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Intertops Poker Bringing Back its Wipeout Series & R&A Tournaments with Great Prizes

Ivan Potocki — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 22:40:47 +0000

As one of the oldest as well as most trusted online poker rooms and online poker brands in the world of online gaming, Intertops Poker hosts a plethora of excellent online poker tournaments. According to the most recent news ports on the official site of Intertops Poker, players registered here will have loads of re-buy poker action to enjoy in the following days since the poker operator’s iconic Wipeout Series of poker tournaments is finally back in the game.

Since Intertops Poker players prefer having access to such re-buy options offered by poker tournaments, the website’s Wipeout Series will feature the Wipeout XL poker tournaments which usually feature around $1,500 in prize money offered up for grabs. Nonetheless, to attract more players, Intertops Poker will add bigger online poker tournaments to its Wipeout Series that will have several different events offering $3,000, $5,000, and even a massive $9,000 in guaranteed prize money.

Intertops Poker Enriching Its Offer

Operating as a part of the popular Horizon Poker Network, Intertops Poker is surely one of the biggest stars of the network with an impressive, loyal player base of fans of the game from the entire globe. As one of the oldest poker sites of this kind offering all sorts of exciting online poker tournaments, cash games, and more, Intertops Poker also enjoys desirable daily traffic which just adds more to the brand’s reputation as one of the leading names in the industry.

Needless to say, Intertops Poker is an excellent brand with extensive experience and longevity, great feature, an unrivaled selection of poker tournaments alongside many other perks such as inviting welcome offers, both download, and instant-play options, and great poker rooms for players who prefer spending less. Most importantly, Intertops Poker offers only the safest gaming environments to every single player who decides to register here.

Over the years, Intertops Poker expanded its impeccable offering to include more cash games and of course, more exciting online poker tournaments. Some of the most popular poker tournaments offered by Intertops Poker include its Lucky Three $333 GTD daily tournaments, Sunday Sundowner Special tournaments with $10K GTD offered up for grabs, Take-A-Break tournaments, Resurrection tournaments with $2K GTD and Wipeout Series which finally makes comeback.

The comeback of the Iconic Wipeout Series at Intertops Poker

Intertops Poker has released full schedules for its Wipeout series of poker tournaments a couple of days who while the first Wipeout Series tournament started on the 1st of July. Players logged into their Intertops Poker accounts to participate in this poker tournament with $3,000 guaranteed and buy-ins of $20 + $2. Then, on the 2nd of July, players also logged into their accounts to take part in a larger Wipeout Series poker tournament that offered $5,000 guaranteed up for grabs with a buy-in of $30 + $3.

On the 3rd of July, the longest-running online poker site offered its Wipeout Fusion event featuring a buy-in of $60 + $6. This event offered $9,000 up for grabs in guaranteed prize money. Interested players were offered a number of satellites back on the 29th of July at only $0.30 + $0.02 to try and reserve their spot at the Wipeout Fusion event. All poker tournaments took place in No-Limit Texas Hold’em poker format with starting stacks set at 2,000 and ten-minute blinds.

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PokerStars Adding More Games and Mobile Capability to Its Home Games Section

Ivan Potocki — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 22:21:07 +0000

PokerStars, owned and operated by The Stars Group, is without a doubt one of the leading online casino gaming and gambling companies globally. The company based in Toronto, Canada is not only responsible for the biggest online poker room, PokerStars but also for several other highly successful iGaming brands including Full Tilt Poker, BetStars, and PokerStars Casino.

The company formerly known as Amaya Inc. emerged on the iGaming stage nineteen years ago back in 2001. Together with Flutter Entertainment, The Stars Group produces and distributes all sorts of online gaming services and products including sportsbook, casino and poker products through several of its divisions. The Stars Group is also responsible for one of the biggest online poker tournaments, the iconic PokerStars Championship as well as for MegaStack live poker tournaments, PokerStars festival and land-based poker games and tournaments including PokerStars Live which is held at the Hippodrome Casino, City of Dreams in Macau and City of Dreams in Manilla.

