Another weekly news round-up from the world of poker including another successful MILLIONS event for partypoker, two slam dunks for the World Poker Tour, and poker and politics get a little too comfortable for some people’s liking.

There was a time when partypoker live events were like a shivering wet mongrel, but today they are walking around town with all the elegance and strength of a Tibetan Mastiff, and it’s all thanks to the MILLIONS brand.

The event that has non-affiliated poker players airing their nostalgic feelings on twitter like the shake of your grandma’s snow globe is currently entertaining folk in the Dominican Republic, and there have been some big winners.

The Norwegian online star, Preben Stokkan, topped a field of 103 entrants on his way to banking the $275,000 first prize in the $10,300 High Roller. Chris ‘Big Huni’ Hunichen continued his scintillating 2017 form with victory in the $25,500 Super High Roller, beating 43-entrants to win the $400,000 first prize. And Rainer Kempe proved he can reach the zenith of a smaller buy-in live tournament when he hit 812 entrants for six to take the $200,000 first prize in the $1,100 buy-in MILLIONS Open.