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Lukovic Crowned Grand Prix KO Main Event Champion

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Lukovic Crowned Grand Prix KO Main Event Champion

The Grand Prix KO Series Main Event drew in a crowd of 5,407 entrants, and Germany’s Sasa Lukovic outlasted them all. Lukovic navigated his way to the top of the pile where his $30,119 first-place prize was bolstered by $20,040 worth of bounty payments. Grand Prix KO #07 Main Event Final Table Results Place Player […]

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“partypoker is committed to delivering value for players”

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“partypoker is committed to delivering value for players”

The Grand Prix KO Series Main Events take place on August 2, and whoever wins them will hit the headlines, and rightly so. However, one partypoker player, Gareth Gardner, has his own incredible story; he reached the final table of both the High Roller 6-Max and 6-Max events at the start of the series. Gareth […]

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How Pedro Fernandes Beat The Best in the World

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How Pedro Fernandes Beat The Best in the World

Pedro Fernandes was not a name the Brazilian poker community was familiar with until a couple of weeks ago. The Brazilian poker scene is dominated by names such as “Padilha,” “Madeira,” and “Garagnani.” That changed on July 8 when Fernandes put his name in lights by triumphing in the World Cup of Cards Main Event. […]

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How Pedro Fernandes Beat The Best in the World

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How Pedro Fernandes Beat The Best in the World

Pedro Fernandes was not a name the Brazilian poker community was familiar with until a couple of weeks ago. The Brazilian poker scene is dominated by names such as “Padilha,” “Madeira,” and “Garagnani.” That changed on July 8 when Fernandes put his name in lights by triumphing in the World Cup of Cards Main Event. […]

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Time Is Running Out To Enter the Grand Prix KO Main Events

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The Grand Prix KO Series is nearing its conclusion, which means time is running out if you want to become the festival’s Main Event or Mini Main Event champion. The last of the Day 1s run July 30 to August 2, giving you a few more days to get your main event grind on. Makic […]

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WPT® World Online Championships Returns To partypoker

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The WPT® World Online Championships are back, and any player with any bankroll has the chance to become a WPT champion. The Season XIX WPT World Online Championships is once again hosted at partypoker and runs from August 13 through September 15. There will be a $5,000,000 guarantee in the standout event in the schedule; […]

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Season 1 of the partypoker League is Wide Open!

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Season 1 of the partypoker League is Wide Open!

The final partypoker League event of the inaugural season takes place on July 29, and the current standings are wide open. Matthew Cox is the clear leader going into the last game of the season, 27 players can catch or overtake him if they triumph in the league’s tournament. Cox is the man to catch […]

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partypoker Community Poker Knockout Returns With More Special Prizes 

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Online communities battle it out this Thursday, with guarantee boosted to $20,000  Online communities will go head to head once again in the partypoker Community Poker Knockout, where for the second time, famous faces carry special bounties on their heads. Following the success of the inaugural partypoker Community Poker Knockout in June, this month’s edition takes place at partypoker […]

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Dane Demolishes Grand Prix KO 6-Max High Roller

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Denmark’s Patrick Hyllegaard is a Grand Prix KO champion after he topped a field of 1,105 entrants in the $530 Grand Prix KO 6-Max High Roller. It was an impressive victory, one that came five months after taking down a $320 MILLIONS Online 6-Max Turbo event. Grand Prix KO #03 6-Max High Roller Final Table […]

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Last Chances To Enter the Grand Prix KO 6-Max Day 1s

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The first three events of the $2.2 million guaranteed Grand Prix KO series are reaching their Day 2s, meaning you only have a handful of chances left to qualify for the Mini 6-Max, 6-Max, and the 6-Max High Roller. Let us take a look at how things stand currently with only a trio of flights […]

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Jeksontuk: Buying Diapers With Tournament Winnings!

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Russian partypoker player “Jeksontuk” got his grind on last week and excelled in The Terminator and The Ocean’s Daily Legends tournaments. His immense performances in these $11 buy-in tournaments resulted in him finish top of Leaderboard 3 in our ongoing Legend of the Week promotion. This is his story. Jeksontuk is almost 30-years-old and lives […]

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Grand Prix KO Series Hots Up With Main Events Approaching

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The $2.2 million guaranteed Grand Prix KO series is building up pace and the action is only going to get hotter when the Mini Main Event and Main Event kick off on July 25. Three events, the Mini 6-Max, 6-Max, and High Roller, are in full swing. Let’s take a look at what is going […]

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Win Your $5M Gtd WPT Championship Main Event Seat For $0.01

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How does playing for a share of a guaranteed $5 million prize pool sound? Great, right? What about playing for a share of a guaranteed $5 million prize pool for one cent? That is what partypoker players can do thanks to our incredible phased satellites. This Sunday, July 25, at 21:05 BST, there is a […]

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Jouissance88: partypoker Offers the Best MTT Leaderboards

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Russian grinder “Jouissance88” is on cloud nine right now having finished top of Leaderboard 2 in our ongoing Legends of the Week promotion. Triumphing over all the other partypoker players resulted in more than $500 worth of tournament tickets hitting the account of Jouissance88. Understandably, he is delighted with the promotion. Jouissance88 hails from Moscow […]

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Upcoming Changes to Our Heads-Up Cash Games

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Do you play in our heads-up cash games? If so, you need to be aware of a few changes that are happening on July 20, including alterations to the rake schedule, and removal of some formats. We constantly monitor the liquidity of our games and the effect they have on the overall ecology of the […]

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Magic Cards Top Prize is Now $2,000!

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We are delighted that so many of you have helped yourself to plenty of free prizes in our Magic Cards promotion, so much so that we have extended the promotion again, this time until August 22. In addition to the extension, we have doubled the top prize to $2,000 from $1,000! You can win up […]

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Grand Prix KO Series Explodes Into Action

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The Grand Prix KO series kicked off in explosive style with two champions crowned and a handful of other events starting their Day 1s. Plenty of players got off to a flying start, find out who below. Grand Prix KO #01 Mini 6-Max Top 10 Chip Counts The Grand Prix KO #01 Mini 6-Max event […]

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partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Heads to North Cyprus This September!

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The partypoker LIVE MILLIONS tour is not only returning but returning with a bang, and sooner than you think. partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus takes place from September 26 at the awesome Merit Crystal Cove, with the Main Event coming with a huge $3 million guaranteed prize pool! partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus is our […]

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Are You Ready to Mount a Charge Up The partypoker League Standings?

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Are You Ready to Mount a Charge Up The partypoker League Standings?

The first edition of the partypoker League was a roaring success with hundreds of partypoker players taking to the virtual felt in an attempt to secure some valuable leaderboard points. Jamie Ashdown was the last player standing and, therefore, recipient of the maximum 100 points. Victory certainly hands Ashdown an advantage, but there are three […]

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Poker and Our Presidents – Part I

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Poker and Our Presidents – Part I

Boosted by the numerous presidents who have played the game, many people consider poker as our national pastime. Going back to George Washington, our first president, U.S. presidents have much enjoyed playing poker. Many presidents and political leaders made poker an important part of their lives.

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Pedro Fernandes is the WCC Main Event Champion

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Pedro Fernandes is the WCC Main Event Champion

The World Cup of Cards Main Event crowned its champion on July 8, and Pedro Fernandes of Brazil is that champion. Fernandes collected an impressive $154,070 for his $1,100 investment after a heads-up deal involving Mikhail Mikheev, who had won his seat via a $109 Mega Satellite. WCC Main Event Final Table Results Place Player […]

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There’s Something For Everyone in the Grand Prix Knockout Series

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Hold onto your hats because there is an exciting online poker tournament festival coming to partypoker that has something for everyone. The Grand Prix Knockout runs from July 18 through August 2, features 16 progressive knockout events with combined guarantees of $2.2 million. Everyone loves a PKO tournament because the bounty element of the prize […]

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Top 5 Norwegian Players You Need to Know About

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Top 5 Norwegian Players You Need to Know About

From Thor Hansen to Annette Obrestad, there have been many Norwegians to have made a big impact at the poker felt.

In this article, we list five of the top most prominent professional players from Norway.

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More Than 14,000 Players Benefit From Boosted Cashback!

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The popularity of our Boosted Cashback promotion continues to rise with even more partypoker players benefiting from 10% extra cashback after generating a mere $0.10 in rake. Boosted Cashback was extended until July 18 and we are delighted to see thousands of you taking full advantage of the 10% extra cashback promotion. Up to July […]

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Rudolph Leads The WCC Main Event Final Table

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The 1,008 partypoker players who entered the $1,100 World Cup of Cards Main Event have been whittled to the final table of nine, and what a final table it is. Christian Rudolph is the man to catch when the cards are in the air on July 8; the talented Austrian is on course for yet […]

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Get Ready For Some Epic Prizes in the New partypoker League

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Get Ready For Some Epic Prizes in the New partypoker League

Jaime Staples and Matt Staples are hosting the new and exciting partypoker League where you have the chance to win some incredible prizes each month, and bragging rights over your fellow partypoker players. The partypoker League consists of a $2.20 buy-in Main Event that runs every Thursday at 21:00 BST, and awards valuable leaderboard points […]

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Angelou Konstas Leads WCC Main Event With 128 Remaining

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Almost all of the  World Cup of Cards Main Event Day 1s are in the bag and only 128 players have made it through to Day 2 so far. That figure will rise once the Turbo and Hyper Turbo flights kick off at 16:05 BST and 18:00 BST on July 5. $851,000 of the $1,0000,000 […]

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Julian Lozano is the New WCC Main Event Chip Leader

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Day 1B of the 2021 World Cup of Cards Main Event is in the bag. A compact field of 131 players took to the partypoker virtual felt, and only 20 of those starters had chips in front of them when the curtain came down on proceedings. Sat proudly at the top of those 20 surviving […]

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Arantaur: The Legend of the Week Leaderboards Are a Great Promotion

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Arantaur is yet another Legend of the Week who hails from Russia. The grinder from Magnitogorsk, an industrial city located whose motto is “the place where Europe and Asia meet” spoke to the partypoker blog about his poker story. “I quit my job and turned to poker in early 2020,” Arantaur told us, “I worked […]

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Boosted Cashback and Magic Cards Promotions Extended

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We have some exciting news for you today, news that the Boosted Cashback and Magic Cards promotions have been extended until July 18, giving you more chances to earn scores of free prizes and extra cash in your partypoker account. Our Boosted Cashback promotion has proven extremely popular with more than 11,000 of you benefiting […]

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“I Cannot Praise the Daily Legends Enough”

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“I Cannot Praise the Daily Legends Enough”

