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Pop Star James Arthur Got “Carried Away” with Poker and Blew £300K During Lockdown

Pop star James Arthur has told a national newspaper that he became so engrossed in poker during lockdown that he had to delete the app from his phone. The English singer was entering multiple $500 buy-in tournaments on PokerStars...

Landon Tice Starts Strong but Faces an Uphill Battle Against Bill Perkins

One of the more unlikely high stakes heads-up matches of 2021 got underway this week when Landon Tice and Bill Perkins anted up on Americas Cardroom. Tice is out to prove himself as the next poker superstar after being tipped by...

Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey to Headline New $25K WPT Heads-Up Championship

It’s been a busy week for the World Poker Tour (WPT). As well as crowing champions online and offline, the tournament operator announced a new high stakes event. The WPT Heads-Up Championship will feature some of poker’s...

PokerStars’ SCOOP Ending on a High with Packed Main Events

PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) will come to a glittering end this week with three successful main events. The showcase MTTs of this year’s festival got underway on April 25 and all have surpassed...

PokerStars SCOOP Latest: Dejan Kaladjurdjevic Becomes First Triple Winner

The PokerStars Spring Festival of Online Poker (SCOOP) is in full swing and the winners are coming thick and fast. Wiktor Malinowski, Andrey Skvortsov, Pedro Padilha, and Dejan Kaladjurdjevic were among the latest luminaries to...

Sam Grafton Becomes One of Six Pros to Join PokerStars

Sam Grafton and Parker Talbot are among six new players to become official ambassadors for PokerStars. Grafton has been grinding since the early days of the poker boom. He started out playing in London’s infamous Gutshot Club...

Artur Martirosian Wins EPT Sochi Main Event as Live Poker Makes Its Return

Artur Martirosian picked up his maiden European Poker Tour (EPT) title after taking down PokerStars’ first major live event of 2021. The Russian has been making waves on the tournament scene for the last 12 months. An...

Vanessa Kade Wins Anniversary Sunday Million After Career-Defining Performance

Vanessa Kade is the latest Anniversary Sunday Million champion after a dramatic final table on March 23. The Canadian pro beat almost 70,000 entrants to win $1.5 million. The victory was made all the more remarkable by the fact...

Become the Next Chris Moneymaker with Americas Cardroom

If you’ve ever read about Chris Moneymaker’s rise to fame and thought you could do the same, Americas Cardroom is giving you a chance to prove it. The recent Team ACR recruit is fronting a new promotion known as Pro for...

Vanessa Kade Joins the Rapidly Evolving Americas Cardroom

Vanessa Kade has become the latest pro to join Americas Cardroom, following in the footsteps of Chris Moneymaker who joined in February. Kade came from the video games industry where she worked as a producer for companies such as...