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This week saw the Unibet hopefuls taking in the delights of Copenhagen, and it was Joni Liimatta from Finland who walked off with the €70,514 first prize.

The players decided to go out with a bang – an amazing heads-up battle deciding the destination of the €1,122,800 first prize and the title – with Sebastian Malec coming out on top when his flush toppled Uri Reichenberg’s straight.

​It sounds like the end of an era for the much-admired EPT with the announcement by PokerStars that they will be ‘retiring’ the brand and replacing it with new ‘Championship’ and ‘Festival’ tours.

​If Fedor Holz has retired then he’s doing a very bad job at it, the German sensation scooping a cool €1.3million for winning the €50K super-high roller at Barcelona’s EPT this weekend!

Some recent tweets by people who should be in the know are hinting at a live PokerStars event in the US, scheduled to co-incide with the Main Event final table at the end of October!

Justyn Tyndaal was sitting at during a poker tournament and somehow the cash box fell onto his left foot and caused what he describes as serious injuries as a result including “disfigurement”.

​If $1million isn’t enough to tempt you to the Caribbean, then how about $2million? The Party Poker Million has just doubled its guaranteed prize-fund for its November extravaganza.

The WPT Foundation, the Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club, and Party Poker have collaborated to announce the Inaugural and annual “Devilfish Cup”, which will be held at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, England, during the WPT’s UK Festival

It's going to be an incredible 5 days for cash game payers around the world.

Almost every action he took and every tournament he entered was newsworthy in some way. From bracelet wins, to crazy and controversial prop bets, to marriage proposals and Twitter wars.

Habernig’s reward for winning the tournament was a cool €109,000 first prize and the title of 2016 Intertops Velden European Champion.

For only the 2nd time in its history the series attracted over 100,000 entries across its various events, paying out the phenomenal sum of $220,000,000+ to those lucky enough to cash.

This year’s tournament, sponsored by 888Poker, was held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino between May 31st and July 18th, and was an event full of big winners and even bigger celebrity names.

​Nevada gaming law does not allow men to be completely excluded from playing in the WSOP Ladies only event, even if the tournament organizers hope only women enter it.