POKER NEWS

02 September 2014

Clyde Tjauw Foe Wins Rotterdam Poker Series
Clyde Tjauw Foe Wins Rotterdam Poker Series

After a massive couple of weeks at EPT Barcelona, it was a relatively quiet weekend on the European tournament circuit.

01 September 2014

High Rollers Head to Caribbean
High Rollers Head to Caribbean

Some of the poker world's most deep-pocketed players will be heading to the Caribbean later this year after the World Poker Tour confirmed it will be staging another super high roller tournament in St Kitts.

Overlay at Seminole Hard Rock Open
Overlay at Seminole Hard Rock Open

While live poker in Europe has boomed this summer, things across the pond haven't been quite so buoyant. Despite offering a $10 million guarantee, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open couldn't attract enough players to meet its impressive prizepool.

PokerStars Considered Buying an NFL Team
PokerStars Considered Buying an NFL Team

Nolan Dalla has been around the poker industry for a number of years and in his latest blog post, he revealed that at one point, PokerStars almost bought an NFL football team.

Harry Arutyunyan wins WPT Legends of Poker
Harry Arutyunyan wins WPT Legends of Poker

The opening leg of the new World Poker Tour season is in the book with Harry Arutyanyan taking the Legends of Poker title.

29 August 2014

Phil Galfond's Ice Bucket Challenge
Phil Galfond's Ice Bucket Challenge

It may be helping a worthwhile cause but most Ice Bucket Challenges, are well, a bit similar.

Negreanu's Random Act of Kindness
Negreanu's Random Act of Kindness

It seems as though icy cold wave of benevolence that sweeping the globe with the Ice Bucket Challenge has washed over Daniel Negreanu.

Busquet Breaks Down
Busquet Breaks Down "T-Shirtgate"

It's been dubbed "t-shirtgate" by some, but for Olivier Busquet it was nothing more than a message to the poker community.

Blom to Face Hansen
Blom to Face Hansen

Scandinavian rivals Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom and Gus Hansen are set to face off in a special heads- up encounter next month.

28 August 2014

Soika Pips Mercier to Barcelona High Roller
Soika Pips Mercier to Barcelona High Roller

Like pretty much every event at EPT Barcelona this past week, the €10k High Roller was a record-breaker. 393 entrants created a massive prize pool of €3,851,400 with Ihar Soika eventually taking home the biggest chunk of it.