The company’s Stars Interactive division has licenses to operate across seventeen jurisdictions in North American, Europe, and elsewhere. Needless to say, the most iconic brand owned and operated by The Stars Group is PokerStars which was founded eighteen years who also in 2001 in Costa Rica by Mark Scheinberg and Isai Scheinberg.

PokerStars Home Games Mobile Compatibility

As one of the most successful online poker cardrooms, PokerStars is easily accessible through its downloadable clients that work smoothly across the iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows operating systems. As the biggest real money online poker site globally, PokerStars today controls over two-thirds of the online poker market.

What makes PokerStars highly successful is its real money poker tournaments department which is regularly updated with new exciting offers available to punters across the globe. What is even more, one online satellite tournament at PokerStars.com produced Chris Moneymaker who was the World Series of Poker 2003 champion. He was the very first person to become a World Series of Poker champion by qualifying at an online satellite tournament.

Over the years, the PokerStars Home Games department became one of the most popular site’s departments thanks to its excellent variety of gaming options. What is even more, with the Home Games program at PokerStars, players can set up poker games with their friends and family for even more fun while gaming. To enrich its Home Games program, PokerStars decided to add a variety of chances including excellent mobile compatibility and more poker variants.

One of the major reasons behind these upgrades lies in customer feedback which helped PokerStars to enrich its offering. Players have asked the operator to allow mobile gamers to play its Home Games via their portable devices. Finally, the mobile compatibility for the vast majority of Android devices while users of iOS devices will have to wait for several weeks to have the same option.

Six Card Omaha, Fusion, Hold’em and Showtime Added

To add even more fun to its Home Games program, PokerStars decided to remove some less popular poker variants and add several new options including Six Card Omaha, Fusion, Hold’em, and Showtime among others. Players will find these new poker variants in the Home Games cash games section and the tournament section. To start any game, players select their option and provide a code to friends or family members to start.

Several other improvements were also made within this section at PokerStars including how tournaments are organized within their section. Furthermore, players can pick from several different poker tournament time frames including Slow and Hyper formats. The first one offers fifteen minutes per each level while the second one offers three minutes per each level.

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Black Diamond Poker Open Returns to Ignition Featuring 150 Events

Ivan Potocki — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 23:22:45 +0000

The ninth edition of the highly popular Black Diamond Poker Open finally kicked off on the 28^th of February. Before the poker tournament started, participants have been vying for their spot here by taking part in multiple qualifying events. The ninth edition of the Black Diamond Poker Open offers over $6.3 million in prize money which is guaranteed. The event also features one hundred and fifty events that take place over the course of four weeks until the 31^st of March.

Like every other year, the Black Diamond Poker Open is held at Ignition Poker which is the prominent poker arm of a company that was founded back in September 2016 as Ignition Casino. At the time, the poker site was established by the purchase of the already exiting player base of an American poker product Bovada poker which was owned and operated by the Bodog Group.

All of Bovada’s assets related to its poker product were sold to a Hong Kong-headquartered company Pai Wang Luo. In the beginning, Ignition poker was solely focused on providing poker games to players from the United States. Nonetheless, in July of 2017, the company responsible for the poker site started accepting players from Australia as well.

The Pai Wang Luo Network

Ignition poker is part of a prominent network of sites which was previously known as the Bodog Poker Network before being rebranded as the Pai Want Luo network. The poker players registered at Ignition Poker commonly play against players who are registered at Bodog sites such as Bodog88 and Bodog that operate in several other countries other than Australia and the United States.

When it comes to the Pai Wang Luo poker network’s services, with thousands of active members, it is international in size and scope. After the company responsible for Ignition poker purchased the player base of Bovada, it became the third biggest poker site globally following Bovada ceasing its poker operations. At its peak hours, Ignition poker commonly exceeds over two thousand and five hundred cash games.

The poker site’s main offering revolves around three main poker games including Omaha Hi-Lo, Omaha and Texas Hold’em which are offered in different formats including sit and go, tournament and cash games. Speaking of its tournaments, some of them are series offering multi-million prize polls including the Super Millions Poker Open, Twelve Days of Turbo and Black Diamond Poker Open.

