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The second starting flight (Day 1B) of the EPT Sanremo Main Event saw 381 players going through the registration process. After eight 75-minute levels of play, David Yan bagged up the larges pile of chips (179,100) amongst the other 219 advancing players.

Read more » EPT Sanremo: David Yan Takes Overall Lead Into Day 2

Day 1A of EPT Sanremo (a city with about 57,000 inhabitants on the Mediterranean coast of western Liguria in north-western Italy) Main Event saw a field of 175 runners being narrowed down to 103 players during 8 levels of play. Cristiano Guerra, an Italian poker pro with nearly half a million dollars in tournament winnings, bagged up the largest stack at the end of play (148,700), and his closet opponent was Aku Joentausta from Finland with 125,500 in chips. Notables that made it through to Day 2 include Pius Heinz (80k) and Vanessa Selbst (28k).

We will be back with another brief update tomorrow once Day 1B is in the books. Stay tuned!

The world's number 1 tennis player and PokerStars ambassador Rafa Nadal is currently in Monaco to compete at the ATP Monte Carlo Masters, a tournament he has was 8 times in the past. Although Rafa hasn't played his first tennis match yet, he has played some poker...

Read more » VIDEO: Rada Nadal vs. Vanessa Selbst

Here's some updates from Davis Cup. Well, we won the doubles and Jarkko won his match in the singles, so it was the last match that was deciding who was going to get to qualify for the first league!

Read more » Davis Cup Update & More

A new Food Network series called ‘Kitchen Casino' premiered on Monday. The show, hosted by Bill Rancic (the first winner of NBC's ‘The Apprentice'), has a $30,000 jackpot at stake that four talented chefs compete for in three challenges (rounds) named after casino-themed games: slots, roulette and poker. Each round will be judged by prestigious chefs including Michael Chernow and Aliya Leekong.

Read more » High Steaks on The Food Nework

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 14)

Here's something to look forward to for those of you who love poker and tennis equally! Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst and Team PokerStars SportStars Rafa Nadal will play against each other in a heads-up poker game at Casino de Monte Carlo on Friday, April 11!

Read more » Nadal vs. Selbst

Just a quick notice to our Party Poker players: For the Points Race in April, opt-in is required, in order to receive the prize you might win.

Example: If you earn 1,100 points in April and qualify for a T$100* prize, you will only receive the prize if you opted in (registered) before end of April. If your Party Poker username is not on the list when we send it to Party Poker after the race ends, the prize will not be issued.

So, remember to submit your Party Poker username ON THE POINTS RACE PAGE - CLICK HERE!

*) T$ = Tournament Dollars.

Last week was one of the best weeks of my life, practicing with guys like Jarkko Nieminen and other players from our team. There's a good atmosphere in the team and we are having a good time! Today (April 5) was the first day with matches, but unfortunately it didn't go so well...

Read more » Playing Tennis With The Professionals

Phil Hellmuth would win every tournament. Apparently. If it weren't for luck, every tournament would be won by the player who had read the most poker books, or could read their opponents the best. But what would that game even be?

Read more » If It Weren't For Luck...

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 13)

Facebook is a great place to set up and organise events, but you better think twice before organising your next home poker tournament there, especially if you live in the land down under. David Desmond Bowen, 32, from Tasmania (an island state, part of the Commonwealth of Australia) invited 25 friends to his Facebook-event, a $150 buy-in home poker tournament at a house in Norwood last October. Somehow police were alerted about it and took action.

Read more » Tasmanian Man In Trouble With The Law Over Home Poker Game Organized Via Facebook

A 12-year-old boy was caught red handed cheating at online poker last week when police officers raided his home in Tianjin, China. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was reported to the authorities over a month ago by his own parents who had started to get suspicious when their son booked a trip for the whole family to Las Vegas. It didn't take long before they found out that he had earned hundreds of thousands of dollars at online poker by using a homebuilt device to cheat against other players.

Read more » Online Poker Cheater Reported To The Police - By His Parents!

In case you have been hiding under a rock for the past few months, we are happy to inform that the one million dollar buy-in event BIG ONE FOR ONE DROP will be back at the 2014 World Series of Poker after a year of absence. The event will take place over three days, from June 29 to July 1, 2014, with all play being filmed for television.

Read more » 2014 Big One for One Drop

On Saturday, Fabrice Soulier laid hands on the €10,300 High Roller at EPT Vienna (Austria) title and 392,900 Euro in prize money. The Frenchman, who has been a regular on the EPT since Season 1 and has over $5m in tournament earnings, was overwhelmed by the win even though it wasn't in his top three cashes.

"It really means a lot," Soulier told PokerStars blog. "I am getting so emotional. When I arrived in Vienna, I thought something was great here...Now I am one of the lucky ones with a title."

