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$325,316 COVID-19 may have moved the goalposts in terms of how live events are run but that doesn’t mean bars can’t be raised. The first live European Poker Tour main event of 2021 not only gave Martirosyan his maiden title but was bigger than last year’s. With 852 entries in this ₽175,000 ($2,311) main event — consisting of 548 players and 304 reentries — almost all hailing from Russia, the total field size saw a 51% increase over 2020. Martirosyan’s first EPT trophy was his seco...

Tragic Scots school teacher hailed ‘absolute gentleman’ after sudden death as former football teams pay tribute PE teacher James Hannay, who was in his 40s, passed away suddenly on Thursday sending shockwaves around the Dumfries and Galloway communities. Updated Dozens of moving tributes have been paid to James Jimmy Hannay (Image: Annan Atheltic FC) Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try a...

The first-ever Michigan Championship of Online Poker (MICOOP), which was open to PokerStars players in the Wolverine State, began on February 20 and wrapped on Monday night. The 60-event series proved to be a huge success by catering to 28,830 combined entrants and awarded $2,208,002 in prize money, well ahead of the $1.4 million in guaranteed prize pools. The series began when “smftt” bested a 1,284-entry field to win Event #55: $300 NLHE Main Event for $56,398.35. In between, the...

While those in the northern hemisphere might be facing the cold days of winter, the sun is shining as brightly as ever for those Down Under. With the gorgeous Australian summer sun at its peak, theres no better time to jump straight into the heated action at the Club Marconi. The two-week poker extravaganza is promising to deliver sizzling-hot action with nearly a million Australian dollars up for grabs. Opening its doors back in 2008, the Poker Palace has grown from a small venue to become a ...

Jack Hardcastle became the latest poker player to join the exclusive WPT Champions Club after he came out on top of a field of 888 entrants to win the partypoker for his biggest poker tournament cash to date of $447,859. Hardcastle is one of pokers latest success stories with one big online poker tournament score after another in recent months. Less than a month ago, he managed his previous biggest score in his poker career at the time after he finished in fourth place after agreeing to a fou...

Ole Schemion, Diego Ventura, and Aliaksandr Hirs were the next batch of players eliminated before one of the biggest hands of the event took place. Jack Hardcastle WPT Blog, Andrei Kriazhev opened with cowboys and was called by Jan-Eric Schwippert with jacks before Jack Hardcastle squeezed with snowmen. All three players got their chips in the pot with Kriazhev having both of his opponents covered and Hardcastle coming in as the short stack. It appeared likely that Hardcastle and Schwippert...

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Day 2 of the WPT Montreal $3,200 Main Event witnessed 133 players out of a total field of 888 entrants whittled down to just 23 hopefuls after ten levels of 30-minutes each on Monday, Jan. 26 at Felix Schulze, waving the Austrian flag at partypoker, emerged as the clear overnight chip leader with a towering stack of 20,785,963 in chips. Schulze is looking to add a WPT title to his WPT DeepStacks title he earned in April 2019 in that festivals €1,100 Main Event for €104,304 ($117,01...

Brazils Luiz Orrico had the best day among the 61 survivors after he virtually bagged the Day 1b chip lead with a stack of 4,066,132. The flight attracted 406 entrants to add another $1,218,000 to the prize pool. This brought the total prize pool up to $2,664,000 after taking into account the 482 entrants battling it out last Sunday, Jan. 17 to obliterate the $2 million guarantee. Jan-Eric Schwippert bags a big stack on Day 1b of the WPT Montreal Main Event While Orrico is a relatively unknown...

partypoker with Day 1a of the $2,000,000 GTD Main Event. Poker players have been eagerly awaiting the festival since it was announced back in November. The schedule features eight High Roller events, a $1m GTD Super High Roller and culminates in the WPT Montreal champion being crowned on January 27th in a livestreamed final table. How One partypoker Player Built a Bankroll From $0 Find out how Daily Legends tournaments helped one player build their bankroll from scratch! Kriazhev Leads WPT Mon...