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Taylor Black Shines Brightest in Partypoker Live Millions Finale

The Partypoker Live Millions festival in North America has come to a close after California’s Taylor Black took down the CAN$5,300 buy-in Main Event (US$4,100) on May 2. With the cashiers inside the Playground Poker Club,...

Big Names Secure Big Wins at EPT Monte Carlo

PokerStars’ European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo has seen the the great and the good ante up in Monaco’s high-end principality. Often regarded as one of the highlights of the EPT calendar, the 2018 Monte Carlo event got...

Dan Bilzerian and Doug Polk Engage in Crypto War of Words

A seemingly innocuous tweet from Dan Bilzerian has started yet another social media feud within the poker community. Bilzerian may be known for his stream of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram posts featuring money, guns and...

Jaime Staples Accepts Weight Loss Bet 2.0 for $150,000

Poker pro Jaime Staples has agreed another big money weight loss bet less than a month after dropping 115.7 pounds and picking up $150,000. Announcing the news via Twitter, Staples confirmed that he would once again be working in...

Erik Seidel and Others Sue Alleged Super Bowl Ticket Scammer Ali Fazeli

Poker pros Erik Seidel and John Juanda are suing a fellow player for more than $1 million after falling victims to an alleged Super Bowl ticket scam. Following the indictment of high stakes gambler Seyad Reza Ali Fazeli (aka Ali...

PokerStars Celebrates SCOOP Anniversary with Bumper Prizepool

SCOOP 2018 is going to give away at least $65 million in prize money as well as five Platinum Passes worth $30,000 each. Since launching in 2009, the annual Spring Championship of Online Poker has continued to grow in size, but...

Jennifer Tilly Leads Women in Poker Hall of Fame Nominees

Jennifer Tilly and 888Poker Ambassador Kara Scott are among the 11 famous and not so famous faces in the running for a place in the 2018 Women in Poker Hall of Fame. Announced at the start of April, the latest crop of candidates...

Poker Players Alliance Could Fold After Fundraiser Flop

US online poker players could be about to lose one of their biggest advocates after the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) failed in its bid to raise $25,000 in public donations. When the PPA announced that it was experiencing...

PokerStars India to Go Live on April 17

PokerStars India will go live in April and to celebrate the launch a special one-off freeroll worth $15,300 will welcome all new players. A little over a week since it announced plans to launch a new poker site in India,...

Jaime Staples Wins $150K Weight Loss Bet

PokerStars Ambassador Jaime Staples has won $150,000 after losing enough weight to tip the scales at a lean 188.3 pounds. After agreeing the prop bet with businessman and poker player Bill Perkins last year, Staples had to weigh...