With 64 total entries the prize-pool for the inaugural €50k High-Roller tournament on Season 9 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) reached over €3 million, guaranteeing the winner of the event one of the biggest 1st place prizes of the year, €1,075,500. Heading nito the final dayRead Full Article

Daniel Negreanu’s time in Monte Carlo for the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final paid off with the Team PokerStars Pro racking-up over €1,000,000 in cashes, but knowing Negreanu’s competitive streak, what will likely stick with him are the two close but not quite finishes in theRead Full Article

For the first time at the 2011 World Series of Poker, the Hard-Stop Rule came into play at a very strange time on Day 2 of a tournament, halting the $10k PLO Championship with just 38 players remaining and the money bubble set to burst at 36 players.Read Full Article

A murderer’s row-esque lineup will reconvene at the Rio poker tables on Wednesday to determine a winner in the $5k 6-handed PLO tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker. Amongst the remaining players you will find a mix of well-known poker legends, online phenoms, and big nameRead Full Article

Many people in the industry felt that without the presence of the US high-stakes poker players the nosebleed action –especially at Full Tilt Poker—might dry up quite a bit after the US online poker sites shut down, but if anything the reverse has been true, with European high-stakesRead Full Article