Our Daily Legends tournaments are available to all partypoker players regardless of the size of their bankrolls. Buy-ins start at a mere $1.10 and increase all the way to $1,050. It does not matter if you play at the low end or the top end of the buy-in scale, you are treated to the same […]

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Vogelsang Claims WCC Main Event Chip Lead

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Day 1A of the $1 million guaranteed World Cup of Cards Main Event took place on June 27 and saw 354 players buy in before late registration slammed shut. Only 53 of those 354 starters punched their Day 2 tickets at the first attempt, and nobody accumulated more chips than the United Kingdom-based German Christoph […]

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“I love the Daily Legends because I don’t have to worry about sleep”

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“I love the Daily Legends because I don’t have to worry about sleep”

We are proud of our Daily Legends tournaments. A lot of work has gone into them to ensure they have a superb structure that is no compromised by the fact they finish at a reasonable hour. They are the perfect online poker tournaments for players who juggle grinding with the daily grind of a nine-to-five […]

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Martin Nielsen Crowned WCC Grand Prix KO Champion

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Martin Nielsen is a World Cup of Cards champion! The Danish grinder navigated his way through the minefield that was a 6,054-strong field in the $55 buy-in $250,000 guaranteed Grand Prix Knockout. Nielsen’s reward? A combined prize weighing in at $28,250. Some 884 players made it through to the final day, each guaranteed $56.41 from […]

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Claus Grether and Kallum Allen Bag WCC Titles

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The 2021 World Cup of Cards has crowned its first champions of the series. Claus Grether and Kallum Allen can call themselves a poker champion after triumphing in the $320 Quebec Opener and $33 Mini Quebec Opener respectively. Grether Turns $320 Into $23,339 WCC #02 Quebec Opener had a $125,000 guarantee on its prize pool […]

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Head of Game Integrity: Real Names Increase Transparency

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On 25/07/2019, partypoker was the first online poker operator in the world to release real name tables when all online poker was still played with screen names, and most players could “hide” behind their aliases. The reason for doing so was to reduce the concerns related to the anonymity of online poker. Using real names […]

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Tomi Brouk Wins The Grand; Patrick Leonard Second

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Team partypoker’s Patrick Leonard came agonisingly close to winning the $200,000 guaranteed Grand tournament on June 20, but ultimately had to make do with a runner-up finish. Finland’s Tomi Brouk, pictured here in a hat with fellow Finn Samuel Vousden, was the man who took down The Grand for a $43,283 score. The Grand Final […]

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Cashback and Magic Cards Promotions Receive a Major Boost!

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We are making some awesome changes to our cashback offering that make cash games and fastforward games even more lucrative for you. There is 10% extra cashback available to be won every day. All you need to do is earn a mere 0.1 cashback points or more in a day on any game type, and […]

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5 Canadian Players to Watch for the 2021 WSOP

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5 Canadian Players to Watch for the 2021 WSOP

Daniel Negreanu is always a popular pick to achieve WSOP glory, but what about his fellow Canadian poker pros? In this article we throw another four names on to the list of folks who we’re tapping for success at the 2021 WSOP this fall.

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Svetarik Wins Predator While Live Streaming

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Svetarik Wins Predator While Live Streaming

Those of you who track down special bounties in The Predator Hunt promotion have likely crossed paths with “Svetarik”. She is a prominent streamer in the Russian-speaking community and knows her way around a poker table. Recently Svetarik triumphed in The Predator while live on stream, outlasting many value-hunters on her way to glory. Svetarik […]

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Netpobu4: My Motto Is Never Give Up

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Netpobu4: My Motto Is Never Give Up

We thought it was an incredible achievement when we learned “mochalov13” had topped a Legend of the Week leaderboard on three separate occasions. It was something we did not think would be beaten for some time. We were wrong because Belarusian grinder “Netpobu4” went one step better by winning two leaderboards during the same week! […]

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World Cup of Cards Debuts Online

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We are bringing superb value to you this summer, as the World Cup of Cards moves online for the first time, giving you the chance to play in the Main Event for just a single cent. That’s correct, a mere $0.01! The World Cup of Cards runs at partypoker from  June 16 to July 8. […]

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Arnaud Enselme Triumphs in The Grand For $50,183

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The inaugural The Grand tournament saw Ole Schemion crowned a poker champion once again. This week’s edition saw another of tournament poker’s superstars emerge from the battlefield victoriously. Arnaud Enselme was one of 256 entrants in this weekend’s $1,050 The Grand event, and he was the last man standing after the curtain came down on […]

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Dennis Imrell Wins Gambling Cabin Charity Event

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June 10 saw the poker community come together and play in a charity tournament for a fantastic cause. The Gambling Cabin and partypoker joined forces to raise money for two charities that fight against domestic violence and champion women’s rights. The Gambling Cabin pledged to match the charity tournament’s prize pool, partypoker donated $2,500, while […]

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Iermolcheva: My Gladiator Prize Money Is Going Towards a New Car

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Iermolcheva: My Gladiator Prize Money Is Going Towards a New Car

Those of you who participate in our Predator Hunt promotion will likely have crossed paths with Olga “mangustae” Iermolcheva. The popular streamer competes in the Predator with a $22 Predator ticket bounty on her head. While Olga has not managed to win the Predator, yet, she did take down the Gladiator live on her Twitch […]

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Join The Gambling Cabin in the Fight Against Domestic Violence

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partypoker and The Gambling Cabin are joining forces in the fight against domestic violence by running a special charity tournament at 19:00 BST on June 10. The Gambling Cabin has supported several charities over the years and is focussing on domestic violence for its latest campaign. Football fans around Europe are tingling with excitement for […]

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Are You Ready For The New Sunday 500?

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We introduced The Grand tournament earlier this week, a $1,050 buy-in phased event with a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool. Now we bring you news of another new addition to the partypoker tournament roster, The Sunday 500. The Sunday 500 shuffles up and deals at exactly 18:05 BST each Sunday and brings with it a prize […]

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partypoker Community Knockout Brings Special Prizes For Beating Big Names

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Online communities to battle it out tonight in new monthly event Well-known faces from online communities are giving partypoker players the chance to win cash prizes and special bounties in the partypoker Community Knockout. At 19:00 BST tonight, June 9, 2021, the inaugural partypoker Community Knockout begins. The buy-in is set at an affordable $5.50 […]

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Paul Romain Turns Free Ticket into $1,100 World Cup of Cards Seat

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Paul Romain Turns Free Ticket into $1,100 World Cup of Cards Seat

Those of you who follow our social media channels know we give away a lot of tickets. Paul Romain received one such ticket on Facebook, one worth $4.40. Paul used that $4.40 ticket for a World Cup of Cards Main Event satellite and ultimately walked away with a $1,100 seat in the $1 million guaranteed […]

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Play Your Way Into The $200K Gtd Grand From Only $2.20

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There is a new poker tournament in town and it goes by the name of The Grand. It is a fitting name because, well, the Grand is exactly that. The Grand: $200K Gtd Phase Final is a brand new addition to the partypoker tournament schedule. It commands a $1,050 buy-in, hence the event’s name, and […]

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Ole Schemion Wins the Inaugural Grand Tournament

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The inaugural The Grand tournament ran on June 6 and one of poker’s superstars got his hands on its top prize. Ole Schemion walked away with $53,425 after navigating his way past 280 opponents in the $1,050 buy-in $200,000 guaranteed event. The Grand: $200K Gtd Final Table Results Place PLayer Country Prize 1 Ole Schemion […]

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Phil Ivey vs. Daniel Negreanu – Who Is a Bigger Name in Poker?

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Phil Ivey vs. Daniel Negreanu – Who Is a Bigger Name in Poker?

Fellow Poker Hall of Famers Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu can both lay claim to the title of greatest poker player. But which of them is better?

The debate rages on, and in this article we illustrate why picking either one would be justified.

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Christian Rudolph is the WPT Online Series Main Event Champion

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Christian Rudolph is the WPT Online Series Main Event Champion

The 2021 WPT Online Series Main Event has crowned its champion and Christian Rudolph is that winner. Rudolph sat down at the final table in the middle of the pack before navigating his way to the top of the pile. He banked a cool $487,442 after a heads-up deal with Brazilian star Fabiano Kovalski. WPT […]

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Here Is How To Earn Yourself an Extra 10% Cashback Each Week

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Everyone loves a freebie especially when the free thing in question is cold, hard cash. We are running a special promotion for a month from June 7 that gives you 10% extra cashback every week. Every partypoker player who generates at least 25 points during a calendar week qualifies for the first tier of weekly […]

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Daniel Dvoress Leads the WPT Online Series Main Event Final Table

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Daniel Dvoress Leads the WPT Online Series Main Event Final Table

Some 1,065 partypoker players bought into the $3 million guaranteed WPT Online Series Main Event over the course of three flights, and only nine of those starters remain in the hunt for the $526,561 top prize. Daniel Dvoress finds himself in the all-too-familiar position of chip leader going into the final table, but a Dvoress […]

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Daniel Dvoress Leads the WPT Online Series Main Event Final Table

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Daniel Dvoress Leads the WPT Online Series Main Event Final Table

Some 1,065 partypoker players bought into the $3 million guaranteed WPT Online Series Main Event over the course of three flights, and only nine of those starters remain in the hunt for the $526,561 top prize. Daniel Dvoress finds himself in the all-too-familiar position of chip leader going into the final table, but a Dvoress […]

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Afework Wins WPT500; Prevents Staples’ Epic Comeback Victory

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Afework Wins WPT500; Prevents Staples’ Epic Comeback Victory

David Afework was crowned the WPT500 champion after a final table fill of drama. Afework got his hands on the $160,210 top prize, while our very own Jaime Staples staged an epic comeback to bank a career-best score. WPT #24 WPT500 Final Table Results Place Player Country Prize 1 David Afework United Kingdom $160,210 2 […]

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Jaime Staples Reaches WPT500 Final Table

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The 2021 WPT Online Series is drawing to a thrilling conclusion and one of our own has a chance to become a World Poker Tour champion. Team Online’s Jaime Staples has navigated his way through the majority of the 2,088-strong field in the WPT500: $1M Gtd event to take his rightful place at the nine-handed […]

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Malinowski Takes Down Super High Roller For $354K

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Wiktor Malinowski is better known for his high stakes cash game prowess but it appears he definitely knows his way around a tournament table. Malinowski is the new WPT #42 Super High Roller champion, an accolade that came with $354,791 in prize money. Thirty nine players bought in for $25,500 and only seven of those […]

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Dzivielevski Among WPT Online Series Main Event Day 1B Leaders

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Day 1B of the $3 million guaranteed WPT Online Series Main Event saw another 394 players take a shot at becoming a WPT champion. Only 59 of those hopefuls made it through to Day 2, although there are some legitimate superstars among those 59 players. Bulgaria’s Stoyan Obreshkov finished Day 1B not only with the […]

