Poker News by Mark Baldwing

2016 WSOP - Day 6 Report

June 08 2016
The 6th day of the 2016 World Series of Poker was certainly a busy one: two bracelets were awarded, both of them picked up by "name" competitors, namely Robert Mizrachi and Kyle Julius. In addition to that, event ... Read More

GPPT Online, Pokerfest Kick off at PartyPoker

May 02 2016
May 1 was a big day promotions-wise at PartyPoker because it has marked the beginning of two of the site's most attractive and most hyped promotions, the $300k GPPT Online and the Pokerfest. The GPPT online runs over ... Read More

Unibet Poker Open London - Day 1A Report

March 04 2016
The first day 1 flight of the Unibet Poker London Open went into the books today, with some 186 players putting up the £875 buy-in. The turn-out was indeed quite impressive and so was the way the ... Read More

2016 EPT Dublin - Day 2 Report

February 17 2016
The EPT's 2016 Dublin Main Event set the bar high prize-pool-wise: Day 2 made the numbers clear after it registered some 15 additional entries. A total of 605 buy-ins went into the middle, which -... Read More

Ari Engel Wins 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event

February 01 2016
The 2016 Main Event of the Aussie Millions wrapped up on Sunday, with Ari Engel walking away with the top prize and the bragging rights. Engel took down AUD 1.6 million after he bested the USA's Tony Dunst heads-up. Dunst's ... Read More

Aussie Millions Main Event Plays Down to Final 150

January 28 2016
While in the rest of the world poker withers under the pressures of excessive and poorly thought-out regulation, in Australia, its woes are non-existent. In fact - judging by the attendance numbers generated by this year's Aussie Millions ... Read More

2016 PCA Main Event - Day 3 Report

January 13 2016
The third day of the Main Event of the 2016 edition of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure saw the Day 2 chip leader, Brazil's Leonardo Pires build up a massive chip lead. ... Read More

Blom Playing at Microgaming and Winning

December 22 2015
As Full Tilt Poker slowly but surely disappeared from the high stakes cash game map, PokerStars took over, but the recent shakeup of their VIP reward system, clearly slighting high volume professionals, may change that too. An ad-hoc boycott of ... Read More

The Online Poker Week - Fedor Holz Biggest Winner

November 22 2015
This past week, the online poker action was humming along, with previous winners amassing some more profits while the losers dug themselves into bigger holes. The biggest winner of the week was Fedor Holz, who finished some $132.5k above the ... Read More

November Niner Tom Cannuli is in it for the Game

November 07 2015
It's safe to say that winning the Main Event of the WSOP and taking down a prize like this year's $7.68 million, would be a superb career-culmination for every poker player, so much so in fact that many would ... Read More