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  • Jon Kyte is Flying High in Different Formats
    Jon Kyte is Flying High in Different Formats

    Over the past few years, Jon Kyte has risen to the top 10 on the Norwegian All-Time Money List via The Hendon Mob. With a trip to the Irish Open on the horizon, we caught up with the PokerStake player as he hopes to bring the luck of the Irish back home to Norway and […]

  • WSOP 2024: Chris Brewer, Daniel Negreanu and Bryce Yockey All Make Final in Poker Players Championship as Sammartino Wins First Bracelet
    WSOP 2024: Chris Brewer, Daniel Negreanu and Bryce Yockey All Make Final in Poker Players Championship as Sammartino Wins First Bracelet

    A thrilling day in the WSOP saw ten bracelet events in progress as Italian former WSOP Main Event runner-up Dario Sammartino won his first bracelet and some of poker’s finest battled to reach the final day of the Poker Players Championship and fight for the Chip Reese Trophy in Las Vegas, Nevada.

  • WSOP 2022: Dan Smith Ends Bracelet Curse in Emotional $25,000 Heads Up Championship Win for $509k
    WSOP 2022: Dan Smith Ends Bracelet Curse in Emotional $25,000 Heads Up Championship Win for $509k

    Dan Smith achieved a lifelong goal as he claimed his first-ever World Series of Poker bracelet at Bally’s casino in Las Vegas last night. Winning the $25,000-entry Heads Up Championship for over $509,000 the charismatic Smith overcame German high roller regular Christoph Vogelsang to claim his maiden bracelet victory in a career laden with success.

  • Sung Joo Hyun Scores GGPoker Super MILLION$ Title for $487K
    Sung Joo Hyun Scores GGPoker Super MILLION$ Title for $487K

    Korea’s Sung Joo ‘ArtePokerTV’ Hyun earned his first GGPoker Super MILLION$ this week after topping the 241-entry field for a $487,256 payday.

  • 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.

  • Sadirov Topples Vieira Heads-Up to Claim WSOP Short Deck Crown
    Sadirov Topples Vieira Heads-Up to Claim WSOP Short Deck Crown

    The latest World Series of Poker Online event on GGPoker saw big names go close at the final table as Radmir Sadirov topped them all to win his first WSOP bracelet and $169,111. After a thrilling heads-up win against Portuguese player Joao Vieira, Sadirov bagged gold as his opponent missed out on his second piece […]

  • 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.

  • Wiktor Malinowski Scores GGPoker Super MILLION$ Title, $394K
    Wiktor Malinowski Scores GGPoker Super MILLION$ Title, $394K

    The GGPoker Spring Festival may be over, but the massive paydays on GGPoker continue as the 47th edition of the GGPoker Super MILLION$ wrapped up on Tuesday with Wiktor ‘limitless’ Malinowski running white-hot to topple the 184-entry field and the take home $394,852 first-place prize.

  • Isaac Haxton Wins First GGPoker Spring Festival Title, $231K
    Isaac Haxton Wins First GGPoker Spring Festival Title, $231K

    Isaac Haxton must have seen all of the top players winning GGPoker Spring Festival events and decided to finally throw his hat into the ring. After posting one runner-up finish and three third place finishes, Haxton broke through into the winner’s circle to take home nearly a quarter of a million dollars.

  • Another Day, Another GGPoker Spring Festival Win for Niklas Astedt
    Another Day, Another GGPoker Spring Festival Win for Niklas Astedt

    This is starting to get ridiculous. For the third consecutive day, former #1-ranked Niklas Astedt navigated his way to a win in a GGPoker Spring Festival event. Those three wins have earned the Swedish superstar a combined $279,247.37.

  • Pascal Hartmann Wins Weekly GGPoker Super MILLION$ For $454K
    Pascal Hartmann Wins Weekly GGPoker Super MILLION$ For $454K

    Germany’s Pascal Hartmann entered Tuesday’s GGPoker Super MILLION$ final table near the very bottom of the chip counts but after chipping up and eliminating each of his final five opponents, the high-stakes superstar emerged as this week’s winner and took home the $454,907 first-place prize.

  • WSOP: Brazilian Luis Assuncao Garla Wins Event #55
    WSOP: Brazilian Luis Assuncao Garla Wins Event #55

    In the sixth instalment of the 2020 World Series of Poker online Asia time zone events, Luis ‘Xapilskinha’ Assuncao Garla overcame 3,247 total entries and 426 other players on Day 2 to win Event #55 HK$8,000 NLHE Asia Championship. Garla secured his first career bracelet to take home $461,709.47.

  • Number Crunching the Poker Masters Online
    Number Crunching the Poker Masters Online

    Alexandros Kolonias now has himself a brand new purple jacket and an additional $50,000 after winning the Poker Masters Online Championship. Taking the event online, PokerCentral partnered with partypoker on a 30-event schedule that had buy-ins ranging from $10,300 to $51,000 mirroring the live version of the Poker Masters.

  • Kanit, Adams Pick Up Poker Masters Online Wins
    Kanit, Adams Pick Up Poker Masters Online Wins

    The Poker Masters Online continued on Saturday. Two more events took place and there was nearly $2 million in prize money up for grabs. Event #14: $500K Gtd [NLH, 8-Max] was won by Mustapha Kanit and Event #15: $500K Gtd [NLH, 6-Max] saw Timothy Adams take top honors.

  • 2019 Retrospective: Hossein Ensan, Main Event DQs Top July News
    2019 Retrospective: Hossein Ensan, Main Event DQs Top July News

    As 2019 draws to a close, PocketFives takes a look back at the year that was in poker news, going month-by-month through the biggest and most important stories of the year. When July comes around, the focus of the entire poker world turns to the most prestigious poker tournament of the year, the World Series […]