Author: Harry Evans

Yesterday night, the WPTDeepStacks (WPTDS) Portugal Main Event was brought to an end, with the local player Francisco Lopes emerging victorious from the competition, denying his last remaining opponent Omar Lakhdari the chance to win the Main Event. Unfortunately for Lakhdari, it was not him, but Francisco Lopes who took down the Main Event, scooping the tournament’s trophy as well as a monetary prize of €55,010. As part of the first-place prize, Lopes was also granted with a €2,000 package to the WPTDeepStacks European Championships that is to take place…

This year’s edition of the WPT Legends of Poker Main Event has just been brought to an end, with Art (Artur) Papazyan emerging at the first position of the ranking. The five-day Main Event of the WPT Legends of Poker started on August 25th at the Bicycle Hotel and Casino, featuring a buy-in of $4,000. This year, the 16th season of the tournament gathered player field of 763 entrants, who accounted for an overall prize pool estimated to $2,738,407. This year, the Main Event of the World Poker Tour Legends…

With the first day of September coming tomorrow, poker lovers in the UK and Ireland could prepare themselves for another month of exciting live poker tournaments. The upcoming month is literally packed with various live poker festivals, tournaments and events suitable for players with different preferences and bankrolls. Players in Great Britain and Ireland will be able to enjoy a large number of tournaments, offering different rules, buy-ins and prizes. Here are the tournaments you can join in September 2017: 2017 Genting Poker Series Two Legs of the 2017 Genting…

Last night, Season XVI WPT Legends of Poker saw Day 3 of its Main Event to be brought to an end, with only 24 players left to return for Day 4. Yesterday night, the players field of the WPT Legends of Poker tournament’s Main Event, hosted at The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, was reduced to the final 24 players, with the two-time World Poker Tour Champion JC Tran emerging as chip leader. Tran is to proceed to Day 4 of the event with a massive stack amounting to 3,061,000 in…

WSOP Circuit Foxwoods Main Event has been just brought to an end, with Jeremy Meacham becoming a World Series of Poker Circuit champion after emerging on the first position in the ranking. The player took home not only a traditional WSOP Circuit gold ring, but also the lion’s share of the Main Event’s prize pool, with the portion being estimated to $156,735. 2017/2018 WSOP Circuit Foxwoods was the second stop of the Circuit’s new season. It took place at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, offering a buy-in of $1,675. The Main…

Sunday saw the ending of the latest season of the WPT Legends of Poker Main Event’s third and last starting flight. Over Season XVI of the event, a total of 715 players were attracted to the field, with 383 entries registered on Day 1C alone. Now, the tournament is heading to its second day, and Cody Slaubaugh managed to rank as the current chip leader, with the possession of 310,500 in chips at the end of Day 1C. Registration and re-entry will be allowed until the start of Day 2…

The French poker player Sylvain Loosli emerged victorious from the two-day PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha event, winning the tournament’s trophy as well as the lion’s share of the prize pool. Only a few months after ranking third in the PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo €10,300 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max, Loosli climbed on top of another PLO event following a short heads-up battle against Pedro Zagalo. The French player managed to defeat all his opponents to climb on top of a total player field of 111 entries. The two big finishes of the player…

As Casino Guardian already reported in November 2016, the World Series of Poker Circuit is heading to the Netherlands. This year, local poker lovers will see one of the biggest poker tournaments on a global scale kick off at Holland Casino Rotterdam, with the first event being scheduled to start on August 25th. Several months ago, the organisers of the WSOP International Circuit officially announced that an exclusive agreement was reached between Caesars Interactive Entertainment and the Holland Casino, which will see the Circuit being organised every year. This is…

As the largest city in the West Midlands, England, Birmingham has always been a centre of economic, science and technology development, with its economy being dominated by the service sector up to date. Currently, the city is a major international commercial centre with a diverse and resilient economic base. Apart from a large economic centre and a popular tourist destination, Birmingham has also been an attractive casino and gaming hub. Considering the development that the city has experienced over the recent years, now it is known for the variety of…

The €25,500 Single-Day High Roller event has always been one of the most popular tournaments in the PokerStars Championship Barcelona. This year, the event was not as large as the one in 2016, but it was still a massive one. This year’s edition of the €25,500 Single-Day High Roller crowned the British poker player Stephen Chidwick, who took home not only the event’s special spade-shaped trophy, but also a monetary prize of €690,400 which is the largest live cash he has generated in his career so far. Chidwick managed to…