Category: Interviews

Mark “Weazel” Rubbathan Embarks on $100K Bankroll Quest

Posted on July 29, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

British grinder Mark Rubbathan is a name you’re going to see a lot of at the partypoker tables. The 29-year-old from Manchester, United Kingdom, is about to start a bankroll building challenge that sees him play exclusively at partypoker. Rubbathan is affectionately known as “Weazel” to his friends and he discovered poker as a fresh-faced […]

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Mark “Weazel” Rubbathan Embarks on $100K Bankroll Quest

Posted on July 29, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

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Paul Tedeschi: Becoming a WPTWOC Champion is Very Exciting

Posted on July 26, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Paul Tedeschi became a World Poker Tour champion when he triumphed in the WPT #01 Omaha High-Low Championship. It was a result that saw Tedeschi turn his $3,200 investment into a cool $92,105 after a three-handed deal involving Dan Shak and Ansii Kinttala. Tedeschi is from Bastia, France but now calls London, UK home. The […]

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Jesper Hougaard on PLO: The Finns Are Absolutely Next Level

Posted on June 30, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Jesper Hougaard burst onto the poker scene in 2008. The Dane won a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event in Las Vegas for $610,304 and his first World Series of Poker bracelet. Three months later, Hougaard became the first person to win a bracelet in Vegas and Europe when he triumphed in the £1,575 No-Limit Hold’em Event, […]

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PLO Grind Pays Off For Joel Musqua

Posted on June 5, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

The past few weeks has seen plenty of high stakes action take place at partypoker. We have had the POWERFEST, WPT Online Series, and the Super High Roller Bowl, but poker isn’t only about grinding the highest stakes, it’s a game for everyone. Canada’s Joel Musqua is a disabled 42-year-old hailing from Canora Saskatchewan. A […]

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Former Arsenal Ace Ray Parlour Takes Down PKO Event at partypoker

Posted on June 4, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Ray Parlour’s trophy cabinet is brimming with silverware following his hugely successful 15-year football career. Parlour is a man who’s accustomed to winning, which is what he did last week at the partypoker tables. Parlour was invited to play in the FootyAccums Night League Game on May 25. The £5.50 buy-in tournament attracted 2,265-entrants who […]

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WPT Online Championship Victory Is Jeppsson’s Career Highlight

Posted on May 24, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Christian Jeppsson has won dozens and dozens of online poker tournaments during his long and illustrious career. Better-known as “eisenhower1”, his famous online moniker, Jeppsson has terrorised the game’s elite for more than a decade. Last week, Jeppsson walked away with a massive $923,785 prize and the title of WPT Online Championship champion. Winning close […]

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Croatia’s Jure Kvartuc Is Dreaming Of Las Vegas

Posted on May 22, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Almost every poker player you talk to has either visited Las Vegas or has a trip to Sin City as part of their bucket list. This is true of Croatia’s Jure “ProJK” Kvartuc who hopes to win enough from playing online poker to head to Nevada with his girlfriend next summer. “I want to achieve […]

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Hungariy’s Balazs Szabo Loves the Cash Game Leaderboards

Posted on May 19, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

We love hearing about our players’ success stories. It doesn’t matter if they’ve triumphed in a $0.50 tournament, or have crushed $2/$5 PLO cash games. Every victory is a reason to celebrate. One partypoker player whose success we’re celebrating right now is Balazs “TheNitor” Szabo. The Hungarian student recently won the $0.02/$0.05 No-Limit Hold’em Cash […]

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Brazil’s “B1ack_b1rd” Says Cash Game Leaderboards are Sensational!

Posted on April 29, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

“Sensational” is how Brazilian grinder Leonardo “B1ack_b1rd” Santos describes our Cash Game Leaderboards. He may be a little biased because he recently topped the $1/$2 No-Limit Hold’em race and secured a $7,500 payday. Leonardo is a 30-year-old cash game pro who lives in Aruja, Sao Paulo with his wife of three years and their one-year-old […]

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“The Best Thing That’s Happened to Online Poker”

Posted on April 27, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Our Cash Game leaderboards continue to give partypoker players’ bankroll a massive boost. Any partypoker cash game player can win regardless of the stakes they play for. Our leaderboards run from $0.01/$0.02 stakes up to $2/$5 to give everyone the chance of winning. One recent winner was Brennan Jeancart, a 24-year-old from the amazingly-named Moose […]

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James Alsop Wins 148 Buy-ins On Way to Cash Game Leaderboard Victory!

