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Former Liverpool and Manchester City winger Albert Riera, 32, has been under fire in the past few days. Reason? Well, some claim that his contract with Serie A club Udinese was terminated last Thursday after he skipped a match against Chievo to play in a poker tournament in Slovenia, where he won €3,550 for finishing second.

Read more » Albert Riera Missed Serie A Match Due To Poker Tournament?

In case you missed it, a French poker documentary (produced and directed by Victor Samont) called Nosebleed was recently released on YouTube.

The documentary is about two young French poker players who have been playing the biggest online cash games since 2009 and their dreams of winning a gold bracelet at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Read more » NOSEBLEED: A New Poker Documentary

Christmas has returned again this year and so has our Christmas Calendar promotion, with even more prizes during December 1st-24th than our calendar usually has in all the other months during the year. Click here to visit the Christmas Calendar now!

Below is an overview of our Christmas Calendar promotion this season:

Prizes

Prizes vary from day to day but on average there's about 100 prizes per day, ranging from MobPoints to tournament entries and stuff like that.

If you have anything you would like to add as a prize in the Christmas Calendar as well, then please feel free to contact us - we will of course make sure that you/your company is mentioned Read more » BankrollMob Christmas Calendar with $13,500+ in prizes

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

I am a semi-pro poker player and an author. I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 36)

Full Tilt Online Poker Series is back this Sunday, November 30th with over $700,000 up for grabs in the first two days alone! In total, FTOPS XXVII has $4 millon in guaranteed cash prizes spread across 30 events, including the $1 million guaranteed Main Event on Sunday, December 14th.

You can qualify for all FTOPS event from just $0.11 or 100 Full Tilt Poins, which makes it the perfect tournament series for all bankrolls! Besides having big prizepools for small buy-ins, there will be a FTOPS XXVII leaderboard in which the winner will get a four-month Black Card Pro Sponsorship contract.

Early this morning, U.S. pro Jonathan Jaffe stood tall as the champion after having defeated Ratharam Sivagnanam heads-up on the 2014 partypoker WPT Montreal Main Event final table!

Read more » Jonathan Jaffe Wins partypoker WPT Montreal For $463,432!

Sometimes in poker as in life you have a ‘what if' moment. A moment when your life changes direction based on something that may or may not have happened. Based on luck.

Read more » What if?

Due to many deep stacks and relatively low blinds, it took many hours of play for a field of 18 players to be narrowed down to a final table of 6 in Day 4 of the partypoker WPT Montreal Main Event. Jonathan Jaffe (picture) held the chip lead when Day 4 kicked off and he also bagged up the largest pile of chips when the final table had been reached after 9 PM local time.

Read more » partypoker WPT Montreal: Final Table Is Set - Jaffe Still In The Lead!

We are delighted to introduce our latest multi-products partner - NetBet! NetBet is the re-branding of the 770 brands (Poker770, Casino770, Bet770) and is owned and operated by Cosmo Gaming Company Limited which is registered under the laws of the European Union member state of Malta.

NetBet offers a complete online gambling service which includes sports betting, casino, live casino and poker and we are very happy to be able to offer you all of these offers!
Read more » New Partner: NetBet Poker, Casino and Sports

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

I am a semi-pro poker player and an author. I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 35)

Some people have asked me why I do the Mahdrof Dollars tournaments, and the reasons are simple: I like you guys, I have gained a lot from participating on this forum, and it has been hard for me to participate in the BRM tourneys so by organizing it myself I get to play.

Read more » Mahdrof Dollars and a Detour

Last night, 49 hopeful players returned to the Playground Poker Club for Day 3 of the partypoker WPT Montreal Main Event. They were already guaranteed $8,930 each, but of course everyone did their outmost to make it through the day and move one step closer to the final table - where $409,656 is waiting for the winner.

Read more » partypoker WPT Montreal: 18 Players Through to Day 4

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

I am a semi-pro poker player and an author. I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 34)

As soon as the partypoker WPT UK Main Event was about to finish this weekend, the 2014 partypoker WPT Montreal Main Event kicked off in Canada. The tournament attracted 732 players and the final 49 players will return today for Day 3. Out in front is Maduka Meragal with 1,423,000 in chips - about 350k more than Marc-Andre Ladocuer in second place.

