Malaysian poker pro wins EPT Barcelona High Roller

August 25, 2018

Malaysian poker pro Michael Soyza maintained his 2018 winning streak this week by taking down the Euro 10,300 buy-in EPT Barcelona High Roller to claim the main prize of Euro 302,000 His latest victory follows a series of significant cashes in tournaments this year that have enabled the mainly cash game player to push his […]

Reports that Spanish taxman is chasing international poker players

August 21, 2018

German, French, Danish and Italian poker players who have in the past won rewards playing in Spanish-located tournaments have reportedly been receiving letters of demand from the Spanish tax authorities, who appear to be raking over wins as long ago as 2014 despite the players settling their reward taxes with their national tax offices. Reporting […]

Online poker companies to invest $130 million in two major tournaments

August 20, 2018

The month of September will see a massive $130 million invested by Pokerstars and PartyPoker as they compete for players in two distinct major tournaments. Pokerstars has announced that this year’s World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) set to run from September 2 to 17 will have $70 million in guaranteed prize pools, whilst PartyPoker […]

Filatov the victor in Live Millions Russia Main Event

August 14, 2018

PartyPoker ambassador Anatoly Filatov has added the rouble equivalent of US$ 887,000 to his US$ 2.1 million in career earnings after winning the US$ 4,700 buy-in PartyPoker Live Millions Russia Main Event in Sochi this week. The event attracted a field of 916 players which distilled to a final table comprising seven Russians, one Belarusian […]

French online poker reportedly in good shape

August 13, 2018

For the sixth quarter running French online poker operators have reported growth in revenues, the French regulator ARJEL notes in posting its Q2-2018 numbers. ARJEL sees the continued growth as a positive sign for a once-troubled sector that saw an initial 22 operators dwindle to just five in the first four years of regulated and […]

Online poker site reports ddos attack

August 13, 2018

Recent posts on Twitter have indicated that Americas Cardroom was not the only online poker site attacked by DDoS hackers this week (see previous report). Very little detail is currently available but it appears that: On August 9 PartyPoker advised players: “Apologies for the technical difficulties, we are working to rectify, the site has been […]

Singapore poker pro wins APPT Manila Main Event

August 13, 2018

It’s been a profitable weekend for Singapore poker pro Wilson Lim, who took down the Asia Pacific Poker Tour Manila main event in the Philippines, besting a field of 1,364 to earn the main prize of $243,324 and a PokerStars Platinum Pass worth $30,000. It wasn’t all smooth sailing for Lim, who started final table […]

Malaysian ace wins $1.13 million in Russian high roller competition

August 10, 2018

A total field of 29 entries (20 unique players and nine re-entries) ponied up the RUB 6,000,000 buy-in this week for the PartyPokerLIVE-hosted Triton Poker Super High Roller in Sochi, Russia, where Malaysian ace Ivan Leow (38) emerged victorious to claim the US$1.13 million main prize. Among those competing were internationally respected names like Phil […]

Americas Cardroom under DDoS attack again

August 9, 2018

Americas Cardroom, in the past a frequent target for Distributed Denial of Service attacks (see previous reports), was targeted again this week by unknown parties, causing it to suspend an ongoing series of online tournaments. The attacks, which were successfully repulsed, took place on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday night, with cardroom management subsequently advising players: […]

US pro the victor in WPT Choctaw Main Event

August 8, 2018

US poker pro Brady Holiman scored a convincing victory in the $3,700 buy-in World Poker Tour Choctaw Main Event this week, taking home the first prize of $469,185 and his first WPT title. Holiman entered final table action with a massive chip lead, which enabled him to claim victory after just three hours of action […]