Charles Johnson, a 37-year-old management professional, has won the 2017 World Series of Poker Circuit Cherokee $1,675 no-limit hold’em main event. He defeated a strong field of 957 entries to claim the first-place prize of $272,744 and his first WSOPC gold ring.

Ryan "HITTHEPANDA" Franklin came out on top of a 5,914-strong field in the PokerStars Sunday Million to claim the title on Sunday. After collecting $159,701 in his biggest online cash win to date, Franklin took his lifetime online poker tournament winnings past $4.1 million.

Dan Smith has claimed the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic $100,000 Super High Roller. A series of small WPT Five Diamond high roller events led to the WPT Five Diamond SHR at Bellagio in Las Vegas.

Amanda Gillard has emerged as the winner of 2017 WSOP Sydney Circuit Ladies Event. The event attracted 117 female poker players from around the world. Gillard takes home $10,354 as the winnings from the $330 event.

The recently concluded Merit Poker Gangster Poker Cup festival in North Cyprus was a grand success. Hosted by the five-star Merit Crystal Cove Casino and Resort from November 14 through 24, the poker event gave an extraordinary poker experience to all those who graced the event.

Adrian Mateos, one of the brightest young talents on the live tournament poker circuit, has been on a great run this year, his latest big win being a title run in the 2017 Caribbean Poker Party $5,300 MILLIONS Finale. This was the fourth title of the year for the 23-year-old Spanish poker pro.

The much awaited Eurasian Poker Tour (EAPT) Prague kicks off on December 8 at the Grandior Hotel Prague. The five-day poker event boasts three exciting tournaments, with $2 million in guaranteed prize pools.

Aspers Casino in London has regularly featured 888poker events since 888Live Local London Main Event in January 2015. The arena in Stratford, London is now set to host another edition of the prestigious 888Live Local London Main Event on November 30th.

David “Clarkson7” Clarkson makes the headlines in the recent update of the UK and Online climbing to 19th place. The rise in rankings for Clarkson, better known for his cash game prowess, is courtesy of the eighth-place finish in the partypoker $100K Gtd Uppercut, which was worth $1,390. The talented newbie is expected to further ascend in the rankings with the recent seventh place finish in the PokerStars $215 Sunday Warm-Up for $5,910 in cash.

Igor Yaroshevskyy leads the Master Classics of Poker Amsterdam Main Event, followed by Lars Bonding and Marijn van Puffelen. On day 2 of the prestigious event in the Dutch capital, Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs too grabbed the attention of the onlookers.

The 2017 WSOP Sydney International Circuit Event begins on the 28th of November. The last year’s edition of the event had witnessed some of the largest tournament fields ever and also the biggest prize pools.

The Mumbai All Stars team has been crowned the winner of the first poker league championship in India, Match Indian Poker League (Match IPL). The winning team will head to Oxford in England to represent India during next month’s Poker Nations Cup.

Nathan Blair took the Poker world by storm at inaugural Global Poker Eagle Cup, winning six tournaments – including 6-max, Rebuy and Ante Up events. Grabbing the top spot on the leaderboard at the event, Blair won a package of $5,000 which included $3,500 in live tournament entries and $1,500 in travel and accommodation. He has decided to use the package at The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC).

The PokerStars is a festival that comprises a series of poker tournaments organised around the world in the manner of a poker holiday to exchange poker culture and celebrate the unity of poker diversified across the globe. The PokerStars Festival is the flagship sponsored event of PokerStars. Every year there are a multiple series of poker tournaments organised in various cities across the world.

Israel Tax Authority (ITA) is making it mandatory for their country’s professional poker players to fill in a tax of 35% on their winnings overseas. Israel’s jurisdiction doesn’t allow private online gambling sectors are running in the country but only the government running gambling sites in selected cities of the country. Betting on sports and lottery is legalized in the country, and they have gained quite a customer base across the country over the years.

On Monday, Pennsylvania officially became the fourth state in the US to regulate online poker. As expected, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed the online poker bill on Monday.

The EGR Operator Awards which honors the best B2C operators in the business took place on last Thursday at Grosvenor House in London. Hundreds of gambling industry professional turned up for this prestigious award event. ‘Partypoker’ won the biggest award - ‘Poker Operator of the Year’.

This year has been very significant for the State of Pennsylvania over the legalization of online poker and casino gambling. As per reports, the State’s Senate has passed the bill that legalizes online poker and online casino games throughout the Pennsylvania state.

American poker star Phil Ivey has lost his case and has been sued after the Crockfords Club owners have claimed the technique used by the player to be illegitimate. He has lost his court bid to recover £7.7m of winnings from the London casino.

After being recognized for the first time by an international sporting body, Pole dancing and Poker could become Olympic sports events in future. Both the activities have been given “observer status”.