Inaugural PokerStars London Series Kicks Off at Hippodrome Casino on March 2nd

Inaugural PokerStars London Series Kicks Off at Hippodrome Casino on March 2nd

PokerStars revealed that its London Series is to make its first official appearance at The Hippodrome Casino London in the period from March 2ns to March 5th, 2017. PokerStars, which is among the most successful brands of the Canadian gaming and online gambling giant Amaya Inc., announced that the its brand-new PokerStars London Series is to also debut at PokerStars Live. The brand-new London Series of PokerStars will be hosted by one of the most exciting casino facilities in the UK capital – The Hippodrome Casino London, which is also…

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Koray Aldemir Emerges Victorious from 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Main Event

Koray Aldemir Emerges Victorious from 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Main Event

The 2017 edition of the Triton Super High Roller Series kicked off on February 17th at the Solaire Resort & Casino in Manila, to end on February 21st with the closure of the HKD 1 Million No-Limit Hold’em Main Event. Two events were featured by this year’s edition of the Triton Super High Roller Series – a HKD 250,000 No-Limit Hold’em and the series’ Main Event, which featured a buy-in of $128,850. The HKD 1-million Main Event gathered a total players field of 39 entrants, who accounted for a guaranteed…

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Raminder Singh Emerges Victorious from $1,675 Buy-in WSOP Circuit PBKC Main Event

Raminder Singh Emerges Victorious from $1,675 Buy-in WSOP Circuit PBKC Main Event

The latest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Main Event came to an end with Raminder Singh emerging as winner. The player, who won the Circuit Main Event at the Palm Beach Kennel Club (PBKC) after outlasting a total players field of 524 entrants, scooped a first-place prize of $168,995 as well as the first gold ring ever won in his career. Apart from the cash prize and the WSOP Circuit gold ring, Singh was also granted with a seat at this year’s edition of the WSOP Global Casino Championship.…

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Biggest Live Poker Tournaments to Be Held in 2017

Biggest Live Poker Tournaments to Be Held in 2017

Participating in glamorous poker tournaments and winning multi-million guaranteed prize pools has always been considered as the main objective for all professional poker players. Currently, there are hundreds of live poker tournament that are held across the world every year. There are even poker series and tournaments which have their series of events held throughout the entire year, featuring various gaming options, buy-ins and guaranteed prize pools. You can check the largest live poker tournaments to be held in 2017 below: WSOP The abbreviation WSOP, which stands for the World…

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Rio Hotel and Casino Returns as WSOP Circuit Stop on February 17th

Rio Hotel and Casino Returns as WSOP Circuit Stop on February 17th

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit is to get back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas after a prolonged absence of more than a decade. The tournament is to start on February 17th and will run until February 28th. The Rio Hotel and Casino has been a permanent stop of the WSOP every summer since 2005, gathering thousands of poker players from all over the world. The same is expected to happen in the summer of 2017, too, but until now, the venue is to…

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WPT Playground Main Event Crowns Ema Zajmovic as First Open Event Female Winner

WPT Playground Main Event Crowns Ema Zajmovic as First Open Event Female Winner

World Poker Tour (WPT) has finally got its first open event’s female winner. The Canadian player Ema Zaimovic managed to break trough and emerge victorious from the CA$3,500 Buy-in WPT Playground Main Event that took place in Montreal from February 10th to February 15th. Nearly nine years have passed since Van Nguyen has become the first female champion in a WPT event, but finally, the festival got Ema Zajmovic, whose winning was a personal achievement. Until now, the young Canadian player had total live earnings amounting to a bit over…

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Alex Aqel Emerges Victorious from the Potawatomi Main Event

Alex Aqel Emerges Victorious from the Potawatomi Main Event

Alex Aqel had a good start of 2017, winning his second six-figure price over the past three months. At the end of this year’s edition of the Potawatomi Circuit, it was Aqel who emerged victorious from the tournament’s Main Event, taking home a massive $208,184 portion of the guaranteed prize pool plus his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) Gold Ring. The winner was also granted with an automatic entry to the 2017 Global Casino Championship. The $1,675 Buy-in Main Event of the 2017 Potawatomi Circuit gathered a player field…

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Top 10 Most Profitable Tournament Poker Players

Top 10 Most Profitable Tournament Poker Players

Poker is a game that has always been associated with glamorous live tournaments and massive cash winnings. Today, Casino Guardian offers you a list with the ten most profitable tournament poker players and their best seven-digit achievement to date. Daniel Negreanu The Canadian professional poker player, who is known for winning six World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and becoming a champion of the World Poker Tour (WPT) twice, is undoubtedly number 1 in the Most Profitable Tournament Poker Players Ranking with all-time winnings estimated to $32,887,949. The leadership of…

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Eric Guth Emerges Victorious from WSOP Circuit Potawatomi Monster Stack Event

Eric Guth Emerges Victorious from WSOP Circuit Potawatomi Monster Stack Event

As Casino Guardian already reported, the $365 Buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack event of Potawatomi World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit events, managed to gather a record number of entrants, with a total players base of 532. As for the total prize pool, the participants accounted for a guaranteed prize pool estimated to $159,600, which was divided only between the top 54 players. The Monster Stack event is known as one of the most preferred tournaments by WSOP lovers. This is the first Gold Ring event at the WSOP Circuit…

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Valentin Vornicu Proceeds to Potawatomi Circuit Monster Stack Day 2 as Chip Leader

Valentin Vornicu Proceeds to Potawatomi Circuit Monster Stack Day 2 as Chip Leader

The heat is rising at Potawatomi, and so do the stakes, considering the fact that both the $365 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack event and the $2,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Re-Entry event are scheduled for February 9th. The Monster Stack, which is currently considered as one of the most popular World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit events, kicked off at 11 AM on Wednesday. What is interesting about the Monster Stack is that apart from being a standard 2-day $365 No Limit Hold’em event of the Circuit, all players start…

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