Poker Lifestyle

The two-day $1,125 No-Limit Hold’em Single Re-Entry event which kicked off under number nine in the 2018/2019 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Hammond schedule, was brought to an end mere hours ago, with the American Tyler Payne emerging as a winner. The victory on Thursday night brought the young poker player not only the lion’s share of the event’s prize pool but also his first career World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring. Apart from the WSOPC ring, Payne, who is from Fayetteville NC, also brought home a monetary prize amounting to…

The most-expected event over the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK festival – the £5,300 NLHE Main Event – was brought to an end after five days of tough competition. The champion’s title was conquered by the Greek poker player Ioannis Angelou-Konstas after him defeating Alex Foxen in an intense heads-up play to take home the lion’s share of the overall prize pool amount. Apart from being granted the Main Event’s trophy, Angelou-Konstas scooped a massive first-place prize amounting to £940,000 ($1,224,228) following a heads-up deal between him and his last standing…

This year’s edition of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK is already halfway gone, with a number of events having been brought to an end at the iconic Dusk Till Dawn Casino in Nottingham. The live poker festival has already hosted two high-stakes cash games, with the £25,000 Super High Roller having only recently ended with Steve O’Dwyer emerging as the winner. The last few weeks have been on lucky drive for the American poker pro, as he managed to take down the $2,100 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker event…

With October just around the corner now, it is high time we think about the live poker tournaments the new month is set to bring us. All poker lovers in the UK and Ireland will be able to join a great variety of events in order to test not only their knowledge of the game but their luck and skills at the same time, too. October brings us a number of much loved live poker tournaments across the UK and Ireland. Players will be able to choose from a variety…

Sam Trickett, one of the greatest contemporary British poker players, has revealed that he once had arguments with his family over his gambling after he went broke. The 32-year-old player’s fortune has now been estimated at about £30 million. Trickett, who has been playing poker professionally for 12 years now, has been acknowledged for his great skills and has been praised as one of the best poker pros in the world. The Brit started playing poker in 2005 following a knee injury which put an end to his career as…

The US poker pro Ali Imsirovic remains among the players with the best odds of winning the 2018 Poker Masters iconic purple jacket, after two consecutive victories in the fifth and sixth events of this year’s edition of the series. On September 11th, Imsirovic took down the $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em event, taking home the lion’s share of the prizepool. But the $462,000 was just not enough for Imsirovic, who was crowned as the $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em event’s champion on the next day, September 12th, scooping $799,000 in prize money. Back-to-back…

British and Irish poker fans will be very glad to hear that September 2018 will offer them multiple live poker tournaments to join. A number of live poker tournaments will kick off in September in the UK and Ireland, with some of them offering massive guaranteed prize pools. Others offer more affordable buy-ins and more modest prizes, but one thing is for sure – the following month will be full excitement and cards flying in the air. Here are the live poker tournaments and events that will be held on…

Poker fans and gambling-loving gamers alike are now looking forward to the release of a brand new video game. The upcoming second instalment of Red Dead Redemption will provide gamers with the option to experience some real, multi-player poker action. Earlier this month, New York-based video game publisher Rockstar Games released the official gameplay trailer of Red Dead Redemption II, an Old West-themed action video game. While the gaming community was certainly impressed by its authentic appearance, shootouts and gunfights, poker enthusiasts immediately spotted quite an interesting feature in the…

Former poker pro William Jordanou has been sent to jail after illegally obtaining a massive amount of money from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). The 60-year-old Jordanou is set to spend at least nine years in a jail in the state of Victoria, after swindling the CBA in a fraud of what was called “breathtaking proportions”, which had ended up with him obtaining almost AU$58 million. Today, Paul Lacava, the Country Court of Victoria Judge, severely criticised the former Australian professional poker player for obstructing the legal proceedings against…

The Triton Poker Super High Roller, which was held as part of this year’s partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia festival, was brought to an end, with Seng Yee Leow AKA Ivan Leow scoring another great victory, as he became the event’s champion and took home the lion’s share of the massive prize pool. This was the second high roller tournament which was held at the Sochi Casino and Resort as part of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia series. Day 1 of the Super High Roller event saw only 14 entries, but…