PartyPoker Loads Up Powerfest with $20m GTD, 10% Off Tickets

The upcoming PowerFest on PartyPoker. com is set to be the biggest one yet with 301 events and $20, 000, 000 guaranteed prize money.

The series will run from May 7th to 21st, 2017, culminating on the final day with a massive Main Event with $1, 050, 000, 000 guaranteed, $1m.

To celebrate PowerFest and the launch of the new rewards program, PartyPoker will offer players a 10% discount on the PowerFest Bundle in the Loyalty Store.

Pokerfest Tournament of Champions

This time, Partypoker will offer a special Freeroll Champions Tournament to all 301 winners coming out of PowerFest.

Partypoker Live President John Duthie.

All PowerFest winners will win a $20, 000 PartyPoker ticket, so it's free to attend. The winner will receive a $15, 000 ticket and an official PowerFest t-shirt, trophy and belt.

TOC is not the only perk for PowerFest grinders. The site also hosts a 500-point $500k tournament where users can put in 500 points to play in a satellite to the $2M-GTD PowerFest $25, 500 buy-in Super High Charity Event.

Those who don't want to participate in the huge event can still participate in Sam Trickett's tournament by answering a Partypoker question correctly on Twitter.

Partypoker will randomly pick accounts and give them a percentage of Trickett's winnings in the tournament. It's completely free to participate.

PokerFest also features a leaderboard with a prize pool of $135, 000 for players who want to record high volume during the series.

As usual, PowerFest will have four buy-in levels, starting at just $5, 50 and going up to $25, 500 for the Super High Roller Charity Event. Each buy-in level has its own leaderboard reward.

Partypoker has been very busy lately, with legendary European poker player John Duthie taking over as chairman of the site's live tour and the launch of a new loyalty program.

For more information and to sign up for an account, check out our PartyPoker review.

PokerStars All Stars Kicks Off with Cates, OtB_RedBaron on Call

Apr 12, 2017 12:37pm

PokerStars' all-new cash game championship is officially live, and some of the biggest names in online poker have already signed up for some serious, out-of-the-spotlight action.

Dan "W00KI3Z" Cates, Trueteller, OTB_REDBARON, KING10CLUBS, and GO0SE. CORE! CORE!! are among 59 players who have made it onto the roster for the elite $10/$20 All-Star Game.

The All-Star League already has a few players linked, but as of midday, no action has been announced.

Meanwhile, the $ 1/$ 2 Masters division where 145 players participated has already begun, and several tables are running.

$100k in Prizes, Negreanu to Stream

Playing in Pokerstars All Stars will be tough, but in addition to the environment without a rake, the leader board prize $ 100, 000 is available.

Will DAN CATES enter the jungle?

The top five Al l-Stars will receive a maximum of $ 20. 000 in addition to the prize in the game.

The league is a complete invitation system, and the player's qualifications are based on the results on the past 12 months.

Poker Stars Pro Daniel Negreanu will host a highlight show on Twitch every week to show off the All Stars best hand.

If you log in to the Pokerstars client, you can play the All Stars game. All Stars Games are in the home game section of the site.

You can move there simply by clicking the "MORE" tab of the Pokerstars software, clicking al l-star games and Masters games.

If you do not have a Pokerstars account, click the download option from the Pokerstars review to get the account.

Pokerstars All Stars Season 1 will be held from the present to May 10th, and if the player accepts this idea, the season will continue.

Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky Wins $111k in Rare High-Stakes Action

April 25, 2017, 8:35 am.

The high stage online game may have died, but still BEN "SAUCE123" SULSKY has won a strange game that jumps out.

SULSKY dominated eight games of $ 1k/$ 2k held at Pokerstars yesterday. According to HighStakeSDB, he broke Alexander "Joiso" Kostritsyn, Elior "Crazy Elior" SION, Mongano, GreezeHool, and won $ 1111. 492.

SULSKY played with 8 games of $ 1k/$ 2k and 2-7 triple drawnix on this day, but lost a small loss in the triple draw.

It was an average year for SULSKY for SULSKY, which used millions of dollars from there, but only "just" $ 215k.

Ravenswood13 Still Online King

BEN SULSKY is not currently the highest hig h-stage winner of Pokerstars this year.

Carlo Van Ravenswoud

This honor is given to Ravenswood13, which is rumored to be Carlo Van Ravenswoud who earned $ 667. 187 in Pokerstars's big game.

The Ravenswood13 account has been active in Pokerstars since mi d-2013, and in late 2015 he has a catastrophic downswing that loses more than $ 1 million.

However, Ravenswood13 has recovered brilliantly in recent years, and its performance in 2017 will be a distant memory.

Immediately behind Ravenswood13 is Russian Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov, he is currently $ 444. 983.

KuznetSov has a rough start to drop more than $ 1 million until 2016, but has steadily recovered like Ravenswood13 and recovered brilliantly.

The Russians have a considerable success on the live tournament circuit and have made a profit of $ 3 million.

Rough Year for Dan “Jungleman” Cates

At the end of the 2017 scale, there is a DURRR challenge DAN "JUNGLEMAN" CATES, which appears to be infinite.

Dan "Jungle Man 12" Kates

This year, Kates has been quite active in the high stage game, with 13. 636, but is down $ 495k.

The start of 2017 was not very good for CATES.

However, CATES has recently received good news, as Absolute/UB started repayment to players. It is reported that Jungleman had a lot of money.

This year's tough other players include the stern "SUPERNOVA9" (-$ 485. 135) and the building "Gastrader" Parkins ($ 396k down). It may be time to make this ship flow backward.

Sick Three-Way All-In Bursts Bubble in 'Stars Millionaire Challenge

April 26, 2017, 8:31 am.

Russian online player Nick2101983 is the youngest Millionaire in Pokerstars, but the Hed s-up Cuonglc has become a hot topic with a stunning hand played in the Millionair Challenge earlier this week.

The Millionaire Challenge is a Pokerstars free promotional event, and players will clear various poker challenges and participate in daily qualifying.

A total of 42 players have advanced to the final round of the Millionaire Challenge from daily qualifying.

The payout for this challenge was particularly interesting, requiring $ 1 million in the first place and $ 30. 000 in second place. Other than that, everyone was zero.

