Poker Lifestyle

GVC Holdings’ brand partypoker revealed that it has added Beata “Wild Hungarian” Jambrik as a brand ambassador. The online poker brand also launched a Twitch channel. Beata Jambrik is the second brand ambassador unveiled by partypoker in several days after adding the Australian poker professional Jackie Glazier to its roster of sponsored pros. Jambrik, also known under the nickname the “Wild Hungarian” is relatively new to the poker arena, considering the fact she has been taking part in poker tournaments since the beginning of 2015. However, he has already managed…

Driton Haxhiaj emerged victorious from the seventh leg of this year’s edition of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Luton Main Event. This is the second time Haxhiaj wins the event after his victory at the same tournament in 2013. Three years ago, the Lithuanian player won the Main Event of the GUKPT tournament in Luton after he managed to outlast 261 other players and get a prize estimated to £42,750. Now, in 2016, he succeeded in winning the same event once again by topping the players field of 240…

Ted Jackson-Spivack emerged victorious from the UKIPT Main Event that took place in Birmingham. The player managed not only to defeat Ludovic Geilich in a heads-up battle and took home a prize of £35,000, but also took home the last ever Main Event trophy. As reported by Casino Guardian yesterday, there were only 22 players left to participate in the final battle of the UKIPT Birmingham Main Event, which took place at the Genting Casino Star City. The first player to hit the rail was Konrad Zalewski, who departed from…

There are a few hours left until the beginning of the PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour’s (UKIPT) Main Event Final Day, and the competition has been fierce so far. Currently, Ludovic Geilich has finished the Day 2 of the event as the chip leader among the final 22 players left. The second day of the 2016 UKIPT Main Event was full of action from the very beginning to the end, so that only 22 players were left in the competition for the champion’s title along with the cash prize…

GVC Holding’s online poker card room partypoker appointed Jackie Glazier as an ambassador of the brand thanks to a two-year contract signed between the parties. The latest contract signed by partypoker takes the number of ambassadors of the poker website to seven now, including Tony Dunst, Mike Sexton, Patrick Leonard, Roberto Romanello and Natalia Breviglieri. She will represent the brand along with the other six ambassadors in live and online poker events. This is not the first time when Jackie Glazier becomes a poker ambassador. Before inking her contract with…

The 2016 edition of the Genting Poker Series (GPS) is to head to Westcliff-on-Sea for its Leg 13, which will be the fifth event of GPS that is to be held there. What is different between the previous editions of the Westcliff Main Event of the Genting Poker Series and this year’s one is the fact that in the past, all GPS Main Events featured buy-ins of £440. Leg 13 of the poker tournament is to kick off on October 13th and will be through on October 16th, attracting players…

After its massive success in 2015, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit is to return to the largest poker room on the territory of Europe – King’s Casino Rozvadov – in the period from October 27th to November 14th, 2016. The casino has been known as a destination which hosts a large number of prestigious poker events and attracts thousands of players from all over the world. Now the casino is to once again host the WSOP Circuit festival, after last year’s edition had epic success among poker players.…

Neil Sillick emerged victorious in the £250,000 Dusk Till Dawn (DTD) Deepstack poker tournament, taking home a prize of £50,000 after a heads-up battle with his last standing opponent. The player demonstrated excellent qualities over the game and secured his first place in the event, winning the top prize which turned out to be the biggest cash stack ever generated in his career up to date. The tournament, which took place at the Dusk Till Dawn casino venue in Nottingham, featured a buy-in of £550 and a guaranteed prize of…

Dominik Nitsche, who has once been fourth in the Global Poker Index Ranking, climbed to the 11th position over the GPI Ranking’s latest update. The best live cash of the Germany-born player amounts to $654,797, and his all-time money winnings are estimated to $6,587,651. The 25-year-old player who currently resides in London, UK, has taken part in a large number of poker tournaments in 2016 to date. The last tournament he has taken part in was the EPT-13-ESPT-7-Barcelona, and more specifically in its €10,300 Buy-in No-Limit Hold’em – High Roller…

As long as live poker tournaments are concerned, residents of the UK and Ireland would be given the chance to prove their qualities as poker players in October, since a number of key poker tours will have their events hosted in the region this month. The first event to take place in the region in October is the 2016 Grosvenor series’ seventh leg. The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) is to take place in Luton in the period between October 2nd and October 5th, at the Grosvenor Casino. The Grosvenor…