Three poker tales including news of a winner at the Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam, likewise at the Borgata Fall Poker Open Main Event, and CardsChat unveil a new sponsor.

partypoker’s Caribbean Poker Party may have been brimming with beautiful blondes and brunettes in bikinis, but the Master Classics of Poker wasn’t going to be out-glamoured.

Without a doubt, the decision from partypoker LIVE to hold their festival at the same time as this vintage event, hurt their bottom line. The first prize payout of €235,087 was the lowest handed out to a winner since 2002.

Not that the winner cared.