Highlights of the Black Diamond Poker Open

The Black Diamond Poker Open tournament comes with multiple highlights that players do not want to miss. There is also a number of special events that have been added to the schedule including the Tune-Up events, like Special, High Roller, and the Super High Roller. These three special events offer a combined guaranteed prize pool of $384,000.

Then, the tournament’s traditional $100,000 High Roller and Sunday $150,000 events are replaced with $125,000 and $159,000 versions. These return on the 8^th, 15^th, 22^nd and finally 29^th of March with awesome guaranteed prize pools as expected.

There will also be the Mini Main Event which comes with a lower buy-in than the traditional Main Event. The tournament kicks off on the 29^th of March and it offers an awesome guaranteed prize pool of $125,000.

The biggest highlight of the entire event is definitely the Main Event which also kicks off on the 29^th of March and offers a great guaranteed prize pool of staggering $450,000. The Main Event features a buy-in of $425 + $25 and participants can re-enter two times.

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Farid Jattin Wins $10,300 High Roller at partypoker MILLIONS South America

Ivan Potocki — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 22:00:52 +0000

Starting on the 6^th of February, the partypoker MILLIONS South America event was held in the city of Punta Del Este in Uruguay. The event lasted for ten days until the 16^th of February and as every single year, it offers poker players excellent, premium poker gaming. The partypoker MILLIONS South America event features massive $5,000,000 GTD Main Event alongside loads of other events including high roller options and much more. The main $10,300-buy in High Roller tournament finished with Farid Jattin being crowned as the ultimate winner.

$10,300 High Roller Final Table

At the final table of the $10,300 High Roller event, Farid Jattin had a rather nice chip stack, but at certain points, he was far from being the chip leader. Jattin held slightly over twelve million in chips which was significantly behind Rodrigo Seiji who as the chip leader held around twenty-four million chips. Nonetheless, Farid Jattin who is known for his rather aggressive game managed to earn a huge put as he decided to go head to head with another great player Mike Del Vecchio.

Following this head to head game with Vecchio, great Farid Jattis gradually boosted its pot which at the time included almost thirty million in chips. After winning a hand against Mike Del Vecchio with lucky aces, both Seiji and Jattin went back and forth eliminating their rivals until the two were the only remaining players at the final table. The exciting head-up game started and at the time, both players held over forty million in chips.

In the beginning, it seemed that this round will turn into a long-running game, it was actually rather short-lived to everyone’s surprise. Rodrigo Seiji managed to lose a massive pot and he rapidly went down to just three million in chips. Seiji just managed to double up two times before his poor stack was finally defeated by Farid Jattin via an Ace-Six top hand. The third-placed at the $10,300 High Roller event was Hilario Quijada followed by Roberto José Sagra, Marvin Rettenmaier, Marvin Rettenmaier, Jack Sinclair and Luis Gustavo. The first, second and third-placed players took home $200,000, $129,800, and $95,000 respectively.

Pablo Silva Winning partypoker MILLIONS South America Main Event

Pablo Silva was crowned the winner of the partypoker MILLIONS South America Main Event. As the ultimate winner, this great Brazilian poker player took home $1 million and this is his biggest score when it comes to his live poker tournament successes. The excellent heads-up game between Fabio Colonese Pablo Silva and the chip leader of the day Daniel Razaei finished with Razaei being eliminated.

The final day of the partypoker MILLIONS South America Main Event started with nine players. In the end, it was Pablo Silva to take home the first-place prize followed by Fabio Colonese, Daniel Rezaei, Fabian Gumz, Andres Viola, Sergio Luis Di Pego, Dzmitry Urbanovich, Pedro Madeira and Rafael Caiaffa. The partypoker MILLIONS headed to Sochi where the action kicked off on the 6^th of March and lasted until the 16th of March.

On the 6^th of March, the partypoker MILLIONS Super High Roller Series kicked-off for the first time. The series featured buy-ins starting from $25,000 to $50,000 with the main partners of the series being Triton Poker and PokerGo.

