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August 2015

Liv Boeree in Contention for High Roller Title

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 …

Seminole Hard Rock: Xuan Liu Chip Leader at the Final Table of the $1 Million GTD

The excitement is building up at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open as the final tables of the two marquee events were set yesterday. In the $5,250 Championship $5 million guaranteed, where the winner will walk away with $1,000,000, defending champion Dan Colman is trying to win back-to-back titles. Unfortunately …

Vanessa Selbst in Top 20 of Poker’s All-Time Money List

Even though Vanessa Selbst is not in top 15 of the GPI Player of the Year Ladies rankings – Selbst currently occupies 20th place – it’s definitely not synonymous with a year without cashing for the three-time WSOP bracelet winner. On Wednesday, August 12, it was revealed on NBC Sports …

Post WSOP: Kelly Minkin Leads the Player of the Year Ladies

The 2015 edition of the WSOP is in the books, and it’s time to take a look at the GPI Players of the Year Ladies in the light of the series. Last year saw some major changes in the rankings before and after the series, and that’s definitely the case this …

Mina Greco Makes Final Table of WPT Choctaw

We are only four days into August and in the infancy of a new poker season. But what an opening is has been! August 1st Loni Harwood won her second historic WSOP bracelet. August 2nd Irina Nikolaidi took down the WPT National London, and yesterday on the 3rd of August …

Irina Nikolaidi Wins WPT National London

In November last year British pro Eleanor Gudger won the WPT500 in Nottingham besting a field of more than 2,000 entries. Yesterday Irina Nikolaidi followed in her footsteps when she won the more affordable £220 PartyPoker WPT National London Main Event for £25,130 ($39,170). The tournament had three starting flights …

#ForMom: Loni Harwood Wins Second WSOP Bracelet

Not a lot of women have won bracelets in open events at the World Series of Poker. In fact Vanessa Selbst tops the standings with 3 gold bracelets in open events to her name. Until today Jennifer Harman was the only woman (apart from Selbst) to win two bracelets in …