The first edition of the annual GPI American Poker Awards will be held in Los Angeles in February. On this occasion 14 awards will be presented, including GPI player of the year, GPI female player of the year, rising star, best tournament performance, best ambassador, best poker innovation of the year and …
The first edition of the annual GPI American Poker Awards will be held in Los Angeles in February. On this occasion 14 awards will be presented, including GPI player of the year, GPI female player of the year, rising star, best tournament performance, best event, media person of the year, best …
On February 27th 2015 the first edition of the annual GPI American Poker Awards will be held in Los Angeles. While we have had the European Poker Awards for a decade a North American counterpart has been missing. Now it’s finally here and we get a chance to reward the …
The recent changes at the world’s largest poker site has led to a heated debate in the poker community. First PokerStars parted ways with several pros, including Joe Cada, Marcel Luske and Alex Kravchenko, then they announced a new currency exchange rate, which was followed up by a general rake …
Have you heard of Yu Kurita before? Maybe not, but the Japanese player from Tokyo, who arrived at the airport two days ago made WSOP history yesterday, when she made it to the final table of the $2,200 Six-Max event at the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific. No woman has …
The list of the 10 nominees for the 2014 Poker Hall of Fame has been announced by the World Series of Poker, and as expected Jennifer Harman is among the finalists. Harman was also in play for the 2012 and 2013 PHoF, but failed to make the cut. Besides Harman …
The poker community has always been known for its willingness to support charity, and this summer PokerStars pro Liv Boeree – together with German high stakes players Phillip Gruissem and Igor Kurganov – founded the charity organization REG – Raising for Effective Giving. The idea is based on the concept …
The two new inductees at this year’s Women in Poker Hall of Fame have been revealed. The new inductees are poker player and leading expert on online gambling law Allyn Jaffrey Schulman and Vice President of Poker Operations at bestbet Jacksonville in Florida, Deborah Giardina. The two new inductees will …
When the popular presenter, host and producer Kristy Arnett announced that she was going to stop working for PokerNews to pursue other dreams, a lot of people were sad to see her go. In a “farewell video” she posted on YouTube, she didn’t reveal much about her future plans, although …
Today the popular reporter and host at PokerNews Kristy Arnett announced on Twitter that she is leaving PokerNews to pursue other dreams. Kristy Arnett has been working for the website for four years, reporting from tournaments all around the world. Over the years, Kristy has covered WSOP, EPT and WPT …