker anymore, and because of that, he said he’s done with the game he had professionally played for almost 10 years.Read more » Doug Polk announces in Youtube video, “I’m not gonna play poker anymore”

If you are looking for some more exciting online poker action these days, then look no further as Ignition Poker currently offers players , not only one but three Monster Stack tournaments every day, and each player starts off with a 15,000 chip count!

Read more » Ignition Poker offers Three Monster Stack Tournaments Daily

Have you heard of the elderly chap that literally kicked ass as he tried to stop an armed robbery at a bookmaker shop in Ireland?

The octogenarian grandpa Denis O'Connor was able to help stop an armed robbery at Bar One Racing, a bookmaker shop in Glanmire, Co Cork, Ireland.

Read more » Grandpa Kicks Ass thwarting Robbers at Irish Bookmaker Shop

A road trip can be a pretty nice change of view especially for a couple who's expecting a baby in a few more weeks, but for this casino-gambling couple, they are going to remember this one for the rest of their lives, not that it went well but because they were treated as criminals and even had all but $2 of their money seized from them.

Read more » Police Seized $10K Casino Wins of Couple who did not Commit any Crime

A 23-year-old highstakes newcomer makes three cashes and takes down two titles for more than $1.2 million at the 2018 Poker Masters, and thanks to these accomplishments, he also gets the coveted Purple Jacket in the end!

Read more » Ali Imsirovic wins Purple Jacket at 2018 Poker Masters