Long-time PokerStars Team Pro member Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier has officially resigned from the company. This announcement took the poker world by surprise and has some wondering whether some statements by the popular Team Pro are indicative of deeper problems at the company. ElkY Leaves PokerStars In a bit of a surprise on Saturday, popular PokerStars […]
Poker Central Super High Roller Bowl has become the premier Super High Roller event in live poker. Starting in 2015, the event’s top prize is second only to the WSOP Main Event. It’s no surprise that Poker Central would seek to expand this event and on Tuesday they announced their latest expansion with the creation of […]
Isaac Haxton has been one of the most vocal opponents to the bevy of changes that have occurred at PokerStars over the last couple of years. His disdain for changes to their player’s rewards program led to him parting ways with the company in early 2016 after several years of serving as a PokerStars Team […]
One major poker star that noticeably skipped the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure was Ole Schemion. The German poker superstar skipped the PCA in lieu of playing the inaugural WPT European Championship in Berlin. It ended up being a wise move as he ended up winning the tournament for his first World Poker Tour title. Schemion Dominates […]
With Vanessa Selbst effectively retired from professional poker, the poker world is looking for a new face of women’s poker. They may have now found it. On Sunday, Argentina’s Maria Lampropulos became the first woman in history to win the PCA Main Event. In doing so, she secured the second seven figure score of her […]
We now have an idea of when some online games will begin in Pennsylvania. The state lottery has revealed plans to become the first entity to bring games online in 2018. Meanwhile, West Virginia has thrown their hat back into the ring for iGaming regulation. This time they are giving themselves enough time to actually […]
Imagine you’re an author setting out on a journey to become a poker pro in a year. Then imagine picking up a coach who is an all-time legend of the game. Finally, imagine winning a tournament that suddenly puts you into the running for one of the richest prizes in poker. While that sounds like […]
The 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is underway at the Atlantis Paradise Island. Poker players from around the world descend on the venue annually for the first major live poker event of the year. One of the first events is already in the books and it is a big one. The $100,000 Super High Roller concluded […]
Vanessa Selbst announced last week that she was leaving PokerStars and retiring from professional poker. A week later, one of the longest tenured Team Pros has announced he is leaving PokerStars and we can’t blame him one bit. Jason Mercier announced on Sunday that he is leaving Team PokerStars and significantly reducing his travel schedule […]
The race for the Global Poker Index Player of the Year title came down to the wire but in the end it was Spanish superstar Adrian Mateos edging out Bryn Kenney for the title. A late run in the December at the PokerStars Championship Prague gave him just enough to take the coveted title. Mateos […]
