Former tennis star, Boris Becker, has reportedly entered a poker tournament hopping to win €4 million and solve his money problems. Becker played High Roller Event at World Series of Poker Europe held at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic on November 7 but he didn’t win. The prize was €4 million and the event […]

Phil Ivey, one of the world’s leading poker players, lost his case in the UK Supreme Court to recover $10.2 of his winnings from a London Casino. Back in 2012, Ivey played a card game Baccarat known as Punto Banco at Crockfords Club in Mayfair and won. The owner Genting Casinos UK said that he […]

Poker could become an Olympic sport in the future since it has been recognized by an international sporting body for the first time. Global Association of International Federations announced earlier this month that poker, pole dancing, arm wrestling, foosball and dodgeball had received what is called “observer status”. This basically means that they are now […]

The Stars Group announced the launch of a PokerStars Power Up this week, the latest innovation from this world renowned member of the gaming industry. The The power up was created and developed in-house and represents the combination of traditional poker and video games. Back in August, during the PokerStars Championship Barcelona Series, the company […]

Maryland’s poker market is one of the nation’s fastest growing. These days, Maryland has a larger gambling market than Iowa and Michigan. Ohio’s market is roughly the same size while only Pennsylvania beats them with a market worth about double the Maryland’s. According to figures released by gaming regulators, a record-breaking year continued for Maryland […]

Reports say that at least 59 people were killed and nearly 500 wounded when a shooter fired on 22,000 Jason Aldean concert visitors on world-renowned Las Vegas Strip Sunday night. The shooter opened fire using long-range rifle from the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay Hotel and early Monday police identified him as a 64-year-old Stephen […]

Title Fight, held every Sunday at 14:00 ET / 20:00 CET, is the biggest weekly tournament at Party Poker considering the prize it involves. This $215 buy-in event boasts guaranteed $250,000 in prize money so far, but starting October 1, guarantee of the Title Fight is set to double to whopping $500,000. Every other aspect […]

If we tell you that by playing poker you could help the people hit by devastating hurricanes Harvey and Irma, would you do it? Of course you would. The upcoming Sunday, 17 September, will see Global Poker organize a charity tournament where players will be given a chance to demonstrate their support to people affected […]

Playing poker at the Clovis 500 Club is once again allowed after a 15-day suspension induced by the California Attorney General’s Office has been lifted. Located at Shaw and Willow avenues just outside Fresno, this California poker room houses a dozen poker tables and a wide selection of other table games. The Clovis 500 Club […]

Originally a warehouse worker, Sebastian Sorensson is a semi-professional poker player from Sweden who hit the headlines this week after winning the 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona Main Event. Usually a player of low-stakes online poker games, Sorensson won a €215 satellite into the Barcelona €5,300 buy-in with a €7 million guaranteed no-limit Hold’em main event, […]