That's why Cuonglc's next hand surprised everyone.

cuonglc Busts Two to Lock Up $30k

The Millionaire Challenge players have the remaining four, and Nick2101983 has become a chip leader.

Cuonglc found Q ♥♥ 7 ♥ with the button and decided al l-in with two opponents covered.

Pokerrog decided to find ♦ 9 ♦ with small blinds and call like a Nobody6799 with a pocket 6 with a big blind.

The board is K ♥ 8 ♥ 8 ♥ 2 ♦ J ♥ 2 ♠, giving CUONGLC flashes, hitting both players, at least $ 30.

With this super big hand, Cuonglc gained a legitimate opportunity to take Nick2101983.

Unfortunately, CUONGLC won, Nick2101983 continued to play well, and eventually won the hea d-up, and $ 1.

You can watch this hand on Twitch with commentary from PokerStars Team Online Pro Felix Schneiders:

More Millionaire Chances on PokerStars

If you missed the Millionaire Challenge but still want to win $1 million, PokerStars' 10 Millionaires in 10 Weeks promotion has some interesting options.

The Spring Championship of Online Poker kicks off next week with two tournaments with $1 million to win.

If you prefer live poker, there's also the PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo, which just started and has two tournaments with $1 million to win.

To get a PokerStars account, visit our review and sign up.

partypoker Adds MTT Master Dzmitry Urbanovich to Pro Roster

April 27, 2017 8:40 AM

Polish MTT crasher Dzmitry Urbanovich is the newest poker pro on Team PartyPoker.

Urbanovich has been one of the most successful players on the live tournament circuit in recent years, earning over $5 million in live tournament earnings since 2013.

Urbanovich joins a team that already includes poker pros Mike Sexton, Johnny Lodden, Sam Trickett, Natalia Breviglieri and Tony Dunst.

Urbanovich #1 on All-Time Polish List

Dzmitry Urbanovich has had great success in recent years, rising to the top of the all-time leaderboard for Poland.

Dmitry Urbanovich

"I can't wait to join the PartyPoker team.

"I've already played partypoker's millions and millions of Sochi events and absolutely love the events. There are so many great Partypoker Live events that I'll have a hard time juggling them all. I'm also planning my schedule around the $20. 000. 000 Powerfest, which starts on May 7th."

The Polish pro won EPT Player of the Year in 2015.

Last year, Urbanovich topped off his tournament success with a win of €561, 900 at the Dublin EPT.

Unafraid to Take Risks

Away from the tables, Urbanovich isn't afraid of the mix-up either, and in fact was the first player to make a big bracelet bet of 200-1 against Vanessa Selbst last year.

Will he bet on a bracelet again this summer?

Urbanovich put up $10, 000 to win three bracelets at the 2016 WSOP, but ultimately fell short of three wins, missing out on one bracelet.

This bet paved the way for an even bigger Jason Mercier bet that garnered attention last summer.

Urbanovich hasn't said yet whether he'll be taking a shot at a bracelet again this summer, but he's likely to be busy in the coming months regardless.

"We are thrilled to have Dzmitry join the PartyPoker team as a supported pro," said Partypoker CEO Tom Waters.

"I've seen his progress over the years, he's a great guy with some very impressive cash. Dzmitry is very positive about the game and is an ideal fit for Partypoker. I can't wait to watch Dzmitry travel the PartyPoker Live Circuit this year."

Pick the Game in Upcoming Players’ Choice SCOOP Event

May 2, 2017 at 9:18 AM

PokerStars is buzzing about its latest edition of online poker, the Spring Championship, but it's up to the players to decide which games will be played in the upcoming tournaments.

Once again, PokerStars has decided to keep one tournament (this time scoop-57 on May 22) as a "selection" event.

That means players can choose online from four games selected by the PokerStars pro team. Voting will take place on Facebook.

This is a notable change from the usual scoop schedule, which is decided months before the online series begins.

Staples, Veldhuis Contribute Options

This year, Team Online Pros Jaime Staples, Mikhail Shalamov, Randy Lew and Lex Veldhuis were given the honor of showcasing the games they chose for their player selections.

Here's a look at each player he picked for this year's scoop:

Jamie Staples - Progressive KO

"I think my form will win" I think progressive knockouts are the future of tournament poker. It's the "exciting part" of the tournament and it lets the real players shine.

Mikhail Shalamov - Win with Turbo Button

"I think this format is great. You don't have to post the big blind because even if you're not in the hand, other people can reach out to win the pot. It's especially fun when the blinds are big, so the turbo format works great."

Randy Lew - Deep Stacks Turbo

Randy Lew

"The reason I chose NLHE 6-Max Deep Stacks Turbo is because I come from 6-max games and I felt that 6-max tables were heavier and more fun.

"I think that in tournaments, you often don't have the option to play with deep stacks like you do in cash games. But many players get tired after playing for a long time, so I think the turbo format is a great fit because you can play with deep stacks and still finish the tournament quickly."

Lex Veldhuis - 6-Max PLO

Pot Rimit Omaha is a great game. The back is deep. Even if it is a short stack in a tournament, there is a lot of room to play. It becomes a total battle for each street. If you find 6 Max Holdems interesting, wait until you see PLO. It's really fun to watch, and I'm proud of being a champion in such a tournament. "

You can vote for your favorite people from the four people on the Pokerstars Facebook page. The voting will be closed next Monday. Players' Choist Nations concludes 2017 SCOOP on May 22.

SCOOPs, Infernos & PowerFests: $81m in Prizes May 7-22

May 3, 2017 14:41

WSOP comes, but May may be a perfect storm for online poker players.

From May 7th to 21st, online players can use Pokerstars Scoop, 888Poker XL Inferno, and Partypoker PowerFest at the same time.

More than 660 tournaments are held, and the prize deposit is $ 81 million, no more options for MTT players.

With a few big scores in the next few weeks, you can prepare players for the entire WSOP (or increase the number of online bankroll).

The following are the schedule of all three super series.

All Games, All Buy-ins, All Day

Regardless of the skill level or bankroll, the next two weeks online poker can literally enjoy it.

Everyone can enjoy it.

Most of the tournaments will be held in n o-limit home dem, but there are also many PLO events, including studs, hoses, rasp, Badugi, and Omaha Hyro.

By ba y-in, from $ 6 to participate, from $ 25. 000 cars from $ 25. 000.

