Poker Lifestyle

They are known for generating hundreds and thousands of millions from the gambling industry, becoming some of the most successful business people in the sector in the UK. All of them hold massive stakes at some of the most profitable and popular gambling operators in the country, winning a real fortune on an annual basis and becoming some of the most powerful moguls in the contemporary UK gambling industry. Here are some of the most successful gambling magnates at a time when both the retail and online casino, betting and…

GVC Holdings-owned online poker card room partypoker officially revealed its plans to release a new LIVE product in 2017. This is a great step forward for the online poker giant, as it heads to live tournament business with the product in question. Tom Waters, Group Head of the partypoker brand commented on the announcement, saying that the feedback received from the Caribbean Poker Party players had made the online poker brand’s team understand that players had been craving not only for events offering large guaranteed prize pools but also excellent…

Jason Koon emerged victorious from the $100,000 Buy-in PokerStars Championship Bahamas Super High Roller tournament. The event took place at the Atlantis Resort and Casino from January 6th to January 8th, 2017. The 31-year-old poker player managed to outlast all of his opponents to win a first-place prize estimated to $1,650,300 plus a special PokerStars Super High Roller trophy. A total of 41 players started the game for Koon to emerge as a winner and get the first major title of the PokerStars Championship series. In order to win the…

It is common knowledge that stars just love spending their money for buying everything from enormous real estates to shiny jewels, luxury cars and vacations around the world. However, an increasing number of celebrities face various bad habits which they try to hide from the public. And while gambling addictions has been among the most-discussed topics lately, problem gambling behaviour is not reserved only for common people. In fact, a large number of celebrities have been affected by it and have been dealing with the consequences which sometimes take them…

US poker player Ankush Mandavia dropped by two positions in the Global Poker Index (GPI) ranking at its latest update. The player now occupies the 16th place in the ranking, after climbing as high as the 13th spot in the GPI. The US-born Mandavia has generated all-time winnings of $3,873,384. The largest cash prize he has managed to win so far is estimated to $787,640. In 2016, he played in a number of prestigious live poker events and performed really well. The last poker event Ankush Mandavia took part in…

UK poker professional Jack Zi Yang Salter climbed to the 11th position after the latest update of Global Poker Index (GPI) Ranking. The player has also been occupying the 15th place in the PoY 2016 rank for two weeks now. The 29-year-old London-born Salter has managed to gather winnings of $5,516,973 in his career so far, while his largest live prize to date amounts to $1,536,666. The year 2016 has been quite successful for Salter, since it was marked by great performances and a number of massive cash prizes. The…

The New Year brought a large number of poker series and tournaments to live not only in the UK and Ireland, but on a global scale, too. Still, British and Irish poker lovers are provided with a large variety of chances to join some fantastic poker events and tournaments across the country this January. The first day of January saw a total of three tournaments kick off. Two of them were hosted in Luton, while the third one was hosted in Reading. The first poker tournament to start in the…

American poker player Tom Marchese claimed the champion title in the last $25,000 Aria High Roller event for 2016. Marchese succeeded in defeating some of the most experienced poker players in the world and left the final table with the first-place prize of $288,000. UK poker player Stephen Chidwick was also among the participants in the high roller event but could not make it to the money. The 49th Aria High Roller poker tournament was held at the luxury hotel and casino resort of the same name, in Las Vegas.…

A quick look at The Hendon Mob’s UK All-Time Money List shows that the players occupying the top 5 positions have won millions of pounds over the course of their careers and have challenged and emerged victorious over a great number of fierce and seasoned opponents. More information about how much they have won as well as about their most notable accomplishments could be found in the paragraphs below. Sam Trickett Trickett is not only the most profitable UK player of all time, but also one of the world’s top…

There are several days left of 2016 and given the fact that Aria Resort & Casino hosted a high roller tournament yesterday and is to host two more such tournaments before the end of the year, there may occur certain last-minute changes in the GPI Player of the Year leaderboard. It is yet to become known whether there would be any surprising turns but now, and for now, US poker pro David Peters is heading the ranking after its latest Wednesday update. The GPI Player of the Year leaderboard ranks…