Poker Lifestyle

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe has signed a multi-year agreement with King’s Casino Rozvadov in the Czech Republic. Under the terms of the deal, various poker events that are to be organised under the WSOP brand will be hosted in the above-mentioned casino over the next several years. Under the terms of the agreement, the WSOP brand will be engaged in holding several events at the casino. The World Series of Poker is to organise a minimum of 10 WSOP Europe gold bracelet events at King’s Casino Rozvadov…

The Poland player Jakub “Olorionek” Michalak emerged victorious from the EPT Malta Single-Day High Roller event. Michalak managed to outlast s total of 63 competitors and took home the prize of €178,403 after a three-way deal was made. Single-day EPT High Roller event featured a buy-in of €10,200 and gathered a players base of 64 entrants, of which only the top 11 ones got paid for their participation. Twenty of the entrants, including some of the most successful poker players like Connor Drinan, Nick Petrangelo, Sam Greenwood, Daria Sammartino and…

Ka Him Li managed to emerge victorious from the 888Poker London Live Main Event after a final table full of action and thrill. After a hard heads-up battle against Shah Raza, the 21-year-old player won the event and took home the shiny trophy as well as a prize of £45,300 after striking a deal with his last standing opponent. Ka Him Li and Shah Raza were used to compete for some of the largest prizes in both of their careers, but the final table of the 888Poker London Live Main…

The Cash Game Festival has managed to become a popular poker tournament after it kicked off a few years ago in Tallinn, Estonia. As a matter of fact, the event turned out to be so attractive to players that in 2016 the organisers decided to make an International tour out of it. This year, the Cash Game Festival had several stops in London, Malta and Bulgaria before returning to its home in Tallinn in November. But that is not all. In 2016 poker lovers will see the event go online,…

The latest update of the Global Poker Index ranking saw little change in the top 10 positions, but the US player Thomas “Kingofcards” Marchese climbed in the ranking, reaching the 11th position. After the beginning of his career, the 29-year-old player who currently resides in Las Vegas, NV has all-time winnings estimated to $14,009,777. His best live cash amounted to $1,574,518. This year has brought an amazing poker experience to Marchese, who took part in a number of poker tournaments and events and managed to generate massive winnings. The last…

The popular online festival of Sky Poker called US Online Poker Series (UKOPS) is expected to kick off at the end of the month. The seventeenth edition of the festival which is to feature a total of 43 events with a guaranteed prize pool of over £350,000 will run from October 28th to November 6th. The key word for the latest edition of the US Online Poker Series is “variety”, as the online festival organised by Sky Poker will feature a mixture of events, including deepstacks, feezeouts and rebuys, as…

Trishal Nanji emerged victorious from the 2016 Genting Poker Series Westcliff Mini taking home the event’s trophy as well as a cash prize of £6,940 after reaching a six-way deal with the other top five players at the final table. Trisal Nanji managed to win the £220 Buy-in Genting Poker Series Westcliff Mini defeating 271 other participants. The 272 entrants who started the competition were quickly reduced to 71 over the three starting flights. Only the top 27 players were granted with cash prizes. As unfortunate for him as it…

Jonathan Kalmar emerged victorious from the 2016 edition of the Grand Prix Poker Tour in Nottingham that took place at the Dusk Till Dawn casino venue, winning the champion’s trophy as well as a cash prize of £30,000. Only the top 135 players in the Grand Prix Poker Tour Nottingham got cash prizes. In addition, the top 50 participants were granted with a flexible ticket for the events that are yet to be held at the Dusk Till Dawn casino venue. The ticket is worth £550. As a matter of…

Elton Tsang emerged victorious from the third and final day of the poker history that featured the biggest buy-in in the history of poker – the €1,000,000 Big One for One Drop. The event took place at the Casino de Monte Carlo in Monaco and offered not only a massive cash prize for the winner, but also a special bracelet. The €1,000,000 Buy-in Big One for One Drop was considered as an event one of a kind, as it was mainly a charity event. The massive sum of €111,111 was…

The Grand Prix Poker Tour (GPPT) of partypoker has already kicked off, but the most interesting part of the tournament, including the £250,000 Grand Prix Poker Tour Finale is yet to begin. Since the GVC Holdings’ partypoker brand has first launched the Grand Prix Poker Tour in the UK, the latter has attracted a great number of players, including poker pros and recreational players primarily due to the low buy-ins and substantial guaranteed prize pools. In the middle of October, the Grand Prix Poker Tour has returned home to the…