Tournaments

$500,000 Super High Roller Bowl to Attract 50 Pros
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$500,000 Super High Roller Bowl to Attract 50 Pros

April 12th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
The tournament world might be moving towards decreased buy-ins and increased guarantees, but a new poker TV network is planning to buck that trend with an event costing $500,000 to enter. Announced earlier this week, the...
WPT500 Set For Summer Vegas Return at ARIA
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WPT500 Set For Summer Vegas Return at ARIA

April 11th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
The WPT500 tournament is set for a return to Las Vegas this summer. The popular reasonably-priced World Poker Tour stop will hit the ARIA resort over the July 4 weekend while thousands of poker players are busying themselves with...
Alex Dreyfus Reveals Details for Global Poker League
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Alex Dreyfus Reveals Details for Global Poker League

April 9th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
Global Poker Index (GPI) CEO Alex Dreyfus has made no secret of his plans to “sportify” the game of poker. That effort truly started with the Global Poker Masters, the team “World Cup of Poker” that saw Team Italy defeat...
Poker Community Mourns Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, Dead at 61
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Poker Community Mourns Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, Dead at 61

April 7th, 2015 | by Brian Corlisse
Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, the exuberant British poker pro who was as big a celebrity in the US as he was in his native UK, has died at the age of 61. The poker legend died in his home town of Hull, in the north of...
Guinness Flows as Irish Poker Open Gets Underway in Dublin
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Guinness Flows as Irish Poker Open Gets Underway in Dublin

April 3rd, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
The Irish Poker Open, Europe’s longest-running live poker event, gets underway today inside Dublin’s Double Tree by Hilton Hotel. The  series is backed by Paddy Power and set to welcome a slew of travelling pros,...
888poker Will Be Leading Sponsor of 2015 World Series of Poker
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888poker Will Be Leading Sponsor of 2015 World Series of Poker

March 28th, 2015 | by Jason Reynolds
888 Holdings and the World Series of Poker have increasingly gone hand-in-hand over the past two years. That relationship has become apparent in the United States since the introduction of regulated online poker, as 888 powers...
Global Poker Masters Crowns Team Italy as Champs
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Global Poker Masters Crowns Team Italy as Champs

March 23rd, 2015 | by Jason Reynolds
The inaugural Global Poker Masters (GPM) was an overwhelming success this weekend, due to its unique format and elite field consisting of 40 of the world’s top players. Held at the Hilton Hotel in Malta, the two-day event...
Dan Colman And Olivier Busquet Auction Poker Lesson To Benefit Charity
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Dan Colman And Olivier Busquet Auction Poker Lesson To Benefit Charity

March 21st, 2015 | by Kaycee James
Dan Colman went from being a mostly anonymous poker player to one of the world’s most famous professionals in just a few months. And while he had a number of excellent results that made it clear he was an elite tournament pro,...
WSOP Coverage To Include Live Streaming Coverage Of Final Tables
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WSOP Coverage To Include Live Streaming Coverage Of Final Tables

March 21st, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
When the World Series of Poker announced that it would be handling the primary media coverage in house for the first time, it left a lot of poker fans wondering exactly what kind of coverage they could expect. Would it result in...
WSOP Officials Warn Players To Pre-Register For Colossus Tournament
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WSOP Officials Warn Players To Pre-Register For Colossus Tournament

March 18th, 2015 | by Greg Shaun
The World Series of Poker Colossus tournament may very well end up being the largest live poker tournament in history in terms of field size. In fact, the tournament is expected to be so large that even WSOP officials aren’t...