When the televised final table of six kicked off at the Borgata yesterday, it was truly an exciting moment. Esther Taylor-Brady, know as E-Tay, had made it to the final table with a decent stack and with a good chance of becoming the first woman to win an open international …
No woman has ever won an open international WPT title. I February last year Mette-Louise Christiansen won the WPT National Vejle in Denmark, defeating another female player, Tina Christensen, heads-up, and back in 2011 Russian poker player Natalia Nikitina took down the WPT National Paris at the Aviation Club. But …
Day 3 of WPT Borgata saw 136 players return to take their seats, including Jamie Kerstetter, Rachel Kranz, Loni Harwood and Esther Taylor-Brady. With a lot of tough players still left in the field, it would be a long day and a long night before the final 27 players were …
The Aussie Millions 2015 has been a great series for the women so far. First Xuan Liu finished runner-up in the 6-max NL event and then poker legend Marsha Waggoner took 2nd and Maria Ho 5th in the $2,500 HORSE event. Today Angelina Rich went all the way and took …
The women down under have come off to a great start at the Aussie Millions. First Xuan Liu finished runner-up in a 6-max NL event for $71,500 and today the final table of the $2,500 HORSE event, that saw Marsha Waggoner and Maria Ho among the final five standing, played …
Last week the popular Aussie Millions in Melbourne kicked off and four events are already in the books. Event 4 was a 6-max $1,150 NL tournament that attracted 496 players. On Day 2 of the event only 13 players returned to take their seats at the Crown Casino – among …
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 …
Before going into the Women’s Event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Kristina Lehtimäki had only one cash to her name. Now the Finnish player can call herself a champion after winning the Women’s Event, the trophy and the $8,902 first place prize. Plenty of notables entered the event, including Team …
Poker is not all about twenty-something guys with hoddies and headphones. Having said that it’s pretty unusual to see players bring their babies along for international poker tournaments. But PokerStars pro Adrienne Rowsome wouldn’t miss the Women’s Event at the PCA, so she brought her son Carrick and her husband …
When 21 year old Laura Garzón Cortes from Colombia realized she had only 7 frequent player points left on her PokerStars account, she decided to play an online satellite costing 2 FPP. The satellite was a “FPP Mega-Path”, which ultimately had 6 packages for the PCA Main Event at the Bahamas …