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Leg 3 of the 2017 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) is to kick off at the Grosvenor Casino Maybury in Edinburgh in only a few days, on Sunday, March 26th. The festival’s Leg 3 is scheduled to end a week later, on April 2nd. This would be the fourth straight season of the competition which is to be hosted in the Scottish capital. Undoubtedly, it is the Main Event of the festival that is most-expected by the players, but apart from it, a variety of events are to be featured…

Abraham Korotki emerged as victor from WSOP Circuit Main Event at Harrah’s Atlantic City for the second time in his career so far. Korotki managed to outlast a massive players field to be finally crowned as winner, with the victory bringing him his second gold ring. The latest Harrah’s Atlantic City Circuit Main Event brought together a total of 341 players. The $1,675 Buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Main Event finally saw its winner after three days of play, with Korotki himself saying he had enjoyed the tournament very much. The first…

PokerStars Championship Panama has brought three cash prizes for Steve O’Dwyer. First, it was the $50,000 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Super High Roller Event, in which O’Dwyer finished fourth. At this time, O’Dwyer finished fourth, scooping a guaranteed prize portion estimated to $182,220. Then, the player ranked 48th in the $5,300 No Limit Hold’em Main Event of the Championship, winning $7,720. And now, it was Steve O’Dwyer who emerged as victor from the PokerStars Championship Panama High Roller event, taking home a massive prize of $240,451 after a two-way deal…

The PokerStars Championship Panama High Roller event proceeded to its final table with Steve O’Dwyer on top of the list with the remaining competitors, finishing the day with a total of 1,849,000 in chips. The second day of the High Roller event brought back 52 players, only to see their number narrowing to five after a few hours and 10 levels of play. Now, with only five players who are to compete for the event’s title, some of the greatest names in contemporary poker such as David Peters, Eric Seidel,…

The multi-day event partypoker MILLIONS is to kick off in Nottingham’s Dusk Till Dawn casino in April to bring poker players from across the country to the tournament which features a massive amount in guaranteed prize pools. The tournament was officially announced last year in September, as an event featuring a guaranteed prize pool of £5 million, with a prize of no less than £1 million that is to be granted to the eventual champion. Then, in October, partypoker made a new announcement, increasing the guaranteed prize pool to £6…

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit is coming to a new home where the series is to be hosted for a week. For the first time in its history, the WSOP Circuit is to come to the Hard Rock Casino Tulsa, where it is to run from March 16th to March 27th. The beginning of the tournament was set for 11:00 AM on March 16th with one of the most popular events of the series – the $365 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack event, which will bring a Gold…

The professional poker player Dylan Wilkerson managed to make another fantastic performance in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit, after previously making an impressive showing in another tournament of the series. Only a few weeks ago, this February, Wilkerson took part in the WSOP Circuit Main Event at at the Rio and ranked at the 11th position, scooping a $20,908 cash portion of the guaranteed prize pool. Now, Wilkerson made his performance even better after emerging victorious from the WSOP Circuit $1,675 No Limit Hold’em Main Event hosted at…

After the end of the current PokerStars Championship Panama and the following Championship in Macau from March 30th to April 9th, PokerStars Championship heads to the French Riviera. The Monaco edition of the Championship is to kick off on April 25th. The brand’s upcoming event is to be presented by Monte-Carlo Casino and will run until May 5th, 2017. This year, the PokerStars Championship in Monaco are to feature a total of 71 events, offering overall prize money estimated to more than €30 million, with about €2.5 million coming as…

The $7,500 buy-in Main Event of the Season XV of WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star was brought to an end over the weekend, with Sam Panzica emerging as winner from the competition. The event, which has always been one of the most attractive by players on a global scale. This year’s edition has attracted a record number of participants, forming a total player field of 806 entries and generated a guaranteed prize pool amounting to over $5.7 million. In comparison, the players who joined the event in 2016 accounted for…

The 24-year-old poker player Oleksandr Strokolis from Ukraine has emerged victorious from the €550 Buy-in PokerStars Super Deep tournament, taking home the five-digit prize of €25,769. The €550 Buy-in PokerStars Super Deep tournament started on March 5th, to attract a players field of a total of 304 participants. 246 of these entries were unique players, and 58 of them re-entered, accounting for a guaranteed prize pool estimated to €147,440. Despite the large number of players who decided to take part in the Super Deep tournament, it was only 55 of…