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

Former Full Tilt Poker Store Items on Auction

Those who have been around online poker for long enough remember it all – golden age of Full Tilt Poker, the fiasco and somewhat recent transaction that saw Full Tilt become property of Poker

Live Poker Events, 11 years ago

Public Nominations Being Accepted for 2014 Poker Hall of Fame

With the beginning of this week, a process of public nominations for 2014 Poker Hall of Fame has been initiated by WSOP.com. The first step in the process of induction is to gather a public opinion

Jerry Yang’s WSOP Watch Auctioned on Ebay

There are probably hundreds of thousands of auctions going on at any point on Ebay but it is not often the case that one of them catches the attention of the wider poker public. However, couple days

Promos, 11 years ago

Pokertube Weekly: Another Week of Exciting Poker Action

Things are really warming up in Pokertube tournaments. They are fun and exciting, banter is simply great and, perhaps the most importantly, there is a ton of free money floating around, just waiting

Rafa Nadal’s Home Game Makes a Big Splash

He may be a big tennis star, but as far as poker goes, Rafa Nadal is still learning the ropes. This, however, did not prevent member of the Team Poker Stars - Sport Stars from making a big splash in

Weekly Highstakes Report: Samrostan Books a $500k Day

It seems that the dry spell that hit the high stakes tables is finally behind us, which is good news for the rail birds. With players back from WSOP and itching to play, this week saw a huge increase

Never-ending Discussion: Is November Nine Concept Good for Poker?

Every year, almost without exception, there is a big discussion about merits of having the final table of the WSOP Main Event in November as opposed to having it sometime soon after the finalists are

Business & Industry, 11 years ago

European Commission Recommends Principles for Protection of Online Gambling Customers

On Monday, July 14, the European Commission accepted a Recommendation on online gambling services. The Recommendation encourages Member States to adopt the principles which would ensure a high level

Live Poker Events, 11 years ago

PokerStars in Search for Protégés

In a press release sent out earlier today, PokerStars have announced a new, exciting competition that will be taking place during this year’s World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). The

Antigambling Campaign Fail: Advert against Gambling Becomes the Best Pro-Betting Vid Ever

Campaigns against gambling are in general a good thing. Raising awareness about gambling related problems is no small matter and, overall, it certainly helps the community. However, even a serious

Live Poker Events, 11 years ago

PokerTube Weekly: Exclusive Tournaments Recap

The first week of Pokertube exclusive tournaments is behind us now and it is time to take a look of who did what on the virtual felt. It was a lot of fun and excitement, both in terms of poker and

Live Poker Events, 11 years ago

WSOP Main Event: We Have the November Nine!

16 players returned from the dinner break, ready for what was easily the toughest battle of their career. Seats at the largest final table of the year so close that you can almost touch them, yet

Live Poker Events, 11 years ago

Down to Sixteen on the Last Main Event Dinner Break of the Summer

For some forty days players have battled on the green felt, playing for the money, glory and bracelets. 64 events have come to an end and ten days ago, the big one, Main Event, went underway. With so

Weekly High Stakes Report: Ike Haxton Books Six-Figure Profit

Another week is gone and despite many players still being in the States, the high-stakes cash tables have seen a fair share of the action last seven days. The biggest matchup took place on Friday

Live Poker Events, 11 years ago

Main Event: 44 Returning from the Dinner Break

It is the Day 6 of the Main Event, and after playing for couple hours, players are away for their well deserved dinner break. When cards got in the air earlier today, there were 79 of them still