During a global pandemic, it might have been assumed that poker would go the way of live music festivals, with the much-photographed mass gatherings of poker tournaments being such a draw to new and aspirational poker players.   Poker, however, has shown its hand during the current COVID-19 crisis and it’s a pairing of resilience and poker, hole cards showing strength and character. Online poker has thrived, poker has pivoted to accommodate those new players and the industry has more than survived.   Perhaps the hand that poker itself has shown is pocket kings, bu ..read more

The latest Super MILLION$ final table promises some terrific action, featuring as it does some of the best poker players on the planet. The action will kick off with New Zealand’s David Yan in the lead, sitting as he does with 5.3 million chips, a good chunk more than his closest challengers Yuri Dzivielvski (3 million) and Niklas Astedt (2.6 million). Of those two, it is perhaps the Swede Astedt who will fancy their chances more than anyone, desperate to seal the deal having accumulated almost $2 million in winnings in the tournament series but never having closed one out to take the outrigh ..read more

It could be the heads-up challenge to end them all, or at the very least kick-start a new era of them. Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth involved in a head-to-head on PokerGO for fans to lap up? Count us among those renewing their season pass just to watch the pre-match interviews. Negreanu, of course, has just lost a heads-up match to Doug Polk and to the tune of $1.2 million. It was his performance that came into question from Hellmuth, who took to camera on the PokerGO show No Gamble, No Future to lay out what he thought of his friend’s show. Hellmuth didn’t hold back, saying that he was ..read more

The partypoker MILLIONS Online Main Event is under way and it is Canadian high roller Daniel Dvoress who bagged the biggest stack after Day 1a of the online poker tournament with a $5 million guarantee. Dvores is a terrific poker player, so his lead is one worth talking up as he is going to be difficult to displace as the tournament continues. Dvoress advocates a strong approach to the mental game of poker and recently discussed his mindfulness mentor Elliot Roe’s A-Game Poker Masterclass on Run It Once. With 591 entries on Day 1a, the MILLIONS Online Main Event is well on course to make the ..read more

This week sees a chapter of poker history come to a close as Full Tilt Poker is officially absorbed by PokerStars. From the avatars to the adverts, the tournaments to the tantrums, life without FTP will never be the same again. If it seems a long time ago that Full Tilt Poker was the place to play online poker, then that’s because it was. This year marks 10 years since the FTP scandal pre-empted Black Friday, an Obama-led U.S. government closure of online poker en masse in the United States. Full Tilt had, of course, been a huge part of the poker landscape up until that point in poker history ..read more

In the drama of a presidential election, perhaps the conversion of a casino property on the East Coast isn’t headline news, but this week, Donald Trump’s former flagship Atlantic City casino, Trump Plaza, was reduced to rubble after being demolished. Atlantic City is home to some of the world’s best casinos, with gambling houses such as the Borgata ever-popular with poker players and gamblers alike. The Trump Plaza is just one of several casino properties that have not exactly flourished under the former U.S. President’s care and on Wednesday, it was time for a controlled demolition as Trump ..read more

Knowing which game to play in poker is often the biggest challenge that poker can throw at you. Are you suited to live poker in a casino or online poker at home? There may be many factors in your own life that have a bearing on that decision, but if you’ve weighed them all up and still aren’t sure, then maybe we can help. From how you play to where you feel most comfortable, let’s take a quick look at whether live or online poker would suit you best. Staying in the Game by Playing Poker Online Playing poker in a casino might be something that daunts you, or perhaps you’d rather wait until COV ..read more

The latest final table in the MILLIONS Online festival has finished and the newest partypoker online winner is online poker player Justin Ouimette taking down the event for $184,507. There was no shortage of experienced pros in the event overall, with ‘Nine High Like a Boss’ William Kassouf unable to boss events on Day 3. He explained exactly how he didn’t make the final after an unlucky run-out on the penultimate day. https://twitter.com/WilliamKassouf/status/1361903727548981250 Kassouf may not have made the final table, but nine players did. They included Laszlo Molnar, who just five months ..read more

Day 2 of the MILLIONS Online Main Event saw 169 players reduced to just 25 and as the dust settled, Austrian player Daniel Smiljkovic had bagged up the chip lead with 133.6 million, the equivalent of 167 big blinds with which to attack Day 3. With two days left in the monstrous opening tournament of the 28 that make up the partypoker MILLIONS Online series, Daniel Smiljkovic is closely followed in the chipcounts, followed as he is by Laszlo Molnar from Hungary (127.8 million) and Russia’s Leonid Orman (69.5 million), although the former is quite clearly closer than the latter. A little furthe ..read more

The latest and 36th Super MILLION$ final table will kick off with Bert Stevens in pole position as the action gets under way on GGPoker in a bid to win the $408,406 top prize and high roller bragging rights. The chip leader may be Bert Stevens, who goes into action with 4.56 million chips, but he’s closely followed by Damian Salas, the man who recently won the WSOP Hybrid Main Event for a total prize of $2.5 million, who bagged up 4 million by the close of play on the penultimate day. Elsewhere, there will be plenty of competition from other great names, with four-time WPT Main Event winner D ..read more