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Stumpf and Gjelstad Win Big as Huge Weekend Looms

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The WPT Online Series may be heading towards a thrilling conclusion but there is no signs of it slowing down with plenty of big scores being enjoyed. Both Matthew Stumpf and Jonas Gjelstad won WPT Online Series events, boosting their bankrolls in time for what is a massive final weekend. Stumpf Scoops 7-Max Knockout Title […]

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Sergey Prien: Kotelnikov Dismantling My Game Motivated Me

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Sergey Prien: Kotelnikov Dismantling My Game Motivated Me

Russian grinder Sergey Prien has a former WPT World Online Championships champion to thank for his recent success in the Legend of the Week promotion. Prien finished fourth in Leaderboard 4 one week before finishing in first place a week later. Prien discovered poker some time ago and began his career by playing freeroll tournaments. […]

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Astedt Swaps Two Hole Cards For Four; Still Wins

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Niklas Astedt is widely regarded as the best No-Limit Hold’em online poker tournament player of all-time. There are very few tournaments that Astedt has not taken down during his long and illustrious career. It appears the legendary Swede is a dab hand at Pot-Limit Omaha, too, judging by how he just won the WPT #22 […]

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Vamos! Caio Pessagno is the WPT500 Knockout Champion

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Vamos! Caio Pessagno is the WPT500 Knockout Champion

The 2021 WPT Online Series WPT500 Knockout event has its champion and that champion is Brazilian sensation Caio Pessagno. Some 2,054 partypoker players bought into this $1 million guaranteed event and Pessagno outfoxed and outlasted them all. Pessagno’s reward? A place in the WPT Online Series history books and a cool $102,704 cash prize. WPT […]

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Simon Mattsson is the Latest WPT Online Series High Roller Champion

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Simon Mattsson is the Latest WPT Online Series High Roller Champion

We are not sure what it is but there is something about Sweden that produces exceptional poker players. There always seems to be a Swede high up in the payouts whenever a high roller event take place. There was one at the very top of the payouts in the WPT #23 High Roller on May […]

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Drinan Bags Himself Main Event Day 1A Chip Lead

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The $3 million guaranteed WPT Online Series Main Event shuffled up and dealt on May 23 and got off to a blistering start. Some 521 players bought in on the first of two starting flights, but only 78 of them punched their Day 2 tickets at the first attempt. Connor Drinan is the man whose […]

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mochalov13 Wins Legend of the Week Leaderboard Three Times

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Winning one of the Legend of the Week leaderboards is a fantastic achievement in its own right. Imagine not only topping a leaderboard once, but three times. Not only that but winning three different leaderboards since the promotion began. That is exactly what mochalov13 did last week; he won his third Legend of the Week […]

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$3M Gtd WPT Online Series Main Event Starts May 23

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Every WPT Online Series event is looked forward to by partypoker players, but an extra special tournament shuffles up and deals this weekend: Day 1A of the Main Event. $3,200 is the buy-in for the WPT Online Series Main Event, which comes with an eye-popping $3 million guaranteed prize pool. Everyone entering the Main Event […]

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Addamo Wins Yet Again; Binks $25,500 Super High Roller

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Do you remember how Michael Addamo won a $5,200 High Roller Turbo ($87,459) and finished third in the $10,300 WPT #05 High Roller ($1161,83)? Well, he has done it again and taken down the WPT #13 Super High Roller for a sweet prize of $363,660! WPT #13 Super High Roller Final Table Results Place Player […]

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Torstensson Crowned Mini Main Event Champion

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Torstensson Crowned Mini Main Event Champion

Fritjof Torstensson can call himself a World Poker Tour champion because the Swedish star was the last man standing in the WPT #02 Mini Main Event, a result that came with a hefty $78,769 prize. Amazingly, Torstensson who his seat in this tournament via a $5.50 satellite. WPT #02 Mini Main Event Final Table Results […]

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Steve O’Dwyer Clinches High Roller Turbo Top Prize

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Steve O’Dwyer Clinches High Roller Turbo Top Prize

There are few major tournaments that Steve O’Dwyer is yet to win and you can scrap the $5,200 WPT High Roller Turbo from his to-win list after he took one down on May 18. O’Dwyer was one of exactly 50 players to pony up $5,200 for the chance to become a WPT Online Series champion. […]

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partypoker and partycasino Partner With McLaren Racing

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Entain, the parent company of partypoker and PartyCasino, and McLaren Racing has entered a multiyear partnership that sees both brands feature on McLaren’s Formula 1 cars and drivers’ helmets throughout the current and forthcoming Formula 1 seasons. The partnership is fitting because both Entain and McLaren Racing are at the forefront of technology in their […]

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Addamo Wins WPT High Roller Turbo; Third in $10K

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They say that in life, only taxes and death are certain. You can add something else to that short list, Michael Addamo running deep in high roller tournaments. Addamo took down the $5,200 WPT High Roller Turbo over the weekend and got his hands on the $87,459 top prize. The UK-based Australian outlasted 53 opponents […]

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“Legend of the Week Gives More Incentive To Focus”

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Peter Shaw loves the Legend of the Week promotion because it gives him added incentives to stay focus during the daily grind. That focus recently paid off because Peter won Leaderboard 4 and won $1,510 worth of Daily Legends tickets despite grinding $22 buy-in tournaments. Peter is a 34-year-old from Manchester, United Kingdom, who now […]

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Billy Irvine Crowned WPT Opener Champion ($81,841)

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Billy Irvine is more than $80,000 richer than a couple of days ago courtesy of triumphing in the $1,050 buy-in WPT #01 Opener event. Irvine’s reward for his impressive victory was a cash prize worth $81,841, which includes bounty payments. A bumper turnout of 333 entrants on Day 1C ensured the $500,000 guarantee was not […]

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Luc Bindel Shines Brightest in WPT Mini Main Event

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The WPT Online Series Mini Main Event shuffled up and dealt for the first time on May 15 and saw 466 players buy in for $530. Only 70 of those Day 1A starters finished the flight with chips in front of them, and nobody had more chips than Luc Bindel. WPT #02 Mini Main Event […]

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Souza Scoops Pro Hunt Event While Streaming!

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Souza Scoops Pro Hunt Event While Streaming!

The 2021 WPT Online Series got off to a flying start on May 14 after the WPT #00 Pro Hunt obliterated its $30,000 guarantee. Some 1,788 players bought in for $33, resulting in a $53,640 prize pool, which had more than $6,000 worth of prizes added to the pot. Eighteen members of Team partypoker and […]

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Using Daily Legends to Build a Poker Career From Scratch

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Flavio Yuji Kumoto is a 26-year-old poker player who is grinding away, hoping to establish himself as a profitable “reg.” The Brazilain, with Japanese ancestry, recently won Leaderboard 2 of the Legend of the Week promotion. This is his story. Kumoto won the $5.50 buy-in Headhunter, which stood him in good stead to walk away […]

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Hot Tables Are Getting Even Hotter: Win Up To $1,000 Extra!

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Hot Tables Are Getting Even Hotter: Win Up To $1,000 Extra!

Our Hot Tables feature is set to reward even more partypoker players with cash prizes just for playing their favourite cash games and fastforward games. We are adding three new stakes to the Hot Tables roster in addition to increasing the maximum payout to a cool $1,000! What Are Hot Tables? Hot Tables is the […]

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Win Up To $500 Instantly With Our Awesome Magic Cards

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Introducing Magic Cards, the new, exciting promotion that makes it possible to win a free prize every day, including $500 in cold, hard cash. Magic Cards launched on May 12 meaning you can start earning prizes immediately. Fire up the partypoker client, head to the Promotions tab, and you can find Magic Cards under the […]

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Der_steppenw0lf: “The Action is Amazing, Everyone Loves Freebies”

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“Der_steppenwolf” loves partypoker. You will often see his name in the live chat on our Twitch streams, in addition to him grinding our Daily Legends tournaments. It is his superb performance in the latter that saw him walk away with the Legend of the Week Leaderboard 1 title, an achievement that came with a prize […]

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Become the WPT Online Series Main Event Champion From Only $0.01

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The WPT and partypoker have again joined forces to bring you the 2021 WPT Online Series, which comes with a $3,200 Main Event featuring a $3 million guaranteed prize pool. Every partypoker player has the chance to become a 2021 WPT Online Series champion thanks to the plethora of satellites feeding into the biggest events. […]

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Predator Gavrilov Takes Down the Gladiator

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Predator Gavrilov Takes Down the Gladiator

Martin “DrHoldem” Gavrilov is used to playing poker with a target on his back. Gavrilov is one of our nominated predators in the Predator hunt promotion. It makes winning this particular Daily Legends tournament a daunting task. The popular streamer managed to triumph in a different Daily Legends event; he took down The Gladiator live […]

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Daily Legends Are “Easily My Favourite Tournaments Out There”

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Noah Hancock is a Sports Therapist student at the Solent University in Southampton who loves playing poker. Noah’s dedication to the game finally paid off when he became the Legend of the Week for Leaderboard 3. Card games have always been part of Noah’s life, having been taught various games by his grandparents. The transition […]

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Diego Cuellar Wins the 2021 POWERFEST Main Event

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Diego Cuellar Wins the 2021 POWERFEST Main Event

Diego Cuellar is the 2021 POWERFEST Main Event champion courtesy of having the most chips when the final four partypoker players decided to conclude the tournament with a deal. Cuellar secured a $173,866 payday, with none of the other three players part of the deal scooping less than $150,000. POWERFEST #27 Main Event Final Table […]

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Joao Vieira Victorious in the $10K Super High Roller

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Joao Vieira Victorious in the $10K Super High Roller

Joao Vieira added the $10,300 POWERFEST #28 Super High Roller title to his list of poker accomplishments after he bested a 96-strong field. Vieira, a Portuguese star living in the Netherlands, helped himself to a $249,791 score. Here is how the final table went down. The final 17 players from the 96 starters gathered around […]

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From Grinding in a Factory to Becoming a Legend of the Week

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Alexander “AA gudila KK” is the latest in what seems a never-ending line of Russian grinders who have won a Legend of the Week leaderboard. Alexander triumphed in Leaderboard 3 after hearing about the promotion from top poker streamer Andrey “Babyshark” Kozlenko. Alexander’s reward for winning Leaderboard 3 was a $215 Warrior ticket, three $150 […]

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Reeves Leads as POWERFEST Main Event Smashes Guarantee

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Reeves Leads as POWERFEST Main Event Smashes Guarantee

