Author: Harry Evans

Trishal Nanji emerged victorious from the 2016 Genting Poker Series Westcliff Mini taking home the event’s trophy as well as a cash prize of £6,940 after reaching a six-way deal with the other top five players at the final table. Trisal Nanji managed to win the £220 Buy-in Genting Poker Series Westcliff Mini defeating 271 other participants. The 272 entrants who started the competition were quickly reduced to 71 over the three starting flights. Only the top 27 players were granted with cash prizes. As unfortunate for him as it…

Jonathan Kalmar emerged victorious from the 2016 edition of the Grand Prix Poker Tour in Nottingham that took place at the Dusk Till Dawn casino venue, winning the champion’s trophy as well as a cash prize of £30,000. Only the top 135 players in the Grand Prix Poker Tour Nottingham got cash prizes. In addition, the top 50 participants were granted with a flexible ticket for the events that are yet to be held at the Dusk Till Dawn casino venue. The ticket is worth £550. As a matter of…

Elton Tsang emerged victorious from the third and final day of the poker history that featured the biggest buy-in in the history of poker – the €1,000,000 Big One for One Drop. The event took place at the Casino de Monte Carlo in Monaco and offered not only a massive cash prize for the winner, but also a special bracelet. The €1,000,000 Buy-in Big One for One Drop was considered as an event one of a kind, as it was mainly a charity event. The massive sum of €111,111 was…

The Grand Prix Poker Tour (GPPT) of partypoker has already kicked off, but the most interesting part of the tournament, including the £250,000 Grand Prix Poker Tour Finale is yet to begin. Since the GVC Holdings’ partypoker brand has first launched the Grand Prix Poker Tour in the UK, the latter has attracted a great number of players, including poker pros and recreational players primarily due to the low buy-ins and substantial guaranteed prize pools. In the middle of October, the Grand Prix Poker Tour has returned home to the…

GVC Holdings’ brand partypoker revealed that it has added Beata “Wild Hungarian” Jambrik as a brand ambassador. The online poker brand also launched a Twitch channel. Beata Jambrik is the second brand ambassador unveiled by partypoker in several days after adding the Australian poker professional Jackie Glazier to its roster of sponsored pros. Jambrik, also known under the nickname the “Wild Hungarian” is relatively new to the poker arena, considering the fact she has been taking part in poker tournaments since the beginning of 2015. However, he has already managed…

Driton Haxhiaj emerged victorious from the seventh leg of this year’s edition of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Luton Main Event. This is the second time Haxhiaj wins the event after his victory at the same tournament in 2013. Three years ago, the Lithuanian player won the Main Event of the GUKPT tournament in Luton after he managed to outlast 261 other players and get a prize estimated to £42,750. Now, in 2016, he succeeded in winning the same event once again by topping the players field of 240…

Ted Jackson-Spivack emerged victorious from the UKIPT Main Event that took place in Birmingham. The player managed not only to defeat Ludovic Geilich in a heads-up battle and took home a prize of £35,000, but also took home the last ever Main Event trophy. As reported by Casino Guardian yesterday, there were only 22 players left to participate in the final battle of the UKIPT Birmingham Main Event, which took place at the Genting Casino Star City. The first player to hit the rail was Konrad Zalewski, who departed from…

There are a few hours left until the beginning of the PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour’s (UKIPT) Main Event Final Day, and the competition has been fierce so far. Currently, Ludovic Geilich has finished the Day 2 of the event as the chip leader among the final 22 players left. The second day of the 2016 UKIPT Main Event was full of action from the very beginning to the end, so that only 22 players were left in the competition for the champion’s title along with the cash prize…

GVC Holding’s online poker card room partypoker appointed Jackie Glazier as an ambassador of the brand thanks to a two-year contract signed between the parties. The latest contract signed by partypoker takes the number of ambassadors of the poker website to seven now, including Tony Dunst, Mike Sexton, Patrick Leonard, Roberto Romanello and Natalia Breviglieri. She will represent the brand along with the other six ambassadors in live and online poker events. This is not the first time when Jackie Glazier becomes a poker ambassador. Before inking her contract with…

The 2016 edition of the Genting Poker Series (GPS) is to head to Westcliff-on-Sea for its Leg 13, which will be the fifth event of GPS that is to be held there. What is different between the previous editions of the Westcliff Main Event of the Genting Poker Series and this year’s one is the fact that in the past, all GPS Main Events featured buy-ins of £440. Leg 13 of the poker tournament is to kick off on October 13th and will be through on October 16th, attracting players…