Read more » partypoker WPT Montreal

The partypoker WPT UK main event concluded this weekend with 21-year-old Matas Cimbolas from Lithuania as the champion. Cimbolas outlasted a very tough field of 354 entries over 4 days of play to lay hands on the biggest payday of his career - £200,000. What makes his victory even more fantastic is that he faced a 6:1 chip deficit at one point during the heads-up against Ben Warrington.

Read more » Matas Cimbolas Wins partypoker WPT UK! (£200,000)

In case you missed it, Rafa Nadal ended up winning the heads-up challenge called "The Duel"' against fellow PokerStars' SportStar and Brazilian football legend Ronaldo. The heads-up match took place on Tuesday at the Hippodrome Casino in London. A winner was not determined until the very last hand of the 20-minute battle.

Read more » Nadal Defeats Ronaldo in "The Duel"

51 players of 354 entries remain after three days of intensive play in the World Poker Tour UK Main Event. Adrian Mateos will lead the remaining pack into Day 2, which begins at 1pm local time, with a stack of 560,500. Mateos was the Day 1A chip leader before Day 1B generated a new one, Fred Wise of England, who is still alive with 111,000 chips.

Read more » partypoker WPT UK: Adrian Mateos Leads Final 51 Into Day 3

Felix Stephensen from Norway collected an incredible $5,147,911 when he finished second to Martin Jacobson in the 2014 WSOP Main Event about 1,5 week ago. However, it doesn't seem like he will be able to enjoy his massive payday for much longer as the Norwegian tax department is after half of his winnings.

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Runner-Up Felix Stephensen To Pay 50% Tax On His Winnings

Day 1B of partypoker WPT UK attracted 239 entries and 130 of them made it through to Day 2. England's Fred Wise finished on top of the chip counts with 215,100 and will be bringing the overall chip lead into Day 2.

Read more » partypoker WPT UK: 171 Players of 333 Entries Through To Day 2

It's always nice to see famous (and wealthy) poker players taking part in tournaments with small buy-ins... and it's even more fantastic to see them come out victorious at the end of it all!

Read more » Phil Hellmuth Wins 2014 Pittsburgh Poker Open!

94 players showed up for Day 1A of partypoker World Poker Tour UK Main Event (played at Dusk Till Dawn Casino and Poker Lenton, Nottingham) and Spain's Adrian Mateos (best known for winning the 2014 WSOPE Main Event for €1 million) bagged up the biggest stack (181,200) amongst the 40 players who made it through the day. Mateos will be joined by the likes of Martin Retteinmaier (63,600) and WPT's very own Mike Sexton (61,800) when Day 2 kicks off tomorrow. 

Day 1B kicks off at 1pm local time today and players that busted on Day 1A (just to mention a few notables: Sam Trickett, Jack Salter and WPT Champions Club members Dominik Nitsche and Michael Mizrachi) will be able to re-enter today. We will be back with another brief update tomorrow morning! Stay tuned!

After two runner-up finishes in World Poker Tour Main Events this year (WPT Fallsview Poker Classic and Bay 101 Shooting Star), Dylan Wilerson finally emerged victorious last weekend in the 2014 WPT Emerors Palace Poker Classic Main Event ($3,500 buy-in No-Limit, Hold'em]. In total, the U.S. pro bested a field of 166 entrants to lay hands on the title and the $147,509 first-place prize in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Read more » Dylan Wilkerson Wins WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic Main Event

This might just be the most bizzare thing that has ever happened in a poker tournament. On Friday, former baseball pro Jose Canseco tweeted that his finger fell off during a poker tournament and that someone even caught it on video!

Read more » His Finger Fell Off During A Poker Tournament

Can't live with ‘em. Can't live without ‘em. I detest politicians. The vast majority have never had a real job. They are born with a silver spoon in their mouth and then given opportunities others could only dream of. And if you have the ability to break into this elite group, the chances are you won't be able to. Because you went to the wrong school on the wrong side of town.

Read more » Politicians

The SECOND of our exclusive freerolls at 888poker is scheduled this Sunday, November 16th, at 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET / 14:00 EST! In order to participate, your 888poker account needs to be tracked to BankrollMob.com! No password required. Find out more here!
Read more » BRM EXCLUSIVE: 2nd of 3 exclusive Freerolls at 888poker