
Byron Kaverman’s record in high roller events was already impressive before he arrived in the historic Spanish city of Barcelona this week. In three days, he has come second and first as the American has banked over $550,000 in tournament winnings. First, he finished as runner-up to Steve O’Dwyer when the Cuatro Knockout event took […]
The 10th and final episode of the PokerStars show The Big Game on Tour was always going to be exciting. With players like cash game legend Phil Laak, Team PokerStars Pro Sam Grafton and Game of Gold champion Maria Ho all at the felt, no pot was going to be easy to win. Coming into […]
In recent years, the notion of going from a poker rookie to one of the best players in the world has seemed to many like an unreachable goal. Common assumptions center around needing to be young to make it big, to have backing to rise through the ranks or to be a math whizz in […]
Last week, British player Sam Grafton won $5.5 million in the Coin Rivet Invitational event in Cyprus which formed part of the Triton Poker Series. Once the dust settled on another successful series, Grafton’s achievement came into a little perspective.
A fantastic day of action in the World Series of Poker saw three bracelets won by first-time winners as well as the first day of action in the $100,000 NLHE High Roller. Leo Margets was the first female player to win an open bracelet in the 2021 World Series of Poker as she closed out […]
Six bracelet events took place on Day 26 of the 2021 World Series of Poker as Chad Norton won his first WSOP bracelet in the $800 Deepstack event and three final tables were reached with some superstars of the game in pole position to win gold.
A major shakeup in this week’s Online Poker Rankings saw UK online crusher Bert ‘girafganger7’ Stevens jumping up from the #2 spot to assume the #1 rank for the fourth time in his career and ending the three-month-long reign of Brunno ‘bbotteon’ Botteon.
There are a variety of ways to reach the top of the online poker rankings. For some, their ascension is based around a signature score, perhaps outlasting an overwhelming field in a massive marquee event. For others, it’s about the online grind. It’s a day-in, day-out battle against competition (and variance) where players register every […]
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 […]
The story of the World Series of Poker just wouldn’t be the same without the United Kingdom. Some of the most memorable players in its 51-year history have come from ‘across the pond’ to pit themselves against the toughest poker competition the world has to offer.
While some may be disappointed with the state of live poker this summer, for fans of online poker there’s never been a summer like the summer of 2020. Across the board, online sites are holding some of their biggest series of all-time, giving players and fans and an endless stream of non-stop action to sweat.
Kahle Burns is having a helluva week. The 31-year-old Australian was inducted into the Australian Poker Hall of Fame along with Lynn Gilmartin on Monday. on Thursday night, Burns beat reigning Global Poker Index Player of the Year Alex Foxen to win the 2020 Aussie Millions $100K Challenge.
If the opening days of the European Poker Tour stop in Barcelona are any indication, it’s going to be a helluva week of poker in the Spanish city. Spanish grinder Sergi Reixach is proof of that.
Lukas Zaskodny might never leave King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. The Czech pro has already won himself a World Series of Poker bracelet and a WSOP Circuit ring there and on Sunday he added a career-best score to his resume after he took down the partypoker MILLIONS Europe Main Event.
For the next two weeks, the online poker world will be focused on PokerStars and the Spring Championship of Online Poker. Action kicked off Sunday with 15 different events starting, but only three played down to a winner.