party poker will be hosting an exclusive freeroll this evening at 19:00 BST (20:00 CET) for all its players located in the United Kingdom. It's FREE to enter the tournament and you can win a Pokerfest Live Main Event ticket worth $530! In total, 100 players (100 x $530 = approx. £34k) will be awarded a ticket in tonight's freeroll!
About The Pokerfest Live Main Event
The Pokerfest Live Main Event (£620,000 guaranteed - multiple starting days) will be played at UK's largest poker room, Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham. Aside from the freeroll, one can qualify for the Main Event from just 10 cents on party poker!
Think live poker games are too slow? Think again, because recently a new concept called Multi Action Poker (MAP) was introduced at Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park in Florida, USA.
Things can change quickly in the game of poker. A great example on that is Viktor "isildur1" Blom's incredible winning streak in the past 2 weeks or so. In the beginning of August the 24-year-old Swede's overall result on PokerStars was about -$1 million --- today it is almost +$1.8 million! In total, he's up 2.7 million dollars playing on the world's largest poker site in the month of August!
Many records have been set during this year's poker festival in Barcelona, Spain. First, Martio Lopez won the largest ever Estrellas Main Event, then Sylvain Loosli won the record-breaking €50,000 Super High Roller, and another two record events ended yesterday: the EPT Main Event and the EPT High Roller. The latter attracted a field of 506 players despite the expensive buy-in of €10,300!
The biggest ever EPT Main Event (EPT Barcelona) concluded yesterday after several days of thrilling and action-packed poker. Poker legend John Juanda bested a field of 1,694 players to lay hands on the trophy and over €1 million in prize money!
Phil Ivey is currently in court over the $9.6 million he won at Atlantic City's Borgata casino back in 2012 using a technique called edge sorting. The casino says that the technique used violate New Jersey casino gambling regulations, while Ivey says he won fair and square.
Day 3 of the EPT Barcelona Main Event (1694 entries, the biggest EPT Main Event in history) kicked off with 343 players, but only 247 of them would receive a share of the €8,215,900 prize pool.
The €25,000 High Roller event (a single-day event that required two days to be completed) resumed on Thursday at Casino Barcelona after a one-day break. The returning players were former Main Event winners Martin Finger, Liv Boeree and Mark Teltscher, all of whom had survived 115 entrants on the first day to secure a payday of at least €391,000 each!
The boards of BetFair and Paddy Power have agreed on key terms of a possible merger to create Paddy Power Befair plc. The £5 billion merger would create one of the world's biggest listed online betting and gaming companies and be the marker leader in the United Kingdom.
Another day of the EPT Barcelona Main Event has come to an end. Approximately 360 of 1,700 entrants made it through to Day 3, and Nick Petrangelo (picture) bagged up the chip lead with 570k.
Although the registation desks are open until the start of Day 2, we already know for a fact that the EPT Barcelona Main Event, with 1,673 entries, is the biggest Main Event in the history of the European Poker Tour! (The previous record was set in 2011 when 1,560 players entered the PCA Main Event).
Viktor "isildur1" Blom has been doing great in the past few days on PokerStars nosebleed tables. According to HighStakesDB, the 24-year-old Swede's winning streak began on Friday and he's currently up $2.3 million in the past 7 days.
One day of play wasn't enough to decide a winner of the single-day €25,000 High Roller event. That's right, three players of 152 entrants still remained after nearly 17 hours of play (around 5 in the morning) when tournament staff were forced to close the exhibition centre (which hosts the EPT) due to casino rules.
Six people were injured when a casino bus crashed into a three-story apartment building in Queens, New York on Monday. Five of the injured people were on the bus, while the sixth was inside of the building. Luckily, all injured are expected to survive.
The first part of the poker documentary 10 for 10 was released on youtube a week ago. 10 for 10 is about Martin Jacobson's historic run in the 2014 Main Event - when he bested a field of 6,683 entrants to lay hands on the world champion title and $10 million first-place prize. Enjoy!