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888Poker to Continue Sponsoring the World Series of Poker

Ivan Potocki — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 22:23:20 +0000

For six consecutive years, one of the biggest online poker operators 888poker will be the official sponsor of the biggest poker tournament series, the World Series of Poker or simply the WSOP. The truth is that one of the leading online poker operators 888poker has a rich, long-running relationship with the World Series of Poker and it offers poker fans an amazing opportunity to compete in major WSOP tournaments by participating in online qualifications.

Formerly known as Pacific Poker, 888poker is a leading, international online poker network and cardroom which has been going strong since 2002. The poker network is owned and operated by 888 Holdings owns several gaming websites and brands besides its 888poker including 888sport, 888casino and a number of popular bingo brands. 888 Holdings was founded twenty-three years ago in 1997.

The 888poker Game and Tournament Offering

Today, the 888poker website includes loads of different poker variations for all poker fans such as High and Low Omaha, Texas Hold’em as well as Seven Card Stud Poker alongside tournament games and popular Sit & Go. All of the brand’s poker products are available across all major gaming platforms including Apple and Android devices, PCs and laptops.

It is worth mentioning that 888poker was the very first online poker operator to introduce webcam poker tables which allow 888poker members to enjoy better socializing when playing their favorite poker games. Back in July of 2013, 888poker also launches its poker mobile app which marked the company’s expansion across the growing mobile gaming market. the brand also offers an excellent loyalty program and all members of the 888poker Club gain access to daily free tournaments, great cash prizes, and other perks.

In addition to being the official sponsor or the WSOP since 2014, 888poker also hosts the iconic 888poker Live poker event which has been held across several cities for years. Besides, 888poker also organizes online legend branded as the XL Championships Series which includes XL Blizzard, XL Eclipse and XL Inferno. Back in November of 2017, the World Poker Tour and 888poker entered into a business partnership which enabled all 888poker players to qualify for the World Poker Tour DeepStacks which at the time was held in Berlin.

The World Series of Poker 2020 Details

The upcoming 2020 World Series of Poker event will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino which is a hotel and casino located close to the Las Vegas Strip. The venue is managed by Caesars Entertainment and owned by Eric Birnbaum. The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino was the very first all-suite luxurious resort to open its doors in this area. The World Series of Poker will kick off on the 26^th of May.

It was already revealed that PokerGo and ESPN together will broadcast footage from the WSOP events so that interested fans can keep up with all of the actions. When it comes to 888poker and its involvement in the series, the company which owns the poker brand will offer its members who are not located within the United States the great opportunity to qualify for the WSOP 2020 Main Event online.

Additionally, 888poker will be offering loads of other options including special campaigns and promotions while satellite tournaments are also included on the menu. Some of these options are already offered by the operator while the majority of special promotions by 888poker will continue until the 14^th of June.

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Kevin Paqué Defeats Steve O’Dwyer to Win €4,300 ME of 2019 Master Classics of Poker

Ivan Potocki — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 20:36:37 +0000

The Master Classics of Poker tournament has been held once a year at the iconic Holland Casino located in Amsterdam for many years now or more specifically since 1993. The very first winner of the MCOP Main Event back in November of 1993 was Surinder Sunar while the latest winner of the €4,300 Main Event is amazing Kevin Paqué.

The twenty-seventh edition of the poker tournament was held from the 21^st of November until the 1^st of December. The major highlights of the poker tournaments were definitely its € 10.000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller, €4.000 No-Limit Hold’em and €25.000 No-Limit Hold’em Super High Roller Main Events. The Master Classics of Poker tournament also features many other events including €550 No-Limit Hold’em Hyper-Turbo, €880 Pot-Limit Omaha, €220 No-Limit Hold’em Team Event, €3.250 Pot-Limit Omaha, and much more.

Action-Packed Master Classics of Poker Schedule

As every single year, the Master Classics of Poker 2019 boasted an impressive, action-packed gaming schedule. With so many great heads-up plays and so many successful professional poker players, there is no wonder why the Masters Classics of Poker is among the most eagerly anticipated poker events. The MCOP tournament started after the World Series of Poker Circuit Rotterdam crowned its champion.

