Lakhov, Dunst, Mortensen in Final 6 at WPT World Championship
He's not the only former WPT champ that will be playing, though. Raw Deal host and WPT ST. Maarten champ Tony Dunst will be there, making it back-to-back seasons he's made the final table of the WPT...
View ArticleOf All the Deadly Sins Greed Must Be the Worst
Now, as I'm becoming an old man myself, I truly understand how pathetic it is. Don't they realize that the foundation of such a relationship is one thing, and one thing only? Why a young girl chooses...
View ArticleNevada Bitcoin Poker Exec Bryan Micon: "I've Done Nothing Wrong"
The interview covered Bitcoin, SwCPoker and Micon’s plan for the near future. Micon pointed out that technically he hadn’t been charged with anything. He was adamant he had done nothing wrong. Micon...
View ArticleHow Gillian Epp Went from Yoga Teacher to High-Stakes Poker Pro
Our latest video explores that journey with Canadian cash-game specialist Gillian Epp. Epp has had sponsorship deals with IveyPoker and Bet24 and she mainly splits her time between Vancouver and Las...
View Article78 Events, €100k SHR Make for Monster EPT Season 11 Finish
With 78 events on the calendar it's a safe bet the EPT Season 11 Grand Final will have no shortage of noteworthy moments. The table is set for so many, in fact, that the €1m guarantee for the Main...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: How to Go Pro, Ilari Flow, $5 to $1m in Spin & Go
You can contribute to the 3-Bet by putting suggestions for future pieces in the comments section below. In today’s Daily 3-Bet we find Daniel Negreanu making a poker pro road map, Ilari Sahamies raps...
View ArticleConniff Rolls to WPT World Championship; Mortensen Fourth
Brooklyn's Asher Conniff, who misclicked his way into the satellite that earned him his seat in the event, is now the 2015 WPT champ and $973,683 richer. As Conniff relayed to the WPT team he was...
View ArticleSeiver Leapfrogs Schemion into #1 on Global Poker Index
American Scott Seiver leapfrogged Germany's Ole Schemion this week to become just the ninth player in the GPI's history to reach #1 in the GPI300. After six of the past seven weeks at #2 Seiver's...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Challenge Stapes, Detective JRB, Poker Experiment
You can always make suggestions for future 3-Bet pieces in the comments section below. In today’s Daily 3-Bet we’ll take a look at some hilarious challenges for Joe Stapleton, a world-famous golfer...
View ArticleBertrand Grospellier: Starcraft Pioneer, Poker Pro, Peace Champion
With a player who has been so prominent internationally and around so long, though, it's easy to forget just how much he's accomplished. PokerListings France's Fred Guillemot sat down with the legend...
View ArticleThe Decision to Become a Poker Pro Has Never Felt More Right
I'd decided to drop out of college because I felt an exam from Stockholm School of Economics, a business school ranked top 10 in Europe and very hard to get into, wasn't for me. I was going to become...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Isildur1 Wins $1m, MGM Realization, Ivey vs. Negreanu
Got a hot tip? You can always make suggestions for future 3-Bet pieces in the comments section below. In today’s Daily 3-Bet we’ll take a look at Viktor Blom winning over $1m in a single day, MGM’s...
View ArticlePoker Pros Crushing AI Halfway into Challenge; Polk Dominating
Roughly halfway through the first-ever Brains v. AI Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em poker challenge at Three Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, the humans are running away with it. After 42,100 of the 80,000...
View ArticleSeidel Trumps Urbanovich for €2m Super High Roller Crown
WCOOP main event winner Fedor Holz, EPT Malta phenomenon Dzmitry Urbanovich, EPT high roller winners Thomas Mühlöcker, Max Altergott and Igor Kurganov, PCA Super high roller winner Scott Seiver and...
View ArticleHand of the Week: Altergott Pays Off Thin-but-Lucrative River Bet
World-class poker minds like Ike Haxton, Daniel Colman, Daniel Cates, Phil Gruissem, Liv Boeree, Igor Kurganov and Max Altergott all rotated into the game and made it tough on each other. The stakes...
View ArticleWhen it Comes to Poker History, If You Ain't First You're Last
If you’re curious, and you should be by default, maybe you googled him. That probably didn’t help, I know. Unless you checked out the dark side of the moon on page two. Or you specifically googled...
View ArticleEPT Adds Dublin to Season 12, One Stop Still Undetermined
Once again the EPT will begin with Barcelona in August. This time EPT Malta will take place in October in an effort to avoid the monsoon-type weather that dominated the inaugural tournament when it...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Seidel = The Man, Cristiano 777, May the 4s Be w/ You
Have something you'd like to see featured in a future 3-Bet? Tell us below. Today in the 3-Bet we find a group of young pros paying proper respect to an icon, a soccer mega-star gets with the poker...
View ArticleKanit Wins €50k HR for €936,500, Qualifier Triumphs in FPS
Kanit outdueled Canadian Mike Watson to take the title and €936,500 in cash. Watson settled for €672,300. As usual the German contingent put on a strong performance with Martin Finger, Fedor Holz and...
View ArticleSamwise the Shark: Sean Astin Holds His Own on Poker Stage
To another demographic, he'll always be Rudy. And to still another he's Mikey Walsh, the inhaler-puffing, baby-faced leader of The Goonies. No matter the character, though, Astin has proven himself to...
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