Andrew Burnett

Getting the New Year off to a great start isn’t always easy, and for Vegas’ casinos it’s been a mixed bag – bonuses for the lucky ones but closures and job-searching for others.

WSOP bracelet winner Francois Safieddine is being sued for $236,000 by a Denver-based law firm which represented the poker player in two separate lawsuits.

The poker publishing magnate is still suppressing voices he doesn’t like!

In the second big departure of the week, 5-time WSOP bracelet winner Jason Mercier has decided to part ways with PokerStars.

It was Massachusetts maestro Nick Petrangelo who took down the $100,000 winner-takes-all freeroll.

Doug Polk and Phil Galfond are on the lookout for fresh blood for their sites.

In a surprise announcement, top online pro and PLO coach Fernando ‘JNandez87’ Habegger has left Upswing Poker.

January 15th promises to see just how sharp Global Poker's claws really are with the introduction of the $1.5million, 200 tournament Grizzly Games!

Just a week after releasing his extremely-interesting profit and loss numbers, Canadian poker star Daniel Negreanu has outlined his goals for 2018.

The mysterious ‘Berri Sweet’ topped the online nosebleed winner’s list with a $1,769,395 profit in 2017 – ahead of a host of famous highstakes players.

The hunt for Thomas Dougher who is alleged to have robbed two banks within four days in the Atlantic City area has ended after police arrested him just before New Year.

The traditional New Year online festivities saw big winners in both tournament and cash game play, with Ben ‘Ben86’ Tollerene welcoming in 2018 with a $109,968 win.

Police in Ireland have appealed for information after a 40-year old Polish man was fatally stabbed on New Year’s Eve following an argument over a poker game.

It may well have been a year of German domination at the highest levels of poker, but it has also seen glimpses of past-heroes taking to the felt on the comeback trail.