Andrew Burnett

Professional Poker Journalist

Andrew Burnett is a professional journalist from Scotland, now living in the north of England.

An avid poker player, he dreams of one day playing the WSOP Main Event and has promised himself he will fold aces and kings if he gets them on the first hand to avoid front-page headlines.

Andrew has written for several of the poker world’s biggest sites and continues to enjoy the challenge of bringing readers all the latest news from our wonderful game.

The author of two books (on chess), he is now looking to turn his hand to a poker-based crime novel based on the characters that inhabit the poker world.

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Daniel Negreanu Poker Rule Changes Aim to Stop Cheating

Daniel Negreanu has suggested some rule changes that he believes would protect against cheats and angleshooters

Yinan Zhou Stuns Poker World with $6million WSOP Takedown

Yinan Zhou, a virtually unknown 24-year-old from China, has scooped the $6,000,000 top prize and WSOP gold at the Super Main Event in the Bahamas.

WSOP 2025 Dates Released Main Event Starts July 2nd

The 2025 WSOP dates have been announced, the greatest poker show on earth iset for Vegas from May 27th through July 16th. The flagship Main Event starts July 2nd.

Big names bust GGPoker WSOP Super Main Event

Phil Hellmuth bust on the bubble while Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel and the Foxens also fell short in hunt for $6million and WSOP glory!

Artur Martirosian Lands Incredible 11th GGMillion$ SHR Title

Artur Martirosian bagged his 11th GGMillion$ title last night, defeating Benjamin Rolle heads-up to cross the $9million mark for the weekly SHR

Chase Bricker Takes Down WPT Freeroll for $1,000,000

Chase Bricker has won the biggest freeroll in poker history, scooping the $1million top prize in the ClubWPT Gold $5million Invitational Freeroll in Vegas

Pedro Marques Scoops EPT Prague Main Event for €963,450

Portugal’s Pedro Marques has been crowned PokerStars’ EPT Prague Main Event champion after beating Paul Runcan heads-up.

Allen Kessler Slammed for $5million Freeroll Complaint

Allen Kessler has been slammed on Twitter/X for complaining about a $5million freeroll with $1million going to the winner

Alex Foxen Lands $3.8million Triton Main Event Win in Paradise

Alex Foxen last night cemented his place at the top of the world elite by scooping the WSOP Paradise Triton Main Event, picking up $3,850,000 and WSOP gold

EPT Paris 2025 Cancelled after French Government Collapse

PokerStars have just announced that next year’s European Poker Tour stop in Paris has been cancelled, with the recent fall of the French government apparently to blame.