This year’s High Roller event costs €9,800 while both the 2018 and 2017 editions of the event featured €10,300 buy-ins. The Master Classics of Poker 2017 High Roller event was won by Joris Ruijs who defeated a massive field of sixty-five entries and finally banked around €206,242 after defeating Ole Schemion. One year later, Hakim Zoufri defeated sixty-eight players to finally come from the heads-up game as the winner after defeating Jan Schwippert.

Nonetheless, is the Master Classics of Poker €4,300 Main Event that every poker player wants to win. This year’s MCOP Main Event came packed with two initial fights, with one packed with a turbo blind structure. Back in 2017, Claas Segebrecht was the winner of the Main Event and he banked around €235,087 while in 2018, Alberto Stegeman came as the reigning Master Classics of Poker Main Event winner who ultimately turned his €4,300 into a massive prize of €240,183.

The Master of Classics Poker €4,300 Main Event Final Table

When it comes to this year’s MCOP €4,300 Main Event final table, amazing Kevin Paqué started second-placed in terms of chips value. However, very soon Kevin took the lead after he went head to head with another amazing player, Pascal Vos. From here, Kevin Paqué put great pressure on every opponent, but still, two hours have passed before the very first player was eliminated from the final table and this was Ole Schemion.

Just one hand later, the second player was eliminated from the final table Shyngis Satubayev and player by player, the final table came down to only two players Steve O’Dywer and Kevin Paqué. The final table’s heads-up game started and Steve O’Dwyer soon later found his chip stack getting very short. He doubled up several times to lose to great Kevin Paqué in the very end. The Main Event lasted for over two and a half hours of a rather exciting heads-up game between the two players.

In the end, Kevin Paqué won the event with a flush draw that perfectly hit on the river. As the event’s first-placed player, Kevin Paqué banked €260,878 while Steve O’Dwyer won €174,421. The third-placed was Paraskevas Tsokaridis followed by Pascal Vos, Frederico Silva, Jan Bednar, Johan Rensink, Shyngis Satubayev, and Ole Schemion.

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Alexandros Kolonias Wins 2019 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event

Ivan Potocki — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:57:26 +0000

The 2019 WSOPE has reached its end. This year’s World Series of Poker Europe No-Limit Hold’em poker tournament saw five hundred and forty-one entries which together created a massive prize pool of over €5 million. This tournament was actually the second biggest World Series of Poker Europe Main Event and it was the third poker tournament of this significance to take place in the Czech Republic’s municipality of Rozvadov.

The event saw Alexandros Kolonias winning the title after defeating another great poker player Class Claas Segebrecht in super exciting heads-up game. The final table of the event included nine amazing players and each player was from a different country. Included in the table were Dario Sammartino and Anthony Zinno who are both World Series of Poker Player of the Year contestants for this year.

Amazing Alexandros Kolonias Winning Over $1,2 Million

The first player to leave the final table was amazing Rifat Palevic who is another former World Series of Poker winner. The table was left by several more players until just Segebrecht and Kolonias remained. According to the official WSOP press release, once the exciting heads-up game at the final table started, the action was quite shot-lived as the ultimate winner Alexandros Kolonias started with a three to five advantage which helped him take a bigger lead almost at the very beginning.

His opponent, Claas Segebrecht has managed to gain some ground after having a great hand consisted of a full house of tens, but this was not enough. Just before a half-hour of gaming action, the final table had its winner. Before it was over, Claas Segebrecht decided to shove all-in with threes in his hand while the winner called with Ace to King suited. There was a King located on the flop which ultimately helped Alexandros Kolonias with river and spades on its turn to win the game and score the title.

