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The body of 29 year old German poker professional, Johannes Strassman was found in the Ljublianica River in Slovenia, over a week after the player was reported missing. Slovenian authorities have ruled out that Strassman died from a violent act.
Online poker figures continued to grow in the state of Nevada, despite a weaker performance in Delaware. According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, online poker contributed $862,000 to the overall revenue of $970.3 million from all gambling sectors …
As the debate over the future of France's online poker industry heats up, many local players keep trying to come up with some solutions to help the country's regulator ARJEL stop the decline that started in 2010, right when France decided to regulate …
Forty-two players wound up paying $1 million apiece to play in the second biennial Big One for One Drop, a three-day poker tournament at the Rio in Las Vegas. Already, the hugely remunerative contest — widely considered the heavyweight championship of …
In 2012, during the inaugural World Series of Poker $1 million buy-in Big One For One Drop, the interest was so strong that people were actually turned away from the 48-player capped field. So when it was announced that Guy Laliberte and his hosts were …
Simon Deadman The Hollywood Poker Open Championship kicked off Friday at the M Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas and after an extended registration period, a total of 692 players posted the $2,500 buy-in creating a prize pool of $1,560,450. The field …
While the 2014 World Series of Poker is rapidly nearing a conclusion, back home our elite online players are continuing to crush all that stand before them and have put in some excellent results. Patrick Leonard is still on top of the UK online poker …
Chad Brown Now In End-of-life Facility Back in 2011, Chad Brown was suffering from a rare form of cancer and had to have a huge 10lb tumour removed from his abdomen. Over the past few years the 52 year-old American actor, poker player and …
Jean-Robert Bellande waits for play to resume after a break in the Big One for One Drop, a $1,000,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em charity poker tournament, at the Rio Sunday, June 26, 2014. The $1 million buy-in is the largest ever for a poker event …
It was a meteoric rise for one man – but the eventual fall, when it came, proved to be catastrophic not just for Tzvetkoff, but also for everyone involved in the US online poker industry. Back in 2002, when the 19-year-old son of a market trader was …
Mercier's score put him at nearly $12.1 million in career earnings, which ranks him 11th on the all-time tournament winnings list. The result was a nice consolation for the south Florida pro, who bubbled the $50,000 Poker Players Championship earlier …
The race to be the number one in the United Kingdom's Global Poker Index (GPI) is heating up after a series of superb results from Max Silver at the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) have closed the gap between him and current number one Stephen …
I had in a girlfriend in Vegas, so I played a little bit of poker in my spare time, and then started to realize that I had a significant edge over the competition. But I did go back and forth; I'd play poker and go broke, then I'd go drive a taxi …
Every year during the World Series of Poker, Barton hosts a poker tournament to thank some of his supporters. Some poker pros always play in the event to show support for Barton's efforts to get online poker legalized on the federal level. At my table …
Should Amaya Gaming complete its proposed purchase of PokerStars by the target closing date of September 30th, online poker players in New Jersey could be signing up and logging on before the trees have lost their leaves.
Although limit hold'em is used in all of the mixed game variations at the World Series of Poker, there were only two events on the schedule that made limit hold'em the sole focus. The $10,000 buy-in event is usually the highlight of the series for …
As of June 17, the last time any official statement was made on the field, just 15 seats are still available to be claimed in the World Series of Poker Big One For One Drop, which has a 56-player cap. The $1 million buy-in event takes $111,111 from …
“Johannes was not involved in an illegal poker game,” a person in the Facebook group wrote. “He was just visiting some old friends here in Ljubljana. Everything was just fine until this accident.” A Slovenian police officer confirmed the incident to …
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