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King's Resort owner Leon Tsoukernik (pictured left in above picture) defeated Phil Ivey (right) at a heads-up match in the King's Short Deck €100K Super High Roller at the 2019 WSOP Europe.

WSOP Europe

• Venue: King's Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic
• Schedule: October 13 to November 4, 2019
• Event: King's Short Deck €100K Super High Roller
• Entries: 29
• Prize pool: €2,755,000

In partnership with King's Resort, partypoker.cz has now officially become the second international online poker company to enter the country, right after PokerStars.

GVC Holdings' brand partypoker has now officially landed in the Czech Republic online poker market via a partnership with regional casino operator King's Resort in Rozvadov.

Read more » partypoker goes live in Czech Republic via King's Resort

At The Home of WSOP Europe 2018 King's Casino Rozvadov in Czech Republic, the poker game stakes were rumored to reach up to an astounding €20k/€40k last week, and hosting this rather super-high nosebleed games was none other than the casino owner himself, Leon ‘Loose Leon' Tsoukernik, who specially invited some of the uber-rich players in the industry to come to his home poker session.

Read more » Rumor: Tsoukernik's Private Poker Games at King's Casino reach €20K/€40k Blinds

The epic lawsuit between two poker pros that started since May 2017 has now finally come to an end, and the final verdict possibly does not bode well for one of them.

Read more » Judge Dismisses ‘Matt Kirk versus Leon Tsoukernik' Poker Lawsuit

Last week, King's Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik made a rather tough decision as he opted to forfeit his $50,000 deposit and skip the $1M Big One for One Drop at the WSOP, in exchange for participating instead in the €25,750 Super High Roller event at the EM European Poker Championship held at Casino Velden in Austria. However, the sacrifice was absolutely worth it for the controversial casino owner as he took down the event and won the top cash prize of €370,000!

Read more » EM European Poker Championship SHR Event won by Leon Tsoukernik for €370,000

Instead of just paying Aussie Matt Kirk back all of the $3 million he borrowed (during their late-night poker session in 2017 at the Aria casino in Las Vegas) and get on with his life in peace, King's Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik has yet again filed a second countersuit against the poker pro who loaned him the cash.

Read more » Leon Tsoukernik files another Countersuit, this time saying Matt Kirk conspired with Aria to bleed him dry

Many were happily surprised when poker legend Gus Hansen made a comeback to online high-stakes cash games on Wednesday this week. "The Great Dane" joined Sam Trickett, King's Casino owner Leon "KingsOfLeon" Tsoukernik and some other poker players with deep enough pockets to play $100/$200 Pot Limit Omaha at partypoker.

Read more » Gus Hansen wins $300k pot at partypoker!

Remember the $2 million poker feud between Leon Tsoukernik and Matt Kirk? Click here to refresh your memory about the details.

A Las Vegas judge did not believe a lawsuit filed by a casino owner that says a casino located on the Las Vegas Strip took advantage of him.

According to a report by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, on the final week of February this year, Clark County District Court Judge Linda Bell tossed Leon Tsoukernik’s countersuit against the Aria casino and Aussie poker pro Matt Kirk.

In a high-stakes poker game last year, Tsoukernik lost $3 million to Kirk, but he only paid Kirk $1 million. This pushed Kirk to sue for the unpaid amount, leading to Tsoukernik later filing his own lawsuit, alleging that the casino plied him with alcoholic drinks.

Read more » Court dismisses Leon Tsoukernik’s Countersuit over Booze-tinged High Stakes Poker Game

A week after Viktor ‘Isildur' Blom won the Main Event at the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany Main Event for $1,048,153, the high stakes cash games continued at the King's Casino Rozvadov, Czech Republic.

Read more » Gus Hansen loses $500,000 pot to King's Casino Owner

After being slammed with a lawsuit in Clark County court over allegedly not paying a $3-million worth of poker debt, Kings Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik had taken a strange move, countersuing high-stakes poker pro Matt Kirk and even the Aria casino in Las Vegas for $10 million.

Read more » Leon Tsoukernik Files Countersuit against Matt Kirk

On October 16 Monday, a Nevada judge said that a lawsuit filed by high-stakes Australian poker player Matt Kirk versus Czech casino owner Leon Tsoukernik can proceed.

The local judge states that the $2 million debt is unenforceable; however, if he can somehow prove that Tsoukernik never intended to pay back the money, Kirk could be entitled to receive compensation for the damages.

Read more » Judge says High-Stakes Poker Debt Case Between WSOP Players Can Proceed

On Wednesday last week, high-stakes poker pro Sam Trickett has organized his first ever invite-only high-stakes online pot-limit Omaha (PLO) game at the site where he is currently signed up as brand ambassador, PartyPoker.

Read more » Sam Trickett expects Ivey & Dwan to play in his high stakes games at partypoker

It wasn't long ago since we learned that Aussie poker pro Matthew Kirk had filed a lawsuit for over $3 million in unpaid loans made to King's Casino owner and EPT winner Leon Tsoukernik in a heads-up poker game at the Aria Resort and Casino (Las Vegas) in May (click here to read the full story).

Read more » Leon Tsoukernik Accused of Not Paying Another Massive Debt

On August 31 Monday, King's Casino announced that it has increased the guaranteed prize pool for the €10,350 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event which is scheduled on November 4 to 10. The guarantee was amped up from €4M to €5M, with the emerging winner to take home at least €1M!

Read more » New Venue & Guarantees Increased At 2017 WSOP Europe

High-stakes poker pro Matthew Kirk last week has filed a lawsuit over unpaid loans made in a heads-up poker game in May at the Aria Resort and Casino located on the Las Vegas Strip.

Read more » High Stakes: Aussie Pro Sues For Over $3M In Loans Given In Heads-up Game

King's Casino (Rozvadov, Czech Republic) will host its first World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) One Drop High Roller along with a Little One for One Drop tourney in November. The flagship tournament has a massive €10,000,000 guarantee and 50 players have already committed to play it by forking out a €11,000 non-refundable deposit each.

Read more » King's Casino To Host WSOPE One Drop Tourney (€10,000,000 Guarantee)

Casino owner, antique dealer and recreational poker player Leon Tsoukernik of Czech Republic was crowned the winner of the EPT Prague €50,000 Super High Roller on Tuesday after having bested an extremely tough field consisting of many of the world's best tournament players, including poker prodigy Charlie Carrel heads-up. Carrel, 23, and Tsoukernik, 43, seem to have captivated all observers since they ended up at the same table for the first time on Sunday afternoon.

Read more » EPT Prague: Leon Tsoukernik Wins The €50,000 Super High Roller