Loni Hardwood will lead the final seven players into today's WSOP National Championship final table at Harrah's Cherokee in North Carolina. Hardwood, a U.S. pro with close to $1.3 million in live tournament earnings, accumulated 1,340,000 in chips on Day 2.
The $2 Million Guaranteed WPT Man Event begins today at Choctaw Casino Resort in Oklahoma. Players will received 30,000 chips for a buy-in of $3,500 +$200, and registration (possible to re-enter if eliminated) will remain open until the start of Day 2. A large field of players is expected to show up for this tournament, which will crown a winner on Tuesday, August 4 (televised final table).
Check back on Monday morning for a brief recap on Day 1A & 1B and Day2.
There is currently a rumor that a very popular Las Vegas poker room has let go of at least one staff member due to theft. "Dan Druff", who broke the news on the alleged scandal, claimed in his first post that two unrelated sources had informed him that the poker room, widely considered to be one of the best run poker rooms in the world, fired a tournament director on suspicion of stealing tokes from the cash tips in a room with no witnesses.
A player under the alias EternallyYrs has been running pretty good at 888poker this month. The fact is that the player in question has made three final tables in three weeks in major Sunday tournaments, collecting a total of $28,302 in prize money!
The first day of the National Championship kicked off on Wednesday at Harrah's Cherokee in North Carolina. At the end of registration, 122 players had entered the tournament, including defending champion Dominik Nitsche, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, and 14-time WSOP winner Phil Hellmuth.
A €300 buy-in tournament was played last weekend at the casino Golden Vegas in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was advertised that a €100,000 prize pool (click on picture to enlarge) would be up for grabs - the biggest tournament in Slovak poker history - and many players decided to re-enter on Day 1B when there still was a great overlay.
As a part of a new strategy to, for example, bring in new players, Full Tilt has removed heads-up cash games tables; changed the highest stakes to $10/$20 for No-Limit Hold'em, $15/$30 for Fixed-Limit Hold'em, $10/$20 for Pot-Limit Omaha and $2/$5 for Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Low; removed all Stud, Draw and Mixed Games. In addition, players will now be randomly seated at a table after selecting preferred game and stakes, and tables will be moved together once short-handed.
The 11th edition of PokerStars' MicroMillions concluded on Sunday with the $1 million guarantee Main Event. The $22 buy-in tournament drew 55,524 entries, which boosted the $1 million guarantee with another $110,480!
Here's something to look forward to. Last week a trailer for the upcoming movie Mississippi Grind (involving high-stakes tournament poker) was uploaded to youtube.
The movie, which was shown for the first time at the Sundance Film Festival in January, is about a gambler, Gerry (Ben Mendelsohn), on a losing streak who teams up with a younger charismatic poker player, Curtis (Ryan Reynolds), in an attempt change his luck. The two hit the road together and travel from town to town, casino to casino with the vision of winning back what has been lost.
GVC Holdings Plc, without the backing of Amaya, has now offered £1 billion (about 1.55 billion US dollars) to bwin.party. According to PokerNews, the Gibraltar-based company has revealed that it has obtained a $440 million loan from Cerberus Capital Management and it is also looking to raise approximately £150 million through an equity placing of new GVC shares for cash.
PokerNews also reported that 888 shares fell 3.7 percent after the news broke of a new offer from GVC. However, GVC stocks only declined by 0.8 percent to 425 pence.
Stay tuned for more details on the battle for bwin.party.
A big congratulations to Guilherme "VinceVegaMFR" Cheveau, the winner of the most recent Sunday Million on PokerStars! It was the Brazilian pro's second Sunday Million title after topping a field of over 8,000 players in the same tournament in February last year ($161,879).
According to ESPN, Phil Ivey's attorneys filed a countersuit on Wednesday against Borgata, claiming that the casino had destroyed the decks of cards used when Phil Ivey won nearly $10 million playing Baccarat in 2012 while using a controversial technique called edge sorting. Borgata filed a law suit in April after learning that Ivey lost the case (worth about $12 million) against Crockfords Casino in London.
On Wednesday, Full Tilt revealed that it had signed its first-ever Player Ambassador. Marc "PlayinWitDreams" Kennedy, a UK-based online grinder who has played professionally for several years winning hundreds of thousands of dollars, will help Full Tilt bring in new players by writing articles and blogs on poker and game strategy. In addition, one will be able to follow him on Twitch, a streaming site that has become very popular in the poker world in the past couple of months.
