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.
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!
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!
One can win a life-changing amount of cash in a brand new promotion called The Dream Team Collection on PokerStars. It's easy to particpate in the competition (August 17 - September 17)!
On Thursday, Amaya released the second quarter results for 2015. According to the report, revenues grew 10% to approximately $320 million compared to the same period last year. Online casino compromised about 11% of revenues, the rest of the revenues came almost entirely from poker.
Poker King Club President Winfred Yu revealed to PokerNews about a week ago that Phil Ivey and Daniel "jungleman12" Cates were in Manila for some high stakes cash games. Believe it or not but, according to Yu, some games had blinds of HK$20,000/$40,000/$80,000 (approx. $2,500/$5,000/$10,000).
The final episode of the Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout, an invite online freeroll that was played in June, aired on U.S. television last Wednesday. Five poker professionals (Phil Hellmuth, Antonio Esfandiari, Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu and Vanessa Selbst) played against each other at one table while five celebrities (Hank Azaria, Kevin Pollak, Don Cheadle, Brad Garrett and Norm Macdonald) did the same at another table. The last survior from each table then played heads-up (best of 3 matches) for a $1 million first-place prize.
Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy ended up in trouble in a late-night poker game last month. The 28-year-old footballer, who has the nickname "the cannon" due to his explosive personality, went to a casino in Leicester on July 26 with some of his team-mates to play some cards.
On Sunday, season 9 of APPT Manila (an 11-day series) concluded with Aaron Lim, from Australia, as the champion of the Main Event. Lim, who now is the first two-time APPT champ, had to work hard for the title despite entering heads-up play with almost a four-to-one chip advantage against Douglas Olsson from Sweden.
Sofia Lövgren is a 24-year-old poker professional from Gothenburg, Sweden and an Ambassador for 888poker. Although she mainly plays cash games, she has also achieved an impressive live tournament record, including six WSOP cashes and deep runs in the Irish Open, EPT San Remo ME, WPT Cyprus ME and EPT London High Roller. According to Hendon Mob, she has earned $167,976 playing live tournaments.
Dominik Nitsche (born 1990), from Minden, Germany, started playing poker online in 2006 and live poker three years later. He has 3 WSOP bracelets and 1 WPT title under his belt and, according to Hendon Mob, his online and live earnings combined exceed $8.2 million!
The World Poker Tour Choctaw Main Event in Durant, Oklahoma, drew a large field of 1,175 players, which boosted the original $2 million guarantee with almost the double.
In 2009, Tom "durrrr" Dwan was at the top of his career playing high-stakes heads-up cash games online. The fact is that he was so confident in his game that he offered anyone 3-1 odds on $500k who could beat him in heads up after 50,000 hands. He posted the below message on a poker forum.
PokerStars might have gotten rid of several well-known pros since Amaya took over the company. However, one shouldn't forget that they also have signed some of the most famous people in the world, including football stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar Jr.
After spending a couple of weeks in sunny Las Vegas for the 2015 World Series of Poker, Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov took his girlfriend, Anna, on a holiday to cooler latitudes. To be more precise, a helicopter ride to the top of a volcano in Iceland. Little did Anna know what her poker pro boyfriend had planned...
The 5th edition of the WSOP National Championship found its winner on Friday at Harrah's Cherokee in Cherokee, N.C. Loni Hardwood, who began the final table with a big chip lead, earned her second WSOP gold bracelet and $341,599 for her victory.
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.
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.
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! 
One can win a life-changing amount of cash in a brand new promotion called The Dream Team Collection on PokerStars. It's easy to particpate in the competition (August 17 - September 17)! 
On Thursday, Amaya released the second quarter results for 2015. According to the report, revenues grew 10% to approximately $320 million compared to the same period last year. Online casino compromised about 11% of revenues, the rest of the revenues came almost entirely from poker. 
Poker King Club President Winfred Yu revealed to PokerNews about a week ago that Phil Ivey and Daniel "jungleman12" Cates were in Manila for some high stakes cash games. Believe it or not but, according to Yu, some games had blinds of HK$20,000/$40,000/$80,000 (approx. $2,500/$5,000/$10,000).
The final episode of the Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout, an invite online freeroll that was played in June, aired on U.S. television last Wednesday. Five poker professionals (Phil Hellmuth, Antonio Esfandiari, Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu and Vanessa Selbst) played against each other at one table while five celebrities (Hank Azaria, Kevin Pollak, Don Cheadle, Brad Garrett and Norm Macdonald) did the same at another table. The last survior from each table then played heads-up (best of 3 matches) for a $1 million first-place prize.
Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy ended up in trouble in a late-night poker game last month. The 28-year-old footballer, who has the nickname "the cannon" due to his explosive personality, went to a casino in Leicester on July 26 with some of his team-mates to play some cards.
Dominik Nitsche (born 1990), from Minden, Germany, started playing poker online in 2006 and live poker three years later. He has 3 WSOP bracelets and 1 WPT title under his belt and, according to Hendon Mob, his online and live earnings combined exceed $8.2 million! 
In 2009, Tom "durrrr" Dwan was at the top of his career playing high-stakes heads-up cash games online. The fact is that he was so confident in his game that he offered anyone 3-1 odds on $500k who could beat him in heads up after 50,000 hands. He posted the below message on a poker forum.
PokerStars might have gotten rid of several well-known pros since Amaya took over the company. However, one shouldn't forget that they also have signed some of the most famous people in the world, including football stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar Jr.
After spending a couple of weeks in sunny Las Vegas for the 2015 World Series of Poker, Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov took his girlfriend, Anna, on a holiday to cooler latitudes. To be more precise, a helicopter ride to the top of a volcano in Iceland. Little did Anna know what her poker pro boyfriend had planned...
