Noah Boeken

Ex “Magic: the gathering” player Noah Boeken is a protégé of Marcel Luske and is one of the many Dutch players who have forged an impressive poker resume in recent years.
Noah Boeken

WCOOP Day 10: Noah "Exclusive" Boeken and Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah Capture WCOOP Gold

Noah "Exclusive" Boeken and Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah captured bracelets on Day 10 of the WCOOP.

David Singontiko

2011 World Series of Poker Day 33: Teisseire, Singontiko, and Matros Win Bracelets

Day 32 is finished. Antonin Teisseire, David Singontiko, and Matt Matros all won bracelets on Saturday. The Ladies Event made the money and the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship drew a star studded field to the Rio.

Athanasios Polychronopoulos

2011 World Series of Poker Day 32: Polychronopoulos Wins Event #48 Bracelet

Day 32 is complete. Athanasios Polychronopoulos took down the Event #48 bracelet and Adam Geyer leads going into the final four of Event #50.

Ole Kristian Nergard

European Poker Tour Grand Final Day 1b: Nergard, Bergstrom and Demidov Thrive

Day 1b concluded on Sunday in Madrid for the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final. Ole Kristian Nergard finished on top of the pack, but it will be Day 1a's David Sonelin as the overall leader moving into Day 2.

Luis Rufas

PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Day 1b: Luis Rufas Leads the Field into Day 2

A recap of Day 1b of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Barcelona.

PokerStars EPT London Day 3: Hachem Hunting For the Triple Crown

Just 24 players remain after Day 3 of the PokerStars.com EPT London as Joe Hachem takes a shot at poker's Triple Crown.

Pokerstars EPT Vilamoura Day 1b: Leonid Bilokur Leads Field

The second Day 1 flight at the PokerStars EPT Vilamoura was larger, as expected, drawing a total of 203 players out of the sun and on to the felt for eight hours of deep-stacked tournament poker action -- 119 made it through all eight levels...

Steve Billirakis

2010 World Series of Poker Day 41: Billirakis and Nuanmanee lead Day 1D of the Second Largest WSOP Main Event Ever

Thursday saw 2,391 take their seats on the felt for Day 1D of the World Series of Poker Main Event. That number, combined with the total from the first three day ones, added up to 7,319, making this the second largest Main Event in WSOP history...

2010 World Series of Poker Day 24: A Golden Oldie Wins Gold, Event #35 Extended Another Day, and More

Harold Angle, 78, picked up his first gold bracelet in his first major tournament and first WSOP event, after playing poker for nearly 60 years. To get his new piece of jewelry, Angle outlasted a record shattering seniors event field of over 3,000...

Michael Mizrachi

2010 World Series of Poker Day 3: Grinder Leads Players Championship, and Event #3 Nears The Money

Day 3 of the World Series of Poker wrapped up early Monday morning with Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi the chip leader of the Players Championship, the $1,000 no-limit hold'em played its way dangerously close to the money, and the the first Omaha...

Kirk Morrison

2010 World Series of Poker Day 2: Morrison Leads the $50k, 2500 Swarm the Rio and the First Bracelet Winner of '10

It was the first of many busy days at the Rio on Saturday, for the 41st Annual World Series of Poker. Hoai Pham won the first bracelet of the WSOP, the first $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold's event attracted 2601 players and Kirk Morrison leads the...

SCOOP Day 7: Barbero, Deeb, and Makarov Capture SCOOP Titles

Day 7 of the 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars was dominated by Team PokerStars Pros and well-known players winning events and making deep runs. Among the Team PokerStars Pros to notch victories on Day 7 were Alexey...

European Poker Tour Prague Day 1b, Jude Ainsworth Leads

Although Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier held the top chip count for much of the Day 1b, he was pipped for first place at the last minute by fellow Team Pokerstars Pro Jude Ainsworth, who moves on to Day 2 with 162,700 in chips. Ainsworth, however, is...

Dennis Phillips

The WSOP Main Event on ESPN: A November Nine Reunion

As play marched on during Day 6 of the World Series of Poker Main Event, the gang at ESPN had to be slapping high-fives as a dream lineup materialized at the featured table. Two former Main Event winners including the defending champion. A double...

The PokerNews Top 10: The Top 10 WCOOP Moments of 2009

Since its inception in 2002, PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker (or “WCOOP” as it’s widely known) has grown into one of the poker world’s marquee events. Much like the World Series of Poker, the WCOOP draws not only top live...

The Sunday Briefing: Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier Adds Another WCOOP Bracelet

Extraordinary. That is how day 18 of the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker can be summed up. Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Dan “djk123” Kelly each claimed their second bracelets of the series, going a long way in proving that they...

Georgios Kapalas

PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona Day 3: Georgios Kapalas Leads and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier Lurks

All of the players marching into Casino Barcelona for Day 3 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona had already accomplished the task of making it into the money. Out of the 72 remaining when the day began, Canadian Matt Lapossie was well...

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier

PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona Day 2: Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier Picking Up Steam

The remaining 240 players returned today to continue their quest in the Main Event of the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona. It didn't take long for play to get hot and heavy as nearly 100 players were eliminated from action within the...

chips

Sunday Briefing: Six Players Earn Close to Six-Figures in the Sunday Million

It was business as usual on Sunday as the main online poker sites ran their standard Sunday majors. Collecting the heftiest payday was Jarod “shawry5” Shawcross at $146,483 for a third place finish in the PokerStars Sunday Million. A deal was...

PokerNews Cup Alpine Begins

Satellite play began yesterday and action kicked off today in the first event of the PokerNews Cup Alpine in Salbaach-Hinterglemm, Austria, near Salzburg, a destination famous for its world-class skiing but playing...

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