by Brendan Murray | Published: Sep 03, '09

Playtech, the Israel-based software developer and operator which owns the iPoker network today released its financial statistics for the first six months of 2009. Poker revenue, which is generated from relationships with popular online poker rooms such as PaddyPowerPoker, Boylepoker, and Titan, was up 23.8 percent to €17.3 million compared to €14.0 million in the […]

by Rebecca McAdam | Published: Apr 28, '09

The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo was an astounding success, with 1,177 players including some of the world’s best poker players, but only one survived the carnage, and that was 20-year-old Constant Rijkenberg (pictured left), from Amsterdam. Card Player spoke to him moments after he won €1,508,000 for taking down first place. The Grand […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jan 29, '09

David Steicke has a record in high-roller poker tournaments that can be envied by the very best in the game. In 2007, he entered his first high-roller event at the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour stop in Macau and made the final table in his third poker tournament ever. He finished third in that event […]

by Stephen A. Murphy | Published: Nov 17, '08

Bellagio will always be Bellagio. The Wynn will always be the Wynn. But it appears as if The Strip has another poker Goliath. The Venetian, a Las Vegas Sands Corporation casino that opened in 1999, has not exactly been known for its poker room for most of its first decade in Las Vegas. The casino […]

by Andy Liakos | Published: Jun 30, '08

Another lawyer turned poker player, twenty-five year old Alexandre Gomes has only been playing poker professionally for the past six months. Making his way through a 2,317 person field and a formidable final table, Gomes ended event No. 48 as the last man standing. With dozens of fans and supporters by his side, thousands of […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Mar 18, '26

Yuri Dzivielevski completed one of the most incredible streaks in mixed game tournament history with a victory in the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games. The 34-year-old secured the $1.3 million first-place prize to cap off a stretch in which, in rapid succession, he won a $15,000 event and finished second twice on […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Mar 18, '26

On Dec. 12, Card Player columnist and high-stakes tournament pro Sam Greenwood posted to Twitter/X, asking who were the next breakout players on the circuit. “When people list the best poker players in the world, the players who are picked are players [that are already] running hot. I want people to call their shot. Who […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 18, '26

Just three days before winning the Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games title, Yuri Dzivielevski went on a late-series heater at the 2026 PokerGO Tour Mixed Games festival. The 34-year-old strung together back-to-back-to-back top-two finishes in the final three events, including one outright win, to be steal the series championship. Dzivielevski had not recorded a […]

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Mar 18, '26

Justin Saliba graduated from the University of Dayton with a degree in chemical engineering, but the former college soccer player had already fallen in love with poker and decided to pursue his dream in Las Vegas. The 31-year-old has been on an incredible run over the last few years, going from a relatively anonymous online […]

by Jonathan Little | Published: Mar 18, '26

If you want to increase your poker skills and learn to crush games, check out Jonathan Little’s elite training site at PokerCoaching.com. I was recently told about a hand played by a recreational poker player from a $500 buy-in live event. With blinds at 800-1,600 with a 1,600 big blind ante, an aggressive player raised […]