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Alex Aqel had a good start of 2017, winning his second six-figure price over the past three months. At the end of this year’s edition of the Potawatomi Circuit, it was Aqel who emerged victorious from the tournament’s Main Event, taking home a massive $208,184 portion of the guaranteed prize pool plus his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) Gold Ring. The winner was also granted with an automatic entry to the 2017 Global Casino Championship. The $1,675 Buy-in Main Event of the 2017 Potawatomi Circuit gathered a player field…

Poker is a game that has always been associated with glamorous live tournaments and massive cash winnings. Today, Casino Guardian offers you a list with the ten most profitable tournament poker players and their best seven-digit achievement to date. Daniel Negreanu The Canadian professional poker player, who is known for winning six World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and becoming a champion of the World Poker Tour (WPT) twice, is undoubtedly number 1 in the Most Profitable Tournament Poker Players Ranking with all-time winnings estimated to $32,887,949. The leadership of…

As Casino Guardian already reported, the $365 Buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack event of Potawatomi World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit events, managed to gather a record number of entrants, with a total players base of 532. As for the total prize pool, the participants accounted for a guaranteed prize pool estimated to $159,600, which was divided only between the top 54 players. The Monster Stack event is known as one of the most preferred tournaments by WSOP lovers. This is the first Gold Ring event at the WSOP Circuit…

The heat is rising at Potawatomi, and so do the stakes, considering the fact that both the $365 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack event and the $2,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Re-Entry event are scheduled for February 9th. The Monster Stack, which is currently considered as one of the most popular World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit events, kicked off at 11 AM on Wednesday. What is interesting about the Monster Stack is that apart from being a standard 2-day $365 No Limit Hold’em event of the Circuit, all players start…

The online poker brand of Amaya Inc. – PokerStars – has already revealed its 2017 Champonship and Festival stops, but now it added some more key dates and schedules to its events’ schedule. After the first events for this year, which took place in New Jersey, London and the Bahamas, the Isle of Man-based brand added a few more stops to the ones that have been already announced. The Director of Live Events at PokerStars Edgar Stuchly shared that the brand’s Championship and Festival events were to be taken across…

The 888Live Festival, which was hosted by the Kings Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, has just ended, with Catalin Pop emerging victorious from the Festival’s Main Event. The player, who ranked first in the 888Live Rozvadov Main Event after outlasting a massive number of competitors, took home a prize of €80,000. The event has managed to gather a players field consisting of 531 entries, with a number of professional players taking part in the competition, including at the final table. Calatin Pop from Romania, who started the final day fourth…

The Palm Beach Kennel Club in Florida is to host the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit for seventh consecutive year. The tournament is scheduled to kick off in the West Palm Beach on February 9th, and all visitors of the venue and local poker lovers will be able to enjoy the WSOP Circuit events until the 20th this month. What is interesting, is the fact that the Kennel Club in Palm Beach, Florida, is the first venue which is not an actual casino that offers circuit events. What is…

“It’s a man’s, man’s, man’s world”, but long are the days when the game of poker was reserved only for men. It’s a new world today, so women have proved they are perfectly capable of doing a lot of things that have been innately accredited to men, and guess what – poker is one of them. As a matter of fact, there is a whole plethora of female poker players who have not only found their rightful place among their male counterparts, but also regularly take part in the largest…

The game of poker is traditionally associated with large winnings generated at glamorous tournaments and championships. The truth, however, is that a great number of players, including poker pros, prefer to stay safe and play in live and online tournaments and events which feature both moderate buy-ins and prize pools. Still, there are a lot of poker professionals who are ready to risk it all and put all their talent, resourcefulness and a massive bankroll to chase some of the greatest cash winnings on a global scale. Such players do…

Event 26 brought this year’s edition of Aussie Millions Poker Championship to an end, with Matti Konttinen emerging as winner of the AU$1,150 buy-in Hyper Turbo event. The Crown Australian Poker Championship, also known as Aussie Millions for short, was introduced in June 1997. The first championship was held in July 1998 and ever since, the tournament is considered as one of the most popular poker championship on a global scale, attracting thousands of players originating from all over the world. This year’s edition of the tournament kicked off on…