We are only about six weeks into 2019 and the two major Player of the Year races are underway. While one is celebrating a player, Ramon Colillas, who had a tremendous start to the tournament poker season, the other is rewarding a player, Rainer Kempe, who has built up several top finishes towards earning the… Read more »
Coming to the final table as the short stack, Bryn Kenney wasn’t expected to make much noise during the Aussie Millions Main Event. Instead of heading into the Australian night with a nice payday, Kenney fought his way to the final three players and negotiated a three-way deal that left him crowned the event’s champion.… Read more »
The 2018 Poker Masters schedule has completed after a week of intense High Roller poker action. In the Main Event, David Peters was able to emerge as the champion after some changes had to be made to the proceedings, while the overall champion was determined early on in a battle of five men for the… Read more »
After missing out on being selected in the “blind draw” for the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl, former champion Rainer Kempe and high roller stalwarts Bryn Kenney and Fedor Holz have been selected to play in this year’s event. The “second round” selections by the host casino, ARIA Resort & Casino, and the broadcaster of… Read more »
The 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is underway at the Atlantis Resort Spa on Paradise Island in the Bahamas and, with one event, it has captured the attention of the poker world. The $100,000 Super High Roller event has completed Day 1 as Scott Seiver, the 2013 champion of the event, holds the lead in his… Read more »
It may have seemed like a lifetime ago, but the tournament poker world has only been on hiatus for about two weeks. That slight respite from play has left hundreds of players itching to get back to the felt and the only thing that will scratch that itch is one of poker’s major tournaments. That’s… Read more »
In a stunning, late season move that is similar to what occurred last year, Spanish poker professional Adrian Mateos has used a surge of success at the tables to pass the man who has led virtually since the start of the year, Bryn Kenney, in the Player of the Year races in tournament poker. Mateos… Read more »
Continuing to hold court over the throng of players still in the tournament, poker professional Brandon Meyers continued to hold the lead as Day 2 of the 2017 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic concluded. At the same time, those that are left in the event found out what they were playing for… Read more »
In one of the final preliminary events (if you can call a tournament with a six-figure buy in a “preliminary”) before the start of the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event next week, Dan Smith vanquished fellow poker pro Daniel Negreanu to win the $100,000 Super High Roller on Friday night.… Read more »
With roughly six weeks to go in the tournament poker season, there is virtually only one question left: can Bryn Kenney, who has led the various Player of the Year races since the start of the year, hold onto those leads as the year comes to a close? On the CardPlayer Magazine Player of the… Read more »
