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 …
The 2016 edition of Macau Millions attracted a huge field over three starting flights. 2,343 entries ponied up HK$3,000 to play the event, which created a massive prize pool of HK$6.1 million – with HK$811,000 (US$104,000) reserved for the winner plus a HK$100,000 (US$12,800) entry into the 2016 ACOP Main …
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’s been two weeks since the November Nine was set and the 2015 World Series of Poker concluded. With 103,512 entries spread across 68 events records were set this summer; both in terms of total entries and number of bracelets awarded. If we look at the female participation this year, it’s …
After 13 hours of play Day 3 of WSOP Event #20: $1,500 has concluded with 5 players left. The event had 1,844 entries, but at the start of Day 3 only 35 players remained. Poker pro Natasha Barbour from Tampa, Florida, was among the players who returned on Day 3, …
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 …
When the $10 million guaranteed Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open crown a winner today it’s not going to be Natasha Barbour. The live tournament grinder from Tampa, Florida, fell just short of the final table in 12th place. Even if she did not bring home the title and the $1,4 …
62 players returned yesterday to play Day 3 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. With $2,5 million in overlay and $1,4 million on top for the winner, the remaining players were getting real close to the big money. With $10 million in the prize pool it was no surprise …
When Day 2 of Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open kicked off Sunday, it was clear that the tournament did not reach the number of players needed to approach the $10 million guarantee on the prize pool. With only 1,499 entries there was an overlay of $2,5 million (!), which provided …