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TheV0id wins WCOOP main event, LadyMaverick third
Although the 22 WCOOP preliminary events were exciting in their own way, everybody knew that it was all leading up to one heck of a main event.The day, and it was a long one, did not disappoint....
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Tom 'durrrr' Dwan Issues Million-Dollar Poker Challenge
Word may have been leaked prematurely, but it's spreading fast that Tom "durrrr" Dwan has issued a $1 million heads-up challenge to online poker players.Dwan is quoted in several online sources as...
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Gus Hansen: "I'm No High-Stakes Fish"
Some claim Gus Hansen is a losing player in the biggest games online, but the Great Dane says he's far from a high-stakes fish."Basically I've played in the highest stakes there are," Hansen told...
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Antonius dishes on durrrr Challenge
The first durrrr Challenge is nearly 25% complete and challenger Patrik Antonius is very pleased with where he stands."I'm very happy with how I've played so far," Antonius told PokerListings.com from...
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ElkY Grinds to SNG World Record
Hevad Khan is renowned as the Team PokerStars Pro sit-and-go expert, but Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier might have just snatched the title.Fresh off of a third-place finish at the WPT Championship...
View ArticlePokerListings' founder passes away
We are very sad and shocked to confirm that Andreas Oscarsson, founder of PokerListings.com, has tragically passed away while visiting his childhood home in Sweden.At this point, we do not have any...
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Ashton Griffin: From Bust to Bobby's Room
Hand a fake ID to your average 20-year-old American male and you can almost guarantee his first stop would be at a liquor store.When Ashton Griffin got his, he did something completely different....
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Full Tilt Suspends Brian Townsend for Analyzing Isildur1 Hands
Facing allegations of cheating, colluding and multi-accounting, Brian Townsend has come clean, resulting in his second suspension from Full Tilt.The allegations, which claimed Cole South, Brian...
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Top Online Poker Winners and Losers of 2010
2010 was a memorable year for high stakes online poker.Whether it was the durrrr Challenge II on Full Tilt or the new Isildur1 SuperStar Showdown on PokerStars there always seemed to be intriguing...
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A Quick & Easy Guide to Online Poker Rakeback
Most online players start their poker careers by simply playing for fun and not worrying about things like rakeback or more advanced strategy.It’s only over time when players get more serious that...
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Jungleman, Dwan Reach New Agreement on durrrr Challenge
It’s been said before but it looks like action could potentially resume soon in the seemingly endless durrrr Challenge between Tom Dwan and Dan “jungleman12” Cates.“We’ve come to a new agreement,”...
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Top 10 Online Poker Winners & Losers of 2013
Every year the high-stakes online poker games provide some of the best stories of the year.This year didn’t disappoint with Niklas “Ragen70” Heinecker putting on one of the most dominant performances...
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10 Remarkable Numbers from the PokerStars Sunday Million
For over seven years the PokerStars Sunday Million has been the flagship weekly online poker tournament for players across the globe.At least $1 million is guaranteed each and every Sunday and,...
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Gus Hansen Loses $280k Monster Pot to Viktor Blom
It’s been an exciting week at the high stakes tables as Chinese player samrostan and Gus Hansen made sure there were a lot of huge pots.Coming back from the WSOP, the Great Dane took on his Swedish...
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Fedor Holz Claims WCOOP Main Event for $1.3m, Isildur1 9th
Three astounding weeks of online poker culminated last night in a WCOOP Main Event finale that lived up to all expectations - especially for winner Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz.Outlasting a final table...
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Somerville: "Twitch Is the Platform That Poker Needs to Live"
Televised poker shows have always been trying to get more viewers and Jason Somerville thinks he has the answer.“It’s hard to make poker content fit in hour-long blocks that are meant for an older...
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Unibet Head of Poker: "Whole Site is Designed for Casual Players"
After several years of incredible growth rates, the online poker industry has experienced a slow decline since Black Friday changed the landscape dramatically.New players are harder to get and they...
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Deconstructing the Winning WCOOP of Patrick 'pads1161' Leonard
Patrick “pads1161” Leonard was one of a group of UK-born players with fantastic results at the 2015 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP).He had a series of deep runs, made a few final tables and...
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PokerStars Overhauls VIP Program, SuperNova Diminished
PokerStars is making some major changes to its VIP program with extremely high-volume grinders set to take a hit. The company announced the changes, which are set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2016, over...
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Unibet's David Pomroy: "I See Us as Market Leader Eventually"
The live poker tournament scene is as saturated as ever.The World Series of Poker (WSOP) and World Poker Tour (WPT) have a global network of events that spans all buy-in levels. The European Poker...
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PokerStars Launches Duel, New Heads-Up Challenge Mobile App
Do you play poker on your mobile device?Do you sometimes have to stop playing when you don’t want to? Are you annoyed by players who take too long to act? PokerStars’ brand new poker product “Duel”...
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Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz Chops WCOOP $102k SHR for $1.06m
German wunderkind Fedor Holz didn’t win the biggest buy-in tournament in online poker history earlier today but he did lock up nearly first-place money thanks to a deal with Swedish online player...
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SCOOP, XL Inferno, Powerfest: Non-Stop $1m-GTD Tournaments
It just might be the single biggest weekend in the history of online poker.SCOOP, XL Inferno and Powerfest all conclude this weekend with a staggering 11 different tournaments offering $1m-GTD or more...
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See Us, Hear Us: How to Win Back the Recreational Poker Player
We kill 1.2 billion animals a week to fill our bellies.But we never see these animals outside of a baby’s bedtime story book. The sterile process that deals with the cull is deliberately invisible...
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France, Spain, Italy & Portugal to Share Online Poker Pools
Universally accessed, border-free online poker - at least in Europe - is showing signs of resurgence from its ashes.At least that's the impression left after an announcement today from French gaming...
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New Chest-Based PokerStars Rewards Program Set for Release
Are you ready to crack open some virtual chests?PokerStars is hoping the answer is yes because its new chest-based rewards program is set to go live world-wide today. The rewards program rolled out...
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100+ Events, $4m GTD in PokerStars MicroMillions till Aug. 2
It started this past Sunday in the midst of the WSOP Main Event playdown but make no mistake: there's still a ton a value left in the 2017 PokerStars MicroMillions.The MicroMillions is PokerStars’...
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partypoker Reloads Powerfest for September with $35m Guaranteed
It’s back and bigger than ever.partypoker is bringing back its popular Powerfest series this September with a gargantuan $35m in guaranteed prize pools. The series will take place Sept. 3-24 with a...
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888poker Announces XL Eclipse Schedule w/ 197 Events, $9m GTD
Hot on the heels of an actual solar eclipse, 888poker is prepping its biggest XL series ever, which is fittingly called XL Eclipse.Having rebranded and boosted the XL series, 888poker is about to...
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PokerStars Shows Off Power Up Poker Potential in Barcelona
At long last, PokerStars is ready to unleash its experimental Power Up Poker variant on the general public.Now scheduled to release in the fourth quarter of 2017 PokerStars hosted a demo of the game...
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900 Events, $117m GTD in Biggest Sept. in Online Poker History
Over 900 different online poker tournaments across four poker sites. Over $117 million in guaranteed (and likely much more in actual) prize pools. If you think you’ve seen a big month in online poker...
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partypoker Title Fight Upped to $500k GTD as of Oct. 1
partypoker's flagship Sunday poker tournament just doubled its guaranteed prize pool.On a surge lately with its booming new partypoker Live tour and massive Powerfest tournament series, partypoker is...
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