Posted on April 23, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

You probably already know the Cash Game Leaderboards are incredible value, but ask James Alsop if you need a second opinion. The 30-year-old poker pro, who hails from Brighton, padded his bankroll with almost 150 buy-ins by taking down the $0.10/$0.25 leaderboard. James first discovered poker when he was still at school and spent most […]

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Cash Game Leaderboard Winner vorosbarnavarga With Some Solid Advice

Posted on April 15, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

We’re proud of the fact that our players come from around the world and from all walks of life. Not all our winners are 20-something mathematics wizards, many have normal jobs and just love to play poker in the evenings. One such recent winner is Hungarian “vorosbarnavarga” who started playing poker back in 2008 after […]

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Two Cash Game Leaderboard Winners Love All The Action

Posted on April 12, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Our Cash Game Leaderboards continue to pay $250,000 every week and players from around the world are padding their bankrolls with bags of cash. One of those players is “Iwannagethigh” from Belgorod, Russia, who recently won the $0.02/$0.05 Pot-Limit Omaha leaderboard and banked a cool $500, or 1,000 big blinds! Poker has been this Russian’s […]

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From $11 to a $10K MILLIONS Passport: John Holmes’ Story

Posted on April 7, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Imagine turning an $11 investment into a trip to the Caribbean. That’s exactly what partypoker player John Holmes did last week. His story is so brilliant that Team partypoker’s Patrick Leonard has offered to give John some free coaching as he prepares to play in the Caribbean Poker Party Main Event later this year! The […]

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Myshelov35 Wins NLHE High Leaderboard Two Weeks Running!

Posted on April 2, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Topping any of our Cash Game Leaderboards is a fantastic achievement in its own right. The leaderboards are such exceptional value that players from around the world dedicate their entire week to trying to secure the top prizes. One man did more than that. Finnish pro “Myshelov35” has won the $2.50/$5 No-Limit Hold’em leaderboard twice […]

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Nicholas Steiner Mixes Work With Poker and Banks $1K Top Prize

Posted on March 27, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Winning one of our Cash Game Leaderboards takes plenty of time and effort. Players from around the world get their grind on and play long sessions in an attempt to scoop a share of the $1 million on offer during March. One man, Nicholas “Nicholas” Steiner recently topped the $0.05/$0.10 No-Limit Hold’em leaderboard and padded […]

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Equal1zer Aims High and Wins Cash Game Leaderboard

Posted on March 19, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

The Cash Game Leaderboards continue to pay out vast sums of money as we approach our target of $1 million in March. Grinders from around the world are literally cashing in by playing their favourite cash games online at partypoker. We caught up with two recent Cash Game Leaderboard champions and quizzed them about their […]

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Oopsman and ICMasta Claim Micro Cash Game Leaderboard Titles

Posted on March 15, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

We thought about everyone when we created the Cash Game Leaderboards. Promotions are often geared towards high stakes players because some poker sites, not us, think poker is all about winning massive sums of money. The smaller stakes players often get forgotten about, even if they win a prize that is huge compared to the […]

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Mike Hill Turns $22 Into $10K MILLIONS Passport

Posted on March 13, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Everyone has the chance to win big at partypoker. Our satellites and Passports make it possible to turn a small investment into a massive prize. Mike Hill, affectionately known as “DaBookie” in British poker circles is living proof of these claims. Just last week, Hill turned a $22 satellite into a MILLIONS Passport worth at […]

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PLO Study Pays Off For LuckMyDuck8D

Posted on March 12, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Dedicating your spare time to learning a new skill can reap the rewards. Don’t believe us? Then ask Russian grinder “LuckMyDuck8” who was a big Cash Game Leaderboard winner last week. LuckMyDuck8D hails from St. Petersburg and has been playing poker for the past 10-years. He’s played plenty of different formats and variants during that […]

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Who Were The Cash Game Leaderboard Winners Last Week?

Posted on March 5, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Join us in congratulating some of our cash game leaderboard winners from last week. They all took time from their busy schedules to let us know how their grind went, some even providing tips for budding cash game players. Reach out to us on social media if you would like to feature on these pages! […]

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Doulas12 and TheLoraxMan Win High Cash Game Leaderboards

Posted on March 2, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

You’ll have noticed by now that we’re giving tons of extra value to our cash games players. Indeed, today marks the start of the revamped Cash Game Leaderboards where $1 million will be won in March. Hundreds of our players have already won substantial cash prizes just for playing their favourite games. “doulas12” is one […]

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“OdwaznyKot” becomes newest partypoker SPINS millionaire

Posted on February 20, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

partypoker player “OdwaznyKot” became the newest SPINS millionaire after literally hitting the jackpot on February 18th. OdwaznyKot is a professional poker player who has played for a living for the past 10-years. It’s fair to assume he’s seen it all at the poker tables, but he couldn’t believe his eyes when triggered the jackpot multiplier […]

