Stephen Paddock, the man behind the biggest mass shooting in the modern US history once claimed to be the biggest video poker player in the world. In an interview in 2013 he claimed to be ‘the biggest video poker player in the world’ and called himself ‘the creature of night’.

The German poker pro and high roller poker specialist, Fedor Holz, who has accumulated more than $24.4 million in tournament earnings mainly from high roller events, won another high roller event few hours ago. The German poker player won the partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Austria €2,200 High Roller for a first-place prize of €34,000. Moreover, the poker world has grown accustomed to seeing Holz in the fields of higher buy-in events this latest victory was once again the result of perfect combo of terrific poker skills combined with great composure. Holz scooped the title after 14 hours of quality poker action. The title ended in a nail biting heads-up battle against Jan-Peter Jachtmann. Jachtmann is partypoker brand ambassador and fellow countryman. Above all, five of all the six paid places in the event were occupied by German players. This indicates towards the establishment of Germany as the Poker world’s new super power.

Mathew Huge who was found dead in his Rio hotel during last year’s WSOP died a natural death. As per the coroner, the promising young poker player died from natural causes and was not a victim of foul play, as it was believed initially.

Stephen Paddock, 64-year-old, was a multimillionaire real-estate investor who had a penchant for guns and high-stakes video poker. His father was a notorious fugitive bank robber. Stephan lived in a Nevada retirement community and seemed to live a comfortable life with his live-in girlfriend. He had two ex-wives and was a one-time accountant. Police says that Stephen has killed approx 59 concert-goers on Sunday and injured more than 500 people.

A pool of 149 players registered for the PokerStars’ 2017 World Championship of Online Poker $25,000 no-limit hold’em high roller. The event came with a guaranteed $3 million and a pool prize of over $650,000.

Jeff Birt won $81k in the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT), and the event turned out to be huge in the past nine years.

It's a pokerless atmosphere in Puerto Rico since it was hit by Hurricane Maria due to which 20 casinos on the island territory remain closed. These casinos were bread and butter to nearly 3.5 million US citizens.

Hawaii has the strictest gambling laws in the country, and the police in the island state are firming the enforcement in the state.

PokerStars New Jersey Championships of Online Poker (NJCOOP) is set to return to New Jersey in over a week this year, after a vibrant inaugural last year.

The Global Poker Championships is set to start off in October with the Eagle Cup, an online tournament series. The tournament has 150 events scheduled with more than $1.25 million guaranteed in combined prizes.

Steffen Sontheimer, German poker pro, has won the first ever Poker Masters Event. Sontheimer made cash winnings in four of his five tournaments made of unique series and won two titles along the way. His total winnings during the entire week in the tournaments totalled $2,733,000. The player with the highest win was awarded the first ever Poker Masters purple jacket.

More than 250 people were killed, and many were injured when the outskirts of Mexico city was hit by an earthquake of 7.1 magnitude. Damage was to such an extent that the quake led to the collapse of more than 30 buildings.

German poker pro, Fedor Holz is leading in the $100,000 buy-in Poker Masters series final event.

Soon after a lawmaker gave a new proposal to the online poker games, lawmakers in Michigan are discussing the merits of the regulating online casino games.

The Poker Masters Event #4, $50,000 No Limit Hold’em held at the ARIA Resort and Casino saw some 39 entrants registering. The only player that emerged out as the winner by the end of the event was Brandon Adams with winnings of $819,000 in top prize place.

Tables are turning for poker. As the game is infamous for being the reason to drop out from college for many, soon students would be attending the college for the same. Despite being a fun game and a hard way to make a comfortable living, poker is also an excellent educational tool.

Bryn Kenney won The Poker Masters Event #3 and collected $960,000 in the winnings. Around 48 players entered the Poker Masters Event #3, a $50,000 No limit hold’em event. Only about seven players returned to action on Saturday.

The government in Australia has implemented the Gambling Amendment Bill on Wednesday rendering online poker illegal in Australia. The Australian government has however confirmed that it is seriously considering potentially legalising online poker and introducing an overall licensing framework.

Google Play mobile app store customers in the UK can now download real money poker apps from PokerStars, partpoker and 888poker. The app store relaxed its rules for the real money gambling to be in pace with the Apple’s App Store rules, back in July.