The POWERFEST Main Event smashed through its $1 million guarantee on April 25 when 792 players bought in on Day 1B. They joined the 521 Day 1A entrants, for a combined field of 1,313 with one flight remaining. The prize pool stands at $1,313,000 right now and should easily sail through the $1.5 million barrier […]

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Ramon Denies Greenwood POWERFEST High Roller Title

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Vicent Bosca Ramon is a POWERFEST champion after the United Kingdom-based Spaniard navigated his way to the top of the pile in the $5,200 High Roller event on April 22. A compact field of 60 players took to the partypoker tables in the 23rd numbered POWERFEST event, and created a $300,000 prize pool. Only the […]

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KirbyPop Takes Down POWERFEST Turbo KO Event

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“KirbyPop” captured a POWERFEST title on April 21 when they topped a 198-strong field in the $530 POWERFEST #22 Turbo Knockout tournament. The tournament only took 4.5 hours from start to finish thanks to the seven-minute blind structure. KirbyPop was the last player standing when the dust settled as just before 23:40 BEST. Team partypoker’s […]

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Vogelsang Victorious in the Super High Roller Event

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Vogelsang Victorious in the Super High Roller Event

The latest POWERFEST Super High Roller saw 58 partypoker players exchange $25,500 for 100,000 chips and the chance to become a poker champion. Christoph Vogelsang outlasted everyone and saw $469,691 of the $1,450,000 prize pool head to his account. POWERFEST #19 Super High Roller Final Table Results Place Player Country Prize 1 Christoph Vogelsang United […]

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Pedro Maderia Wins POWERFEST High Roller Super Six

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Brazil has another POWERFEST champion after Pedro Madeira navigated his way through a 123-strong field in the $1,575 POWERFEST #17 – High Roller Super Six. The top 19 finishers won a slice of the $200,000 prize pool; and what a final 19 it was. David Coleman was the first player to cash in the event; […]

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“partypoker Looks Out For Their Players More”

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Chris Cameron was already a partypoker fan before he won Leaderboard 2 in our Legend of the Week ongoing promotion. Now, he loves the site even more. The Edinburgh-based personal trainer first discovered poker around ten years ago b watching it on television. This is so many poker players’ route into this crazy game we […]

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Darren Elias Bags Himself a $134K POWERFEST Score

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Darren Elias added the POWERFEST #15 High Roller title to his ever-growing list of poker-related victories in the early hours of April 19. This latest triumph came with almost $135,000 in prize money! The tournament drew in 114 players who each paid $5,200 for the chance to become the latest POWERFEST High Roller champion. Only […]

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Galchenkov Turns $0.22 Satellite Into Legend of the Week Top Prize

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Galchenkov Turns $0.22 Satellite Into Legend of the Week Top Prize

We love a satellite success story here at partypoker, which is why we were delighted to learn about Alexander Galchenkov‘s impressive tale. Galchenkov, who hails from Belarus, won the Legend of the Week Leaderboard 1 after starting off with a $0.22 buy-in satellite victory! Thirty-year-old Galchenkov works hard at his job during the day, and […]

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David Peters Wins the SHR Ahead of a Huge POWERFEST Weekender

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David Peters is 195,033 richer than he was yesterday thanks to the poker superstar taking down the $10,300 buy-in POWERFEST #11 Super High Roller event on April 15. Peters was one of 65 players who exchanged $10,300 for 100,000 chips and the opportunity to become a POWERFEST champion. Only 11 of those who entered saw […]

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Joakim Andersson Clinches POWERFEST Super High Roller Title

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Joakim Andersson Clinches POWERFEST Super High Roller Title

Joakim Andersson is the POWERFEST Super High Roller champion! The Malta-based Swedish star topped a star-studded field of 64 entries in the $25,500 buy-in event and passed his bankroll with a cool $480,081 score. POWERFEST #07 Super High Roller Final Table Results Place Player Country Prize 1 Joakim Andersson Malta $480,081 2 Markus Leikkoner Finland […]

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Jouhkimainen Wins POWERFEST High Roller!

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Jouhkimainen Wins POWERFEST High Roller!

Team partypoker’s Joni Jouhkimainen is a POWERFEST champion after the Finnish superstar took down the $5,200 buy-in High Roller event on April 13. A compact yet stellar field of 59 entrants competed for a slice of the $295,000 prize pool, but only 11 of them walked away with a return on their initial investment. Michael […]

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Why Landon Tice is Solve For Why’s Biggest Acquisition Ever

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Why Landon Tice is Solve For Why’s Biggest Acquisition Ever

The Solve For Why Academy has recently brought on poker phenom Landon Tice to join their roster of coaches.

Geoff Fisk catches up with Tice and Solve For Why founder Matt Berkey in this interview, which clearly illustrates why Tice is a perfect fit for the company.

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Juan Pardo Dominguez Wins POWERFEST High Roller Super Seven

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Juan Pardo Dominguez Wins POWERFEST High Roller Super Seven

Spanish superstar Juan Pardo Dominguez is a POWERFEST champion after he came out on top of a 138-strong field in the $1,575 buy-in POWERFEST #06 – High Roller Super Seven event on April 12. Pardo Dominguez’s victory comes almost exactly three years to the day that he finished second to David Kitai in the €25,500 […]

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Foxen and Hutter Among Big POWERFEST Winners

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Alex Foxen and Barry Hutter kicked off POWERFEST in style by triumphing in the $5,200 High Roller and $2,100 High Roller Opener respectively. The talented high stakes specialist each bagged six-figure prizes, let us see exactly how much they won. Foxen Becomes a POWERFEST Champion A field of 91 players bought into the $5,200 POWERFEST […]

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The 5 Best Slow Rolls in Film

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The 5 Best Slow Rolls in Film

There’s nothing like a slow roll to infuse tons of emotion into a poker hand. How much more so this occurs when slow rolls are depicted in film.

In this article Dano Arluison lists the five best slow rolls in film, taken from multiple movies featuring lots of poker including Maverick, Casino Royale, Kaleidoscope, and more.

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Nikita Lebedev Turns €0.01 Into €3,016

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When Nikita Lebedev bought into an Irish Open Main Event satellite for a mere €0.01 he had no idea that single cent would eventually morph into a much more substantial €3,016 score. But that is exactly what happened, this is Lebedev’s story. Lebedev is primarily a cash game player, but the lure of the Irish […]

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Veksler: partypoker Makes It Possible To Realise a Poker Dream

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We crowned Pavel Veksler as the 2021 Irish Open Main Event champion earlier this week, an impressive result that saw the Ukrainian pro walk away with €265,999. Veksler jumped onto our Russian language Twitch stream immediately after his victory and spoke at length with the commentary team about how the tournament went for him. “It […]

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Veksler Victorious in the Irish Open Main Event

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Veksler Victorious in the Irish Open Main Event

Pavel Veksler is the 2021 Irish Open Main Event champion! The Ukrainian outlasted a star-studded field of 1,880 entrants in the €1,100 buy-in tournament and secured a life-changing €265,999. 2021 Irish Open Main Event Final Table Results Place Player Country Prize 1 Pavel Veksler Ukraine €265,999* 2 Stoyan Obreshkov Bulgaria €224,768* 3 Franco Spitale Argentina […]

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Obreshkov Leads Irish Open Main Event Final Table

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Stoyan Obreshkov finds himself in the envious position of being chip leader going into the nine-handed final table of the 2021 Irish Open Main Event. Obreshkov has already locked up €22,480 for his troubles, but is only eight eliminations away from becoming the Irish Open champion, and that title comes with a cool €292,256. Forty […]

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The History of Twitch Poker

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The History of Twitch Poker

Watching online poker streams on Twitch is an exceedingly popular pastime these days, but that has humble roots dating back a few years to the pioneering “godfather” Jason Somerville.

In this article, Shaun De Cesare traces Twitch Poker history, with a nod to the more popular streamers of today and how the system works for fans, brands, and the streamers themselves.

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More Than 110,000 Hot Tables Triggered Since Launch

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We only launched Hot Tables on March 11 but they have already hit a major milestone. More than 110,000 Hot Tables have triggered since their launch, and the number just keeps on growing. Hot Tables are rewarding an increasing number of our cash game players. Half of our cash game players see at least one […]

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Everyone Has a Shot at Poker Glory During POWERFEST

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POWERFEST is back and brings with it dozens of events over almost three weeks of intense poker tournament action. Get ready to put your poker skills to the ultimate test across a range of different tournament poker formats, including 6-Max, 8-Max, Mix-Max, rebuys, PKOs, and freezeouts. Like in previous editions of POWERFEST, events are split […]

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“I love this promo, it gives players chances to win an awesome prize”

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Ivan “Miler1” hails from a small Ukrainian town called Gaisin. Ivan is an auto mechanic by day but loves nothing more than grinding poker online at partypoker by night. The Legend of the Week promotion continues to be popular with grinders from all over the world. Just look at the prizes won by Ivan just […]

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Marc Macdonnell Claims Irish Open Main Event Day 1B Chip Lead

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The Irish Open Main Event smashed through its €1 million guarantee on April 4 thanks to 804 players turning out for Day 1B, the second of three scheduled opening flights. The prize pool stands at €1,626,000 with the turbo-structured Day 1C left to run at 15:05 BST on April 5. Ireland’s Marc Macdonnell is the […]

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The Professional, The Hobbyist, and Language

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The Professional, The Hobbyist, and Language

I had a bad day on the felt yesterday. I lost 200 Euros. More importantly, I aired on the side of aggression too often, and I lost my chips because of it. After my session, I took to Twitter to air my grievances. I first tweeted: I am on long term tilt ever since Millions. […]

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Andras Nemeth Wins the Irish Open High Roller

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Hungary’s Andras Nemeth helped himself to the largest prize of the 2021 Irish Open so far when he topped a star-studded field of 52-entrants in the €2,100 buy-in High Roller. Nemeth’s victory, the latest in a long, long line of impressive first-place finishes, saw him walk away with €33,688. The Hungarian superstar secured this sum […]

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Adderley, Brown, and Garagnani Clinch Irish Open Titles

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Three partypoker players became Irish Open champions and padded their bankrolls on March 30. John Adderley, Ross Brown, and Pedro Garagnani each wrote themselves into the Irish Open’s history books, in addition to giving themselves more ammunition for the rest of the festival. Irish Open #08 Dublin Deepstack Final Table Results Place Player Country Prize […]

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More Than 80,000 Hot Tables Triggered!

