Author: Harry Evans

The professional poker player Dylan Wilkerson managed to make another fantastic performance in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit, after previously making an impressive showing in another tournament of the series. Only a few weeks ago, this February, Wilkerson took part in the WSOP Circuit Main Event at at the Rio and ranked at the 11th position, scooping a $20,908 cash portion of the guaranteed prize pool. Now, Wilkerson made his performance even better after emerging victorious from the WSOP Circuit $1,675 No Limit Hold’em Main Event hosted at…

After the end of the current PokerStars Championship Panama and the following Championship in Macau from March 30th to April 9th, PokerStars Championship heads to the French Riviera. The Monaco edition of the Championship is to kick off on April 25th. The brand’s upcoming event is to be presented by Monte-Carlo Casino and will run until May 5th, 2017. This year, the PokerStars Championship in Monaco are to feature a total of 71 events, offering overall prize money estimated to more than €30 million, with about €2.5 million coming as…

The $7,500 buy-in Main Event of the Season XV of WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star was brought to an end over the weekend, with Sam Panzica emerging as winner from the competition. The event, which has always been one of the most attractive by players on a global scale. This year’s edition has attracted a record number of participants, forming a total player field of 806 entries and generated a guaranteed prize pool amounting to over $5.7 million. In comparison, the players who joined the event in 2016 accounted for…

The 24-year-old poker player Oleksandr Strokolis from Ukraine has emerged victorious from the €550 Buy-in PokerStars Super Deep tournament, taking home the five-digit prize of €25,769. The €550 Buy-in PokerStars Super Deep tournament started on March 5th, to attract a players field of a total of 304 participants. 246 of these entries were unique players, and 58 of them re-entered, accounting for a guaranteed prize pool estimated to €147,440. Despite the large number of players who decided to take part in the Super Deep tournament, it was only 55 of…

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) organisers revealed its 2017 WSOP Europe (WSOPE) schedule, saying that the Series would make its way to the Czech Republic for the first time in its history. The WSOP Europe is to feature 11 gold bracelet events which guaranteed prize pools will account to a total of about €17 million. The 2017 edition of the WSOPE poker festival is to be hosted at the largest poker room on the territory of Europe – the King’s Casino Rozvadov. The poker series is to kick off…

After completing the first 15 stops of its 2016/2017 season’s schedule, the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOP Circuit) is heading to the next one, which is to be in Atlantic City, a long-standing stop of the series. With only 7 destinations left until the end of the Circuit series, and the sixteenth stop on the schedule to be soon ending, the seventeenth stop of the WSOP Circuit is to be held at Harrah’s Atlantic Casino. A great variety of poker events will be included in the schedule, with the…

The luxury Aria Hotel and Casino Resort, located in Las Vegas, hosts a series of high roller poker tournaments on a monthly basis. March 2017 started off with three scheduled events, namely two $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em tournaments and a $50,00 Super High-Roller event. The weekend commenced with the first $25,000 Aria High Roller No-Limit Hold’em event which kicked off at 2 pm local time. The tournament attracted a field of 33 entries that contributed to a huge prize pool of $792,000. The final table saw five survivors competing for the…

British player Andrew Hills was crowned champion at the 2017 GUKPT No-Limit Hold’em Main Event collecting a prize of £46,987. The event was held at the Grosvenor Casino, located at Bury New Road, and attracted a field of 268 entries that contributed to the massive prize pool. The event’s final day saw as many as 20 players competing for a first-place prize of £75,550. Several hours later, 11 players busted and only 9 survivors made it to the final table. Ben Jackson was the player with the shortest stack and…

The increasing popularity of online poker has led not only to the game becoming more attractive to people of different age, gender and social status, but also to some not so great “innovations” in the field. One of the latest trends among programmers fascinated by the game of poker is to create a poker bot that would automatically play online poker for them, aimed at winning large prizes. What Is a Poker Bot? A computer poker player, which is also referred to as as poker bot, is a special computer…

American poker pro Ryan Jones claimed the champion title at the 2017 World Series of Poker Circuit Rio $1,675 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event. Jones prevailed over a starting field of 945 entries earning the first-place prize of $269,327 along with his second gold ring. The event took place at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and boasted a prize pool of $1,417,500. The final day of the tournament saw Jones competing for the champion crown against notable opponents like eight-time ring winner Ari Engel, overnight chip leader Jeremy…