Andrew Burnett

It’s been a difficult time for high-stakes pro Matt Berkey, losing a $400k+ pot on Poker After Dark and incurring the wrath of Doug Polk for pulling out of a recent game.

An impressive warm-up is the best way to describe Rainer Kempe’s victory in the Caribbean Poker Party Festival $1,100 MILLIONS Open.

Mexican Fernando Fraire Galvan took down the WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood for $247,160 and a coveted Circuit ring to go along with it.

The Italian Poker Open has landed a new sponsor in the shape of PokerStars, with the 'Stars promising even more good news for its Italian tour fans.

Chris Hunichen celebrated a $1million year in Punta Cana when he scooped the $400,000 first prize.

The resort city of Sanya on the southern end of China’s Hainan Island has been a very happy hunting ground for Chinese pro Qian Zhi Qiang.

Half a dozen of the most liberal pros in the poker world found themselves under attack by the rapper Talib Kweli, who seemed hell-bent on calling everybody a racist.

The future of cryptocurrency is one step closer.

William Han took down the biggest poker payday of his life when he outplayed a field of 131 entrants to lift the Festival of Poker Main Event title in Auckland, New Zealand

the invitational event saw the likes of Jason ‘jcarverpoker’ Somerville and Lex Veldhuis take on popular game-streamers ‘Reckful’, ‘itsHafu’, ‘Onscreen’, ‘MitchJones’, ‘Timmac’ and ‘PMSProxy’.

PartyPoker have expanded their pro roster by signing up Irish grinder Louise Butler as a Team Online Pro

Maxime Heroux was the hero of the day as he took down the WPT Montreal Main Event for CAD$403,570 (US$317,554) at the Playground Poker Club.

Doug Polk’s YouTube broadside this week against fellow highstakes pro Matt Berkey for not appearing at a big cash game has sparked a Twitter storm.

A 33-year old man connected to the infamous Russian mafia clan known as the ‘Thieves in Law’ has been sentenced to a year and a day behind bars.