Sam Bevington
Live Poker Editor
With a background in marketing and PR, Sam has been a staff writer with pokerfuse and Poker Industry PRO for over a decade. With experience covering every aspect of the online poker industry, today she leads our live poker content and spearheads our new section, The Rail.
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Celebrities Go Head To Head in PokerStars’ New Online Show, Duel
Charity games aims to show the “modern face of poker being played by a new generation.”
WCOOP: $50 Million Guaranteed Making It The Biggest In The Festival’s 14 Year History
Running between September 4 – 26, the World Championship of Online Poker also features a $102,000 Super High Roller for the first time.
Joni Liimatta From Finland Wins Unibet Open Copenhagen
Wins €71,514 beating a field of 376 players.
PokerStars Festivals and Championships: The All-New Brands for PokerStars Live Events
The EPT and PCA are no more as PokerStars live tournaments undergo a complete overhaul.
Jason Koon Takes Down The 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship
Koon wins the SHRPO Championship, taking the first place prize of $1 million, his biggest career win to date.
The Unibet Open Season Finale Is Landing With a €500,000 Main Event
This is the largest guarantee in the tour’s nine year history and will run from December 1 – 4 in Bucharest.
Satellite Your Way Into The Borgata DeepStacks Challenge
Two seats will be guaranteed to the Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $50,000 live event.
Brian Rast, Maria Ho, and Tom Marchese Sign As Poker Central Ambassadors
They join Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu and Antonio Esfandiari in promoting the network.
Summer ChampionChips Tournament Series Launched By 888poker
18 Olympic-themed tournaments will run August 14 – 21 with low stakes buy-ins.
$10 Million Guaranteed in Partypoker’s Popular Powerfest
The online festival is bigger than ever before and will run for three weeks between September 4 – 25.
Unibet to Give Away €25K During Rio 2016 Promotional Tournament Series
The Rio Showdown MTT Series will run from August 5 to 21.
#RaiseIt Campaign From PokerStars Gets Nearly 20 Million Views
The social media campaign featuring Neymar Jr and Ronaldo is a hit with fans across the world amassing millions of views on social media.