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888poker Ambassador Dominik Nitsche Launches Poker App

Poker apps come and go so much these days that their launches usually go by without anyone making too much noise about them. This was not the case when German 888poker ambassador announced the launch of an intuitive ‘GTO’ (Game Theory Optimal) poker app that will help players to win tournaments. While there are already […]

By Tomas Medon

Potomac Poker Open (PPO) Returns to MGM National Harbor

July 25, 2019

Ready for some more poker action? If you are, then all roads should lead to the MGM National Harbor (July 25) for the annual Potomac Poker Open, a 12-day poker series that will feature 14 events with over $1.5 million in prizes. As always, poker players and enthusiasts can expect all the events to be […]

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Triton Million London Still on Track, 22 Already Signed Up

July 8, 2019

In a few weeks (August 1), Triton Poker will be offering something new and different at the London Hilton on Park Lane. This will be the Triton Million: A Helping Hand for Charity which is going to be the most expensive poker tournament on the planet with a buy-in of £1,050,000 (USD 1.3 million). As […]

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MPN Poker Tour to Celebrate Fifth Birthday in Style

June 17, 2019

The renowned MPN Poker Tour is set to celebrate its fifth anniversary this July and it will be doing so with 5 lucky birthday boys and girls. This highly acclaimed poker event will be making its long overdue return to London’s Aspers Casino, the location where the tour’s first ever event was held back in […]

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Poker Community Comes Together to Honor Gavin Smith

May 31, 2019

Earlier this year, the poker community was rocked amid news about the passing of Canadian poker icon Gavin Smith. The World Poker Tour (WPT) and World Series of Poker (WSOP) champion who had accumulated more than $6.3 million in live career earnings was known for his big personality, authenticity, and generosity. He died at the […]

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PokerStars to Launch Regular Novelty Games Tournaments

May 3, 2019

In 2018, PokerStars unveiled a number of “novelty” cash games in a bid to keep things fresh for the lovers of real-money poker games and mix things up a bit so that these players do not get bored. The strategy worked quite well but, unfortunately, all the new-found fun was short-lived as the games were […]

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PartyPoker Closes 277 Bot Accounts, Reimburses Players

April 12, 2019

Bots have for a long time been a problem for most online poker sites – the profitability of online poker has a been one of the motivations behind the creation of bot accounts that are programmed and attached to software. These bot accounts are pitted against human players and in most cases, they always profit […]

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A Recap of the Global Poker Awards Event in Las Vegas

April 8, 2019

The first-ever Global Poker Awards ceremony went down at the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas on April 5, 2019, and in attendance were a number of top poker players and industry leaders. The inaugural event is a merger between the American Poker Awards and the European Poker Awards thus making it perhaps the biggest poker […]

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GPI Releases List of Global Poker Awards Nominees

March 20, 2019

A little over a week ago the Global Poker Index announced the dates for its inaugural Global Poker Awards. This announcement came a little while after the organization revealed that it was merging the American Poker Awards with the European Poker Awards. Now, the Global Poker has released the list of nominees for the event […]

By Tomas Medon

WPT Inks Five-Year Partnership Deal with TV Azteca

March 18, 2019

The World Poker Tour has recently inked a new five-year partnership agreement with popular Mexican multimedia conglomerate TV Azteca, which is owned by Grupo Salinas – this is part of the online poker operator’s bid to expand its gaming services to other parts of the world. Naturally, a partnership of this kind implies that WPT […]

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888poker Ambassador Dominik Nitsche Launches Poker App

Potomac Poker Open (PPO) Returns to MGM National Harbor

Triton Million London Still on Track, 22 Already Signed Up

MPN Poker Tour to Celebrate Fifth Birthday in Style

Poker Community Comes Together to Honor Gavin Smith

PokerStars to Launch Regular Novelty Games Tournaments

PartyPoker Closes 277 Bot Accounts, Reimburses Players

A Recap of the Global Poker Awards Event in Las Vegas

GPI Releases List of Global Poker Awards Nominees

WPT Inks Five-Year Partnership Deal with TV Azteca