Just as in the Super High Roller at the EPT Grand Final in May, Dzmitry Urbanovich once again fell one position short of winning a Super High Roller title in the EPT Barcelona Super High Roller, which concluded yesterday evening.
Argentina's Mario Lopez is the champion of the Estrella Barcelona Main Event - thanks to besting a record-breaking field of 3,292 players over six days of play!! The 38-year-old doctor and businessman had nearly $1 million in tournament winnings prior to this tournament, and he boosted his bankroll with €408,000 after defeating x heads-up.
A record-breaking turnout of 3,292 players for the Estrella Barcelona Main Event (€1,000 + €100 buy-in; played concurrently with EPT Barcelona) generated a massive €3,193,240 prize pool!
The final day of the EPT Barcelona Super High Roller (€50,000 buy-in) starts today at 12:30 p.m. local time. 9 players have made it this far by outlasting 76 other players (total entries 85 players + 14 rebuys) over three days of play.
On Thursday, PokerNews delivered the sad news that American poker pro Chad "lilholdem954" Batista had passed away.
"It is with the deepest sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved son, nephew, cousin, brother and friend, Chad 'lilholdem954' Batista. Chad died suddenly this beautiful Thursday afternoon with his family surrounding him. We ask that our privacy be respected at this difficult time and we thank you for your prayers," his family wrote in a statement.
A total of 907 players entered the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event, which meant that the host had to fork out some cash from its own pockets to cover the guarantee. We are pretty sure that the players didn't mind that!
The $25,400 buy-in event drew a field of 83 entrants who created a prize pool of $2,075,000 - more than double the original guaranteed prize pool. Jason Mercier topped a tough final table (David Peters, David "Doc" Sands, Barry Hutter, Sean Winter etc.) to lay hands on the $652,800 first-place prize. Mercier now has close to $16 million in live tournament earnings, which is good for a 10th-place spot on the all-time money list.
Mike Sexton (born September 22, 1947) is an American poker professional, a member of the Poker Hall of Fame, a commentator of the World Poker Tour, and a PartyPoker Ambassador.
He has $5.8 million in live tournament earnings, including his best cash for $1.1 million thanks to a 9th place finish in the 2012 Big One For One Drop. Click here for more information on Mike Sexton. We hope you will enjoy the interview!
We have all tried it and we all hate it. Your big odds is about to win and you are very close to cash out your big winnings but then.... A goal is scored deep into the refereres overtime and you lose your bet and all the money you were about to see, will never come.
Unibet is about to change that, because they offer you your money back if you lose on a goal scored in the 90th minute of the match.
This offer is open in all Premier League, Champions League and La Liga matches and you will get a refund if you lose on your bet in the overtime. It has to be one of the following bets you've placed, if you want to get a refund on your bet.
All losing Correct Score, Halftime/Fulltime, First Goalscorer and Last Goalscorer will be refunded, if you end up losing your wager on a goal in the 90+ minutes.
Unibet will refund up to €100, but the offer is not avliable on the Champions League qualifiers.
Today the final table of the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event will be played. A field of 907 players entered the tournament for $5,250 each, which means that that host of the tournament must add some $500k to cover the $5 million guarantee. Now, after several days of play, the original starting field has become a final table of 9 - who will be fighting for a 1 million dollar first-place prize!
Things can change quickly in the game of poker. A great example on that is Viktor "isildur1" Blom's incredible winning streak in the past 2 weeks or so. In the beginning of August the 24-year-old Swede's overall result on PokerStars was about -$1 million --- today it is almost +$1.8 million! In total, he's up 2.7 million dollars playing on the world's largest poker site in the month of August!
The biggest ever EPT Main Event (EPT Barcelona) concluded yesterday after several days of thrilling and action-packed poker. Poker legend John Juanda bested a field of 1,694 players to lay hands on the trophy and over €1 million in prize money!
