Author: Harry Evans

The last leg of this year’s edition of the Genting Poker Series has just ended on December 11th in Sheffield, and the organisers have already revealed the schedule for the tournament over the upcoming year. As announced, the Genting Poker Series will have a total of 18 stops in 2017. The beginning of the popular tournament is not too far now, as its fans will be able to join the Series in January 2017. As mentioned above, there will be 18 stops, 17 of which have already been confirmed. The…

The US professional poker player Jake Schindler has reached to the eight position of the Global Poker Index ranking. The ranking saw some reshuffle at the time of its latest update, with some players going up in the top 10 places. Schindler, who has climbed as high as the seventh position in the Global Poker Index ranking so far, has all-time winnings estimated to $8,100,204. His live best cash amounted to $1,192,624. Over 2016, the young American has participated in a great number of poker tournaments, with a few fantastic…

The latest update of the Global Poker Index (GPI) brought some surprise when it saw Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo at the fourth position of the ranking. This is as high as the 31-year-old poker player has ever climbed in the GPI ranking and comes as a proof that the American could bring great surprises to the poker world in the upcoming months and years. Bonomo, whose all-time winnings amount to $12,847,510, has had a fantastic year so far. The player’s best live cash has been estimated to $2,165,217. Justin Bonomo has…

Leon Tsoukernik emerged victorious from the last EPT Super High Roller tournament organised by PokerStars.com in Prague. The owner of King’s Casino Rozvadov managed to break though the fierce competition and was proclaimed as the event’s champion, taking home a massive cash prize estimated to €741,100. After only six hours of play, Tsoukernik succeeded in eliminating the rest of the players, including his long-standing rival Charlie Carrel, to be crowned as a winner and lift the tournament’s trophy. The competition on the Day 2 of the event was stiff as…

Dan Stanway emerged victorious from the 2016 Genting Poker Series’ final leg in Sheffield. The player took home a guaranteed prize pool’s portion of £31,700 after outlasting the rest of the competitors in the £440 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em – Main Event. The event put an end to this year’s Genting Poker Series, gathering a total of 301 participants, who also made it the best-attended poker main event in 2016. A total of 18 stops are scheduled in the 2017 Genting Poker Series championship, but the dates are still to…

Brian Hastings is undoubtedly one of the greatest contemporary poker players, considering his amazing achievements both off- and online. However, the 28-year-old player has recently announced that it intended to quit poker as a full-time activity after spending a decade in the world of professional poker game. Hastings revealed his decision to quit professional poker in a blog post on his website, saying that he planned to concentrate his efforts in a tea startup called UniTea. His three World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets are probably the best the American…

As Casino Guardian reported earlier, the 15th edition of the World Poker Tour (WPT) $10,400 Buy-in Main Event of the Five Diamonds World Poker Classic has gathered a massive players field of 791 entries. The event offers a guaranteed prize pool amounting to $7.673 million and the competition to win the enormous first-place prize of $1.938 million. Now, the Main Event of the tournament heads to Day 4, after Day 3 was filled with fierce competition, fast-paced game and a lot of drama. Not only did the money bubble burst,…

The latest update of the Global Poker Index (GPI) Ranking saw some reshuffle, with a number of players going up and down in their position. The US poker professional Paul “The Main Event” Volpe managed to climb to the 12th position of the ranking. In fact Paul Volpe has already climbed as high as the 4th place in the GPI Ranking, so it remains to be seen if he is to further attack the top 10 places. With all-time winnings amounting to $5,548,843 and live best cash of $654,170, Volpe…

The 15th Season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) $10,400 Buy-in Main Event of the Five Diamonds World Poker Classic kicked off in Las Vegas and has already managed to set a record. The event gathered a record number of entrants, as a total of 791 participants were registered, generating a guaranteed prize pool of $7.673 million. Never has such a large players field been gathered before for the WPT Five Diamond Main Event. Until now, the largest number of players who have joined the event amounted to 664 in…

Ukraine’s Oleg Vasylchenko emerged victor in the partypoker WPT Prague Main Event last night after an action-packed final day and a rather short heads-up match. Vasylchenko’s share of the prize pool totalled €132,200, including a $15,000 package for the season-ending Tournament of Champions. To celebrate his victory, the WPT also added his name to the Champions Cup that contains the names of all Main Tour Main Event winners throughout the tour’s fifteen seasons. Vasylchenko entered into the Main Event’s final day first in chips and maintained a good position until…