Poker Lifestyle

Patrick Mahoney emerged victorious from the 2016 edition of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker‘s premier tournament Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open $3,500 Main Event. He became the latest champion in the tournament which drew a total of 760 players and kicked off on November 25th and ended after five days of action. The tournament offered a guaranteed prize pool of $2,432,000 of which the American player scooped a prize of $564,227 as well as the special tournament trophy. This was the largest cash in his career as a professional poker…

This December, poker fans on the territory of the UK and Ireland will be given the chance to choose from a number of live poker tournaments. The variety of tournaments that will kick off this month are to offer great gaming experience, entertainment and of course, solid prizes to everyone who joins. The first tournament to start in December is the Xmas Countdown, which is to take place at the Genting Casino in Luton. The tournament will start on December 1st and will end on December 4th and will offer…

Marc Wright emerged victorious from the Grand Final of the 2016 edition of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT), taking home a massive prize of £132,380 after striking a heads-up deal with his last standing opponent. The event, which featured a buy-in of £2,125, gathered a players field of 276 entries. However, only the top 26 players got paid for their participation, with a minimum cash portion of the guaranteed prize pool equalling £4,420. After emerging as winner of the 2016 GUKPT Grand Final, the UK player, who is also…

The Poker brand of Malta-based online gambling operator Unibet is to roll out its new software called Unibet Poker 2.0 on December 1st, 2016. The second generation of the company’s award-winning software is to be available in all regulated markets on desktop, tablet and mobile devices. Two years ago, in February 2014 the brand launched its own independent poker network enabled by Relax Gaming and decided to give up from the Poker Network provided by Microgaming. The Head of Poker division at Unibet – Andrew West – commented on the…

Hakim Zoufri emerged victorious from the Main Event of the 2016 edition of Master Classics of Poker (MCOP) that took place in Amsterdam. The player managed to win the Silver Edition of the tournament’s Main Event and took home a €275,608 cash portion of the guaranteed prize pool. The winner also got a giant Heineken mug and of course, a unique MCOP plate. He became the latest player to join the impressive list of the tournament’s winners, including some of the most popular contemporary poker players such as Noah Boeker,…

PokerStars officially revealed the dates, schedules and details of its Championship and Festival stops in 2017. Over the first half of the year, the brand’s new tournaments are heading to a number of destinations, including London, Macau, Rozvadov, Panama and Monte Carlo. The Director of Live Events at PokerStars Edgar Stuchly said that the brand had an amazing heritage of live events, especially considering the fact it had hosted over 560 tournament series. Mr. Stuchly also shared that over the years, the companies’ championship and festival events had managed to…

Niall Farrell emerged victorious from the 15th Season of partypoker’s World Poker Tour Caribbean Main Event. The player managed to outlast a total of 322 other competitors and win his first WPT title, as well as a cash portion of $335,000. Farrell also got a $15,000 seat into the WPT Tournament of Champions as part of the prize. The WPT Caribbean Main Event gathered a total of 323 entrants who competed for the first place and the winner’s title. Some of the most notable players who took part in the…

The British professional poker player Sam Trickett has been appointed as an ambassador by the GBV Holdings’ online poker brand partypoker. The player is the latest addition to partypoker’s star-team of professional poker players and ambassadors and is expected to represent the brand during its global events in 2017. The brand also plans to soon release the “Trickett’s Cash Games” on its website, which will feature invite-only high stakes events. Tom Waters, Group Head of partypoker said described the new appointment as a proof of the great qualities and success…

Maurice Hawkins emerged as a winner of his third World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Main Event of 2016. His latest victory made him the only player in the history of the Circuit so far who has won a total of eight gold rings and three Circuit Main Events. To get on top of the list, Hawkins managed to outlast 260 other players and win the event which took place at the Palm Beach Kennel Club. The victory brought him his eight career Circuit gold ring, which was also his…

Only a day after David Peters remained on the runner-up position in the 2016 Aria High Roller 46, the player managed to emerge victorious from the Aria Super High Roller 13, outlasting 29 competitors to take down the first-place prize and the champion’s title. The Aria Super High Roller 13, which took place over the weekend, accumulated a players base of a total of 30 entrants. The tournament featured a buy-in estimated to $50,000, and the participants built a prize pool of $1,440,000. The total amount of the guaranteed prize…