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“OdwaznyKot” becomes newest partypoker SPINS millionaire

Posted on February 20, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

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Rob Yong Speaks Candidly to Jaime Staples

Posted on December 19, 2021 by PartyPoker Blog

Team Online’s Jaime Staples recently sat down with Dusk Till Dawn supremo and key partner to partypoker, the one and only Rob Yong. Yong speaks openly and candidly about his partnership with partypoker, the continual developments of partypoker, overlaying tournaments, and much more besides. Everyone knows Yong has a solid relationship with partypoker and our […]

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Benjamin Chalot: “MILLIONS Online Is An Amazing Tournament”

Posted on December 17, 2021 by PartyPoker Blog

Benjamin “frenchsniperrr” Chalot won the 2019 MILLIONS Online event for a massive $2,259,113, by far his largest score. Instead of taking some time away from the felt, Chalot has kept his foot firmly on the gas and is currently grinding live tournaments in Prague, Czech Republic! We caught up with Chalot in picturesque Prague and […]

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“iceberg32” is playing MILLIONS Online for Free!

Posted on November 30, 2021 by PartyPoker Blog

Online poker’s richest single tournament, the partypoker MILLIONS Online, costs $10,300 to enter but for one Canadian partypoker player, it is free. You see, “iceberg32” of Tornoto, Canada won their $10,300 seat for free in the MILLIONforMILLIONS promotion and is now vying for a slice of the $20 million guaranteed prize pool plus the additional […]

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Travis Darroch Talks to the partypoker Blog About His $106K MILLION Score

Posted on November 27, 2021 by PartyPoker Blog

Team Online’s Travis “DramaticDegen” Darroch enjoyed a fantastic result last week when he turned a $22 buy-in satellite ticket into a prize worth more than $100,000 courtesy of striking a deal when play was three-handed in the $1 million guaranteed partypoker MILLION. Darroch managed to capture the whole event, including the deal-making, on his Twitch […]

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YmbertoZhukov Freerolls to $71K After Busting Anatoly Filatov!

Posted on October 2, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Russian poker player “YmbertoZhukov” was going about his daily business while POWERFEST was running when he stumbled across an Instagram post from the partypoker pro Anatoly “NL_Profit” Filatov. The post gave details about the KO a Pro promotion that ran during the third and final week of the $60 million guaranteed festival; it was the […]

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Check Out This Exclusive Podcast with Team partypoker’s Jason Koon

Posted on June 13, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Team partypoker’s Jason Koon is in the form of his life. The West Virginian has won more than $9.3 million so far during 2018 and we’re not even halfway through June! Koon won the HK$1,000,000 No Limit Hold’em short Deck Ante Only event at the partypoker LIVE sponsored Triton Super High Roller Series in Montenegro […]

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MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona runner-up Adam Owen talks to the partypoker blog

Posted on May 9, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

The United Kingdom’s Adam Owen is a professional poker player with a glowing reputation. Owen was already regarded as one of the UK’s top mixed game players, but after his runner-up finish in the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona Main Event, people may take more notice of his no-limit hold’em skills. Owen discovered poker […]

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Marc Lavergne wins $32,000 from a free satellite ticket

Posted on May 1, 2022 by PartyPoker Blog

Marc Lavergne checked his partypoker account a couple of weeks ago and discovered that he’d received a free $11 satellite ticket as part of our random ticket drops. He went on to turn that free $11 ticket into a $32,000 score, here’s his story. Marc is a 33-year-old from Ottawa, Ontario in Canada and part […]

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Interview – Poker Pro Scotty Nguyen

Posted on January 18, 2022 by CalvinAyre .com

Rebecca Liggero catches up with Poker Pro Scotty Nguyen at the Budapest Affiliate Conference. frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen> […]

Interview – Doyle Brunson

Posted on December 21, 2021 by CalvinAyre .com

Tablog reporter Rebecca Liggero speaks with Doyle Brunson at his Doyle’s Room branded poker club in Budapest. frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen> […]

Bodog.com Founder Calvin Ayre Post Retirement Interview

Posted on April 20, 2022 by CalvinAyre .com

Point-Spreads.com lands the first post retirement interview with Bodog founder Calvin Ayre. We caught up with Calvin Ayre over the phone from his Antiguan beach villa just after the news broke earlier today that Morris Mohawk Gaming Group had acquired the Bodog.com domain name portfolio. Here is the exclusive interview Point-Spreads.com had today with Calvin […]