Poker Lifestyle

Ending a successful season with more than $66.5 million given as prizes, the World Series of Poker is now prepping for the upcoming 2018/2019 season, which kicks off at Harrah’s Cherokee on August 2. On Tuesday, the new WSOP US Circuit schedule was announced with record 28 stops and several updates and offerings. Most of the venues hosting the poker tournaments of the next season will be the same, with very few exceptions, one of which is the Horseshoe Baltimore, which drops off the schedule. The first stop of the…

Jerry Monroe became a three-time WSOP Circuit gold ring winner after taking down the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s New Orleans $1,675 Main Event. Apart from adding a third WSOP Circuit ring to his collection by climbing on top of the final table ranking, Monroe also scooped a prize pool portion amounting to $208,184 and a seat into the season-ending Global Casino Championship (GCC). The 41-year-old player was the last survivor of the 677-entry field of the Circuit’s Main Event which took place at the Harrah’s New Orleans, winning a second main…

The Philippines-based poker event organiser Asian Poker Tour (APT) revealed that it does not intend to put off its scheduled events scheduled for the city of Macau, unlike several tournaments and poker rooms that have announced their full closure following the poker ban in China. The poker industry of Macau has suffered a number of serious blows recently, with the closure of a couple of poker rooms and the cancellation of some tournament series in the wake of the recent crackdown on online poker operations announced by the Chinese Government.…

As far as live poker tournaments are concerned, May 2018 is set to offer a lot of excitement, as the schedule for such events in the UK and Ireland is literally crammed. A great variety of events is to be held over the upcoming month, with them offering various buy-ins and guaranteed prize pools which are to meet the expectations of all kinds of players. You can check the upcoming live poker events and festivals’ schedule below: Grosvenor 25/25 Series The first live poker tournament that is set to kick…

The 2017/2018 Worlds Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit season’s second-to-last stop is set to hit Baltimore tomorrow. The Horseshoe Casino Baltimore is to host a total of twelve ring events that are to kick on April 26th through May 7th, with only one WSOP Circuit stop left until the end of the season. As mentioned above, the Horseshoe Baltimore series is to offer 12 circuit ring events, with the Main Event featuring a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. A variety of events, starting with a $365 No-Limit Hold’em tournament are to…

The French-Canadian poker player Pascal Lefrancois conquered the €10,300 Main Event of partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona after managing to defeat some world-class poker players at the event’s final table. The event was the last one from the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Season 1, but the next season is set to follow very soon. The player, who is known for his preference to high-stake games, won the event’s title as well as a massive €1,700,000 ($2,097,212) from the guaranteed prize pool. Apart from winning the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final…

Gary Miller managed to emerge victorious from the 888poker WPT500 London, by overcoming the competition of the 1,810 player field and taking home the first-place prize of £114,000. The victory at the WPT500 London event, which featured a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, brought him his first WPT cash since he finished on the second place in a £200 buy-in side event at the WPT National in Newcastle in 2015. At the time he took the runner-up position, he scooped a cash prize of £14,000. In addition, the WPT500 London brought…

April is just around the corner now, with new plethora of live poker tournaments set to kick off on the territory of the UK and Ireland. The variety of events feature many different formats, buy-ins and guaranteed prize pools in order to meet the players’ preferences and expectations. Here are the biggest and most significant live poker events that are scheduled to be held in April 2018: APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker The last day of March will see Manchester’s Grosvenor Casino Bury New Road host the APAT World…

The beginning of the week saw the WPTDeepStacks Maryland Main Event find its winner, with Jason Eisele taking over the title. Eisele managed to top the overall player field of 389 entries in order to take home the first-place prize, estimated to $108,921. The winner’s monetary prize also includes a $3,000 package to the season-ending championship event of the WPTDeepStacks. The latest tournament event winning has helped Eisele boost his overall live earnings to $258,508. Apart from that, the first-place monetary prize of $108,921 has become the best live cash…

One of the largest online poker card rooms on a global scale – partypoker – revealed that the widely-popular Monster Series online festival is to kick off in April. As announced by partypoker, the series, which is known for its low to middle stakes available, is set to begin on April 29th and to run through May 6th. This would be the second edition of the online festival. This year’s Monster Series promises to be an exciting one, with it being set to feature a total of 41 numbered events…