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  • EPT Paris High Rollers Won by Stephen Chidwick and Daniel Dvoress
    EPT Paris High Rollers Won by Stephen Chidwick and Daniel Dvoress

    Two High Rollers costing €25,000 to play have taken place at Paris on the European Poker Tour. With wins for Canadian poker pro Daniel Dvoress and British legend Stephen Chidwick, the French capital saw each man net $900,000 between them. With stars such as Adrian Mateos, Mike Watson, Niklas Astedt and Sam Greenwood standing between […]

  • Duco ten Haven Wins EPT Paris Mystery Bounty Event in Paris for $263,000
    Duco ten Haven Wins EPT Paris Mystery Bounty Event in Paris for $263,000

    Two days of poker action, a €10,200 buy-in and a Mystery Bounty champion in Duco ten Haven – the EPT Paris festival is off to a flying start. After a thrilling conclusion, Dutch pro Duco ten Haven won the biggest prize of his live poker career when he beat a final table full of stars […]

  • Dylan Weisman Wins Second Event of PokerGO Cup for $240,000 Top Prize
    Dylan Weisman Wins Second Event of PokerGO Cup for $240,000 Top Prize

    The second event of this year’s PokerGO Cup ended with a big confrontation between card sharps as two legendary modern poker players battled for the title. Dylan Weisman beat Daniel Smiljkovic to the title as the German missed out on victory just a few short weeks after winning last season’s PokerGO Tour $1 million freeroll […]

  • Mike Watson Wins EPT Monte Carlo Main Event for $823,000
    Mike Watson Wins EPT Monte Carlo Main Event for $823,000

    The European Poker Tour’s flagship Main Event has been a source of debate in recent years. With a trimming back of stops on the tour a few years ago, other tour destinations to Monte Carlo came to prominence when the EPT returned in full. In 2023, evidently, the big one is back, and so is […]

  • EPT Barcelona 2022: Benitez Earns Two Titles, Addamo/Watson/Badziakouski Capture High Rollers
    EPT Barcelona 2022: Benitez Earns Two Titles, Addamo/Watson/Badziakouski Capture High Rollers

    The 2022 PokerStars and Barcelona Casino European Poker Tour has been in full swing for the last nine days, with eight of the fourteen events on the schedule complete. The €5,300 EPT Main Event is currently on Day 3 of action, with two other events (€3,000 Mystery Bounty Championship and €25,000 Single Day High Roller […]

  • WSOP 2022: Joao Simao Captures Second WSOP Bracelet, Luke Schwartz Leads Negreanu and Ivey in $50k PPC
    WSOP 2022: Joao Simao Captures Second WSOP Bracelet, Luke Schwartz Leads Negreanu and Ivey in $50k PPC

    The biggest day of action so far in the 2022 WSOP saw four bracelets and five other events take place in the Bally’s and Paris cardrooms as millions were won on the World Series of Poker. With bracelet wins for big names such as Joao Simao and debutant winners such as Simeon Spasov, it was […]

  • WSOP 2022: Alex Foxen Wins First Bracelet for $4.45m in Super High Roller, Liebert Leads Seniors Field
    WSOP 2022: Alex Foxen Wins First Bracelet for $4.45m in Super High Roller, Liebert Leads Seniors Field

    A huge day of action in the 2022 World Series of Poker saw Alex Foxen win his first-ever WSOP bracelet as he outlasted a table of superstars to claim the $4.5 million top prize. In five other events, play got closer to final tables, with gold bracelets and millions of dollars on the line.  

  • Patrick ‘pleno1’ Leonard Retakes Online Poker Rankings Top Spot
    Patrick ‘pleno1’ Leonard Retakes Online Poker Rankings Top Spot

    It’s another trip at the top of the Online Poker Rankings for UK online pro Patrick ‘pleno1’ Leonard, who, thanks to a dominant end of 2021 and fast start in the New Year, is now enjoying his fifth reign at #1 in the world.

  • Dario Sammartino Wins GGPoker Super MILLION$ WSOPC Ring Event for $740K
    Dario Sammartino Wins GGPoker Super MILLION$ WSOPC Ring Event for $740K

    It’s going to be a happy holiday season for Dario Sammartino who, in his seventh trip to a GGPoker Super MILLION$ final table, took down this week’s $10K tournament for his first Super MILLION$ title, a World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring, and the $740,917 first-place prize.

  • Niklas Astedt Wins Third Career GGPoker Super MILLION$ For $337K
    Niklas Astedt Wins Third Career GGPoker Super MILLION$ For $337K

    Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. Niklas Astedt, the former worldwide #1-ranked pro and one of the most decorated online poker players in history, captured this week’s GGPoker Super MILLION$ title, the third of his career, and added the $337,599 first-place prize to his more than $22.4 million in career recorded online earnings.

  • Roland Czika Rolls to Victory in WSOP Online Event #10
    Roland Czika Rolls to Victory in WSOP Online Event #10

    The first Pot Limit Omaha event of the 2021 World Series of Poker Online GGPoker schedule played down to a champion on Sunday with Roland Czika coming out on top of the 975-entry field in Event #10 ($400 Double Chance PLO) to pick up his first piece of WSOP hardware and more than $55,000.

  • 2020 WSOP Predictions: Hits, Misses, and Everything in Between
    2020 WSOP Predictions: Hits, Misses, and Everything in Between

    When it was announced that 54 events of the 2020 World Series of Poker would be held on GGPoker, it meant that for the very first time players outside of the United States could compete for a gold bracelet online. It also opened the door for elite online poker players all over the world to […]

  • WSOP: Ajay Chabra Claims $1,500 Limit Hold’em Championship Title
    WSOP: Ajay Chabra Claims $1,500 Limit Hold’em Championship Title

    Ajay Chabra entered the World Series of Poker Online $1,500 Limit Hold’em Championship on Tuesday with 11 cashes already in the Series with four of those coming via top-ten finishes. Chabra cracked the top ten again on Tuesday night, and this time he converted his deep run into a tournament win and his first career WSOP […]

  • WSOP: Juha Helppi Wins $5,000 PLO Championship, Second Bracelet
    WSOP: Juha Helppi Wins $5,000 PLO Championship, Second Bracelet

    At the 2019 World Series of Poker, Finland’s Juha Helppi beat out 117 other players to win the $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship to erase his name from the Best Players Without a Bracelet list. On Tuesday, the Finnish pro added a second bracelet after beating a star-studded field in the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship […]

  • 2020 WSOP: Nations That Could Thrive in Online Bracelet Chase
    2020 WSOP: Nations That Could Thrive in Online Bracelet Chase

    Over the past 50 years, for many, the World Series of Poker has grown into more than just a poker series. It’s become a pilgrimage of sorts. Players from all over the world head to Las Vegas to take their shot at battling against the best, bringing home a bracelet and possibly be crowned a […]