Tournaments

Steve O’Dwyer’s $50,000 PCA Win Nets Him Another Tournament Title

2018’s PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) is underway and, already, Steve O’Dwyer has become one of the top winners after scooping the $50,000 High Roller title. The single re-entry tournament was one of the PCA’s three...

Unibet Poker Removes “Damaging” High Stakes Tables

Unibet Poker has removed its high stakes No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha tables in a bid to sustain a profitable ecosystem. News of the change was posted on the European poker site’s forum on December 29 by Unibet...

The Best and Worst of Poker in 2017

The highs and lows from the universe of poker in 2017 were grandiose enough to land one colorful character a movie deal while giving the rest of us plenty of news to chew on and discuss at the table with friends. Here are some of...

Official 2018 WSOP Schedule Contains Nine New Events

The 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP) schedule has been finalized and published following an unintentional leak on December 6. After an overview of the WSOP’s 2018 schedule found its way online and into the French forums of...

Chris Ferguson Becomes WSOP Player of the Year and Some Players Don’t Mind  

Chris Ferguson has won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year title and split public opinion in the process. When Ferguson won the €1,650 ($1,900) Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better event at the World Series of...

Dominik Nitsche Banks Record Win in WSOPE’s High Roller for One Drop

The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is racing towards a conclusion, but not before Dominik Nitsche has picked up the biggest payout of the festival and his career so far. After carving his way through an all-star cast in the...

Chris Ferguson’s WSOPE Win Divides Poker Community

Action from the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) caused a stir on November 1 as Chris Ferguson clinched his sixth bracelet. Since he made a tentative return to the live tournament scene at the 2016 WSOP in Las Vegas, former...

MD Confirms High Stakes Collusion at partypoker

Partypoker has become embroiled in a collusion scandal after a high stakes regular noticed some peculiar plays from some of his fellow players. Playing under the partypoker alias DukeOfSuffolk but posting on 2+2 as...

Steffen Sontheimer Wins Poker Masters Purple Jacket in Style

Surprise package Steffen Sontheimer has won the final event of the inaugural Poker Masters and, with it, the coveted Purple Jacket. When the first Poker Master event debuted on September 13, Germany’s Sontheimer was arguably...

November 23 Court Ruling to Define Poker in India

The fate of poker in India could change dramatically on November 23 when the Gujarat High Court delivers its verdict on the skill aspect of the game. Following the conclusion of three hearings on September 15, 18 and 19, Justice...