Even though the $1,000 Ladies World Championship attracted fewer entries this year than last year – 718 this year vs. 818 in 2016 – it did indeed seem like every well-known female poker player from around the world had signed up to play the Ladies Event, incl. bracelet winners Vanessa …
At PokerWomenNews we have high hopes for the women poker players at this years World Series of Poker. In fact, we went all in and predicted, that female poker players would win four bracelets in open events this summer! Yes, four bracelets. Every week of the WSOP, I intend to …
It’s been a while since we last took a look at the Player of the Year Ladies race. With the WSOP in the books and the launch of EPT season 13 in Barcelona, it’s time for a status update. Even though we still have four months of poker tournaments ahead …
With the Global Poker Index latest update on December 31, we can finally crown Kelly Minkin the winner of this year’s GPI Player of the Year Ladies’ race. Minkin earns the distinction in front of Liv Boeree in second place, Esther “E-Tay” Taylor-Brady in third, Cate Hall in fourth and …
A lot has happened since we last took a look at the GPI Player of the Year Ladies’ (PoYL) race. With just six weeks left of the year, the tension is building up, and nothing is decided yet. Last year it was business as usual with Vanessa Selbst claiming the …
It was supposed to be an one-day event, but after 16 hours of play the conclusion of the €25,500 Single-Day High Roller at EPT Barcelona was postponed until Thursday. Three players remain, all former EPT-champions: Martin Finger, Mark Teltscher and Liv Boeree. With €865,000 ($992,793) up top for the winner …
Last night the European Poker Awards took place in Malta, where the EPT Malta is currently in full swing. 13 prizes were awarded and among them Best Player and Best Female Player of the Year. It was no surprise that Ole Schemion and Liv Boeree took home the awards in …
On February 27th Vanessa Selbst was awarded Female Player of the Year at the American Poker Awards in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. Since the Global Poker Index started ranking players in 2013, Selbst has won the title in both 2013 and 2014. In 2013 Kitty Kuo finished as the second best …
The Asia Championship of Poker in Macau is more than halfway through the poker festival, and today the HK$100,000 Main Event kicked off. The prestigious tournament saw 286 entries and as registration is open until the start of Day 2 this number is bound to increase. A lot of notables …
Day 3 of the European Poker Tour Main Event saw 127 players return out of a total of 675 entries. 32 of them would leave empty-handed as 95 players got paid. Among the players at the start of the day were Sam Trickett, Betrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Benny Spindler, Johnny Lodden, …