Belgian, Bart Lybaert, continues to prove he’s from another planet; following up his side event win at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure with a second win at the Aussie Millions. Belgium has become the seventh country to ally with Luxembourg on a framework designed for companies to benefit from matter retrieved from celestial bodies in space. […]
Last Sunday, the WPT held its first-ever Women’s Poker Summit at the Bicycle Casino in California. The summit was designed to address issues related to female participation in poker events, and how to attract a larger percentage of women. As the summit revealed, there are still several hurdles that have to be jumped to make […]
Poker pro Michael Mizrachi, who has three WPT titles and already owned three WSOP bracelets, continued to show off his skills in June when he won the Poker Player Championships (PPC) for his fourth bracelet. He became the only person to win three PPCs and has more final table appearances at the event […]
With a little help from their friends at the World Poker Tour (WPT), the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, will play host to a “c” tournament this month. There will be a total of 19 events, including the WPT Championship. That $3,500 tournament offers a guarantee of $2 million. The series […]
PokerStars’ busy beavers have been constructing new live tournament experiences for customers new and old, and we begin with news of PokerStars Live events in Spain. Madrid lovers are in for a surprise after the announcement to partner with Gran Casino Madrid for a PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Open Madrid. The nine-day festival […]
Poker’s alleycats continue to fight in the partypoker MILLIONS South American with Guillaume Nolet scratching his way to victory in the €10,300 High Roller, and Jonathan Depa clawing his way to the top spot in the €25,000 High Roller. Phil Hellmuth Jr. may be winning burlesque awards for his shimmy and shake partypoker MILLIONS South […]
It only took 103 hands for Mikiya Kudo to become an Asian Poker Tour (APT) winner. Kudo took down the APT Philippines PHP55,000 ($1,042) Main Event at Resorts World Manila on December 2, overcoming a field of 307 on his road to victory and $54,145. It was by far his biggest payday to date, with […]
Justin Liberto has added a WPTDeepStacks Main Event to his impressive cache of trinkets, after beating a 371-entrant field in his hometown of Maryland. At the turn of the year, Justin Liberto hopped on a jet plane heading for Melbourne and came back feeling tickety-boo after cashing nine times in the Aussie […]
Jason Koon increases his workload away from the tables after signing on the dotted line to become the first-ever ambassador for Triton Poker. Pay heed to the old maxim you are the sum total of the five people you spend your time with if you want to become one of the best poker players in […]
I once received a smart piece of advice from Bernadette Jiwa, the marketing and brand strategist and author of gems such as Meaningful, Hunch and the Fortune Cookie Principle. “What companies and entrepreneurs sometimes forget is that the purpose of innovation is not simply to make new, improved products and services; it is to […]