Phil Ivey is currently in court over the $9.6 million he won at Atlantic City's Borgata casino back in 2012 using a technique called edge sorting. The casino says that the technique used violate New Jersey casino gambling regulations, while Ivey says he won fair and square.
Day 3 of the EPT Barcelona Main Event (1694 entries, the biggest EPT Main Event in history) kicked off with 343 players, but only 247 of them would receive a share of the €8,215,900 prize pool.
The €25,000 High Roller event (a single-day event that required two days to be completed) resumed on Thursday at Casino Barcelona after a one-day break. The returning players were former Main Event winners Martin Finger, Liv Boeree and Mark Teltscher, all of whom had survived 115 entrants on the first day to secure a payday of at least €391,000 each!
The boards of BetFair and Paddy Power have agreed on key terms of a possible merger to create Paddy Power Befair plc. The £5 billion merger would create one of the world's biggest listed online betting and gaming companies and be the marker leader in the United Kingdom.
Another day of the EPT Barcelona Main Event has come to an end. Approximately 360 of 1,700 entrants made it through to Day 3, and Nick Petrangelo (picture) bagged up the chip lead with 570k.
Although the registation desks are open until the start of Day 2, we already know for a fact that the EPT Barcelona Main Event, with 1,673 entries, is the biggest Main Event in the history of the European Poker Tour! (The previous record was set in 2011 when 1,560 players entered the PCA Main Event).
Viktor "isildur1" Blom has been doing great in the past few days on PokerStars nosebleed tables. According to HighStakesDB, the 24-year-old Swede's winning streak began on Friday and he's currently up $2.3 million in the past 7 days.
One day of play wasn't enough to decide a winner of the single-day €25,000 High Roller event. That's right, three players of 152 entrants still remained after nearly 17 hours of play (around 5 in the morning) when tournament staff were forced to close the exhibition centre (which hosts the EPT) due to casino rules.
Six people were injured when a casino bus crashed into a three-story apartment building in Queens, New York on Monday. Five of the injured people were on the bus, while the sixth was inside of the building. Luckily, all injured are expected to survive.
Just as in the 
Argentina's Mario Lopez is the champion of the Estrella Barcelona Main Event - thanks to besting a record-breaking field of 3,292 players over six days of play!! The 38-year-old doctor and businessman had nearly $1 million in tournament winnings prior to this tournament, and he boosted his bankroll with €408,000 after defeating x heads-up.
The final day of the EPT Barcelona Super High Roller (€50,000 buy-in) starts today at 12:30 p.m. local time. 9 players have made it this far by outlasting 76 other players (total entries 85 players + 14 rebuys) over three days of play.
On Thursday, PokerNews delivered the sad news that American poker pro Chad "lilholdem954" Batista had passed away.
A total of 907 players entered the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event, which meant that the host had to fork out some cash from its own pockets to cover the guarantee. We are pretty sure that the players didn't mind that!
The $25,400 buy-in event drew a field of 83 entrants who created a prize pool of $2,075,000 - more than double the original guaranteed prize pool. Jason Mercier topped a tough final table (David Peters, David "Doc" Sands, Barry Hutter, Sean Winter etc.) to lay hands on the $652,800 first-place prize. Mercier now has close to $16 million in live tournament earnings, which is good for a 10th-place spot on the all-time money list.
Mike Sexton (born September 22, 1947) is an American poker professional, a member of the Poker Hall of Fame, a commentator of the World Poker Tour, and a PartyPoker Ambassador.
you are very close to cash out your big winnings but then.... A goal is scored deep into the refereres overtime and you lose your bet and all the money you were about to see, will never come.
Today the final table of the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event will be played. A field of 907 players entered the tournament for $5,250 each, which means that that host of the tournament must add some $500k to cover the $5 million guarantee. Now, after several days of play, the original starting field has become a final table of 9 - who will be fighting for a 1 million dollar first-place prize! 