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More than 80,000 Hot Tables, 83,000 to be exact, have triggered since their launch on March 11, that’s an average of more than 4,600 each and every day! How many Hot Tables have you been seated at? Fifty per cent of cash game and fastforward players have been seated at a Hot Table since their […]

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New Coin Flip Promotion Gives SPINS a Boost

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We are giving SPINS players the chance to win instant prizes worth up to $500 with the launch of the Coin Flip promotion. SPINS games will now be even more enjoyable to play, with bonus cash prizes being awarded to players across four different tiers; bronze, silver, gold and platinum. The buy-ins across the tiers […]

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Get Involved in the APAT March Championship Events

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The APAT March Championship is a mini series following on from the incredible World Championships Of Amateur Poker. It runs over the course of this weekend, with the APAT March Main Event being the highlight of the schedule. APAT March Turbo Championship Final Table Results Two events took place on the evening of March 26; […]

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2021 Irish Open Kicks Off With the €250K Gtd Opener

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The wait is finally over, the 2021 Irish Open festival kicks off in style on March 26 with the €250,000 guaranteed Opener event. We know Irish Open regulars are bitterly disappointed not to be jetting off to Dublin for a live version of Europe’s longest-running live poker festival, but we have done everything in our […]

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Denis Titensky Played the $102K Mega High Roller For Only $22

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Denis Titensky Played the $102K Mega High Roller For Only $22

The recent MILLIONS Online Mega High Roller was one of the biggest buy-in tournaments the online poker world has ever seen. $102,000 was the buy-in, putting the tournament out of the reach of the majority of players, but Belarusian Denis Titensky took full advantage of our satellites and won his six-figure buy-in for a mere […]

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Bremner Sets His Sights on Irish Open Glory After Winning His Seat for €11

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Bremner Sets His Sights on Irish Open Glory After Winning His Seat for €11

Martin “Billy” Bremner has a passion for poker. The 58-year-old self-employed decorator has played the game since the mid-1990s and is vastly experienced. The past few weeks have seen Martin qualify for two major online poker tournaments at partypoker for a tiny outlay. He won his way into the MILLIONS Online Main Event, where he […]

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Armin Rezaei Crowned WPT500 Knockout Champion

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Armin Rezaei Crowned WPT500 Knockout Champion

Armin Rezaei is a World Poker Tour champion after he triumphed in the WPT500 Knockout event, a superb result that saw his bankroll swell by almost $140,000 for a $530 investment.  WPT500 Knockout Final Table Results Place Player Country Prize Bounties 1 Armin Rezaei Malta $76,275 $63,695 2 David Lopez Llacer United Kingdom $76,143 […]

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What Forms of Poker Are Legal in California?

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What Forms of Poker Are Legal in California?

Californians love poker, but that doesn’t mean that all forms of poker are legal in the Golden State. In this article we briefly outline the different types of poker that Californians can and cannot play, from home games to online, and more.

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Hot Tables Challenge: Staples Brothers Lock Horns

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There are few bonds in this world that are as strong as those shared by two brothers. Brotherly love goes out of the window from 21:00 on March 24 when Jaime and Matt Staples fight it out in our Hot Tables Challenge. The Staples brothers are better known for grinding our Daily Legends tournaments, but […]

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Benjamin Chalot Headlines WPT500 Knockout Final Table

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Benjamin Chalot Headlines WPT500 Knockout Final Table

The WPT500 Knockout has reached its final table after the 2,601 entrants were whittled down to a more manageable nine. The final table is littered with stellar names, including that of 2019 MILLIONS Online champion Benjamin Chalot, who sits down at 20:05 GMT on March 23 with enough chips for third position. WPT500 Knockout Final […]

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O’Dwyer Wins High Roller as WPT500 Knockout Reaches Day 2

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Steve O’Dwyer added the WPT500 Online Series High Roller title to his ever-growing list of poker accomplishments on March 21. O’Dwyer was one of 83 entrants in the $5,200 buy-in tournament and was the last man standing, meaning he raked in the lion’s share of the $415,000 prize pool. WPT #21 High Roller Final Table […]

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Ryzhov Makes Amends For Legend of the Week Runner-Up Finish

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Ryzhov Makes Amends For Legend of the Week Runner-Up Finish

Poker is a funny old game. It is one of the rare games where you can finish second out of thousands of opponents and still be disappointed. This happened to Anatoly “Mywifeisbest” Ryzhov who finished second in a Legend of the Week leaderboard in December but recently made amends by taking down Leaderboard 5 last […]

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Diego Ventura Leads WPT500 Knockout With Four Flights Remaining

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Four WPT500 Knockout flights are done and dusted, and 881 players have taken a shot at the $1 million guaranteed prize pool. Only 132 of those starters punched their Day 2 tickets, and nobody has more chips at this point than Peruvian superstar Diego Ventura. Current WPT500 Knockout Top Chips Chip Counts Place Player Country […]

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Winning the MILLIONS Online Main Event Allows Geci To Realise His Dreams

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Winning the MILLIONS Online Main Event Allows Geci To Realise His Dreams

Endrit Geci won the recent MILLIONS Online Main Event and saw $774,838 make its way to his partypoker account. It is Geci’s largest cash by far, as you can appreciate, and one that allows him to realise his poker dreams. Endrit lives in Manchester, United Kingdom where he has been a professional poker player for […]

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27,000 Hot Tables Triggered in the Five Days Since Launch!

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Remember how we said our new Hot tables would benefit more of our cash game players than the daily leaderboards promotion? We may have slightly underestimated how wide a reach Hot Tables would have because 27,000 such tables have been triggered in the first five days since their launch! Hot Tables have triggered a staggering […]

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Dylan Rowe Runs Away With WPT500 Title ($181,544)

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Dylan Rowe Runs Away With WPT500 Title ($181,544)

Dylan Rowe is a World Poker Tour champion! The New Zealander navigated his way through a field of 2,422 entrants to secure the $181,544 first-place prize. WPT500 Final Table Results Place Player Country Prize 1 Dylan Rowe New Zealand $181,544 2 Andrii Novak Ukraine $123,254 3 Lukas Wimmer Austria $84,064 4 Deividas Kvaselis Lithuania $55,719 […]

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Andrii Novak Leads WPT500 Final Table

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Andrii Novak Leads WPT500 Final Table

The bumper crowd of 2,422 $1 million guaranteed WPT500 field has been whittled to the final table of nine and it is Ukrainian Andrii Novak who leads the finalists into battle on March 16. WPT500 Final Table Chip Counts Place Player Country Chips 1 Andrii Novak Ukraine 241,624,576 2 Lukas Wimmer Austria 190,243,207 3 Stoyan […]

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“Legend of the Week Adds Another Level of ICM to the Game”

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The ongoing Legend of the Week promotion continues to make legends out of partypoker players. One such player is 35-year-old Alex who you may have bumped into at the partypoker table where he is known as “changeupdated”. Alex lives in Cheshire, United Kingdom, a beautiful part of the world where is juggles his day job […]

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Roman Matveichuk Leads WPT500; Four Flights Remain

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The $1 million guaranteed WPT500 is in full swing with five of the nine flights done and dusted. Some 1,039 players have entered this massive event so far with 156 of them punching their Day 2 tickets. Nobody has accumulated more chips than Roman Matveichuk who finds himself in the envious position as the overall […]

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Win Up To $500 Extra At Our Exciting Hot Tables

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No-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha cash and fastforward games are about to get a whole lot more exciting with the introduction of Hot Tables. Hot Tables launch on March 11 and see partypoker players win cash prizes worth up to $500 on top of the pot their get their hands on. There is no need […]

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The Two Best Apps to Download to Play Andar Bahar for Real Money

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The Two Best Apps to Download to Play Andar Bahar for Real Money

Walking the streets of India, you would probably be laughed at if you said you didn’t know what Andar Bahar was. In the rest of the world, on the other hand, this simple poker game which originated from Bangalore is mostly an unknown phenomenon to the common card player or poker player. Thanks to gambling […]

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Michael Addamo Wins Mega High Roller For $1.3M

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Michael Addamo Wins Mega High Roller For $1.3M

There are very few major tournaments that Michael Addamo has not won during his illustrious poker career. He can now scratch off the MILLIONS Online Mega High Roller from his to-do list because the Australian superstar triumphed in the $102,000 buy-in event on March 9 and walked away with $1,310,715. MILLIONS Online Mega High Roller […]

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What does the future hold for online poker in 2021 and beyond?

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What does the future hold for online poker in 2021 and beyond?

Online poker is booming like (almost) never before! Shaun De Cesare takes a look at the current state of online poker around the world, its surging popularity, and examines whether it’s likely to continue or wane over the course of 2021.

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Florian Loehnert Leads MILLIONS Online Mega High Roller

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Florian Loehnert Leads MILLIONS Online Mega High Roller

Florian Loehnert is the man to catch in the MILLIONS Online Mega High Roller where only six players remain in contention for the $1.3 million top prize. Thirty-five players bought in for the astronomical sum of $102,000, resulting in a $3,500,000 prize pool. It was an expensive and disappointing day for Team partypoker’s Isaac Haxton […]

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‘Legend of the Week’: Fledgling Pro Tops Leaderboard 3

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Brazil’s Guilherme Passos (Ggpassos on partypoker) celebrates a year as a professional poker player in June 2021. At 28, he had a late start. He’s taking his first steps in his career and has plenty of development to do, but he has done very well so far. Guilherme became Legend of the Week at the […]

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Gedimas Uselis Crowned MILLIONS Online Closer Champion

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Gedimas Uselis Crowned MILLIONS Online Closer Champion

Lithuania has a MILLIONS Online champion after Gedimas Uselis triumphed in the $1,050 MILLIONS Online #25 Closer event. Some 583 players bought in across a trio of starting flights, which ensured the $500,000 guarantee was surpassed by $83,000. Half of the $583,000 pot went on the heads of each entrant, with top 87 finishers sharing […]

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Parssinen and Theologis Become MILLIONS Online Champions

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Eelis Parssinen is a MILLIONS Online champion after the Finnish high stakes specialist came out on top of a 50-strong field in the $5,200 6-Max Omaha High Roller event. Parssinen’s quest to win this event did not get off to the best of starts because he busted in 48th place. The Finn dusted himself down, […]

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Pascal Lefrancois Is On Fire; Takes Down PLO High Roller

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Pascal Lefrancois is in incredible form. The French-Canadian won the $25,500 Super High Roller for more than $525,000 a couple of days ago, and now he has another MILLIONS Online title after taking down the Omaha High Roller. MILLIONS Online #15 Omaha High Roller was a $5,200 buy-in event that drew in a crowd of […]

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Lefrancois Wins Again; Takes Down Super High Roller

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Pascal Lefrancois said winning the MILLIONS Online Main Event would have been “the cherry on top of a very good year.” That never happened, but Lefrancois did the next best thing and took down the $25,500 Super High Roller event for $525,089 instead. MILLIONS Online #20 Super High Roller Final Table Results Place Player Country […]

