PokerCentral produced a mini-documentary on the legendary Johnny Chan. Hear the 10-time WSOP bracelet winner give the Cliff Notes behind his storied life from working in his family's restaurant in Houston to his entry into the world of high-stakes poker. Chan won the WSOP Main Event twice and was the last person to win it in consecutive years (1987-88).
Reminder and potential overlay alert! Cards go in the air at 14:00 ET for the Sunday Million 12th Anniversary: Take 2. First place pays $1 million with a total guaranteed prize pool worth $10 million. Platinum Passes are up for grabs too! When PokerStars ran this original 12th birthday promotion in February, the guarantee kicked in with a $1.2M overlay. Will there be another seven-figure overlay for the Take 2? The buy-in for the Sunday Milly is $215. You can re-entry up to three times and late registration lasts 4.5 hours.
The second edition of partypoker's POWERFEST kicks off on May 6 and runs for two weeks through May 20. The schedule has been released. POWERFEST features 366 events with $40,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools. At least 13 events will have a guarantee worth $1 million, while the $25,500 Super High Roller boasts a $5M guarantee. POWERFEST events have four different buy-in levels: MICRO, LOW, MEDIUM, and HIGH. Satellites are running now at partypoker for as little as $1.10.
In February, the Sunday Million 12th Anniversary on PokerStars missed its $10 million guarantee. The overlay was a juicy $1.2 million, with first-place banking a cool million. PokerStars will run a similar promotion for the Sunday Million on Sunday, April 22 at 14:00. The Sunday Million 12th Anniversary: Take 2 will have a $10M guaranteed prize pool, including a first-place price worth $1 million. To sweeten the reprise of the 12th anniversary, PokerStars added Platinum Passes to the mix. Participants will have multiple shots at winning a package to the $25K PSPC at the 2019 PCA.
The WPT crowned a new champion at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida. British online guru Scott Margereson outlasted a field of 1,309 players to win $696,740. Margereson survived a dangerous final table that featured Faraz Jaka, Brian Hastings, and Matt Stout.
Chalk up another win for Brandon Adams. The Seminole Hard Rock Casino hosted their Poker Showdown series. Brandon Adams won the $25K High Roller event for a $370,000 score. Adams finished in third place in the same $25K event last year and he got his revenge by winning it all this year. Adams banked approximately $1.2M since he won an event at the Poker Masters last autumn.
Big day for online poker players in the USA. A shared player pool between Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware arrives on May 1, 2018. Caesars Interactive Entertainment, which owns the WSOP.com, will be the first site to open doors to the three-state pool. The three states only represent 13 million people, but it's the first step in a long road to get online poker back to its heyday in the pre-Black Friday era.
Hey, you know what's new today ? Club Poker and 888 launch the first edition of Height of the 8's, a friendly tournament that takes place every tuesday, at 7PM (GMT). $2 buy-in, $100 guaranteed… Let's come and play !
Bertrand Grospellier, otherwise known as "ElkY", signed with partypoker last week. The addition of Triple Crown winner ElkY as an ambassador is another bold marketing move by partypoker, who have been bolstering their roster of sponsored players over the last 18 months. ElkY will be an ambassador for partypoker.eu, which will launch later this month and become the virtual poker home for players in France and Spain.
It wasn't an ordinary Sunday in Barcelona with millions in Euros on the line for eight hopefuls. The 2018 partypoker LIVE Millions Barcelona Main Event was awarding at least three payouts worth seven-figures. The 10,300 buy-in affair attracted 1,175 players. The total prize pool nearly passed €11.4 million. Canadian pro Pascal Lefrancois defeated Adam Owen heads-up to win the title and €1.7 million. Owen banked €1.3 million as the consolation prize.
The partypoker LIVE Millions Main Event in Barcelona, Spain attracted 1,175 runners and the action is down to its final table. The final eight included Dominik Nitsche, Stevie Chidwick, Adam Owen, Pascal Lefrancois, Davidi Kitai, Diogo Veiga, Thomas Boivin and Jan-Eric Schwippert. Canada's Pascal Lefrancois is the chip leader. Who is going to win the first-place prize worth €1.7 million? Watch the final table stream here.
Barcelona has been the hotspot of poker for the last week or so. partypoker LIVE hosted three high roller events at their MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona. Over the weekend, Belgian pro Davidi Kitai shipped the €25K High Roller for €700,000. Canada's Sam Greenwood won the €50K for a cool million. And yesterday, American pro Jake Schindler sniffed out Stevie Chidwick's bluff to win the €100K Super High Roller for a score worth €1,750,000. Schindler is now closing in on $18 million in career tournament earnings.
