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 …
It’s not every day we see a six-month pregnant poker player at a final table. But today it actually happened, when French pro Gaëlle Baumann sat down at the six-handed final table of WPT Vienna. In February Baumann told PokerListings that: “I live with my boyfriend and we will have …
First it was Esther Taylor-Brady. Then it was Kelly Minkin. And now it’s French pro Gaëlle Baumann, who’s got a shot at becoming the very first woman to win an open WPT Main Event title on the Main Tour. At PokerWomenNews we have predicted that 2015 will be the year, …
In February the WSOP announced that they were going global with the WSOP Circuit Events. For 11 years the WSOP Circuit has been restricted to the United States, but for the 2015-2016 season the WSOP announced three international stops: Morocco, Italy and Mexico. And just like the Circuit events in …
When the final table of LAPT Chile began it was not written in the stars that Brazil’s Renata Teixeira would finish runner-up. Teixeira was the short stack going into the final table with only 17 big blinds and she was facing strong competion with two-time LAPT champion Nacho Barbero and …
2013 was the year Loni Harwood broke into the mainstream poker scene after capturing a WSOP bracelet in a $1,500 NLH Event and topping a field of 2,541 players. She final tabled 3 events and cashed in 6 events overall. Last year Harwood was not able to complete the series …
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 …