There are also supe r-small events for those who want to win secretly, big GTD tournaments and monster fields for main events.

Those who are off work? There is still something. The tournament starts at 8:30 am, will be held at the latest until 10:45 pm and will be played all night.

If you don't have an account on any site mentioned above, sign up from PokerListings and you can always receive limited benefits.

Please access our review page:

Day-by-Day Schedule for SCOOP, XL-Inferno, Powerfest

Below, let's introduce the whole timeline with the expectation of the rough number of players:

***** 5, 000 or more ****: 2, 000 or more ***: 1, 000 or more **: 500 or more*: 100 or more

The schedule was edited by arved klöhn of Pokerolismp. com.

PKR Poker Goes Offline Due to Financial Issues

May 5, 2017, 8:20 am.

MicroGaming has stopped running PKR Poker.

The company released a cryptic statement about the future of PKR Poker early today:

At 17:32 on Wednesday 3 May 2017, at the request of PKR, Microgaming has suspended play on PKR. com. Microgaming is aware that their games remain offline and players are speculating as to why. Once Microgaming has more information on the situation, they will share it as soon as possible.

According to PKR's website, the company has filed a petition with the Administrative Court, which is scheduled to hear the case during the week of 8 May. Further information for players and creditors will be posted after the hearing.

PKR Pioneered 3D Space for Online Poker

PKR was never one of the biggest online sites, but it offered players a unique package that included a 3D board and avatars.

The graphics mimicked real poker, and players could customize the look of their avatar, perform chip tricks and use body language to make false statements.

PKR's avatars.

Originally, PKR was one of the fastest growing online poker sites, reportedly attracting 2. 4 million users by 2009.

PKR was one of the few fully independent poker sites, thanks in part to its unique software, but last year it finally made the decision to join the Microgaming network.

Remarkably, PKR's 3D models survived the transition to Microgaming, thanks to the network's Babelfish platform.

Based in Alderney, PKR has supported many professional players over the years, including Sofia "welllbet" Lövgren, Patty "BabyTes" Beaumier, Roman "Trogvar" Khlan and Marc "Waswini" Bariller.

In 2015, PKR took the step of abandoning the sponsored player model entirely.

Below is the full statement from PKR's status page at this time:

Following a previous announcement, PKR limited and PKR Technologies Ltd have applied to the court for an administration order, which is scheduled to be heard in the week commencing May 8, 2017. After the hearing, further information will be published on this website. This information will include contact details and procedural details for players and creditors.

SCOOP, XL Inferno, Powerfest Week 1: Linde, cal42688 Strike First

May 12, 2017 8:41 AM

One of the heaviest online poker programs in recent memory became an instant star this week, with millions of dollars being handed out by the world's largest poker site.

PokerStars saw big-name poker pros flock to the latest edition of SCOOP, with many events paying out more than $100, 000 for first place.

Meanwhile, 888Poker held the first $ 140, 000 GTD event on XL Inferno, and JAYSER1337 won a tremendous prize of $ 140, 000.

Finally, PartyPoker PowerFest provided a little more value to players, thanks to the large overlap in one of the opening events.

The online big series will be held until May 22, and some giant tournaments will end one of the busy times in the history of online poker. All schedules for the three events can be viewed in a preview of Scoop/XL Inferno/PowerFest.

Here are some of the highlights of a week of online poker:

Linde, Anderson SCOOP Titles

In Pokerstars, Dylan "Imalucsac" Linde, Martin Jacobson, and Ravenswood13 have become a hot topic.

Charlie Carrel is a nice score.

Calvin "CAL42688" Anderson also won the 13-H: $ 530 NLHE 3-Max Progressive Boungy event and won the record eighth title.

Anderson has earned 320 points and is leading a comprehensive leader board.

Of course, the biggest event was a $ 25. 000 bay-in SCOOP-15-H high roller, and the Russian BIACK88 won the amazing prize of $ 702. 658.

Another highlight this week is that Fedor Holz has led chips on the SCOOP-05-H $ 2. 100PLO final table. Holz is not particularly used to PLO, but $ 47. 175.

Charlie "Epiphany" Carrel has made a step further.

He accidentally registered SCOOP-16-H $ 1. 050 PLO 6-Max as an NLHE tournament. He won the $ 67. 410.

Future scoop event

May 13th (Saturday)

Scoop-26-L $ 215 NLHE HU $ 100k GTD 13:30 Start SCOOP-26-M: $ 2. 100 NLHE HU, $ 200K GTD 13:30 Start SCOOP-26-H: 000 NLHE HU : 30 started

Scoop-30-L: $ 27 NLHE [6-Max], $ 200K GTD 11:00 Start SCOOP-31-M: $ 215 NLHE [Sunday Million SE], $ 1m GTD 14:00 Start SCOOP-30-H: 00 $ 2, 100 NLHE [6-Max], $ 1m GTD 11:00 Start SCOOP-31-H: $ 2, 100 NLHE, $ 1m GTD 14:00

Xandee1991, anteen Crush XL Inferno

XL Inferno won hundreds of thousands of dollars at 888Poker last week.

Anton Bertilsson participates in the battle of Malta.

Brazil's Xandee1991 breaks through 2. 079 entries and $ 53. 014 at the $ 160 XL opening event

Sweden's professional Anton "Anteen" Bertilsson won $ 116. 974 with $ 2. 100 XL high roller.

Here, I will introduce the entire $ 2. 100 XL high roller final table:

1. Ateen-116 974 2. kannwas-85 $ 800 3. R1Valdo1-64 $ 636 4. Diosmono69-48 $ 620 5. Sr. Pene-33 $ 176 6. Grandepike-25 $ 740 740 7. Cocad a-20 020 8. peterpan_33-14 $ 300 9. More -$ 10, 868

Future Inferno-XL event

XL ENFERNO Event 97 $ 160 Biein $ 200k-GTD Tune-up 17:00 Start XL Inferno 100 $ 600 Biein $ 200k-GTD Whale 18:00 Start

XL Inferno Event 126 $ 52. 000 Biein $ 400k-GTD Super HR Chip-in 18:00 Start

jayser1337 Scores Extra PartyPoker Powerfest Value

PartyPoker PowerFest may be the best online series you can play this year.

