Harry Kalas' Son Kane Making Own Name as Poker Pro
At just 24 years old Kalas has made a living playing poker since 2008, and it's a profession that's taken him all over the world.From moving to Costa Rica after Black Friday to stops in exotic locales...
View ArticleWaxman Wins First Bracelet, PEI’s Benny Chen Takes Millionaire Maker
It turned into an epic match as the two pros battled for 187 hands over seven hours but Waxman came out on top in the end. Waxman wasn’t the only player to win a bracelet yesterday as PEI’s Benny Chen...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Negreanu Swag, Timex Tip, Open-Air Poker
Any tips or recommendations for a future 3-Bet, drop a note in the comments and we'll throw a link you way.Today in the 3-Bet we find a confident Daniel Negreanu exuding a strong odor in the general...
View ArticleLodden, Juanda, Negreanu Cruise to EPT Grand Final Day 4
Lodden has been locked in for all of the Grand Final and after taking the chip lead yesterday with 605,200 he nearly doubled to 1.23 million to maintain his lead on the competition.The famous Norwegian...
View ArticleDemidov Reinventing Himself as Zoom Grinder, Office Manager
Demidov told PokerListings Russia reporter Artur Kurvits that after "seeing almost everything" in poker and becoming financially secure, staying motivated has been a challenge.To fight this Demidov and...
View ArticleAndrew Pantling: If I Didn't Find Poker, Poker Would Have Found Me
Those in the know, though, see the name Pantling on their table draw - either Andrew or his brother Wes - and see a very, very tough out.Both have long lists of big results both online and live with...
View ArticleBabakhani Locks Up $442k at WPT Spring Championship
Knocking out all of his opponents at the final table save one, Babakhani rolled to the title fairly easily in just 145 hands, knocking out Barry Kruger heads-up to seal the deal.On top of the $442k,...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Resurgent Dwan, U.S. Poker Problems, JRB TV
Feel free to send us ideas for future 3-Bet pieces in the comments. In today’s 3-Bet we’ll take a look at Tom Dwan getting his durrrr on, a video clip from Jean-Robert Bellande and a great Ars Technica...
View ArticlePantling Seizes Lead at EPT Grand Final, Negreanu Circling
Pantling, a former grinder turned gambling exec, took a big pot off of PokerStars pro Johnny Lodden late in the day to bag up 2,248,000 and grab the overnight chip lead.Action details weren't available...
View Article$40 Million Gtd PokerStars SCOOP Begins Sunday
The massive 44-event online series begins tomorrow at 11:00 ET with a 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em event.Like every event in SCOOP, the opening event will offer three different buy-in levels at $27, $215 and...
View ArticleO'Dwyer, Cody, Negreanu, Mercier on Stacked EPT Final Table
Befitting an end-of-season "Grand Final," the final eight might be the toughest in EPT history.Leading the way is Steve O'Dwyer, again proving few have played/run better in Europe over the last two...
View ArticleAlex Bilokur: Russian Mystery Man Plays for Results, Not Money
It was just the beginning.Just three years later Bilokur prefers playing only the biggest High Roller events in the world - one of which, the $25k High Roller at the PCA in 2012, he won for over $1.1...
View ArticleDuhamel Leads GuangDong Asia Millions, $4.4m Up Top
Duhamel, the 2010 WSOP Main Event champ, is one of 71 players who made the trek to Macau for the first-ever GuangDong Asia Millions (GDAM) and the trip is paying off so far as he bagged up 6,080,000...
View ArticlePoland’s Jakub Michalak Takes Inaugural ISPT Wembley
Michalak overcame French player Xavier El Fassey heads-up to claim the title.The Polish pro would have received €1 million for the win but thanks to a chop he instead took down €436,000.Interestingly...
View ArticlePrince Edward Island Amateur Turns $1,500 into $1.2m at WSOP
The 32-year-old restaurant manager outlasted a field of 6,343 players to win the WSOP's first ever “Millionaire Maker” event, a $1,500 buy-in tournament that guaranteed a $1 million first-place...
View ArticleJudo Champ Joe Marchal Regains Olympic Passion with Poker
Marchal grew up in Midwest America and learned to play cards at a young age.He ended up going to school in Japan and later pursued simultaneous careers in competitive Judo and finance. According to...
View ArticleForgotten World Series of Poker Champions Part 2
In Part 2 guest poster James Guill continues his look at a few more Main Event champs who have kept (or been relegated to) a fairly low profile. Robert VarkonyiWhile Chris Moneymaker is credited with...
View ArticleJohnnyBax Wins 2nd Bracelet, Clements Charging
It was another busy day of action at the Rio with a total of five events on tap, with two playing to a bracelet.Josephy, who along with Eric “Sheets” Haber, runs one of the most well-known backing...
View ArticleMizzi Leads, Buddiga and Haxton Make GDAM Final 8
On a blazing fast day at the Guangdong Asia Millions that saw 51 players cut to 8 in just over six hours Mizzi managed to hold on with the big stack for the final table but it's anything but a big...
View ArticleCanadian Amateurs Winning Big at World Series of Poker
The most recent Canadian recreational player to win a bracelet is Michael Malm, a newspaper salesman originally from BC who now lives about an hour from Niagara Falls, Ontario.Malm joins PEI native...
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