WPT Global has revealed how it became the first real money online poker platform to fully leverage AI technology right from its beginning.  As the site celebrates its second birthday, Alex Scott Poker has shared intimate details of WPT Global information to show how it reached its position in the industry today. WPT Global Leverages AI Technology Like No Other Site WPT Global’s roots in the prestigious World Poker Tour are reason alone for the platform quickly becoming a leading force in the online poker industry. The WPT has a rich history dating back to 2002 and has been instrumental ..read more

Allen Kessler and Shaun Deeb are back at each other’s throats again. This time it’s a perceived sly move over buying back action already sold at markup. This pair have a long history of falling out on social media. Most lately it has been all about Allen Kessler being a losing tournament player and Shaun Deeb reprising his role as the self-appointed markup police. The spat started innocuously enough, as it usually does. Kessler was replying to a poll asking what tilts you the most, stating “Scammers and general low lifes who always seem to find a way to be in action”. It took only a few hou ..read more

Mark Radoja walked off with the $392,293 first prize in the GGMillion$ Super High Roller last night, fending off a stacked final table to lift his first GGPoker title of the year… The 38-year-old Canadian pro was among 193 entries to the $10k buy-in online biggie, looking to add to his haul of major titles that includes two live WSOP bracelets. By the time the final table began, only eight players remained, but what a line-up it was! Chris Brewer led the chip counts, followed by the likes of Aleks Ponakovs, Alexander Tkatschew and Pavel Plesuv, all with $71,474 locked up and chasing the six ..read more

VIP-Grinders returns with an exclusive offer for the WSOP Main Event, and you can win one of 3 x $12,000 packages at our special $50 GGPoker WSOP satellite on June 2nd, 2024. The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) will run from May 28 to July 17 at the Horseshoe and Paris Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is the world’s biggest poker tournament, and VIP-Grinders is sending three of our players to the WSOP Main Event, where they’ll have the chance to become poker legends. This is the easiest way to secure a spot at the WSOP Main Event with $36,000 in packages in this high-value ..read more

Daniel Negreanu has refused to take the bait for a high-stakes PLO challenge against Sam Greenwood. The GGPoker ambassador recently upset his fellow Canadian with some harsh criticism over his PLO skills. Greenwood didn’t see the offending tweet until three weeks later but he was quite clearly annoyed that a fellow high-stakes pro would come out with such comments. I've played ~5000 hands of PLO since they cancelled Supernova Elite. I'm not a great player and am mostly playing tournaments because they're fun and play to my strengths, but for you I'll make an exception and play HU. https ..read more

In a remarkable ruling that could have implications for thousands of online poker players, both PokerStars and Bwin have been ordered to refund losing players in the Netherlands. This week’s Dutch court ruling found that the two online gaming companies had been illegally offering games from 2006 to 2021 and therefore the €hundreds of thousands lost by two gamblers were null and void. According to reports in De Telegraaf newspaper, a man from Almelo lost €217,000 on PokerStars, across a mix of poker, casino games and sportsbetting. In a separate case, a man from Staphorst lost €187,000 on Bw ..read more

Josh Arieh has been relaying his story from the dark day of Black Friday which took place 13 years ago, threatening to destroy online poker. The high-stakes crusher kicked off his career in 1999 and was one of poker’s stars during the boom. He now has six WSOP gold bracelets to his name and already had two by the time of Black Friday, but that fateful day could have changed everything. My Black Friday story The week leading up to Black Friday, the games on FTP were great. 200-400 was going all week and there was even 2k-4k Omaha 8/b running regularly. I had recently won a ‘Poker After Dark ..read more

Stephen Chidwick and Aram Zobian were the big winners at the US Poker Open last night, the Englishman bagging the $25k Championship title and $429,000 with Zobian taking the overall series Golden Eagle trophy.   The eighth and final event of the highroller series at the PokerGO Studios in Vegas’ Aria Casino drew a very healthy 52 entries at $25k per head, with eight players paid from the $1.3million prizepool. It took over an hour for the money bubble to burst and when it finally gave, it was Kristen Foxen who missed out, getting it in good against Stephen Chidwick only for the flop to ..read more

The race for the US Poker Open overall title is heating up with Aram Zobian grabbing a $264,290 victory in event #6, followed by Eric Afriat scooping the $288,000 top prize in event #7 Rhode Islander Zobian already had second and third place finishes to his credit coming into the first $15k buy-in event of the 8-tournament highroller series at the PokerGO Studios in the Aria. There were 62 entries from which only the top nine finishers would find a cash from the $930,000 prizepool, as well as all-important leaderboard points towards the Golden Eagle Trophy and $25,000 PGT Passport bonus. Da ..read more

Ryan Hoenig has achieved the remarkable feat of going heads-up in five consecutive WPT events, and winning the last three! The impressive streak took place at the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, where plenty of strong fields lined up to compete. Hoenig’s journey so far at the South Florida casino saw him arrive for the series scheduled from April 3 – 23 and have an almost perfect run from April 5 through 13. It also wasn’t just five heads-up results in a row, but an amazing seven final tables. It’s also interesting to note that six out of these seven cashes have come in a mixed game ..read more