The results of the World Series of Poker Europe No-Limit Hold’em tournament shows how much the first eight-placed players won. Alexandros Kolonias as the winner of the Main Event scooped over $1,2 million. The second-placed Claas Segebrecht won over $777K while the third-placed Anthony Zinno brought home around $538K. The fourth-placed Dario Sammartino won $379K while the fifth-placed Anh Do won over $271. Rifat Palevic as sixth-placed won $197K while Julien Martini as seventh-placed won $146K. The eight-placed Jakob Madsen brought home around $110K.

Kahle Burns Earning His Second Bracelet

This year’s World Series of Poker Europe has seen some amazing poker action at Rozvadov’s King’s Resort which hosted the series. Before Alexandros Kolonias won this year’s WSOPE Main Event, Kahle Burns earned his second bracelet as he won the 2019 World Series of Poker Event Thirteen. This event lasted for more than thirteen hours before Burns landed the ultimate win which brought him his second World Series of Poker bracelet.

In total, one hundred and seventy-nine poker players competed in this event. The final table, in the end, included Manig Loeser and Kahle Burns. All in all, the heads-up gaming round for this event was rather short as the ultimate winner was determined in only two hands. The final results for this event are Kahle Burns as the first-placed, Manig Loeser as the second-placed, Felix Schulze as the third-placed followed by Anselmi and Peck.

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SugarHouse Casino Sued Over Unshuffled Poker Decks

Ivan Potocki — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 21:45:06 +0000

SugarHouse Casino is arguably the hottest Philadelphia-based gambling destination thanks to its impressive gaming library packed with all sorts of thrilling slot machines, classic table games and much more. The venue is also one of the oldest Philly’s gambling facilities which continue to pose as a premier both nightlife and gaming location.

Thanks to its $164 million-worth expanding, the casino brought in all sorts of new amenities including bars, six new restaurants, a massive parking garage and much more. The casino is located near the Delaware River in Fishtown neighborhood. It is one of five independent gambling facilities which was awarded its gaming licensed by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board in 2006.

Granted a Gaming License in 2006

Despite the fact that many residents of the neighborhood were against the casino opening in this area due to damaged life quality, SugarHouse Casino opened its doors to the public on the 23^rd of September, 2010. At the time, the Fishtown area residents decided to establish anti-casino organizations in the first place, the Philadelphia Neighborhood Alliance and the Casino Free Philadelphia.

However, the biggest Fishtown membership organization FACT with six hundred members has supported the SugarHouse Casino project. Hence, the casino’ successfully completed its developmental stage in 2010. Currently, it serves as home to more than three thousand games including tables and slot machines alongside a number of dining and retail outlets located at the casino complex. Moreover, back in 2018, SugarHouse Casino became the very first land-based gambling facility in the city to offer sportsbetting.

Two Gamblers Suing SugarCasino

Since its establishment, the casino has regularly made headlines and the most recent issue regards unshuffled poker decks two gamblers claim the casino used. In their statement, two gamblers said that the casino has used illegitimate, broken card shuffling machines at their table games which led them to lose over $250k.

According to this lawsuit, William Vespe and Anthony Mattia signed the lawsuit at the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the lawsuit is also against the casino’s partner Rush Street Gaming. In the lawsuit, Mr. Vespe said he lost around $147k and Mr. Mattia stated he lost $103k between May 2017 and up to January 2018. During this period, both Vespe and Mattia played on multiple occasions.

In their statement, two gambles said that they saw several incidents of damaged or broken machines for automatic card shuffled as well as witnessed illegitimate card decks being added at the SugarHouse mini-baccarat, poker and blackjack tables. Further, they stated that these inconveniences significantly reduced their winning odds.

It should be noted that this is not the first time that SugarHouse has been facing these charges. The very first incident of this kind occurred on the 28^th of May when one casino’s employee found sixteen cards in an automatic card shuffles that somebody had removed. Later on, investigators on the case found that the removed cards belonged to six decks used in blackjack games.

Following this incident, only one gambler out of eight gamblers who were playing with this short card decks won. Commenting on the most recent incident, the casino’s spokesperson Jack Horner stated in his most recent announcements that the integrity of all gaming operations at SugarHouse Casino is of the biggest importance. He also added that all individuals involved in the incidents had their job contracts terminated.

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