That's because there was a big overlap in the event 13. The $ 215 ba y-in contains $ 1 million, with a total prize of about $ 300. 000, and did not reach PartyPoker.

In other words, the players who participated in the event 13 have obtained a prize of $ 300, 000 for free. Eventually, online player JAYSER1337 was the top of 3. 354 entries and gained $ 140. 400.

PartyPoker free cache

The payout of the final table for this event is as follows:

1. JAYSER1337 - $ 140. 400 2. Donandrespl -$ 125.

Future Power Festival Event

May 13th (Saturday)

Power Fest#129 $ 109 Biin $ 100kgtd 7:00 pm Start Power Fest#130 $ 530 Bayin $ 100kgtd High Roller 7:00 pm Start

Power Festa #152 $ 215 Bayin 1 million dollars GTD 19:00 Start Power Festa #157 $ 530 Bayin 300, 000 dollar GTD High Roller 19:00

PokerStars Live Reverts to Old Payouts, Overhauls Online Rewards

May 17, 2017, 9:27 am.

For Pokerstars, it has been a busy week, including the introduction of new places, the ol d-time payout structure of live events, and the new reward program for online players.

Pokerstars first announced GARRY GATES as a new senior advisor in charge of players.

GATES, a veteran in the poker industry, immediately posted a blog and what role he wanted to play as a liaison between the company and the player.

In his blog, GATES also mentioned Pokerstars's first attempt to hold the Player Advisory Committee.

As a result of the conference, Pokerstars has returned to the top 15%of the previously paid structure in all live events to be held in the future. When it shifted to 20%in 2016, many big poker professionals criticized the company very much.

Stars Rewards Emulates Video Game “Chests”

The new Pokerstars Rewards program will know anyone who plays video games like Overwatch and Hearthstone.

This new program, which is simply called Stars Reward, randomly gives a chest to players, depending on the number of hand played in real money. The more you play, the bigger you get a treasure chest.

Gary Gates

Each chest represents a chance to win. Chests can have a variety of rewards, including cash, starcoin, and the right to participate in events such as Pokerstars Championship.

Rewards are personalized for each player, and tournament players are more likely to receive MTT tickets.

This program also has a cros s-platform function, and if you are a Betstars sports player, you may be able to receive a sports betting reward from the chest.

In addition, the player can get a boost, doubling the speed of braest.

Pokerstars will develop Star Rewards in Denmark at the end of this month, and will soon be deployed in Italy. It will be deployed in other markets at the end of summer.

SCOOP Outage Leads to $105k Freeroll

Earlier this week, Pokerstars will go down to a particularly crowded scoop day, and the site will carry out $ 105, 000 free rolls for players who have been hit by the disability.

This free roll will be held on Thursday, May 18, with 100 tickets for $ 5m-GTD scoop events.

This free roll can be participated by anyone who played in the tournament scheduled for 5:00 pm on May 15 (East Standard Time). This is one minute before the two hours of Pokerstars begin.

Pokerstars sends the exact time of the free roll to all the qualified players by email.

Interestingly, SCOOP will be extended by one day next Tuesday to play an event originally scheduled for May 15.

Trueteller Overtakes Ravenswood13 as Online Leader, Cracks $1m

May 18, 2017 8:54 am

Timofey "Trueteller" KuznetSov and Ravenswood13 have been fighting online hegemony throughout the year, and Russians are ahead.

According to HighStakesdb, Trueteller made a huge success with a profit of $ 160. 000 or more.

Until last night, Trueteller had lost $ 383, 000, most of which was due to the battle with Ravenswood13.

TRUETELLER finally revenged at the Pokerstars $ 100/$ 200 PLO table last night. The Russian professional bet on Ravenswood a lot of $ 125k.

Since it is unusual for such a game to be held, Trueteller makes the most of the ambitious opponent.

Trueteller on Another Level

For the past month, KuznetSov has been active in another dimension on the high stage of the online poker, and the total profit in 2017 was $ 1, 03 Million.

Carlo Van Ravenswoud

Kuzunetzhv has almost doubled the number of Veri Sweet's $ 540. 325, the second most earned player this year.

The last winner, Ravenswood13, is now 3rd in the $ 436k.

It was an interesting year for a very hig h-station online poker, with many new names in the top archer list.

The top 10 include names such as PROT0 (+$ 335K), donthnrmepls (+$ 313k), and actionFreak (+$ 290K).

Of course, the list is always wet, and it is highly likely that intense movements will be seen by the end of the year.

One of the places where you can't see Kuzunetsuv is the $ 300k ba y-in super high roller bowl that will come, unless you add it in the second half.

KUZNETSOV ranked fourth in the 2015 tournament and won the largest live cache of $ 2. 1 million, but is not currently listed on the 2017 SHRB player list.

Dani “supernova9” Stern Plummets Down Rankings

This year was not a very good year for Pokerstars's DANI "SUPERNOVA9" STERN.

Dani Stern

This former 2mm2mm star is a negative of $ 804. 381, which is the worst record recorded by HighstakeSDB.

On a bright side, he's fine because he earns $ 3. 6 million in his life tournament.

In other news, the DAN "Jungleman12" cates began to get out of the lon g-term downswing.

CATES won nearly $ 500. 000 at the end of April, but has been extending to $ 378k in the last two weeks.

There is still a possibility that Kates will finish 2017 in the black.

What is the hottest icon of Viktor "ISILDUR1" Blom? He is basically even.

BLOM is usually a topic with a big victory (he was the biggest winner last year), but this year it is only stable with only $ 27. 000 profits.

SCOOP, XL Inferno, Powerfest: Non-Stop $1m-GTD Tournaments

May 18, 2017 2:23 pm

It may be the largest weekend in online poker history.

The Scoop, XL Inferno, and PowerFest will end the weekend and hold a surprising 11 different tournaments that provide a pool of $ 1m-GTD or more.

Last week, millions of dollars were awarded to 888Poker, PartyPoker and Pokerstars. Famous professionals, Sam Grafton, Adrian Mateos, Chance Kornuth, and Jonas Mackoff have won the title.

I would like to pay attention to the weekends where the three series are closed at the main event that guarantees more than $ 1 million.

The ba y-in is from $ 11 to $ 10. 000, and everyone can enjoy it. Click here for all schedules for Scoop, XL Inferno, and PowerFest.