The €100,000 buy-in SHR in Barcelona attracted 48 runners and a pool in excess of €4.6 million. Going into today ten remained and Jake Schindler held the lead. Also advancing to day two Erik Seidel, Brynn Kenney, Keith Tilston, Jason Koon, Stevie Chidwick, Koray Aldemir, Steffen Sontheimer, Dominik Nitsche, Jean-Noel Thorel, Mikita Badziakouski. Only top six get paid. First pays out €1,750,000. Watch the live stream here.
The Caribbean is always a festive atmosphere, but there's $10 million more reasons to take a holiday down to the Islands. partypoker LIVE announced a special MILLIONS World super high roller event to take place in November 2018 at this year's Caribbean Poker Party (CPP) at Baha Mar in the Bahamas. The $25K SHR will have a $10 million guarantee. partypoker will be giving away at least 100 seats online. Prize packages will be worth $32,500 and satellites will cost as little as $22.
Gus Hansen appeared on Joey Ingram's Poker Life podcast last week. The Great Dane gave a frank and candid interview about being Gus Hansen and playing in the high-stakes world. The next day, Ingram railed Hansen playing high-stakes PLO on partypoker with Sam Trickett and Leon Tsoukernik. Hansen shipped a pot worth $270K with a Royal Flush against Leon.
Eleven women were nominated this year for induction into the Women Poker Hall of Fame. The nominees include Shirley Rosario, Jennifer Tilly, Kara Scott, Maria Ho, Haley Hintze, Angelica Hael, Terry King, Karina Jett, Lupe Soto, Hermance Blum, and Mandy Glogow. The current Women Poker Hall of Fame has 19 members.
Benjamin Zamani shipped a Circuit ring. Zamani won the $1,565 buy-in championship event at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. The WSOP Circuit main event attracted 610 players and Zamani won $192,152 for first place. The pro now has over $4.7 million in career tournament earnings.
Jamie Staples posted a video discussing his Ultimate Sweat victory. Jamie and his brother Matt won $150,000 from Bill Perkins for weighing in within a pound of each other during an epic weight loss/gain prop bet. After dedicating a year of his life to getting into shape, Jamie is moving on and focusing on poker. Watch his updated video here.
The 888poker WPT 500 London is currently underway at the Aspers Casino in Stratford City. The buy-in was $565 or £420 and attracted 1,810 players. There's a $1 million guarantee with nearly $160K awarded to the champ. Watch the final table stream live here.
Here come the Germans! Joe Ingram interviewed two of the top tournament players in the world for his Poker Life Podcast. Dominik Nitsche appeared on Tuesday, while Fedor Holz joined Ingram yesterday. The two German shared their thoughts on all things poker including delusional tournament players, lazy strategy, and playing big cash games in Macau.
PokerStars announced a new cash game format to their array of online poker offerings. Split Hold'em is a variation of Texas Hold'em with the addition of a second board of community cards. Yes, there's two flops, two turns, and two rivers. You have to win both boards to win the entire pot. Split Hold'em is the newest innovation for PokerStars, who introduced Power Up last year.
Joey Ingram invited Barry Greenstein to appear on the Poker Life Podcast. They had a four-hour discussion with Barry telling a myriad of stories -- both on the felt and off -- about a variety of topics including playing mixed games, playing against Tom Dwan, juicy cash games in China, Viffer stories, playing in Larry Flynt's home game in the Hollywood Hills, and some PokerStars talk. Ingram mentioned, "This was one of my favorite podcasts of all time. So much wisdom and great stories."
Ship it to Matt and Jamie Staples! The brothers earned $150,000 for winning a wild proposition wager with Bill Perkins. A year ago, Perkins offered the Staples brothers 50-1 odds on a $3,000 bet that Matt and Jamie could not weigh within a single pound of each other. The oversized Jamie and undersized Matt were 170+ pounds apart and accepted the wager. The brothers worked on their bodies for a full year. Matt added 50+ pounds, while Jamie dropped 117 pounds. At the weigh in on Sunday in Reno, bother brothers weighed the same... 188.3 pounds.
PokerStars is hosting another special event for the Sunday Million. The 12th anniversary of the Sunday Million in February offered a $10 million guarantee that ended up an overlay. They decided to splash the pot once again. The Sunday Million Anniversary Edition: Take 2 will have another $10 million guarantee with $1 million allotted for first place. Set your calendars for Sunday April 22.