The official schedule for PokerStars' 2015 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is out! This year's WCOOP has a $45 million guaranteed prize pool that is spread across 70 events, including highlights such as the $10 million guaranteed Main Event on September 27th and the brand-new $51,000 buy-in Super High Roller event on September 20th ($1 million guaranteed).
On Monday, it was reported that Canadian poker pro and 2011 CPT Player of that Year Norman Overdijk, 54, had died in an tragic accident on July 18th, 2015. According to PokerNews, Overdijk and a 26-year-old passenger crashed shortly after takeoff in a two-seater paraplane somwhere in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Claudio Moya, a 51-year-old businessman from Chile, is the winner of the Latin American Poker Tour Chile Main Event after four days of play, including a lengthy heads-up match against Chadi Moustapha of Lebanon. (Moya and Moustapha agreed to a two-way deal that left $15,576 in play for the winner).
It ain't over 'til it's over. Just when most of us thought 888's takeover of bwin.party was secured, it is reported by seval respected newspapers that GVC Holdings is still considering making a counteroffer to acquire bwin.party. According to The Telegraph, GVC Holidings is considering a last shot at bwin.party without the backing of Amaya, the owner of PokerStars and Full Tilt. However, no figures are mentioned.
On Sunday, July 19, Laurent Polito took home his fourth WPT National Main Event title after besting a field of 428 entries in the WPT National Brussels Main Event. The French poker pro is the first player ever to win four WPT National Main Events. Even more impressively is that all 4 titles have been won in two years!
Season 8's Latin American Poker Tour Peru Main Event (sponsored and organized by PokerStars) is down to a final table of 8 after three intensive days of play. The 8 finalists, who have outlasted 358 entries so far, are now guaranteed to take home at least $19,060 each, and the last man standing will get $156,576!
On Thursday last week, PokerStars Blog revealed that this year's World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) will have a $51,000 buy-in Super High Roller event! There have been some $25,000 events in the past, but now WCOOP is going for the biggest ever with this upcoming Super High Roller event!
On Friday, July 17, it was announced that bwin.party Group had been sold to 888 Holdings. The deal, worth 1.4 billion U.S. Dollars, happened after weeks of negotiations in which 888 and GVC (backed by Amaya - the owner of Full Tilt and PokerStars) were fighting to buy the company.
$5 million spread across 100 events with buy-ins ranging from $0.11 to $22. How does that sound to you? If the answer is GREAT, then you just have to participate in MicroMillions 11 on PokerStars! The 11th edition of MicroMillions, the richest low-stakes tournaments in poker, kicked off yesterday and is running until July 26.
Antonio 'The Magician' Esfandiari is one of the poker world's most well-known player. He has become a big name in poker thanks to many things, however, he's perhaps best known for his appearances on TV show High Stakes Poker and for winning the $1 million buy-in WSOP event BIG ONE for ONE DROP in 2012.
Unless you've been hiding under a rock lately, you probably know that Daniel Negreanu fell only two positions short of making the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table (November Nine).
This year's final table (November Nine) broadcast will expand from two to three days. Coverage starts on Sunday, November 8th at 5:30 pm PST and continues until four players remain.
Loni Hardwood will lead the final seven players into today's WSOP National Championship final table at Harrah's Cherokee in North Carolina. Hardwood, a U.S. pro with close to $1.3 million in live tournament earnings, accumulated 1,340,000 in chips on Day 2.
The $2 Million Guaranteed WPT Man Event begins today at Choctaw Casino Resort in Oklahoma. Players will received 30,000 chips for a buy-in of $3,500 +$200, and registration (possible to re-enter if eliminated) will remain open until the start of Day 2. A large field of players is expected to show up for this tournament, which will crown a winner on Tuesday, August 4 (televised final table).
There is currently a rumor that a very popular Las Vegas poker room has let go of at least one staff member due to theft. "Dan Druff", who broke the news on the alleged scandal, claimed in his first post that two unrelated sources had informed him that the poker room, widely considered to be one of the best run poker rooms in the world, fired a tournament director on suspicion of stealing tokes from the cash tips in a room with no witnesses.