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Endrit Geci Wins MILLIONS Online Main Event ($774,838)

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Endrit Geci Wins MILLIONS Online Main Event ($774,838)

Endrit Geci is the partypoker MILLIONS Online Main Event champion, an accolade that came with a mouth-watering prize worth $774,838. Geci came out on top of a 1,084-strong field to secure the victory and get his hands on the largest score of his poker career. MILLIONS Online Main Event Final Table Results Place Player Country […]

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Imsirovic and Astedt Win MILLIONS Online High Roller Events

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Imsirovic and Astedt Win MILLIONS Online High Roller Events

Several other quality MILLIONS Online events took place while the Main Event was busy whittling down its field. Two High Rollers and a Super High Roller were the highlights, and two of those tournaments crowned their champions with Ali Imsirovic and Niklas Astedt getting their hands on titles. Ali Imsirovic Shines in the $5,200 High […]

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Endrit Geci Top MILLIONS Online Main Event Final Table Chip Counts

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Endrit Geci Top MILLIONS Online Main Event Final Table Chip Counts

Lead image courtesy of PokerNews The MILLIONS Online Main Event final table is set and what a final table it is. Endrit Geci is the man to catch going into the final day of this prestigious tournament, but he will not have it all his own way because there are some superstars in the chasing […]

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Urbanovich and Staples Through To MILLIONS Online Main Event Day 3

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Urbanovich and Staples Through To MILLIONS Online Main Event Day 3

Only 28 players remain in contention for the title of MILLIONS Online Main Event champion and two Team partypoker members are among them. Dzmitry Urbanovich and streamer extraordinaire Jaime Staples find themselves within touching distance of an $892,274 payout. MILLIONS Online Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts Place Player Country Chips 1 Valentyn Kazantsev Ukraine […]

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Sitbon and Jorstad Win Warm Up and Mini Warm Up Events

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Day 2 of the Warm Up and Mini Warm Up events crowned their champions on February 28 while the Day 1B of the MILLIONS Main Event was in full swing. Julian Sitbon and Epsen Uhlen Jorstad both became MILLIONS Online champions and padded their bankrolls with some serious cash. Sitbon Takes Down The Warm Up […]

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Jetten Tops Day 1B and MILLIONS Online Main Event Smashes Guarantee

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Jetten Tops Day 1B and MILLIONS Online Main Event Smashes Guarantee

Another 493 players bought into the MILLIONS Online Main Event on Day 1B, taking the total number of entrants to 1,084 and the prize pool to an impressive $5,420,000. Peter Jetten was the star of the second and final flight, he bagged up 26,423,338 chips and the title of Day 1B chip leader. MILLIONS Online […]

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Lefrancois Warms Up For MILLIONS Online Main Event With a PLO Victory

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Lefrancois Warms Up For MILLIONS Online Main Event With a PLO Victory

Pascal Lefrancois told the partypoker blog that winning the MILLIONS Online Main Event would be “the cherry on top of a very good year”. He warmed himself up nicely for a Day 1B run on February 28 by taking down the $5,200 Omaha High Roller event last night for $84,220. Fifty-two players bought into the […]

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Chess Grandmaster Ladva Turns $530 Into $525K

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Chess Grandmaster Ladva Turns $530 Into $525K

Ottomar Ladva was determined not to be merely a pawn among kings and queens when he entered the $25,500 buy-in MILLIONS Online 6-Max Super High Roller event. The Estonian chess grandmaster swept through the field like a rook before becoming king of the tournament and banking $525,089. Amazingly, Ladva qualified for this massive Super High […]

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Joakim Andersson Triumphs in the MILLIONS Online 6-Max High Roller Turbo

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Joakim Andersson Triumphs in the MILLIONS Online 6-Max High Roller Turbo

Joakim Andersson helped himself to a $77,484 prize when he took down the MILLIONS Online #12 6-Max High Roller Turbo event. Fifty-eight players bought in for $5,200 and only one remained after 4.75 hours of intense poker action; Andersson was that man. Stellar names littered the chip counts through the tournament, as you’d expect from […]

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Jason Koon Progresses to Day 2 of the MILLIONS Online SHR; Wilson Leads Final 11

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Jason Koon Progresses to Day 2 of the MILLIONS Online SHR; Wilson Leads Final 11

What an incredible evening of poker we witnessed on February 23 thanks to some of the world’s best players descending on partypoker for the MILLIONS Online 6-Max Super High Roller. Some 70 players bought in for $25,500 to obliterate the $1 million guarantee. Only 11 of those starters remain in the hunt for the title, […]

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“partypoker’s Tournaments Are How Poker Should Be Played”

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Joby Plunkett was one of many partypoker players who thoroughly enjoyed the recent APAT World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP). Topping the WCOAP Mini leaderboard is just one of the reasons for Joby’s enjoyment. The structure of our tournaments was another major factor, as you’re about to find out. Joby lives in Cambridgeshire with his […]

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WPT500™ events offer millions of dollars in prizes to partypoker players

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WPT500™ events offer millions of dollars in prizes to partypoker players

The WPT500™ series is just a few weeks away, where players will be given the chance to play in two prodigious events paying out $1,000,000 in prizes. Running on partypoker from Sunday, March 7, 2021, to Tuesday, March 23, 2021, the series will jump straight into the high-profile action, with Day 1A of the WPT500 […]

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Dvoress Outshines MILLIONS Online Main Event Day 1A Field

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The MILLIONS Online Main Event kicked off in earnest on February 21 and saw 591 players take to the partypoker felt. Only 87 of those starters punched their Day 2 tickets and nobdoy accumulated more chips than Daniel Dvoress. Dvoress finished his flight with a tournament-leading 30,582,133 chips. There may be a lot of poker […]

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Become the 2021 Irish Open Main Event Champion For Only €0.01

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The 2021 Irish Open Main Event takes place at partypoker from March 28 and you could be playing in the €1 million guaranteed tournament for the tiny investment of €0.01. Every effort was made to host the 2021 Irish Open Main Event in the live poker arena, but the continuing global pandemic put paid to […]

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You Don’t Want To Miss These Awesome MILLIONS Online Streams

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You Don’t Want To Miss These Awesome MILLIONS Online Streams

Grab your diaries and make sure they’re free on the following dates because you seriously don’t want to miss our Twitch coverage of the biggest MILLIONS Online events. partypoker Twitch commentators James Dempsey and Henry Kilbane are joined by special guests, including Team partypoker’s Isaac Haxton and Patrick Leonard, as they bring you cards-up coverage […]

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Dante Fernandes Crowned MILLIONS Online Omaha High Roller Champion

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Brazil has itself another MILLIONS Online champion. Dante Fernandes took down the $3,200 buy-in Omaha High Roller only a couple of days after Yuri Dzivielevski triumphed in the $10,300 6-Max High Roller. MILLIONS Online #06 Omaha High Roller Final Table Results Place Player Country Prize 1 Dante Fernandes Brazil $61,025 2 Aku Joentausta Finland $38,635 […]

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Kristen Bicknell Wants To Give You a $5,300 MILLIONS Online Main Event Seat

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Kristen Bicknell Wants To Give You a $5,300 MILLIONS Online Main Event Seat

Team partypoker’s Kristen Bicknell is feeling in a generous mood and is giving one lucky partypoker the chance to play in the $5 million guaranteed MILLIONS Online Main Event for free. That’s correct, you’ve not misread that sentence, one of you will receive a $5,300 ticket for free. The competition is super easy to enter, […]

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Roberts Krigers Shines In Five Diamond and Becomes Legend of the Week

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Roberts Krigers has two passions in life: law and poker. The latter saw him become a partypoker Legend of the Week, taking down Leaderboard 2 after some stellar performances in The Five Diamond Daily Legends tournament. Roberts hails from Riga, Latvia where he lives with his poker-playing girlfriend. He’s played poker since his early teens […]

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Justin Ouimette Wins MILLIONS Online Mini Main Event

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Justin Ouimette Wins MILLIONS Online Mini Main Event

Justin Ouimette is the MILLIONS Online Mini Main Event champion! The Canadian pro outlasted 1,126 opponents on his way to securing the largest prize of his career, a cool $184,507. Ouimette has more than $3.7 million in online poker tournament winnings, yet none of his prizes weighed in at six-figures. That fact has changed with […]

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Dzivelevski and Adams Win High Rollers; Molnar Leads Mini Main Event

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February 16 was the biggest day of the MILLIONS Online festival so far with two massive high roller events crowning their champions and the Mini Main Event reaching its final table. Yuri Dzivelevski Bags 6-Max High Roller Title Brazilian superstar Yuri Dzivielevski is $186,637 richer than a day ago courtesy of him taking down the […]

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Smiljkovic Leads Final 25 in the MILLIONS Online Mini Main Event

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The $1,100 MILLIONS Online Mini Main Event field is down to only 25 players and it is Daniel Smiljkovic who leads the way. Smiljkovic is one of two players who finished Day 2 with a stack containing more than 100 million chips, 133,639,726 to be exact. Smiljkovic has more than $3.4 million in online poker […]

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Poker on Screen special: Polk guests on The Lock-In to break down Heads-Up victory

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Poker on Screen special: Polk guests on The Lock-In to break down Heads-Up victory

Doug Polk looks back at the closing out of a phenomenal heads-up victory against bitter rival Daniel Negreanu with The Lock-In lads.

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Sebastian Henao Leads MILLIONS Online Mini Main Event

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Sebastian Henao Leads MILLIONS Online Mini Main Event

The MILLIONS Online festival has gotten off to a flying start with the Mini Main Event obliterating its $1 million guarantee. A massive crowd of 1,127 players bought in across a pair of starting flights and only 169 of those starters remain in the hunt for the $184,507 top prize. MILLIONS Online Mini Main Event […]

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You’re Invited to a LOVE PARTY and There Are Prizes Galore!

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We are throwing a LOVE PARTY and every partypoker player is invited to join in festivities. There are sackfuls of mystery prizes to be won every day, plus weekly prizes too. Love Party? You bet you do! We’re spreading the love from February 11 right through to March 3, that 21 days of non-stop partying. […]

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Patrick Blye Wins APAT WCOAP Main Event For $27.4K

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Patrick Blye Wins APAT WCOAP Main Event For $27.4K

The curtain came down on a massively successful APAT World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP) with the crowning of the Main Event champion. Patrick Blye of Canada is that champion, a result that saw the Canadian walk away with an impressive $27,408. The $109 buy-in Main Event attracted a bumper crowd of 1,751 entrants who […]

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5 Ways Online Bingo is Like Online Poker

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5 Ways Online Bingo is Like Online Poker

Both online poker and online bingo have devoted followings of fans eager to gamble it up, but the similarities between the two popular games don’t end there.

