The Estonian chess grandmaster and poker professional Ottomar Ladva has won the latest high roller in Barcelona as he turned Barcelona into a city of fond memrories overnight. Ladva, who has earned over a million dollars playing his ‘second’ game, can now look back on winning his career-high score in the Catalan city famous for… Continue reading Ottomar Ladva Wins EPT Barcelona High Roller for Career High Score of $488k

The latest event to thrill Barcelona not only pleased poker fans but supporters of the city’s La Liga soccer outfit. Former Barcelona F.C. central defender Gerard Piqué arrived to take on some of the best players in the world and certainly Europe. Did the former UEFA Champions League winner make it at the felt, or… Continue reading Mokri Masterclass as Gerard Piqué Plays at EPT Barcelona

The last €25,000-entry High Roller to take place in Paris on the European Poker Tour this week was won by a first-time winner. Indian player Santosh Suvarna earned his Global Poker Award nomination as a Breakout Player of the Year in the past twelve months and in converting his overnight lead at the final table… Continue reading Santosh Suvarna Wins First EPT Title in €25k High Roller for $378,000

Day 3 of the EPT Paris Main Event saw three former EPT champions survive on a day of drama in the French capital. Tom Middleton, Anton Wigg and Dimitar Danchev made it through a tumultuous Day 3 that began with 222 players and ended with just 57 still in the hunt. Along with former winners… Continue reading British EPT Champion Middleton on the March After Day 3 in Paris

Two High Rollers costing €25,000 to play have taken place at Paris on the European Poker Tour. With wins for Canadian poker pro Daniel Dvoress and British legend Stephen Chidwick, the French capital saw each man net $900,000 between them. With stars such as Adrian Mateos, Mike Watson, Niklas Astedt and Sam Greenwood standing between… Continue reading EPT Paris High Rollers Won by Stephen Chidwick and Daniel Dvoress

Chips were in the air on Valentine’s Day in Paris as Dutch player Joris Ruijs led the remaining 46 on Day 1 of the EPT Paris Mystery Bounty event. Costing €10,200 to play, this opening event on the European Poker Tour’s first stop of 2024 has been well populated, with 71 entries building a prizepool… Continue reading Joris Ruijs Ends Valentine’s Day by Leading Final 46 in EPT Paris Mystery Bounty Event

The final events of the 2023 Triton Poker Series in Vietnam produced five different winners from countries such as Canada and China as stars such as Sam Greenwood swept the board and starred at the felt. The Hoiana Resort & Golf was the ultra-glamorous setting for the event series, with events in No Limit Hold’em… Continue reading What Happened in Triton Poker Series Vietnam Events #11 – #15?

There were literally dozens of winners who claimed big money over the past few days as the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker entered September in style. With big winners in the high-ticket events, combined with even more winners at low and medium levels, the latest round of WCOOP events threw some top-quality poker at… Continue reading WCOOP: UK’s Elliott Peterman, Simon Higgins Bring Titles Home

The latest World Series of Poker Online event on GGPoker saw big names go close at the final table as Radmir Sadirov topped them all to win his first WSOP bracelet and $169,111. After a thrilling heads-up win against Portuguese player Joao Vieira, Sadirov bagged gold as his opponent missed out on his second piece… Continue reading Sadirov Topples Vieira Heads-Up to Claim WSOP Short Deck Crown

When the final table of the GGPoker Super MILLION$ began on Tuesday, Bruno Volkmann sat seventh in chips, and Elio Fox had the shortest stack with just 8.5 big blinds. Over the three hours that followed, Fox eliminated six of his opponents and Volkmann eliminated another. And that’s when then things got interesting.

Niklas Astedt is in the winner’s circle yet again. The superstar Swede, winner of the #1 Number One contest, continued to add to his long list of accolades by taking down the 49th edition of the $10K GGPoker Super MILLION$ for $313,907. The victory extends Astedt’s current record as the tournament’s most profitable player with… Continue reading Niklas Astedt Scores Second GGPoker Super MILLION$ Title, $313K

The stars of online poker were shining bright on Day Three of the 2021 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker as the leaderboards were littered with top-ranked pros vying to take down one of the seven events that came to a conclusion on Tuesday.

After playing in every single one of the 42 editions of the GGPoker Super MILLION$, high-stakes tournament superstar Adrian Mateos finally broke through in his fifth final table appearance to capture his first Super MILLION$ title and this week’s $428,624 first-place prize.

A major shakeup in this week’s Online Poker Rankings saw UK online crusher Bert ‘girafganger7’ Stevens jumping up from the #2 spot to assume the #1 rank for the fourth time in his career and ending the three-month-long reign of Brunno ‘bbotteon’ Botteon.

From the middle of the pack of one of the toughest $10K GGPoker Super MILLION$ final tables in recent weeks, it was satellite winner ‘Ferrariman’ who, in just their second appearance in the tournament, bested some of online poker’s top talent and took home this week’s $452,885 first-place prize.