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The 888Live Poker Festival London has just seen the end of his third, and last day. The epic heads-up battle between Tom Hall and Ning Lu that was finally through at 4:30 AM put the end of a twelve and a half-hour final day full of action. The Main Event was the last, and most-expected tournament of this year’s edition of the 12-day 888Live Poker Festival London, which kicked off at the Aspers Casino Westfield. It offered three starting flights, and three game days of memorable action and great interest…

The Second Day of the 888Live London Poker Festival Main Event was brought to an end, with the Ambassador of Team 888Poker Parker “Tonkaaaa” Talbot being the last surviving 888Poker Ambassador who has reached the final day of the event, bagging 453,000 in chips. Talbot was under the heat literally all day long, but he still managed to become the last member of the 888Poker Team who reached the final day of the Main Event, and it was not a piece of cake for him to do that. The Canadian…

The brand new champion at the 2017 888Live London Festival High Roller is called Jamie Lunt and he managed to reach the first place in the tournament defeating almost 70 other poker players. His excellent performance brought him a reward amounting to £34,985 as well as the coveted trophy and the title of a champion. As it was stated in the schedule of the 888Live London Festival, the £2,200 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em High Roller event started on 11 October and it lasted two days. Over the span of those days,…

There has been a growing trend in the poker world for operators that have started off in the online poker space to eventually expand into the live poker field. It has been for quite some time now that PokerStars has sponsored quite successful live festivals taking place in all four corners of the world. It can be said that partypoker is the other poker operator to strike instantly when it comes to the organisation of successful live tournaments in different pleasant spots across the globe. The poker brand has created…

Smain Mamouni emerged as the crowned champion in 2017 PMU.fr WPT DeepStacks Marrakech MAD 13,200 Main Event, taking home a total of MAD 1,000,000. This year’s tournament gathered the largest field of the series outside America – a total player field of 433 entries, who accounted for an overall prize pool of MAD 4,949,600. Apart from the monetary prize he scooped for winning the event, Smain Mamouni also got a €2,000 package for the forthcoming WPT DeepStacks Final that is to take place in January in Berlin. 2017 PMU.fr WPT…

The American poker player Jason Koon became the latest addition to the team of partypoker, joining the brand as a member of its new advisory panel. Currently, some of the most respected poker players on a global scale are part of the partypoker’s Ambassadors team. The player, whose total live earnings amount to $10,000,545 as well as massive amount in online poker circuits, is one of the best recognised players worldwide. Apart from becoming part of the partypoker player panel, the 32-year-old Koon is also to represent the international poker…

Art Papazyan managed to take possession of his second World Poker Tour title in 2017, by emerging victorious from the WPT Maryland Main Event. The victory is one of Papazyan’s best achievements so far in his career, boosting his total live earnings to over a million dollars. The first WPT title came to Papazyan in less than two months for him winning the WPT Legends of Poker $4,000 NLHE Main Event. Now, a few weeks later, he managed to become a WPT champion for the second time – something that…

The WPT Maryland Main Event has already seen its official final table set at the Live! Casino after a heated Day 3 gameplay which resulted in the elimination of 23 players. Now, with the final table of six set to kick off tomorrow, it is Tom Reynolds who is on top of the pack, emerging as chip leader. Day 3 of the Main Event saw a total of 29 players return, with Grigoriy Shvarts on top of the pack as a chip leader. This year’s edition of the WPT Maryland…

The second day of the Season XVI WPT Maryland which is currently taking place at the Live! Casino has come to an end, with only 29 players to return for the third day of the event, and Grigoriy Shvarts leading the way as a chip leader, holding a chip stack of over 1.5 million in chips. The WPT Maryland Main Event kicked off on September 30th, offering two starting flights to the players. Day 3 of the tournament is to be held today, on October 3rd, while the final table…

Yesterday, the Irish poker player Gary McGinty managed to emerge from the pack of remaining player at the Final Day of the €1,100 PokerStars Festival Dublin Main Event and kept his pace to the very end, finishing as a winner. The 29-year-old player took the lead around 5:00 PM yesterday, and a little after 10:00 PM reached the victory, taking home the tournament’s trophy as well as a prize pool cash portion worth €91,808. A total of 16 players returned for the last day of the event, each of them…