Author: Harry Evans

US player Yaniv Birman took down Event#38 of the 2018 WSOP, the $10,000 Seven Card Championship. The victory brought him the largest portion of the event’s prize pool which is also his biggest-ever win, as well as his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet. The 35-year-old American from the Westwood area of Los Angeles managed to outlast his 82 opponents to claim the elite event’s title and to secure a cash prize amounting to $236,238 and a WSOP bracelet, defeating a number of former WSOP bracelet owners. The winning…

Another bracelet winner has emerged from the 2018 edition of the Worlds Series of Poker (WSOP). The Bulgarian poker player Ognyan Dimov triumphed at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino after taking down the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed event and getting the lion’s share of the overall prize pool amounting to $2,245,050. 28-year-old Dimov was the one who managed to outlast 1,662 entry field and survive an extra fourth day of play in order to be crowned as the event’s winner, taking home his first gold bracelet accompanied by a…

The professional poker player Fedor Holz has recently announced in his Twitter account that he made it to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Germany. The 24-year-old poker pro joined the ranks of the most successful young people in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the Sports category, with his total live poker tournament earnings of $26,550,884. Made it to the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Germany ? pic.twitter.com/Otx4iSnPCR — Fedor Holz (@CrownUpGuy) 7 June 2018 This is not the first time when Holz gets the attention of Forbes. Last…

A month full of live poker tournaments and events is right behind the corner now. This June, poker lovers in the UK and Ireland would be able to enjoy a great variety of events with different rules, buy-ins and prize pools. Some of the greatest casino venues around the country would be hosting the poker events, providing players with the chance to try their luck in an excellent atmosphere while being on their way to the first-place prize. Here are the live poker events that are to be hosted in…

Ending a successful season with more than $66.5 million given as prizes, the World Series of Poker is now prepping for the upcoming 2018/2019 season, which kicks off at Harrah’s Cherokee on August 2. On Tuesday, the new WSOP US Circuit schedule was announced with record 28 stops and several updates and offerings. Most of the venues hosting the poker tournaments of the next season will be the same, with very few exceptions, one of which is the Horseshoe Baltimore, which drops off the schedule. The first stop of the…

Jerry Monroe became a three-time WSOP Circuit gold ring winner after taking down the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s New Orleans $1,675 Main Event. Apart from adding a third WSOP Circuit ring to his collection by climbing on top of the final table ranking, Monroe also scooped a prize pool portion amounting to $208,184 and a seat into the season-ending Global Casino Championship (GCC). The 41-year-old player was the last survivor of the 677-entry field of the Circuit’s Main Event which took place at the Harrah’s New Orleans, winning a second main…

The Philippines-based poker event organiser Asian Poker Tour (APT) revealed that it does not intend to put off its scheduled events scheduled for the city of Macau, unlike several tournaments and poker rooms that have announced their full closure following the poker ban in China. The poker industry of Macau has suffered a number of serious blows recently, with the closure of a couple of poker rooms and the cancellation of some tournament series in the wake of the recent crackdown on online poker operations announced by the Chinese Government.…

As far as live poker tournaments are concerned, May 2018 is set to offer a lot of excitement, as the schedule for such events in the UK and Ireland is literally crammed. A great variety of events is to be held over the upcoming month, with them offering various buy-ins and guaranteed prize pools which are to meet the expectations of all kinds of players. You can check the upcoming live poker events and festivals’ schedule below: Grosvenor 25/25 Series The first live poker tournament that is set to kick…

The 2017/2018 Worlds Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit season’s second-to-last stop is set to hit Baltimore tomorrow. The Horseshoe Casino Baltimore is to host a total of twelve ring events that are to kick on April 26th through May 7th, with only one WSOP Circuit stop left until the end of the season. As mentioned above, the Horseshoe Baltimore series is to offer 12 circuit ring events, with the Main Event featuring a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. A variety of events, starting with a $365 No-Limit Hold’em tournament are to…

The French-Canadian poker player Pascal Lefrancois conquered the €10,300 Main Event of partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona after managing to defeat some world-class poker players at the event’s final table. The event was the last one from the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Season 1, but the next season is set to follow very soon. The player, who is known for his preference to high-stake games, won the event’s title as well as a massive €1,700,000 ($2,097,212) from the guaranteed prize pool. Apart from winning the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final…