GGPoker Creates Bumper WSOP Giveaway pokersites.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pokersites.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PokerStars isn’t letting the grass grow under its proverbial feet. Just days after announcing three MicroMillions festivals, it’s has put together a $100 million World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP).
PokerStars is setting records by guaranteeing $100 million for WCOOP 2021. (Image: PokerStars/Twitter)
Hot on the heels of the community’s low stakes grinders fighting for MicroMillions glory, the big boys will come out to play.
WCOOP 2021 gets underway on August 22 and will run until September 15. During that time, there will be at least 75 MTTs, assuming PokerStars matches last year’s series.
WCOOP is Back Bigger than Ever
WCOOP 2020 attracted more than 1.1 million buy-ins and smashed its $80 million guarantee by $99.9 million.
The three people found guilty of killing Mehmet Hassan have been sentenced to a total of 88 years in prison. (Image: MET Police)
The three people convicted of murdering a British poker pro in what’s been described as a “honey trap” operation have been sentenced to more than 80 years in prison.
Despite taking almost a year to bring the case to a close, the judge responsible for sentencing Mehmet Hassan’s killers, Judge William Kennedy, showed little compassion as he read his verdict.
Appalled by the evidence he’d heard and the footage captured after the gang hand kicked the poker player to death, Kennedy decided to hand down the toughest sentences possible to Leonie Granger, Kyrron Jackson and Nicholas Chandler.
Anthony Zinno Wins WPT Player of the Year Award
Anthony Zinno was named the World Poker Tour Season XIII Player of the Year. (Image: World Poker Tour/Joe Giron)
Anthony Zinno capped an incredible campaign during Season XIII of the World Poker Tour by being named the WPT Player of the Year.
The announcement was made official after the elimination of Darren Elias from the WPT World Championship at the Borgata, as Elias was the only other player with a chance to surpass Zinno for the title.
Zinno won the award after a year that saw him become just the third player ever to win three WPT titles in his career.
Sam Grafton Becomes One of Six Pros to Join PokerStars
Sam Grafton and Parker Talbot are among six new players to become official ambassadors for PokerStars.
PokerStars has signed six players, including Sam Grafton, to help raise its profile in key areas. (Image: PokerStars)
Grafton has been grinding since the early days of the poker boom. He started out playing in London’s infamous Gutshot Club before making his name online. Add to that a $1.5 million win at EPT Barcelona in 2019 and the man known as squid has earned his stripes.
Talbot may not have been around as long as Grafton, but he’s shot to prominence in the last seven years. As well as $750,000+ in live earnings, the Canadian has over $3 million in online cashes under the moniker tonkaaaaP.