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Jul 26, 2024 2 min read In news that will make anyone who followed poker in the 2000s feel old, Daniel Negreanu turned 50 years old on Friday. The poker legend known as “Kid Poker” for the past quarter century can probably go ahead and retire that moniker. He’s now officially eligible to compete in

Jul 25, 2024 2 min read Poker players hoping for a chance to win a seat in the 2024 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas are in luck. Thanks to the WPT Global Summer Festival series taking place July 28-August 18, there are a few opportunities to do so. The online festival, which PokerNews

Jul 24, 2024 3 min read The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was filled with plenty of heart-warming stories, one being that of 79-year-old Navy Veteran David Lower out of Gilbert, Arizona. He played in Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors and cashed his first-ever WSOP tournament finishing 42nd out of 3,362 runners for $9,709.

Jul 23, 2024 2 min read Resorts World Las Vegas announced a new high-stakes charity poker tournament in partnership with the World Poker Tour (WPT) and the One Drop Foundation that will take place during the Formula 1 weekend in November. The Big Deal for One Drop will be a $10,000 buy-in event with up

Jul 22, 2024 4 min read In response to the controversy over laptop assistance between hands during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table, Daniel Negreanu called on tournament operators to clarify rules about solvers and preflop tools in tournaments and for players to speak up when they see something they think

Jul 21, 2024 3 min read Jordan Griff, who finished runner-up in the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, made his first public appearance since the final table to share his thoughts on the player he lost to heads-up. The near world champion chatted with Doug Polk on YouTube Sunday afternoon in what

Jul 20, 2024 3 min read The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) not only concluded its series in Las Vegas this week, the segregated market of Pennsylvania also wrapped its seven-event bracelet schedule that had run from June 2-July 14. Pennsylvania‘s Zach “CaptainLevi” Gruneberg, the reigning WSOP PA Online Player of the Year, captured

Jul 19, 2024 3 min read Legendary UFC ring announcer Bruce Buffer has taken the internet by storm this week, sharing an incredible multi-handed blackjack win on his social media channels. Known as the “Veteran Voice of the Octagon,” Buffer posted a video of his four-handed blackjack triumph to millions of followers on X and

Jul 18, 2024 3 min read The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is officially over, some 51 days after the first of 99 live bracelet-awarding events shuffled up and dealt at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The series has had it all, from multiple bracelet winners, old school heroes becoming champions again, and

Jul 17, 2024 4 min read Action has concluded in Event #93: $777 Lucky 7’s No-Limit Hold’em (7-Handed) here at the Horseshoe Las Vegas after three days of play. Michael Liang has emerged victorious, earning his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet, along with the $777,777 first-place prize. After entering heads-up play with a

Jul 16, 2024 7 min read The penultimate day of the 2024 World Series of Poker has come and concluded at the Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas. While several gold bracelet events took place, most of the attention was on undoubtedly the record-breaking 2024 WSOP Main Event. Out of a field of 10,112 unique entries,

Jul 15, 2024 4 min read It was a French takeover at the end of the 2024 World Series of Poker. Shouts of “Allez!” reverberated around a cavernous Horseshoe as Clement Richez was draped in “Le Tricolore” flag of France while his rail chanted his name moments after he conquered 3,177 runners in Event #89:

Date Time ET Tournament Name GC Buyin Guarantee Sun 14 Jul 2024 2:00 PM GOAT Opening GC 2,000,000 Freeroll [Turbo] 0   Mon 15 Jul 2024 7:30 PM GPC GOAT 01-L: NLHE GC 4,000,000 Guaranteed 11,000 4,000,000 Mon 15 Jul 2024 8:30 PM GPC GOAT 01-M: NLHE GC 10,000,000 Guaranteed 33,000 10,000,000 Mon 15 Jul

Jul 13, 2024 2 min read There’s never a good way to bust from the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. But there aren’t many ways more soul-crushing than with pocket aces deep on Day 7. Just ask Daniel Zadok. At the time of publishing, 26 of the record-setting 10,112 players in the $10,000

Jul 12, 2024 2 min read A nightmare turn card appeared for a former Hustler Casino Live dealer late on Day 6 of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Sami Bechahed, who won the PokerStars NAPT Las Vegas Main Event in November, was only about 70 spots shy of becoming the next

Jul 11, 2024 3 min read They are two hands that will live long in the memory of poker fans — and longer still in the mind of four-time WSOP bracelet winner and Winamax Poker Pro Adrian Mateos. Widely considered one of the best poker players around, Mateos made it through to Day 5 of

Jul 10, 2024 2 min read The poker world received the sad news on Wednesday that Kurt McPhail, a long-time member of the World Poker Tour (WPT) family who founded the WPT League back in 2007 and more recently operated the WPT at Sea Poker Room on Virgin Voyages, passed away expectedly. McPhail, who lived

Jul 09, 2024 2 min read Moments before the Day 3 dinner break in the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, controversy struck at one table inside the Horseshoe Event Center. As the field was heading to break, a possible angle shoot occurred, and another player who wasn’t even in the hand had

Jul 08, 2024 3 min read With a record-breaking turnout, the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event has solidified its place in history as the poker tournament with the largest prize pool ever. After the final tally of entries was confirmed at 10,112 players, besting last year’s record of 10,043, the prize pool

Jul 07, 2024 3 min read Love him or hate him, Sean Perry is back in the poker world — at least for one day — after a one-year hiatus to compete in the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. The controversial poker pro turned sports bettor had built up a stack above