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Luke Schwartz Breaks Into Top 20 In The United Kingdom

June 1, 2020

It has been another busy weekend of poker action around the world, with a number of online competitions taking place. The online world has been buzzing throughout the coronavirus pandemic, with a number of players moving to online play to fill the void that has been left. There was an announcement last week revealing that […]

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Las Vegas Casinos Reveal When They Expect To Re-Open Their Doors

May 25, 2020

The world of poker has been rocked by the coronavirus pandemic, with many of the leading land-based casinos having been forced to close due to the pandemic. However, there could be light at the end of the tunnel judging by the announcement made by the Nevada governor. Steve Sisolak has admitted that casinos in Sin […]

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Grosvenor And David Haye Team Up For Heavyweight Documentary Dropping This Weekend

April 16, 2020

Boxing and poker aren’t two things that will necessarily go together. However, a documentary that is released this weekend on Amazon Prime would signal that maybe the two actually can be combined. Grosvenor and former world heavyweight champion David Haye star in this extended documentary, which will follow Haye as he looked to go from […]

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Galfond Produces Stunning Comeback To Win High-Stakes Poker Challenge

April 13, 2020

Easter Sunday is renowned for a certain resurrection of Jesus Christ, but this year, it was Phil Galfond producing a miracle. Fans were left stunned during the weekend’s heads-up pot-limit Omaha challenge, as Galfond won a €100,000 side bet to put him on course for a famous comeback win. The legendary poker player found himself […]

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Poker Podcasts That Will Get You Through The COVID-19 Lockdown

April 6, 2020

The outbreak of the coronavirus has meant that life as we know it has taken a drastic turn. Casinos around the world have been forced to lock their doors, which means that there are limited chances for players to play their favourite games. That has led to an influx of players online, with near-record numbers […]

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WPT Event Cancelled Due To Coronavirus

February 18, 2020

The coronavirus has had a damaging effect on the gambling industry in Asia, and that only looks set to continue after the announcement that the World Poker Tour has cancelled the Season XVIII WPT event in Vietnam next month. As well as that, the WPT event in Taiwan has also been postponed after the uncertainty […]

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PokerStars Winter Series Off to a Great Start

December 30, 2019

The PokerStars Winter Series has just kicked off, and players on the site will be able to look forward to three exciting weeks of online poker action. Until January 13th, there will be over 80 events with a wide range of buy-ins, and players will be able to cash in on their share of $50 […]

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Two More Players Win Platinum Passes on Moneymaker’s Road to PSPC

November 14, 2019

Two more players have joined Chris Moneymaker on his Road to PSPC. Valdir Cordeiro Dos Santos and Daniel Stancer won Platinum Passes this last week in London and Newcastle. At the Aspers Casino in London, Cordeiro dos Santos took down the competition, which consisted of over 500 runners. After one full day of play, he […]

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PokerStars Ready to Launch in Pennsylvania in November

October 31, 2019

There has been plenty of speculation about when online poker would finally become available in Pennsylvania. Players were waiting for such a long time, that they had eventually started to doubt that it would ever happen. However, there’s finally some good news, as PokerStars has announced that it will be launching in the state’s newly […]

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New MTT Tournament Schedule on the iPoker Network

October 17, 2019

If you play poker online with site operating on the iPoker Network, there’s good news for you. A new multi-table tournament schedule has been released which will provide players with a wider range of events to enjoy. There are 50% more guaranteed tournaments in the selection. In fact, the new tournaments have a combined monthly […]