The competition was hard, as the finals were all about Netherlands best players, the mighty Marcel Luske (nicknamed the "Godfather" of poker), fought to the end but was able to claim only the third place.

The top Five winners of the WTP National Valkenburg:

This new change will allow users of NetBet Poker who were previously part of the Poker770 community to enjoy all the new features available at the casino and sports sections of NetBet, all of them packed within a single platform.

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There are 10 finalists on the list and the public was allowed to cast their vote for the sixth time this year in order to see who will get here. There are five returning players on the list, whilst the remaining five are new entries, one of them being... read more

The case started after Royal Scandinavian Casino Arhus, a Danish-operated casino, filed a complaint in regard to the different tax rates which are currently used in order to tax real casinos and online gambling sites in Denmark. They are allegedly illegal and unfair.

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If casino gambling becomes legal in Japan, or to be more optimistic, when this happens, MGM Resorts plans to establish the MGM Osaka, something totally different, purely Japanese and featuring none of the classic, Western elements present in these resorts. MGM is already present in the Eastern market in... read more

The build-up of this event took a whole summer and now everyone is eager to earn a share of the big pot. If you are one of the players looking forward to this, you should know that you have a lot of chances throughout this championship. The first event... read more

There are hundreds of them available on the Internet and each one has a different target audience. If one is not suited for you, among the next ones that you search through, at least a poker room will stand out and provide a warm welcome. PKR Poker is one... read more

The presence in this event was so high that it's not just enough to say that a new record was set. The tournament practically smashed the whole statistics board and it's still time to #, as registrations are available until the second day, at 12 o'clock local time. After... read more

A bit of anxiety might kick in when you firstly sit at a real table and it's no shame this happens. It's a whole new experience for a newcomer that was used to the graphical interface of an online poker game. This is why you might choose not to... read more

"Our tournaments are designed to promote poker and poker competition, not as a platform for political statements", says Eric Hollreiser, communications CEO at PokerStars. "Players have various channels through which they are able to express their views regarding world politics, but our tournaments are not a suited place. We... read more

The couple decided to sell this house in order to pay for some costly medical treatment, so the selling procedure became a lottery and the Austrian lawyer Christa Kohl-Rupp had absolute power of organizing this event. Bas Jongmans, Dutch gambling lawyer, argues that this is actually her job, as... read more

Morten Klein had a limping start during the second day, as he came at the table with a mere 85K chips, enough for 15 blinds. However, the Norway player had a great comeback and the first hands helped him double his money, including a hand with A-K in hand,... read more

If you are interested in checking out a new poker websites that still has a vast majority of weaker players, then PokerMinds is the place to visit. They are a newly-established brand but they are already making a name for themselves out there. You can benefit from a first... read more

He is a lawyer of the Gaming Legal company and he has several years of experience in this field, so he is an important voice to listen to while talking about the new law that might be passed. Netherlands government wants to regulate online gambling but it seems that... read more

It seems that Ivey was using the "edge sorting" method while gambling at that table. Ivey subsequently made an official request for the charges to be dropped, but he is not alone in this scenario, as Cheng Yin Sun was accused of being an accomplice of Phil.

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A few weeks ago, Robert Woolley discussed a rather important subject in an article published on a few websites, in which he argued about the subject you absolutely must not talk about when you sit at a poker table. Read on and you will found out not only what's... read more

If you are a Paddy Power customer, you probably check out all the mails that you receive from them, as there are many offers hidden inside each one of these. However, if you've recently checked out your email feed, you might have noticed an unusual mail from Paddy Power.... read more

pokerstars has a lot of US based poker tournaments that are really popular, but the last weekend proved that overseas location can be just as good as the 'home ones'. pokerstars inaugurated the Beijing Millions tournament in China and the participation numbers were rather surprising, already featuring a record... read more

Event #2 of this year's Seneca Summer Slam was played this Saturday. The poker event was a hold'em no-limit $300. Almost 115 players took part in it and 15 hours after its beginning the price of a little over $10,100 was won by Joe Ciffa.

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This Friday was the beginning of this year's Summer Slam. The poker tournament was held in Niagara Falls, New York in Seneca Niagara Casino. The first event of the tournament was a deepstack turbo tournament hold'em no-limit $200. Almost 110 players took part in it and after a quite... read more

This year's WSOP came to an end and it is now time for some statistics about it. The greatest tournament in the world went on for a month and the biggest winner had almost $570,000 in profit for the whole tournament. The name of this player is Viktor 'Isildur1'... read more

The Main Event of this year's North American Championship 2025 PPC at Tampa started on Friday, Feb 18. Day 1a and Day 1b already came to an end and the size of the field increased to a little over 180 entries in the Main Event $580. The prize pool... read more

On Wednesday the Slovenian authorities published the results of the toxicology tests of Johannes Strassman, a famous German professional poker player. It was June 21 when the professional fell in the Ljubljanica River. The river is located in the capital of Slovenia – Ljubljana and it is supposed that... read more

Seven days after the beginning of the Main Event of this year's WSOP we finally have a completed Feb Nine. Its leader is Jorryt van Hoof and Mark Newhouse managed to write his name in history by getting into the Feb Nine for a second consecutive year. The other... read more

Almost 6,700 poker players took part in this year's WSOP Main Event. Six days after the beginning of the Main Event, only 27 players are left and they would compete for winning the most prestigious event. The current chip leader is Martin Jacobson who was also the chip leader... read more

When there is a money bubble at a WSOP event this definitely brings us the most interesting and thrilling moments. The one that happened during Day 4 of the Main Event is probably one of the best we have ever seen. The number of players kept getting smaller and... read more

More than 2,500 poker players returned to the second day of the 2025 WSOP's Main Event. Phil Ivey was the man that ended as the chip leader of the day – he ended with more than 500,000 in chips. These chips brought him ahead of the chip leader of... read more

The Main Event of WSOP is coming close and hundreds of poker players would like to take part in it and give it a try. However, even though most players are well aware of how the game works, it is definitely not the same with the Main Event. You... read more

Almost all of the events of this year's WSOP have ended now and we are coming close to the finish line of the race for Player of the Year. The race now looks more like a two-man sprint because only two of the best players have the chances to... read more

John Hennigan was really close to winning the same poker event last year – he finished third. This has probably given him an advantage for this year and he became the winner of the event. Another bracelet was won by Tyler Patterson – PLO Hi-Low $1,500: Event #48.
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Six-Handed PLO $5,000: Event #42

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