Poker Lifestyle

The first-ever DTD200 Six-Max tournament event kicked off last week, featuring a buy-in of £220 as well as a guaranteed prize pool amounting to £100,000. It was won by Daniel Harwood. This weekend the UK player Stephen Shayler became the one who emerged victorious from the new tournament of the Dusk Till Dawn, taking home a prize of £20,000. Shayler managed to outlast all his opponents to find himself on top of the list of the event. The weekend’s Dusk Till Dawn event attracted a total of 448 players who…

The global online gambling market is growing with every minute passing and so is the iGaming affiliate space. The affiliate cohort has turned into an important means for operators to acquire players and its significance for the industry will likely continue growing in the years to come. This is why it is particularly important for affiliates to keep up with what is new and what works best. Listing everything that is trending in the field is simply impossible. However, there are certain trends that have distinguished themselves as leading ones…

Taiwanese poker player James Chen emerged victorious from the largest ever Aussie Millions High Roller tournament in the history of the series. The event managed to gather a total of 133 entries who started the game at the poker room at Crown Casino. The player took home the massive first-place prize of the $25,000 Buy-in High Roller event, which amounted to AU$861,840. Chen was also granted with Aussie Millions Ring, especially designed by ANTON jewellery. Day 2 of the AU$25,000 Buy-in High Roller event of this year’s edition of Aussie…

The Belgian poker player Thomas Boivin emerged victorious from the AU$1,150 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Six Max Event #6 of the 2017 edition of Aussie Millions Poker Championship. The 6th event of the Championship, which took place at Crown Melbourne, attracted a total of 516 entries who competed for a massive prize pool amounting to AU$528,900. This is an extremely good start for Thomas Boivin at this year’s edition of the Aussie Millions, as he has previously managed to finish at the eight position at the tournament’s event #3 that…

The Super XL Series of the 888poker brand starts on January 19th to see the seventh edition of the tournament start. Apart from the fact that this year’s event offers players a great variety of 63 poker events with various buy-ins and prizes, the Super XL Series will feature a massive guaranteed prize pool of $5,000,000 for the first time ever in its history. The tournament is to last for twelve days, from January 19th to 31st and is expected to set a new record, after the sixth edition of…

At first, the game of poker has probably hardly even been associated with the idea of giving away. However, over the past few years, this trend has been shattered to pieces due to the fact that more and more poker players have been joining various charities to help the ones in need. Of course, big casino, betting and gaming operators and various organisations such as for example the World Series of Poker (WSOP) are also involved in charities, but more and more poker stars get engaged with altruistic causes and…

One of the most popular people in the gambling industry and yet a controversial figure, Teddy Saggi, is an Israeli businessman who is currently based in London. Saggi, who was ranked 65th in Forbes’ List of the Richest People in the Tech Industry and 495 in the Forbes’ List of Billionaires in 2016, is also known as one of the founders of the gaming software giant Playtech. However, the story of Mr. Sagi is probably more impressive than the story of the software giant’s one. Currently the sixth of the…

It is not only the entertainment industry that is to remember Rene Angelil today, at the eve of the anniversary of his death. The world of poker also is. One year ago, the Canadian musical producer, talent manager, singer and entertainment mogul passed away at 73, after losing the battle with throat cancer and millions of people sympathised his family for the devastating loss. It is a well-known fact that the husband of the singer Celine Dion was one of the most influential people in the contemporary show business. However,…

Poker is not only related to epic card tournaments, glamorous casino rooms and multi-million prizes. Sometimes, poker could turn out as a pretty fun way to make the world a better place, involving both poker players and members of the public in various charitable fund-raising initiatives and donations. Actually, a great number of professional poker players are also known as philanthropists, taking part in various initiatives and events, but we will get to that later. Thanks to the increasing popularity of poker over the last decade, the overall perception of…

The 2017 edition of PokerStars Championship Bahamas Main Event is coming closer to its end. Its Day 3 has just ended, with only 32 players left out of the starting field of 738 entrants. Despite the fact there are still three days left until the end of the tournament’s Main Event, we are coming closer to the moment when we are to understand who is to grab the first-place prize of $480,012 and the tournament’s trophy. The competition is fierce and everybody knows that predictions are hard to be made…