Category Archives: Gambling

Record-Setting Winamax Series Makes Waves in Europe

Winamax is rocking the boat in Southern Europe with a record-breaking series worth more than $20 million.

The Winamax Series has set records in Southern Europe and shown that the poker industry is in the midst of a shakeup. (Image: Winamax)

The 29th instalment of the operator’s tournament series has been given a nautical theme for good reason. By setting the guarantee at €20 million ($24 million), Winamax is making waves in important European poker markets.

The first of 198 MTTs got underway on January 3 and the series will conclude on January 14. In among the bevy of tournaments will be a record-breaking main event that costs $150.

Dominant Session for Daniel Negreanu, But Doug Polk Gets Some Back Late

Daniel Negreanu had an overall dominating session on Wednesday, but Doug Polk picked up a bunch of chips late in the match.

Daniel Negreanu is starting to make some ground against Doug Polk. (Image: YouTube)

Negreanu has outplayed Polk for much of the past few weeks. But he’s still continuing to lose an uneven amount of coolers and bad beats in massive pots. Over the past two sessions, he’s lost a huge all-in pot to bad luck but hasn’t had any of those hands go in his favor.

On Day 23 (Jan. 4), the poker pros were all-in on the turn in one $80,000 hand. Polk had a small pair and flush draw, and Negreanu had an over pair. The river gave the Upswing Poker founder a winning flush.

Doug Polk Critical of Poker Hall of Fame Selection Process

Doug Polk is highly critical of the Poker Hall of Fame, and he isn’t the only one after seeing the results of the recent nomination. The GGPoker ambassador didn’t specifically criticize the voters for inducting Huck Seed. But he isn’t too thrilled with the entire results.

Doug Polk isn’t thrilled with the outcome of the recent Poker Hall of Fame votes. (Image: WSOP.com)

Seed was the top selection of the 30 living members of the Poker Hall of Fame, the only ones who were eligible to vote this year. The 1996 WSOP Main Event champ was a surprise selection. Many poker players predicted Isai Scheinberg, Patrik Antonius, or Antonio Esfandiari would win. Polk was quite surprised as well.

The Poker Hall of Fame Voting here was a complete joke.