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WSOP Circuit Foxwoods Main Event has been just brought to an end, with Jeremy Meacham becoming a World Series of Poker Circuit champion after emerging on the first position in the ranking. The player took home not only a traditional WSOP Circuit gold ring, but also the lion’s share of the Main Event’s prize pool, with the portion being estimated to $156,735. 2017/2018 WSOP Circuit Foxwoods was the second stop of the Circuit’s new season. It took place at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, offering a buy-in of $1,675. The Main…

Sunday saw the ending of the latest season of the WPT Legends of Poker Main Event’s third and last starting flight. Over Season XVI of the event, a total of 715 players were attracted to the field, with 383 entries registered on Day 1C alone. Now, the tournament is heading to its second day, and Cody Slaubaugh managed to rank as the current chip leader, with the possession of 310,500 in chips at the end of Day 1C. Registration and re-entry will be allowed until the start of Day 2…

The French poker player Sylvain Loosli emerged victorious from the two-day PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha event, winning the tournament’s trophy as well as the lion’s share of the prize pool. Only a few months after ranking third in the PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo €10,300 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max, Loosli climbed on top of another PLO event following a short heads-up battle against Pedro Zagalo. The French player managed to defeat all his opponents to climb on top of a total player field of 111 entries. The two big finishes of the player…

As Casino Guardian already reported in November 2016, the World Series of Poker Circuit is heading to the Netherlands. This year, local poker lovers will see one of the biggest poker tournaments on a global scale kick off at Holland Casino Rotterdam, with the first event being scheduled to start on August 25th. Several months ago, the organisers of the WSOP International Circuit officially announced that an exclusive agreement was reached between Caesars Interactive Entertainment and the Holland Casino, which will see the Circuit being organised every year. This is…

As the largest city in the West Midlands, England, Birmingham has always been a centre of economic, science and technology development, with its economy being dominated by the service sector up to date. Currently, the city is a major international commercial centre with a diverse and resilient economic base. Apart from a large economic centre and a popular tourist destination, Birmingham has also been an attractive casino and gaming hub. Considering the development that the city has experienced over the recent years, now it is known for the variety of…

The €25,500 Single-Day High Roller event has always been one of the most popular tournaments in the PokerStars Championship Barcelona. This year, the event was not as large as the one in 2016, but it was still a massive one. This year’s edition of the €25,500 Single-Day High Roller crowned the British poker player Stephen Chidwick, who took home not only the event’s special spade-shaped trophy, but also a monetary prize of €690,400 which is the largest live cash he has generated in his career so far. Chidwick managed to…

Igor Kurganov was crowned as the winner of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller. This is the 12th trophy of the player, who also took home a monetary prize estimated to €1,078,106 after he agreed on a deal with his last standing opponent Bartlomiej Machon. Kurganov, who is a member of PokerStars Team Pro, has won his 12th tournament title so far. The title is also the first one he has won in Europe. The PokerStars Championship Barcelona started on August 15th at Casino Barcelona. Its €50,000…

The unofficial final table of the PokerStars Championship Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller has finally been reached at the end of the event’s Day 2, with some of the biggest names in contemporary poker industry getting to the last nine standing opponents. The PokerStars Championship Barcelona kicked off on August 15th at Casino Barcelona. The event, $50,000 Super High Roller Event, which managed to gather a total of 86 entries, started on August 19th and is set to be brought to an end tonight. The players who entered the event…

Apart for being known as one of the most beautiful cities in a global scale as well as a preferred tourist destination visited by thousands of people every year, London is also among the European capital cities offering a large variety of high-class casinos. Despite that tourists rarely notice this aspect of London’s everyday life, the capital of the UK hosts some exclusive gambling destinations, with some of these casinos being emblematic for the city. The Hippodrome Casino Situated in a beautiful five-floor building that dates back from 1900, the…

The organisers of the World Poker Tour officially revealed that Phil “The Poker Brat” Hellmuth has become part of the WPT Talent Team. The player, who apart from being one of the most recognizable and popular poker players, is also a 14-time world champion, has joined the team of the World Poker Tour in order to become the new WPT Raw Deal analyst. Adam Pliska, Chief Executive Officer of the WPT, welcomed Phil Hellmuth as the new WPT Raw Deal analyst, saying it was a great pleasure for the organisers…