In the meantime, let's take a look back at the last week in online poker and preview the biggest tournaments taking place this weekend:

spud_gun888 Cashes in for $186k in XL Inferno

The biggest tournament on 888poker this week, at least in terms of prize money, was the $5, 200 Super High Roller chip buy-in.

Fabricio Gonzalez

In the end, spud_gun888 from the UK beat out 121 other players to win the $186, 300 first place prize.

Famous Uruguayan pro Fabricio "SixthSenSe19" Gonzalez also took third place, winning $98, 415.

888poker SHR Final Table Results:

1. spud_gun888 - $186. 300 2. Kannwas - $129. 600 3. Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez - $98. 415 4. ZeusLAZER - $72. 900 5. AlreadyHigh- $48. 70 Icon 32. 400 8. Robin "Inho" Yitalo- $24. 400

Here are the upcoming big XL Inferno tournaments:

Saturday, 20th of the month

XL Inferno 176 $160 buy-in $60, 000-GTD 6 max at 18:00

XL Inferno 189 $1, 050 buy-in $1, 500, 000. GTD main event at 18:00

Grafton, Sulsky Snag PokerStars SCOOP Titles

XL Inferno 190 $160 buy-in $250, 000. GTD mini main event at 18:00

XL Inferno 191 $30 buy-in $50, 000. GTD micro event at 18:00

XL Inferno 191 $30 buy-in $50, 000. GTD micro event at 18:00

On PokerStars, Sam Grafton, Ben Sulsky, Jonas Mackoff, Chance Kornuth, Kenny It was a busy week with big name pros like "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert winning titles.

Ben Sluski

Adrian Mateos and online crusher Anthony "wwwBTHEREcom" Gregg made final table appearances.

Mateos has added $8, 000 since 2012 in live tournaments, including WSOPE, WSOP and PokerStars Championship High Rollers.

Meanwhile, SCOOP will wrap up this weekend with three main events with nearly $10 million in prize money.

Saturday, 20th of the month

1. Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos (UK) 234. Amadiy "Amadi" pokerkluka" Gieles (Netherlands) $202, 559, 93 $* 3. LEXER1986 (Ukraine) $138, 300, 00 $ 6. ross_654 (Mexico) 42. 580, 00 $

Here are the big upcoming SCOOP tournaments:

Massive $25k Powerfest SHR Smashes $2m Guarantee

Saturday, May 20th.

SCOOP-49-M $215 buy-in $200K GTD NLHE [6-Max] 10:30 SCOOP-49-H $100 buy-in $500K GTD NLHE [6-Max] 10:30

Scoop-01-L: $ 11 NLHE [phase 2], $ 1m GTD & amp; amp; 12:30 PM 1st place $ 100k+ SCOOP-55-L: $ 109 NLHE [Main Event], $ 1 at 14:00 K+ Scoop-01-M: $ 109 NLHE [Phase 2], $ 1; 12:30 Scoop-55-M: $ 1. 050 NLHE [Main Event] Scoop-54-H: $ 2. 100 NLHE [8-Max], $ 1m GTD 11:00 Scoop-01-H: $ 1. 050 NLHE [Phase 2], $ 5m GTD & AMP; : 00 Scoop-54-H: $ 2. 12:30 Scoop-55-H: $ 10. 300 NLHE [Main Event], $ 5m GTD & AMP; Amp. 1st place $ 1m or more 14:00

This week's Partypoker's topic was a huge super high roller tournament with $ 25. 000 byin, but did not disappoint.

This event has 129 entry, and broke the $ 2m-GTD prize $ 3. 2m lightly.

PARTYPOKER's ambassador Sam Trickett and Joao Simao entered the final table, but lost in the fifth and fifth place, respectively.

TRICKETT gained $ 96K, and SIMAO gained $ 193k.

Juanpardo99 won the tournament with an amazing prize of $ 660k, but gained almost the same prize ($ 613k) thanks to the hea d-up Chelsea72 deal.

Roberto Romenello (25th) and DMITRY URBANOVICH (30th) also earned prizes at this tournament.

Saturday, 20th of the month

1. Juanpardo99 -$ 660. 067 2. Chelsea72 -$ 613. 485 3. DBEC077 -$ 387. 500 6. Noobstalker-153. 187 7. Limitles s-121. 905 8. Samtrickettt-96 dollars.

Let's take a look at future big power fest tournaments:

partypoker Revamps Rewards Program, Revives Rakeback

Saturday, 20th (Saturday)

PowerFest #273 $ 530 Bayin $ 100kgtd High Roller at 11:00 (BST)

May 19, 2017 8:09 am

PartyPoker will launch a new reward program, which is a welcome news for those who have enjoyed the lakeback on the site.

On May 22, PartyPoker will launch a new program with a simplified reward structure. Players earn 1 point every $ 1 of cash game fee or tournament fee.

A Straightforward Solution

If you accumulate at least 25 points, cashback starts on a weekly basis.

The more points you get, the more points you get, and you can receive your account every Monday. Lakeback bonus starts from 20%, but scales up to up to 40%.

One of the reasons PARTYPOKER decided to revive the Rakeback was to simplify the rewards for players.

Patrick Leonard

PartyPoker CEO Tom Waters acknowledged that the old rewards program was unnecessarily complicated.

"The new plan was designed in consultation with many of our players and we hope that it has provided a rakeback program that can properly reward our loyal players," he said.

One player who is in favor of the change is Partypoker ambassador Patrick Leonard.

Loyalty Store Closing, Huge Powerfest Weekend

"This is a big improvement for Partypoker, which I have supported for a long time," he said.

"I have made sure that all the feedback I have received from the poker playing community is conveyed to Partypoker," he said.

"We have been given a simple and fair rewards system that gives our players exactly what we want.

If you enjoyed PartyPoker's old loyalty store, there is a 10% sale on the store this past weekend to take advantage of.

The loyalty store will close at midnight on May 21, so players would be wise to use any remaining points now. On May 22, the store will no longer be available.

There's still a chance to buy discounted tournament tickets for popular events like Jab, Contender, and Uppercut.

It's shaping up to be a very busy weekend for players on PartyPoker as the huge online Power Fest series wraps up with three different main events.

Powerfest Concludes with $6m+ in Prizes, Polk Streams $271k Win

Each Power Fest main event has a $1 million prize, so there's some big cash up for grabs. You can check out the full Power Fest schedule here.