In this article James Guill lists five of the things that online poker and online bingo have in common.

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“Winning MILLIONS Online Would be The Cherry On Top Of A Very Good Year”

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“Winning MILLIONS Online Would be The Cherry On Top Of A Very Good Year”

Pascal Lefrancois is a poker player who is respected and feared in equal measure. Lefrancois has won almost $5.3 million from live poker tournaments and several more million from the online poker world. 2010 saw Lefrancois win a WSOP bracelet in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event. You may recall he poised for his winner’s photograph […]

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This Weekend’s Big Games Award Massive Prizes

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Our trio of Big Game tournaments awarded some massive prize this week. The champions of The High Roller Big Game, The Big Game, and Mini Big Game shared almost $130,000 between them! Davison Tops Star-Studded High Roller Big Game The High Roller Big Game drew in a 118-strong crowd this weekend and the top 20 […]

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What is the Probability of Winning in Poker?

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What is the Probability of Winning in Poker?

Making the right poker odds calculations can often be the difference maker between a winning and losing session. In this article we briefly outline how beneficial it can be to correctly calculate poker odds, specifically as it’ll help you save more and win more at the tables.

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Three More WCOAP Champions Crowned; Main Event is Today

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Three more partypoker players can call themselves APAT WCOAP champions after a trio of Championship Events crowned their winners. The PLO, Turbo Knockout, and Turbo are now done and dusted, paving the way to the massive $150,000 guaranteed WCOAP Main Event and its $20,000 guaranteed Mini Main Event cousin. Suokas Wins PLO Championship For Finland […]

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Tenno Tonts Takes Down WCOAP Super High Roller Event

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Tenno Tonts secured the largest prize awarded during the APAT WCOAP so far when he triumphed in the $530 buy-in Super High Roller event. Some 223 players bought in, which meant the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool was surpassed by $11,500. The top 34 finishers received a slice of this ample pie so spare a thought […]

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Become the Poker Player You Were Born To Be With MyGame Whiz

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Ask any successful poker player how they became top of their game and they’ll all give similar answers. They all put in plenty of practice and they all analyse their play away from the tables. MyGame Whiz, the awesome free poker tool from partypoker, is designed to help you improve your poker skills and take […]

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Suzie Willamson: Winning a WPT Title is a Dream Come True

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Suzie Willamson: Winning a WPT Title is a Dream Come True

Poker players from around the world dream of taking down a major tournament. British starlet Suzie Williamson did exactly that during the WPT Montreal festival, taking down the $162 6-Max PKO Turbo for a shade under $7,500. Suzie took some time out from her busy schedule to chat exclusively with us about her fantastic win […]

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Benjamin Rolle Goes from Zero to Hero to Win Super MILLION$ Title for $424,581

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Benjamin Rolle Goes from Zero to Hero to Win Super MILLION$ Title for $424,581

The British-based player took down the weekly high roller event, triumphing from behind to overcome some stellar names.

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Benjamin Rolle goes from Zero to Hero to win Super MILLION$ Title for $424,581

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Benjamin Rolle goes from Zero to Hero to win Super MILLION$ Title for $424,581

The British-based player took down the weekly high roller event, triumphing from behind to overcome some stellar names.

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APAT WCOAP Round-Up: Three More Champions Crowned

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Three more APAT players became WCOAP champions recently as the massive $109 buy-in $150,000 guaranteed Main Event looms. The 6-Max, Knockout, and PLO8 Championship saw their champions crowned, these are those winners. Jan Strazisar Takes Down 6-Max Championship Jan Strazisar of Slovenia emerged as a worthy champion in the WCOAP 6-Max Championship. Some 603 players […]

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Tips For Starting Out With Video Poker Games

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Tips For Starting Out With Video Poker Games

Video poker remains popular among all games players, even those who prefer opponents at the felt rather than competing against the house. That said, it’s worthwhile to master optimal strategy for video poker gameplay so as to maximize your potential winnings.

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“Winning MILLIONS Online Would Be One Of My Top Achievements in Poker”

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“Winning MILLIONS Online Would Be One Of My Top Achievements in Poker”

There are few poker players in the world who have enjoyed as much success at the tables as Adrian Mateos. The Spaniard has more than $21.3 million in live tournament cashes thanks to a list of titles as long as your arm. Mateos became the youngest-ever player to win three World Series of Poker (WSOP) […]

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Daniel Dvoress Takes Down the WPT Montreal Mike Sexton Classic

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Daniel Dvoress Takes Down the WPT Montreal Mike Sexton Classic

Daniel Dvoress has done it again, he’s won yet another massive event after taking down the WPT Montreal Mike Sexton Classic on February 1. Twenty players returned to the action for Day 2 of the $10,300 buy-in event with Dvoress leading them back into battle. He stayed in control throughout proceedings and emerged as a […]

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Set Your Sights On The Special Bounties in the Predator Hunt

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The Predator is one of our more popular Daily Legends tournaments thanks, in part, to its $30,000 guaranteed prize pool for a $22 buy-in. Its popularity is set to rise now we’ve launched the Predator Hunt promotion. We challenge you to hunt 19 selected “predators” who will be frequenting The Predator tournament. The Predator runs […]

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Christoph Moritz Wins WPT Montreal Playground Closer For $59.7K

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Christoph Moritz Wins WPT Montreal Playground Closer For $59.7K

Christoph Moritz is now a World Poker Tour champion after he came out on top of an 840-strong field in the WPT Montreal Playground Closer event. Only 125 of those 840 starters made it through to Day 2 of this $530 buy-in tournament and all 125 of those returning players netted a slice of the […]

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Owston and De Baas Become APAT WCOAP Championship

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APAT regular Dan Owston has become a WCOAP champion after coming out on top of a 350-strong field in the PLO Knockout Championship. Owston collected $3,247 for his impressive victory, plus an APAT gold medal and commemorative bracelet. Owston eventually found himself heads-up against Billy Brewin, also of the United Kingdom. This was after Johan […]

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Adam Snee Crowned APAT WCOAP High Roller Champion

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Adam Snee is the APAT WCOAP High Roller champion after he came out on top of a 284-strong field to secure the impressive $13,850 first-place prize. Snee had already turned his $265 buy-in into at least $2,000 by reaching the seven-handed final table, but he had his sights set on a more substantial prize. Estonia’s […]

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Jolle Moene Wins Star-Studded WPT Montreal 6-Max High Roller

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Jolle Moene Wins Star-Studded WPT Montreal 6-Max High Roller

Dutch grinder Jelle Moene finished second in a WPTDeepStack event in Amsterdam in 2019 and was bitterly disappointed not to take it down. He made amends on January 28 when he finished first in the WPT Montreal 6-Max High Roller event. The $5,200 buy-in attracted 49 players, a compact field but one brimming with quality. […]

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Jack Hardcastle Wins the WPT Montreal Online Main Event

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Jack Hardcastle Wins the WPT Montreal Online Main Event

Jack Hardcastle has been in scintillating form of late, winning large sums from his online poker tournament grind. Hardcastle’s run continued on January 27 when he became a World Poker Tour champion after winning the WPT Montreal Online Main Event for $447,859. WPT Montreal Online Main Event Final Table Results Place Player Country Prize 1 […]

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“If I won MILLIONS Online, I would rank this win on top for sure. It will be fantastic.”

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“If I won MILLIONS Online, I would rank this win on top for sure. It will be fantastic.”

Pablo Brito Silva can’t wait for the MILLIONS Online Main Event to kick off. The Brazilian ace told the partypoker blog that winning the $5 million guaranteed Main Event would rank as his best-ever result. That’s quite some claim considering Silva has more than $7 million in online poker tournament winnings and more than $1.1 […]

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Sander Totuli and Roman Matveichuk Win WCOAP Events

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The $750,000 guaranteed APAT World Championships Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP) continued on January 26 and two more champions were crowned. Following the thrilling finale of the Team Championship, Brazil’s Sander Totuli and Russian grinder Roman Matveichuk triumphed in the 6-Max Knockout and Mix-Max Championship respectively. Vamos! Totuli Crowned 6-Max Championship Champion A bumper crowd turned […]

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Dan Shak Leads the WPT Montreal Main Event Final Table

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Dan Shak Leads the WPT Montreal Main Event Final Table

The WPT Montreal Main Event has reached its nine-handed final table and it is a familiar name at the top of the chip counts. Dan Shak is the man to catch going into the final table, although he leads by the narrowest of margins and the chasing pack is full of talented grinders. WPT Montreal […]

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Addamo Does It Again; Wins WPT Montreal Super High Roller

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Addamo Does It Again; Wins WPT Montreal Super High Roller

If there is a player who is better in Super High Roller events than Michael Addamo right now then we’re yet to meet them. The Australian superstar seemingly wins these elite events for fun. January 25 saw Addamo clinch the title of the WPT Montreal Super High Roller event and take home another $450,076 for […]

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Joni Jouhkimainen Wins The High Roller Big Game For $77.7K

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Joni Jouhkimainen Wins The High Roller Big Game For $77.7K

Finnish superstar and fully-fledged member of Team partypoker, Joni Jouhkimainen, helped himself to the massive $77,720 top prize of The High Roller Big Game on January 24. The High Roller Big Game Final Table Results Place Player Country Prize 1 Joni Jouhkimainen Finland $77,720 2 Adrian Mateos United Kingdom $50,010 3 Steve O’Dwyer Netherlands $34,313 […]

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Wales Wins APAT Team Championship; Max Kruse Scores a Crucial Late Winner

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Wales Wins APAT Team Championship; Max Kruse Scores a Crucial Late Winner

The $750,000 guaranteed APAT World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP) began on January 23 with the WCOAP #01 – Team Championship getting things underway. Wales walked away with the title but there was some major drama involving football star Max Kruse late on. The team Championship saw 10 teams of four APAT members lock horns […]

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Luiz Orrico Tops WPT Montreal Main Event Day 1B Field

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Luiz Orrico Tops WPT Montreal Main Event Day 1B Field

Brazil’s Luiz Orrico came out on top of a 406-strong Day 1B field in the $3,200 WPT Montreal Main Event after turning his 200,000 starting stack into 4,066,132 chips. That mountain of betting tokens was enough to claim the Day 1B chip lead and place Orrico third overall. WPT Montreal Main Event Day 1B Top […]

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Don’t Miss Our SuperbCoverage of WPT Montreal; Starts January 24

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Don’t Miss Our SuperbCoverage of WPT Montreal; Starts January 24

Some of the best, most recognisable poker players on the world are heading to partypoker for the WPT Montreal Online festival and you can watch them in action via our Twitch and YouTube channels, plus on Facebook. What better way to kick off our streaming coverage than by broadcasting the action from the $25,500 buy-in […]

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Kabuzzz Buzzing After Becoming the KO Series Main Event Champion

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The KO Series concluded on January 19 with all three Main Events crowning their champions. Those champions took home a cool $185,003 between them and go down in the partypoker history books forever. KO Series Main Event Final Table Results “Kabuzzz” came out on top in the $1,050 KO Series Main Event and locked up […]

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KO Series Main Events Reach Their Final Tables!

