The New Year brings in a lot of new opportunities for poker professionals across the world. The first month of next year will be seeing a number of poker players – both amateurs and pros – putting their best poker skills to make some money. European poker players, especially, will be seen competing for their  Read more »

Red Kings poker is running a new promotion called the Rake Race, exclusively for Highstakesreport.com visitors. Red Kings, which is known for its exciting tournaments and prizes, is hosting a special event called Rake Race and offering $7,500 in cash prizes. The promo is open to all the members of the poker site, and will  Read more »

Prior to when Black Friday struck on April 15th, 2011, Full Tilt Poker was firmly entrenched atop the high stakes scene. Every night you could count on seeing regulars such as Gus Hansen, Dan “Jungleman12” Cates, Phil Galfond, Viktor “Isildur1’ Blom and Ilari Sahamies on the FTP tables. Unfortunately, Black Friday and Full Tilt losing  Read more »

Sahamies Scores BigWhile Ilari Sahamies is known for his wild month-to-month swings at the high-stakes tables, the Finnish poker professional was able to tone things down a bit and keep himself far in the green for the month of October. With action heating up in anticipation of PokerStars’ re-launch of Full Tilt Poker, several of  Read more »

High stakes poker tournaments have always attracted the best players from across the world. The Big One for One Drop, the poker tournament with the highest buy-in and prize money, saw Antonio Esfandiari take home a gigantic sum of over $18 million. The latest high roller tournaments may not be giving away such huge amounts,  Read more »

WSOPE to Include a Super High-Roller TournamentThe World Series of Poker Europe 2012, which began on September 21st in Cannes, has a new addition to its schedule. Along with the no-limit Hold’em events, Omaha tourneys, shootouts, and the 6-day Main Event, which begins on September 29, the WSOPE 2012 will also have a high-roller event  Read more »

A New Transition?The city of Macau has been revered not only for its tremendous socio-economic appeal, but also for its poker games. In the last few years, both the low and high-stakes games have driven in hordes of players from across the globe. The Starworld Casino – host to the highest cash games found anywhere  Read more »

After months of swirling speculation, finally the truth has been revealed that PokerStars Inc. has decided to buy out the remaining shares of Full Tilt Poker and its affiliates, granting them ownership and full custody over the recently closed online poker brand.After two years of intense scrutiny, Full Tilt Poker will finally be able to  Read more »

It took a lengthy 12 hours of play on the final day of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event to get down to a final nine, but it wasn’t without excitement. We almost had our first female ever at the Main Event final table, and we also have a field of rising amateurs  Read more »

Race for Riches, a high-stakes offer for players looking to earn big bucks at Carbon Poker, was launched on July 1. The promotion is scheduled to take place in four stages – the first is between July 1 and 8; the second, between July 9 and 15; the third, between July 16 and 22; and  Read more »