It's been a busy week for online poker, with competitors also hosting big online series, but PartyPoker is definitely offering the most value with some great overlaps in Power Fest.

For more information and to get an account, check out our PartyPoker review.

May 22, 2017, 9:19 AM.

To say it was a busy weekend at PartyPoker would be an understatement.

There were a total of four different tournaments offering a pool of over $1 million, and YouTube sensation Doug Polk won one of them for $271. 272.

Polk, who plays on partypoker as Gab-Tilt99, qualified directly into the final table of PowerFest 294 for $5, 200.

PowerFest294 was unique in that it allowed players who had qualified in earlier stages to compete for a smaller share of the $1 million+ prize pool.

Four Main Events Pay Off Big in Final Powerfest Weekend

In the end, Polk topped all 274 players who qualified for the final stage, winning $271k, one of the largest results ever streamed, and you can see it below. See the final table payout for this tournament here.

1st place DOUG "GAB_TILT99" POLK -$ 271. 272 2nd Pokerg1rl6 9-240 3rd place DeanMLANKEO -$ 145. 960 Sturgillsimpson -$ 113. 920 5th DUDUPA1986 -$ 93. 984 6th NIPA33 -$ 76. $ 992 EET_SMAKELIJK --32 Dollar 752

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PowerFest 294 is just one of many $ 1m-GTD events held on Sunday.

PartyPoker provided three different main events at $ 11, $ 55, $ 215, $ 1. 050.

The online player Starsman1960 won the $ 11 main event, overtaking 5. 132 winners, two chops, and $ 6. 731. Return to $ 11 investment is not bad.

Meanwhile, Joaofera, online for many years, hit 3. 309 to get $ 25. 795 at the main event of $ 50 ba y-in.

The $ 215's main event did not reach the guaranteed prize of $ 1 million.

PartyPoker provides PowerFest and sufficient duplicate, which is a great option for players looking for a little extra value.

Eventually, online Pro Sordykrd uses overlap to get $ 153K 4.

Finally, Cassio "Cassiopak18" Kylez won the 1. 590 entry field, won the main event of $ 268. 050, and ended the PowerFest main event. 710.

The following is the payout of the final table of the four main events:

PowerFest 299: $ 11 Bayin Main Event

1. Starsman1960 - $ 6. 731 2. Lakisha199 - $ 6. 719 3. Goodluck558 -$ 6.

PowerFest 292: $ 55 Bayin Main Event

1st place JOAOFER A-2nd place IBOZ2 9-116 3rd MANIPUHNILO -$ 11, 680 4th COWTRIKE99 -$ 7, 676 5th TILTAO -$ 5, 310 $ 2, 506 8 Standed EVKAZ - $ 1, 613

PowerFest 293: $ 215 Bayin Main Event

Charlie Carrel Soars to SCOOP-H Main Event Victory for $1.2m

1st place sordykrd- $ 153. 000 2. O4R71ML- $ 106. 800 3. C3H5-NO3-3- $ 68. 500 4. Alcheminis- $ 44. 600 5. NU3DOC- $ 30. 630 6. Doctor_km- $ 20. 780 7. LOEWE80- $ 14. 610 8. Zrlit- $ 9, 400

PowerFest 295: $ 1. 050 Bayin Main Event

1. Cassiopak18- $ 268. 710 2. RAINBOWTROUT420 -$ 190. 800 3. QUE_TE_CRIO -$ 82. 839 TE_1990 -$ 41. 340 7. Rodrigovelente - $ 28, 620 8 . 921

May 24, 2017, 8:49 am.

The title of the scoop main event can be added to the list of Poker's track record that Charlie Karel has piled up a few years ago.

Carrel, playing online as Epiphany77, beat 693 other entrants in last night's SCOOP-H $10, 300 buy-in main event to win $1. 2 million.

The British player was actually up for a lot more when he won $100 in a heads-up match against Harrison Gimbel.

Gimbel, who started the final table as chip leader, took home $1. 1 million for his second cash.

ROFLshoves Wins SCOOP-M Main Event for $787k

Harrison Gimbel

The stacked final table results are as follows:

1. charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel (UK) 1st 200. 899, 97 $* 2. Harrison "gibler321" Gimbel (Canada) 1st 122. 873, 99 $* 3. th'Kick (Switzerland) 690. 899 $492. 542, 82 5. All "Odd_Oddsen" Amundsgaard (Norway) 351. 414, 75 $ 6. Connor "blanconegro" Drinan (Mexico) 250. 723, 93 $ 7. Simon "C Darwin2" Mattson (Sweden) 178. 863, 39 $ 8. Samuel "European $2. 89" lime" Patel (Finland) 91.

SCOOP is known for hosting three events with different buy-in levels.

The Main Event was no exception, and Carrel wasn't the only one to take home a huge prize last night.

ROFLshoves avatar Ace Ventura.

ROFLshoves online player topped 5, 033 entries in the SCOOP-M $1, 050 Main Event to win an astounding $787, 312.

The Australian dominated the final table, refusing repeated requests for a deal.

In heads-up against rival Léo82, ROFLshoves wasn't feeling the trick.

"It felt good and I like heads-up," ROFLshoves typed in the chat box.

ROFLshoves typed in the chat box. So the two of them played, no deal, $200 difference between 1st and 2nd place.

ROFLshoves knocked out Léo82's K-9 with A-7.

madalain Gets Insane Value in SCOOP-L Main Event

"Time for a drink on the beach," ROFLshoves typed.

The payouts for the SCOOP-M $1. 050 Main Event were as follows:

1. ROFLshove (Australia) 787. 312. 19 $ 2. Léo82 (Brazil) 586. 344, 50 $ 3. BrightStripe (Austria) 415. 222, 50 $ 4. MikeFdem (Canada) 284. 351. 6. olelemaiko (Bulgaria) 163. 572, 50 $ 7. Woodstock 37 (Canada) 113. Yurec1707 (Ukraine) 62. 912 $ 9. BORRAURELIO (Brazil) 40.

With a buy-in of $109, the SCOOP-L Main Event offered good value.

Despite the relatively low buy-in of $109, there were 23, 316 entries and a total prize pool of $2. 3 million.

Austrian online player, Madalain, broke all and won $ 221. 516.