A player under the alias EternallyYrs has been running pretty good at 888poker this month. The fact is that the player in question has made three final tables in three weeks in major Sunday tournaments, collecting a total of $28,302 in prize money! 
The 11th edition of PokerStars' MicroMillions concluded on Sunday with the $1 million guarantee Main Event. The $22 buy-in tournament drew 55,524 entries, which boosted the $1 million guarantee with another $110,480!
Here's something to look forward to. Last week a trailer for the upcoming movie Mississippi Grind (involving high-stakes tournament poker) was uploaded to youtube.
GVC Holdings Plc, without the backing of Amaya, has now offered £1 billion (about 1.55 billion US dollars) to bwin.party. According to PokerNews, the Gibraltar-based company has revealed that it has obtained a $440 million loan from Cerberus Capital Management and it is also looking to raise approximately £150 million through an equity placing of new GVC shares for cash.
A big congratulations to Guilherme "VinceVegaMFR" Cheveau, the winner of the most recent Sunday Million on PokerStars! It was the Brazilian pro's second Sunday Million title after topping a field of over 8,000 players in the same tournament in February last year ($161,879).
According to ESPN, Phil Ivey's attorneys filed a countersuit on Wednesday against Borgata, claiming that the casino had destroyed the decks of cards used when Phil Ivey won nearly $10 million playing Baccarat in 2012 while using a controversial technique called edge sorting. Borgata filed a law suit in April after learning that Ivey lost the case (worth about $12 million) against Crockfords Casino in London.
On Wednesday, Full Tilt revealed that it had signed its first-ever Player Ambassador. Marc "PlayinWitDreams" Kennedy, a UK-based online grinder who has played professionally for several years winning hundreds of thousands of dollars, will help Full Tilt bring in new players by writing articles and blogs on poker and game strategy. In addition, one will be able to follow him on Twitch, a streaming site that has become very popular in the poker world in the past couple of months.
The official schedule for PokerStars' 2015 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is out! This year's WCOOP has a $45 million guaranteed prize pool that is spread across 70 events, including highlights such as the $10 million guaranteed Main Event on September 27th and the brand-new 
On Monday, it was reported that Canadian poker pro and 2011 CPT Player of that Year Norman Overdijk, 54, had died in an tragic accident on July 18th, 2015. According to PokerNews, Overdijk and a 26-year-old passenger crashed shortly after takeoff in a two-seater paraplane somwhere in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Claudio Moya, a 51-year-old businessman from Chile, is the winner of the Latin American Poker Tour Chile Main Event after four days of play, including a lengthy heads-up match against Chadi Moustapha of Lebanon. (Moya and Moustapha agreed to a two-way deal that left $15,576 in play for the winner).
On Sunday, July 19, Laurent Polito took home his fourth WPT National Main Event title after besting a field of 428 entries in the WPT National Brussels Main Event. The French poker pro is the first player ever to win four WPT National Main Events. Even more impressively is that all 4 titles have been won in two years!
Season 8's Latin American Poker Tour Peru Main Event (sponsored and organized by PokerStars) is down to a final table of 8 after three intensive days of play. The 8 finalists, who have outlasted 358 entries so far, are now guaranteed to take home at least $19,060 each, and the last man standing will get $156,576!
On Thursday last week, PokerStars Blog revealed that this year's World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) will have a $51,000 buy-in Super High Roller event! There have been some $25,000 events in the past, but now WCOOP is going for the biggest ever with this upcoming Super High Roller event!
On Friday, July 17, it was announced that bwin.party Group had been sold to 888 Holdings. The deal, worth 1.4 billion U.S. Dollars, happened after weeks of negotiations in which 888 and GVC (backed by Amaya - the owner of Full Tilt and PokerStars) were fighting to buy the company.
Antonio 'The Magician' Esfandiari is one of the poker world's most well-known player. He has become a big name in poker thanks to many things, however, he's perhaps best known for his appearances on TV show High Stakes Poker and for winning the $1 million buy-in WSOP event BIG ONE for ONE DROP in 2012.
Unless you've been hiding under a rock lately, you probably know that Daniel Negreanu fell only two positions short of making the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table (November Nine).
This year's final table (November Nine) broadcast will expand from two to three days. Coverage starts on Sunday, November 8th at 5:30 pm PST and continues until four players remain.