Read more » EPT Vienna: Fabrice Soulier Wins The High Roller (€392,900)

After four days of play and 13 hours of final-table action at the European Poker Tour Vienna Main Event, Oleksii Khoroshenin from Ukraine was the last man standing and received €578,392 in prize money and a SLYDE watch. In total, Khoroshenin overcame a field of 910 entries to become the champion. Well, not only the champion but also the tour's first Ukrainian champion!

EPT10 Vienna Main Event
Date: March 2014
Buy-in: €5,300
Game: NLHE Main Event

Players: 910 entries
Prize pool: €4,413,500

1 - Oleksii Khoroshenin, Ukraine, €578,392*
2 - Anthony Ghamrawi, Austria, €446,481*
3 - Marko Neumann, Germany, €638,127*
4 - Pablo Gordillo, Spain, €262,150
5 - Timo Pfuzenreuter, Germany, €203,900
6 - Simeon Naydenov, Bulgaria, €151,000
7 - Frei Dilling, Germany, €108,100

8 - Rumen Nanev, Bulgaria, €77,000

You may have wondered why I didn't write anything last week. You may not have, and that's okay too. The reason for my absence was due to what happened to me whilst walking home from the casino last Tuesday night.

One of the many drawbacks of working at a casino, along with handling drunk people and the fact that they're playing poker and you're not, is that your shift often ends early in the morning. Usually between that gap between after the last bus for the night and before the earliest bus the next morning.

Read more » Riding Your Luck

It's high time to update everyone on the European Poker Tour Vienna (Austria) Main Event. A field of 910 entries has been narrowed down to 56 players over three days of play. Pablo Gordillo, a PokerStars qualifier from Spain who has a little more than $3k in tournament winnings to date, will lead the remaining 53 players to Day 4 (begins in a few hours) with 2.1 million in chips (about 600k more than his closest opponent).

Read more » EPT Vienna (Live Stream): 56 Players Remain, PokerStars Qualifier In The Lead!

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 12)

A champion has been crowned at the World Poker Tour Jacksonville bestbet Open Main Event ($3,500 buy-in) after 4 days of intensive play! Nabil Hirezi, who brought the largest pile of chips to yesterday's final table of six players, topped a field of 258 players to earn $206,041 and his first WPT title! Hirezi is a 59-year-old dentist who has run a successful practice for 22 years in Jacksonville and he plays in the bestbet Jacksonville poker room almost ever day. 

Read more » Local Dentist Wins WPT Jacksonville bestbet Open

It has been hard for me to find the motivation to play poker in the past few weeks as my favoruite tables (and stakes) at Full Tilt aren't filling up quickly enough with other players. I have also tried Omaha and NL Hold'em cash games, but no luck there either. I need to work a lot on my game (cash game), but I just don't feel like I have enough time to spare. For now I guess I will stick to SnG and tournaments instead...

Read more » Lack of Motivation For Poker, Davis Cup Against Bosnia (Tennis)

A final table of six is set at the World Poker Tour Jacksonville bestbet Open Main Event after 3 days of play. Unfortunately, Jared Jaffee, Day 3 chip leader and winner of this event in 2013, fell a few spots shy of the WPT final table. He earned $13,935 in prize money and gained 50 WPT season XII POY points to take his total to 1,900 points (4th place POY standings).

Read more » WPT Jacksonville bestbet Open: The Final Table Is Set!

EPT Vienna's main event 1A gathered a field of 341 players who bought in to the €5,300 event played at the majestic Hofburg Palace. Several past EPT winners were among the participants such as Benny Spindler and Dimitar Danchev. Day 1A concluded with 185 players ready for Day 2 with Ukraine's Oleksii Khoroshenin being the chipleader with a stack of 171,900. Among the players that went through to Day 2 are Domink Nitsche (138,000), Antoine Saout (119,700), Marcel Luske (47,400) and Ignat “0Human0”Liviu (26,500).
Read more » EPT Vienna: Main Event Day 1A + Webcast

Only 19 of 258 players remain after two days of play at the World Poker Tour Jacksonville bestbet Open Main Event. Jared Jaffee, who won the most recent WPT event at bestbet Jacksonville, is the chip leader heading to Day 3 (begins in approximately 5 hours) with 776,000 in chips!

Read more » WPT Jacksonville bestbet Open: Jared Jaffee's Getting Closer to Back-To-Back Titles!

A Florida Keys man was arrested and a second man was taken to the hospital following a poker game that turned ugly on Thursday morning in Marathon, Florida Keys. Deputies were called to the scene about 2 a.m. and met up with the victim's brother outside the house, where the poker game was taking place.

Read more » Poker Game Turned Violent