Surprisingly, there was no transaction in this battle because Madalain continued to pedal.

Madalain picked everything straight and won 2. 000%ROI.

See Us, Hear Us: How to Win Back the Recreational Poker Player

The SCOOP in 2017 ended, and only a handful of events changed from last week due to Pokerstars failures today.

Let's look at the payout of the SCOOP-L $ 109 main event at the main event:

1. Madalain (Austria) 221. 516, 37 $ 2. ALE KMKZ (Brazil) 161. 719, 77 $ 3. Mellobh (Brazil) 104. 937, 00 $ 20. 60 € (Netherlands) 41. 968, 80 $ 7. Volodimir24 (Ukraine) 29. 145, 00 $ 8. Val1k (Ukraine) 19. 818, 00 $ 9. Aka_psv (Dutch) 11.

June 8, 2017, 11:44 am

We kill 1 billion or 2 billion animals a week to fill your stomach.

However, they do not see those animals other than the picture book before the baby's bedtime.

The reason why the sterile process involved in slaughter does not look intentional because it is a problem when it is in front of us, the next time we eat freshly fried fin meat.

What the Hell Do They Look Like?

I'm starting to think that the same thing is happening in poker. Everyone may have heard that recreational poker players have become extinct by professional grinders who control the food chain.

But have you ever seen a recreational poker player? Even if you search for poker in my Google alert email, they won't come out. Most multimedia poker sites do not see their faces.

There is no name, face or story. So I came to think it was a myth. A painful maiden created by the online poker room as an excuse for improving EBITDA at the expense of customer value.

Most online poker rooms attack from two sides when marketing. One is to invite a new equipment, and the other is why you should choose the poker room more than competitors.

What is a recommendation player?

But isn't it smarter to start traveling from customers? And if the customer is an entertainment poker player, wouldn't it be a place to start talking about it someday?

Bernadet Jiwa, an outstanding leader of marketing and branding, proposes the following to start talking about a better product story:

I’m Spartacus! No, I’m Spartacus!

1. 1. Speak to one person 2. Fix it into incomplete reality 3. Show the new reality you want in front of your online poker room.

His preaching is 100 % pure golden sympathy, which creates a better experience for customers. But the first step is to find entertainment poker players.

What are they?

I cried when I saw this movie. The story was off. I am an entertainment poker player. To be more precise, I was an entertainment poker player.

I started poker with my friends on pubs because I didn't do anything to do. It was for money for me. When I started poker, I was married and had a young son. I couldn't see the exit because of debt.

Poker appeared and light shined. It was the easiest way to make money without doing serious and physically and physically.

At that time, my priority should have been my family. But that was not the case. My wife often shouted that I was doing poker to return my debt, but after about a year it was more than debt.

That Was All I Ever Wanted

Poker became my community and became a way to go up an invisible class. The victory was good. I played online, lived, and loved both.

"The victory was pleasant"

Won the live cash game and tournament. He was a winner in the online MTTS. But online cash games, which spent most of the time for 50C/$ 1 and $ 1/$ 2, lost a lot.

I concentrated on the cash game because I had a family. Tournament play is a certain way to develop a divorce trial.

I played once or twice a week in a local home game. The game was £ 1/£ 1 dealer choice (DC), and I never missed it.

He started playing with a party poker, and then played with a frity. After playing for a short period of time in PKR, I moved to GENTING and reached Pokerstars.

I liked Pokerstars because the interface was beautiful and simple. There is always a game, the MTT is very large, and I have won $ 10. 000 in the $ 11 ba y-in tournament.

The only connection in the poker room was PKR, and when I sent an email, I get an email from the other side.

I never felt a faithful customer except for PKR, but that's because they continued to throw bonuses on me. The only connection with other online poker room was a spa m-like message to play a silly game and win $ 1 million.

I Never Cared About Rake

In any of these poker rooms, if I felt and listened, there may have been faithful customers. I was always interested in the big live event online satellite. But the field was too big compared to the number of seats, and it was always a dream to secure a seat.

Not only your own game, but also support when you continue to lose. The bankroll management tool built into the software is also very helpful for me, and the site gives me the latest information on the poker world, and you can have more exciting and enjoyable experiences.

Poker is boring.

My biggest task is to find the time to play MTT and lose in an online cash game. Sunday is an important day for poker players, but one of the two days is released from 9:00 to 5:00 for those who have a home.

Spam doesn't matter.

It's very selfish to spend 15 hours on poker before you close your eyes and work on your homework.

I would like to get a contact from someone in the company about online cash games. Perhaps they proposed a new direction and have been able to maintain me as a customer.

But as I said, there was nothing to connect. So I left.

I wanted to be a professional poker player. I tried it once. I failed once. I thought it was cool. It was also a lazy way of life.

I don't care what professionals say about the difficulty of mental games. 72 hours a week is more difficult than working in British Railwise or working on a garbage truck.

This is Santiago Garcia Mansilla

I don't care about lake. I've never been concerned about him. If I wanted to play on a specific site, I thought I had to pay the site or go to another place.

I haven't played it now because the values ​​and priority have changed. Playing poker for a long time is a waste of my life and the people in it.

This is my experience. There are three more.

Santiago Garcia Manshii is a 3 3-yea r-old recreational player living in Buenos Aires in Argentina. Santiago is married, but his wife has recently gave birth to his first child, and his work is busy.

Santiago Garcia Mancilla

Santiago is a big poker fan. Poker is his pride and pleasure in his hobbies.

Especially now I have a baby, so it's not easy to find the time to play, but I find time in the middle of the week when my baby is sleeping.

He always thinks his family first. His ritual before going to bed is to put the poker for 45 minutes before giving a toothbrush.

There are also live games that play against Santiago for three weeks out of four weeks/ month. It consists of 20-25 teams, has a scoreboard, and the best player is awarded.

Once a year, the group goes to CITY CENTER ROSARIO, the largest casino in South America, to participate in the Grand Final of Circuito Argentino de Poker. Last year's participants were 1. 240, the best record for live poker events in Argentina.

A Desire to Get Better, Win a Package to WSOP

Santiago likes live play. The intuitive feel of decks, chips, and money is an important factor in the game. When playing online, he feels like a rhythm of work because he feels separated from the world.

When playing online, play with 888Poker. He plays MTT with $ 1- $ 5 SNG, microced cash game, $ 1-$ 12 byin.

