Ivan Potocki

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Joined PokerTube June 2014

Ivan Potocki is the editor in chief and one of the lead news writers for PokerTube.

His natural flair and enthusiasm for journalism combined with a deep poker knowledge make him an exciting contributor for PokerTube.

The experience garnered playing poker professionally for several years and the knowledge of the poker world picked up from a variety of sources help him understand and tell the stories from all spheres of poker and casino life and industry.

Ivan holds a degree in English language and literature from the University of Sarajevo.

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Articles by Ivan Potocki

Business & Industry, 11 years ago

PokerStars Pulling the Plug: Real Money Games No Longer Offered in Numerous Countries

As much as it sucks to be a bearer of bad news, our predictions from an article published couple weeks ago came to life. Yesterday’s thread on 2 + 2 forums confirmed the speculations as Poker

Live Poker Events, 11 years ago

Behind the Scenes with Fedor Holz - WCOOP Main Event Winner

PokerStars Blog published an interesting interview with the WCOOP Main Event winner who goes under his online alias ‘CrownUpGuy’. The PokerStars interview takes a ‘behind the scenes’ look and

Live Poker Events, 11 years ago

WCOOP Main Event: Close But No Cigar For Isildur1, ‘CrownUpGuy’ Wins $1.3 Million

This year’s WCOOP has come to a conclusion and the Series did not fail to meet the expectations of numerous online grinders from around the world. It had everything – huge prize pools, all sorts

Confirmed: Somerville and UP Parting Ways – ‘I Don’t Need no Man in My LIfe’

The rumors have been confirmed. Jason Somerville and Ultimate Poker will be parting ways. During his latest live stream Somerville explained the entire situation that has been talked about a lot

Weekly High Stakes Report: Antonius on a Small Downswing, Action Picking Up on Poker Stars

The past week was marked by the clash of two high stakes regulars – ‘Denoking’ and Doug ‘WCGRider’ Polk, and after they’ve taken a little break from the felt, the two were back at it on

Live Poker Events, 11 years ago

WCOOP Main Event Kicks Off Tonight

Tonight is probably the biggest night for all serious online MTT grinders – it is the night of $5,200 World Championship of Online Poker Main Event. Featuring the prize pool of $10,000,000, this

Dan Bilzerian Arrested?

Last couple days, a short video clip of the eccentric millionaire being arrested and taken to the police car has been circling all sorts of Internet sites. The short footage by someone who looks

Business & Industry, 11 years ago

PokerStars Release Insider Videos

The most recent email from the Poker Stars sent out to different media contained links to two ‘insider’ videos revealing some of the behind-the-scene information to the general public. Although

Promos, 11 years ago

PokerTube Weekly: We Are Taking You to the Caribbean’s!

When it comes to promotions, PokerTube has always been simply the nuts! Every week I try my best to explain to people why they should be playing in these tournaments and I am seriously contemplating

Durrrr Challenge Dragging On – Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates Infuriated

Story of the Durrrr Challenge is an old one and the one that should have finished a long time ago, but as everyone following the world of highstakes poker knows – this is not the case. Challenge

Bren 'YaAaRnY' Lenton's Epic Prop Bet Fails Despite of Valiant Efforts

We've reported earlier about YaAaRnY's prop bet that would see him play $5/$10 and higher PLO tables in order to try and win 100 buy-ins. Bren Lenton, aka YaAaRnY was given two-to-one odds against

Weekly Highstakes Report: Doug Polk and Denoking Settling the Score, ‘Isildur1’ Struggling

Last week started in a unusally quiet fashion as HighStakes DB did not record any significant activity at the tables on Monday. Although reasons for this are uncertain, this was, as expected, only a

Will Casino Games Be the Doom of Poker?

There’s been a lot of talk lately about how far will the Poker Stars and Full Tilt will go in terms of casino games offerings. As for Full Tilt, we’ve pretty much gotten our answer with their

Business & Industry, 11 years ago

Real Gaming in Nevada Now Taking Deposits from 7-Eleven Stores

Thank you sir, anything else? - Umm, pack of Marlboro, gums and, yeah, give me $500 for online poker, I hear games are really good on Friday nights.In an effort to offer their players the biggest

Senator Ray Lesniak Creates Turmoil in Poker Community – PokerStars Soon in New Jersey?

A statement made on the official Twitter account of Senator Raymond Lesniak about a week ago created quite turmoil within the poker community. In a nutshell, Lesniak hinted that PokerStars will soon