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The KO Series is nearing a thrilling conclusion with all three Main Events reaching their final tables. Only a handful of events remain uncompleted and these crown their champions today. January 19 is going to be huge for KO Series players. KO Series #21 Main Event Final Table Chip Counts “Kabyzzz” is the player to […]

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Kriazhev Leads the WPT Montreal Main Event; Kolonias Second

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Kriazhev Leads the WPT Montreal Main Event; Kolonias Second

The WPT Montreal Main Event got off to a flying start on January 17 when 482 players exchanged $3,200 for 200,000 chips on Day 1A. The curtain came down on proceedings almost exactly 11-hours later and it was Germany’s Andrei Kriazhev who found themselves at the top of the chip counts. WPT Montreal #01: Main […]

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CarpePiscis Claims Overall KO Series Main Event Lead

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January 17 saw the three KO Series Main Events completed their second and final flights and your incredible support saw all three tournaments blitz their respective guarantees. The $1,050 Main Event has a $1,187,000 prize pool and a first-place prize of $76,013. $382,300 is in the prize pool for the $109 Mini Main Event, resulting […]

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PALbICH Takes Early Lead in KO Series Main Event

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The three KO Series Main Events shuffled up and dealt for the first time on January 16 and it is “PALbICH” who finished as the chip leader in the $1 million guaranteed tournament. Plenty more went on during the day’s action, here are the KO Series highlights in case you missed them. KO Series #21 […]

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KO Series Round-Up: Big Six Max Wins as Main Events Loom

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There were more big wins in the latest round of KO Series events as our players prepare for the massive Main Events. The $1 million guaranteed Main Event, $300,000 guaranteed Mini Main Event, and $50,000 guaranteed Micro Main Event all have the first of two starting flights kicking off at 19:05 GMT today, January 16. […]

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Aptly-Named Bounty Wins 6-Max Turbo KO Series; Pavlovic Sixth

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January 15 saw the KO Series continue its march towards a thrilling finale with six more champions crowned and a trio of massive events completing their first starting flights. One player, in particular, stood out from the from the crowd if only because of their chose of alias. “Bounty” took down a $40,000 guaranteed 6-Max […]

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50x WPT Montreal Main Event Mega Sat Is This Weekend

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An incredible 50 seats to the $2 million guaranteed WPT Montreal Main Event have to be won this weekend. You could be one of the lucky winners. The WPT Montreal #01 Main Event Day 1A Mega Satellite: 50x $3,200 Gtd shuffles up and deals at exactly 15:30 GMT on Sunday 17 January. This satellite would […]

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“handsomeguy843” Wins KO Series High Roller For $55K

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The trio of High Roller KO Series events crowned their champions on January 13 and it was “handsomeguy843” who secured the largest prize of the evening, one weighing in at more than $55,000. Keep reading to discover who else won big on January 13 and which massive events you can get your teeth into today. […]

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Dzmitry Urbanovich Becomes a KO Series Champion

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There was a stellar name at the top of the KO Series High Roller 6-Max Turbo payout table on January 12, that of Dzmitry Urbanovich. The Polish sensation has won millions of dollars from poker tournaments and added almost $12,000 to his already impressive tally by winning this event. KO Series – High Roller 6-Max […]

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Should Antonio Esfandiari be Considered as One of the All-time Greats?

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Should Antonio Esfandiari be Considered as One of the All-time Greats?

It’s a no-brainer that Antonio Esfandiari will some day be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. Do his numerous accolades at the felt, however, warrant him consideration in the discussion of players who are unquestionably all-time greats? We examine that question, and Antonio’s career, in this post.

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Kronktheman Banks More Than $60,000 in KO Series One Shot

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Massive prizes were the order of the day on January 11 as the KO Series One Shot tournaments crowned their champions. The trio of One Shot champions won a combined $87,304 between them! Here’s who won those events. KO Series #16 – One Shot: $300K Gtd Final Table Results The $1,111 buy-in One Shot attracted […]

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Turn $0.01 Into a Shot at a $2M Prize Pool in the WPT Montreal Main Event

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partypoker and World Poker Tour have joined forces once again to bring you the spectacular WPT Montreal festival. This amazing series takes place online at partypoker from January 17 through February 1 and features, among other tournaments, a massive $2 million guaranteed WPT Montreal Main Event. Day 1A of the $2 million guaranteed WPT Montreal […]

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Win Up To Five Daily Prizes in the New Year Rush Promotional

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The New Year is here (we say good riddance to 2020!) and what better way to welcome it in than by a new promotion brimming with value? That’s what the New Year Rush promotion is all about, giving added value to you, our players. New Year Rush begins on January 11 and runs for the […]

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Get Ready For the $750K APAT WCOAP Festival

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Amateur poker players around the world are rejoicing after hearing the news of the massive World Championships Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP) taking place online at partypoker. APAT and partypoker have joined forces to produce a bustling schedule of tournaments with combined guarantees in excess of $750,000! The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) created the […]

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Oxido333 Takes Down The Weekender For $55,584

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KO Series rumbled on this weekend and produced some superb results, not least in the aptly named Weekender events. Let’s discover what went on and who won what on January 10. KO Series #14 – Weekender Final Table Results The $530 buy-in Weekender blew its $400,000 guarantee out of the water with those who entered […]

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WCOAP 2021 Announced

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WCOAP 2021 Announced

APAT are delighted to announce details of the 12th annual World Championship of Amateur Poker (WCOAP). The WCOAP will take place online at partypoker due to the Covid pandemic, with events playing out between January 23rd and February 8th, 2021. The festival…

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KO Series Round-Up: Mini Events Are Anything But Mini!

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You don’t have to spend a lot to win big at partypoker and our Mini KO Series events are proof of that claim. The more affordable tournaments on the KO Series schedule continue to produce juicy prize pools and award their champions substantial prizes. This is only possible thanks to your incredible support of these […]

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KO Series High Rollers Payout Almost $360K

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KO Series continued on January 6, the official last day of Christmas, and what a day of poker it was. The three High Roller events crowned their champions and dished out $357,950 in total prize money while nine other partypoker players finished top of the pile and can now call themselves a KO Series winner. […]

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Lavertos Uses Daily Legends To Build a Bankroll From Scratch

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Belarus’ “Lavertos” is living proof that anyone can at partypoker. The Deputy Director at an agricultural enterprise recently built a three-figure bankroll from zero. Nada. Zilch. How? Via our awesome Daily Legends tournaments. Laverots began playing poker with friends in 2010 and signed up to partypoker a few years ago. “I played for a while,” […]

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CanadaLuckBox Devours Joe Panini in the KO Series Super Seven

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The trio of KO Series Super Seven events crowned their champions on January 5 and it was “CanadaLuckBox” who got their hands on the largest prize of the evening. A seven-handed format was a welcomed change of pace for the 319 players who bought into this event. Those entrants created a $159,500 prize pool, which […]

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KO Series Update: One Shot Events Produce Massive Payouts

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The ninth numbered events of the KO Series were the huge One Shot, Mini One Shot and Micro One Shot tournaments and they produced some bankroll-boosting prizes for the finalists. The $1,111 buy-in One Shot had a $300,000 guarantee, which was hit thanks to 283 players buying in before the end of the limited late […]

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“upeshka” Starts 2021 With a $51.5K KO Series Score

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Most poker players set themselves monetary goals at the start of each year. It seems like the natural thing to do. If “upeshka” has done this, they have already made some major inroads into achieving their goal because they padded their bankroll with more than $51,500 this weekend. “upeshka” came out on top of the […]

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Brazil’s Michel Golfe; Legend of the Week Leaderboard 4 Champion

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Michel Golfe woke up to a welcomed surprise last week. Golfe logged into his partypoker account and found more than $1,500 worth of Daily Legends tickets waiting for him. The Brazilian had topped the Legend of the Week Leaderboard 4 without even knowing it! “I was surprised to see those tickets in my account. I […]

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“Bridget_Jones” Enters $2,691 Win Into Her Diary

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“Bridget_Jones” became a KO Series champion on January 2 by taking down the $11 buy-in 8-Max event, turning that $11 into almost $2,700. If that isn’t worth an entry into Bridget Jones’ diary we don’t know what is. A bumper crowd of 2,543 players bought in for $11 resulting in the $20,000 guarantee being smashed […]

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Check Out The First KO Series Results of the New Year

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2021 got off to a flying start at partypoker with six of our players taking down KO Series side events and three massive KO Series events completing the first of their two starting flights. KO Series – 6-Max Final Table Results “kelsey2706” was the last player standing from a field of 276 in the $215 […]

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Welcome In 2021 In Style By Becoming a KO Series Champion

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Happy New Year to one and all from everyone at partypoker! We hope you’re all ready to get your grind on today because there are some awesome KO Series events that need winning. The seventh events of the bustling schedule shuffle up and deal at 19:05 GMT on January 1 and they are crammed full […]

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KO Series Crowns Its High Roller Champions

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December 30 was High Roller day for the KO Series with a trio of massive events taking place and crowning their champions. “Noname69” was the day’s biggest winner courtesy of victory in the $1,050 buy-in High Roller. A field of 145 grinders took to the partypoker tables and Noname69 outlasted them all. The champion defeated […]

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Two Victories Result in Moneynoproblems Becoming Legend of the Week

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Christmas came early for Russia’s “Moneynoproblems” when he took down Leaderboard 2 in our ongoing Legend of the Week promotion. The Russian excelled in our Daily Legends tournaments, winning two of them, to be crowned the Legend of the Week. Moneynoproblems calls Krasnodar, Russia home and it’s from here that the grinder plays poker professionally […]

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SunTzu Shines at the KO Series Super Six Final Table

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The weather outside may be freezing but the KO Series action at partypoker is red hot. The series continued on December 29 with three events crowning their champions, one of who was “SunTzu” who shone brightly in the $530 Super Six event. SunTzu was one of 280 players who bought into this superbly structured tournament […]

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KO Series One Shot Champion Banks $55.5K Score

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“BARRELSWEET” will look back on December 28 with great fondness because it’s the day they became a KO Series champion. BARRELSWEET was one of 283 entrants in the $1,111 buy-in event and was the last player standing when the dust settled. Victory in this high stakes battle weighed in at $55,541 with bounties included. In […]

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