Author: Harry Evans

The New Year brought a large number of poker series and tournaments to live not only in the UK and Ireland, but on a global scale, too. Still, British and Irish poker lovers are provided with a large variety of chances to join some fantastic poker events and tournaments across the country this January. The first day of January saw a total of three tournaments kick off. Two of them were hosted in Luton, while the third one was hosted in Reading. The first poker tournament to start in the…

American poker player Tom Marchese claimed the champion title in the last $25,000 Aria High Roller event for 2016. Marchese succeeded in defeating some of the most experienced poker players in the world and left the final table with the first-place prize of $288,000. UK poker player Stephen Chidwick was also among the participants in the high roller event but could not make it to the money. The 49th Aria High Roller poker tournament was held at the luxury hotel and casino resort of the same name, in Las Vegas.…

A quick look at The Hendon Mob’s UK All-Time Money List shows that the players occupying the top 5 positions have won millions of pounds over the course of their careers and have challenged and emerged victorious over a great number of fierce and seasoned opponents. More information about how much they have won as well as about their most notable accomplishments could be found in the paragraphs below. Sam Trickett Trickett is not only the most profitable UK player of all time, but also one of the world’s top…

There are several days left of 2016 and given the fact that Aria Resort & Casino hosted a high roller tournament yesterday and is to host two more such tournaments before the end of the year, there may occur certain last-minute changes in the GPI Player of the Year leaderboard. It is yet to become known whether there would be any surprising turns but now, and for now, US poker pro David Peters is heading the ranking after its latest Wednesday update. The GPI Player of the Year leaderboard ranks…

Shortly after the UK and Irish poker communities bid farewell to the UKIPT as well as to all other PokerStars-organised live poker festivals around the world, the time has almost come for the PokerStars Championship Bahamas. The much-anticipated successor to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure will take place on 6-14 January 2017 at Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas. The host venue is well-known to PCA frequenters as, over the years, it has welcomed players from all around the world for the popular poker festival. Just like its predecessor, the…

It was a turbulent year for poker professional Phil Ivey, and he spent the greater part of it off the live tournament felt. The player had to deal with two lawsuits related to him using a controversial technique while playing baccarat at two different casinos to improve his edge against the house. However, court dealings did not went in his best favour. Ivey has been locked in the two legal battles for several years now. The player has been sued by Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino Hotel & Spa for winning…

The American poker professional Sean Winter climbed up in the ranking after the latest update of the Global Poker Index (GPI). Now Winter occupies the 14th position in the ranking and is set to attack the top 10. Jacksonville-born Sean Winter, who has climbed as high as the ninth position in the GPI ranking, has generated all-time winnings of $4,694,553 so far in his career. His live best cash amounted to $914,580. In 2016, the young American has taken part in a large number of poker events and tournaments, generating…

US player with current residence in Canada Dan Smith managed to keep his position after the latest update of the Global Poker Index (GPI) Ranking. Smith remained on the fifth place of the GPI for a second consecutive week. He has climbed as high as the first position of the ranking. The 27-year-old poker professional has all-time winnings estimated to $15,127,185. His live best cash so far amounts to $3,078,974. This year, the young player has taken part in a number of poker tournaments throughout 2016. The latest tournament Dan…

The World Series of Poker (WSOP), which is currently considered as the longest running and most prestigious tournament series in the history of poker, revealed some of its dates throughout 2017, with May 30th marking the start of the 48th edition of the tournament. The 2017 World Series of Poker is to kick off at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The schedule is to include various satellites, cash games, gold bracelet events, as well as deep stack tournaments that are planned to run three times a…

UK professional poker player William Kassouf emerged victorious from the last ever European Poker Tour (EPT) High Roller tournament, taking home the event’s trophy, while Patrick Serda won the cash prize of the tournament. So, the €10,300 Buy-in High Roller was the last one ever for the European Poker Tour. The event, which took place at the Hilton Hotel in Prague, broke some records after it managed to gather a total of 407 entries. William Kassouf was proclaimed as the event’s winner after a deal with his last standing opponent…