Tags : rob yong

  • Did This $1.8 million Triton Poker Hand See the Ultimate Needle?
    Did This $1.8 million Triton Poker Hand See the Ultimate Needle?

    This week’s biggest cash game was hosted by Triton Poker and if you have any doubts about where the largest pots are won and lost, those doubts can be forgotten now. No-one does it bigger or better than Triton in cash game terms right now and this week’s $1,86 million is further evidence of that. […]

  • SUNDAY MAJORS: Stephen Chidwick Earns Double HRC Victories
    SUNDAY MAJORS: Stephen Chidwick Earns Double HRC Victories

    The 2020 World Series of Poker on GGPoker is less than two weeks away and on Sunday some of the game’s brightest stars appeared more than ready to get after a bracelet a two. 

  • Kevin Hart Partners With partypoker As New Global Ambassador
    Kevin Hart Partners With partypoker As New Global Ambassador

    “Not only am I on partypoker but I’m here to party.” This week, Kevin Hart, one of the biggest stars in show business, was named a new global ambassador for partypoker.

  • Poker Events Being Cancelled, Delayed Due to Coronavirus Outbreak
    Poker Events Being Cancelled, Delayed Due to Coronavirus Outbreak

    As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread around the globe, a number of poker events have been postponed or cancelled. This article will be updated regularly as tournament organizers make announcements. UPDATE 3/17/20: PokerStars announced today that EPT Sochi, originally scheduled to take place March 20-29, has been postponed. UPDATE 3/17/20: World Poker Tour CEO […]

  • SUNDAY MAJORS: Christian ‘eisenhower1’ Jeppsson Wins Sunday Million
    SUNDAY MAJORS: Christian ‘eisenhower1’ Jeppsson Wins Sunday Million

    It was just over four years ago that Christian ‘eisenhower1’ Jeppsson relinquished his grasp on the #1 ranking on PocketFives, but on Sunday the Swede put himself back into the spotlight by winning the PokerStars Sunday Million.

  • 5 Things: The 2020 partypoker MILLIONS Online Has To Break Records
    5 Things: The 2020 partypoker MILLIONS Online Has To Break Records

    5 Things is a column, written by PocketFives President and Editor in Chief, Lance Bradley that covers pressing topics and current events in the poker world. The 2019 partypoker MILLIONS Online wrapped up with Benjamin ‘frenchsniperrr’ Chalot taking home the winner’s share of the second-largest online poker tournament prize pool in history. It’s easy to […]

  • partypoker MILLIONS Online: ‘Tuti_Frutti’ Tops Day 1B, Overlay Looms
    partypoker MILLIONS Online: ‘Tuti_Frutti’ Tops Day 1B, Overlay Looms

    After last Sunday’s partypoker MILLIONS Online Day 1A drew 709 players, partypoker was needing to average 431 players per flight through the remaining three starting flights if they hoped to avoid any overlay on the $20 million guarantee. Day 1B got them much closer but partypoker executives are suddenly fearing an overlay.

  • Siamak Tooran Beats Thai Ha to Win WSOP Europe €25K Short Deck Event
    Siamak Tooran Beats Thai Ha to Win WSOP Europe €25K Short Deck Event

    Take a quick look at Siamak Tooran’s Hendon Mob profile and you quickly come to understand that King’s Casino in Rozvadov is basically his home field. The German poker pro has 19 career cashes and 13 of them have come at King’s.

  • TRITON MILLION: Getting to Know the Businessmen and Women Players
    TRITON MILLION: Getting to Know the Businessmen and Women Players

    The 2019 Triton Super High Roller Series London kicks off this week with the biggest buy-in in tournament poker history as the highlight. Deemed the Triton Million: A Helping Hand for Charity, the event has a gargantuan £1,050,000 buy-in, of which £1,000,000 goes to the prize pool and £50,000 goes towards charitable causes.

  • SUNDAY MAJORS: Chaos at partypoker, ‘ezepoker90’ Ships PokerStars HR
    SUNDAY MAJORS: Chaos at partypoker, ‘ezepoker90’ Ships PokerStars HR

    As the poker world watched the 2019 World Series of Poker final table get underway, the online poker scene was in the news as well; all be it for different reasons. partypoker saw their online schedule thrown into disarray after a software crash across the entire network that affected not only poker but also their sports […]

  • THE FIVES Poker Podcast: GPA Recap, Hellmuth v Yong, No Mo Nanonoko
    THE FIVES Poker Podcast: GPA Recap, Hellmuth v Yong, No Mo Nanonoko

    Hosted by Lance Bradley and Donnie Peters, The Fives Poker Podcast runs each week and covers the latest poker news, preview upcoming events, and debate the hottest topics in poker.

  • Rob Yong Sheds Light On Matt Kirk v. Leon Tsoukernik Lawsuit Drama
    Rob Yong Sheds Light On Matt Kirk v. Leon Tsoukernik Lawsuit Drama

    Rob Yong, founder of UK card room Dusk Till Dawn, went on the record to reveal some behind-the-scenes details of the immediate aftermath of the now legendary late night high-stakes heads-up match between “Aussie” Matt Kirk and King’s Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik which has led to, now, the filing of multiple million-dollar lawsuits. In summary, […]

  • Dusk Till Dawn Thriving Under the Leadership Of Rob Yong
    Dusk Till Dawn Thriving Under the Leadership Of Rob Yong

    Dusk Till Dawn Casino and partypokerLive aimed for the stars with their £6,000,000 guaranteed event that wrapped up last weekend in Nottingham, England. The event drew a total field size of over 8,500 entrants that played in online and live stages of the tournament before the field combined at Dusk Till Dawn. The guarantee was […]