Author: Harry Evans

As Casino Guardian reported earlier this month, there is a great variety of poker tournaments and events that are to be available on the territory of the UK and Ireland in September. The World Poker Tour (WPT) National partypoker Festival seems like one of the most exciting events that are to start in the upcoming days and should definitely not be missed by all poker lovers. The WPT National Ireland Festival of Poker is to take place at the INEC Killarney and will kick off on September 15th, but poker…

Chicago-born Connor Drinan managed to keep his sixth position in the Global Poker Index (GPI) Ranking for a second consecutive week. He has previously climbed as high as the fifth position at the GPI, which is his best achievement there so far. The young American player’s best cash winning in a live tournaments amounts to 3,225,000, while his all-time winnings are estimated to $10,132,441. This year, Connor Drinan has taken part in several poker events and tournaments. The latest poker event he participated in was the EPT-13-ESPT-7-Barcelona’s €10,300 Buy-in No…

This Sunday, professional poker players Jason Mercier and Jason Somerville, both of whom are part of PokerStars Team, are to stream PokerStars’ $102,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super High Roller as part of the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). The event has been promoted as the biggest buy-in tournament on the Internet. It will be streamed by the above-mentioned players on Twitch.TV. The Community Development and Poker Manager of Twitch – Scott Ball – commented on the matter in an official press release, saying that the brand was proud to be…

One of this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Niners – Gordon Vayo – came victorious from the $2,500 Main Event of the WinStar River Poker Series. He was granted with the largest chunk of the prize after he stroke a five-way deal with his remaining opponents at the final table. The cash prize won by the player amounted to a total of $587,120. A total of 1,054 entrants registered in the Main Event of the WinStar River Poker Series this year. The guaranteed prize pool of…

888poker has presented its new festival offering called 888Live Festivals. The latter is set to start in London in October and is being promoted by the brand as larger, better and very different from any other live poker event to date. The 888Live London Festival is to be hosted by the brand’s Ambassador Kara Scott. It is to continue for a period of 11 days – from October 11th to October 23rd after kicking off at the Aspers Casino in London. The prize pools offered at the new festival are…

The American professional poker player Phil Galfond, known for his preference for high-stakes games, has made an official announcement that he is to establish an online poker website which will allow real-money play. The new poker brand will be opened up via Galfond’s own training site called RunItOnce.com. Galfond is one of the most popular high-roller players to date. Over the last decade, he has been known for generating overall earnings as both a professional and a trainer through his current website. In addition, more than $2 million have been…

All poker players who reside in the UK and Ireland would be provided with a great number of choices when it comes to live poker tournaments in September 2016. No matter if they are a resident of England, Wales, Scotland or Ireland, they will be able to make their choice from a number of opportunities this month. The first tournament, which already started yesterday and will end on September 4th, is the UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Super Series that is taking place at the Hippodrome Casino in London.…

The Danish professional poker player Gus Hansen has returned to his online poker play career after a 19-month pause. The 42-year-old player, who is also known under the nickname the Great Dane, decided to make a break after having a net loss of about $21 million on Full Tilt Poker over the 8-year duration of his career. Previously, Hansen used to be a regular high roller and was known as a Full Tilt ambassador. However, he became notorious for his accumulated losses that totalled almost $21 million. He has been…

The US poker player Julian Sacks succeeded in winning his first major victory in a live poker tournament so far. Sacks won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit at Foxwoods $1,675 Main Event at Foxwood and was granted with his first Circuit Ring and a cash prize of $148,350. Apart from the first-place money prize and the Circuit Ring, Sacks also got a free entry into the WSOP Global Casino Championship in 2017, which is expected to feature a prize pool of no less than $1,000,000. In the past,…

Young Polish poker player Sebastian Malec managed to win the latest EPT Main Event that took place in Barcelona. The youngster faced Uri Reichtenstein heads-up and took home a prize of €1,122,800 after surviving a dramatic battle with him. This was the player’s debut to the big poker scene, marking his largest victory so far, after outlasting a field of 1,785 entries. The players who took part in the event accumulated a prize pool of about €9 million distributed to the players who finished in the top 359 places. Apart…