The reason for choosing 8888Poker is that the field is small and the game progresses fast. I like structures, late regulation rules, and hig h-quality games. Santiago also believes that competition is difficult on sites like Pokerstars.

Pokerstars used to be operated in Santiago, but now he prefers to play in this large blue planet in the second largest poker room. We hope that the online poker room will provide more satellite to live events as the number of live events around the world, especially in Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires.

Rakes are important, but experience is also important.

Like me, Santiago wants the online poker room to help coaching, so that we can use ambassadors and team professionals.

There is a desire to be a better player, want to increase the bankroll, be able to play at more tables, and someday get a package to participate in the main event of World Series of Poker (WSOP).

Every day I became a poker professional, I pushed Santiago's back. Home life ended in his dream. There are many differences and fears associated with coexisting careers.

Santiago knows the poker industry well. He has read all the idiots between Amaya/ Pokerstars/ Grinders. He doesn't know if his game is full of professionals, but he keeps his best players and avoid them.

This is Shane Povey

He doesn't use a hea d-up display (HUD), but only uses professionals.

Communication with 8888Poker is sparse. He exchanged emails with them and used online chat for payment information, but he believes they can respond quickly to information demands.

The rake is important for him, especially in live games, and online rakes are acceptable at their own play level. I love poker books, especially Jonathan Little books. He wants to participate in World Poker Tour (WPT) and WSOP events someday in his city.

Shane Povey is in his 30s and lives in Bridgend in South Wales with his fiance and two children. His priority is a family, and ful l-time work is given priority over poker. Shane plays poker only at night when the children are quiet.

Shane Povey

Shane visits a casino once a month and challenges live play, but he likes online play, which can play more hand. This is important for him, because he is a player who is particular about winning and time.

PKR is a site where Shane spends time. In 2012, I saw PKR's 3D software TV commercials and joined PKR.

The Allure of Community

"I've never returned," says Shane.

His game has improved by observing other players playing together. Eventually, he gradually raised stakes before playing the high stakes MTT, and was selected in 2013 as the PKR's best player.

Currently, Shane plays MTT on £ 50-00 bay-in. He likes this stakes because he likes players who know what they are doing.

One of the biggest attractions of PKR for Shane is its community. He sometimes plays tournaments in Pokerstars, but 99, 9%play PKR.

He really likes this site.

Shane wants to be a propoker player someday. This is because you can get the freedom of time and spend most of your time working, but increase your time with your family.

Shane does not move to the presence of a professional during the match. On the contrary, he pushes his back. Shane believes that seeing a PKR professional who was in the same situation a while ago would be a stimulus. PKR has been dedicated to internal promotion in the past, which is thankful for Shan e-like customers.

Shane has never used HUD and prefers to talk to his raw games. He doesn't care about the rake, and don't pay much attention to the poker world other than PKR experience.

Povey is looking for a new house.

Note: I interviewed Shane before the PKR collapsed, but returned to him to hear his opinion on the closure. This is his comment.

"I was expecting this. Unfortunately, after the wonderful year of 2013 and 2014, the site was" renovated "and immediately after all planned tournaments were changed, many sites were a lot. I lost my player.

I’m Angus Malcolm

"The site has changed drastically in the past three years, and that change was not good. I played with PKR for almost two years and enjoyed it, so it was not a good news. I was playing with PKR 2. In the year, I played on PKR almost every night, and I enjoyed it.

So where is Shane doing business now that PKR is closed?

"I want to play with Pokerstars or 888 and make it a daily routine on either site." Shane was playing with the pkr pkr with the pseudonym MRSUPERKING.

Angus Malcolm is 36 years old and lives in the beautiful countryside of Church StretteTon in SHROPSHIRE. Angus lives alone, plays online poker as a hobby, and is interested in sports betting with the prize money.

Angus Malcolm

When Angus is not playing poker, he works for a 1 2-hour shift on NHS. When I was playing poker as a recreation, I was trying to get a live festival qualification with Pokerstars and IPoker Network online satellite authentication.

Angus loves playing live poker, but the closest casino takes 90 minutes by car, so I like online. Angus played Sit'n 'Go and MTT and was trying to get a qualification for hig h-priced ba y-in events through satellite and step programs.

It's awkward to play more than $ 50 without using satellite. He also played a cash game up to Ba y-in $ 100 and liked speed/ zoo m-style games.

Angus was playing with Pokerstars, but I knew that other sites had a easier game, and I often played on the IPoker network.

"ANGUS liked the rekback and reward, and there were many suspicious players.

He asked Angus about how the online poker room could provide more value, and he said he should lower the odds. One of his main challenges when playing online poker as a recreational player was the number of professionals participating in the game. He believes that combining high triggers will make it difficult for recreation players to beat constant.

"The rake is very expensive, which means it's difficult for 99 % of players to make a profit in poker," Angus said.

Lakeback is important.

Angus had a time when he wanted to play poker as a professional, but he believes that he has too many gambling addiction. In 2011, he challenged for six months, but that time was called a "great failure." At that time, he acknowledged that alcohol was also drinking too much.

Currently, Angus is spending time to stop drinking. I believe that not drinking alcohol deepens sel f-awareness, and hiring a coach has a good chance of succeeding in poker. However, poker is not suitable for his determination to live a more meaningful life.

"I'm not interested in poker.

Angus tried to use HUD a few years ago, but stopped because he thought HUD was more useful for cash game players. When asked about the effects of Internet poker marketing, he answered:

A Plea for Better Poker Stories

"Sales, bonuses, and more money are deposited. Be sure to send any email to SPAM."

What is a recommendation player?

"Play poker as a hobby and do a real job to pay living expenses. Pay money!

Do you remember the three questions mentioned earlier?

1. Talk to people 2. Fix him to incomplete reality 3. Show the new reality he wants in front of the online poker room.

I talked to the three and fell into myself. All four were fixed to incomplete reality. It's time for the online poker room to come and take us away. In front of your greatness, show how we want the reality we want.

1. Bankroll support

2. Provide a reasonable rake.

3. Provide a real path to live events.

4. Providing community

5. I understand that providing sports betting and casino solutions in one wallet is not always good for players.

6. Stop spam and start talking

7. Guidance to become a better player

8. Support when you lose