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Jun 23, 2024 The 2024 $25K Fantasy league attracted 19 entrants, which means a $475,000 prize pool is up for grabs. The top four teams will get paid with $225,000 going to the winner. The runner-up team will receive a $125,000 consolation prize, while the third and fourth-place teams will earn $75,000 and $50,000 respectively.

Jun 22, 2024 It takes guts to slowroll one of the best boxers in the world, but that’s exactly what Twitch streamer “Ninja” did during Saturday’s wild and crazy Hustler Casino Live. The poker world hasn’t been exclusively locked in to the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) this weekend, not with the game taking

Jun 21, 2024 Maksim Pisarenko has overcome a 181-player field that created a prize pool of $1,683,300 and defeated Mike Leah heads up to claim his first WSOP gold bracelet and the $399,988 first-place prize in Event #45: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. Pisarenko’s victory came after a lengthy heads-up match that went back-and-forth several times inside

Jun 20, 2024 Pedro Neves arrived at the final table of the 2024 World Series of Poker Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em as the odds-on favorite, as he had almost twice the stack of the second in chips, Aaron Johnson. He still had to eliminate his last six opponents on Day 5 to

Jun 19, 2024 It only took slightly longer than half an hour to crown a winner in Event #43: $1,500 Mixed: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Big O (7-Handed) and the first player from Sweden posed for the winner shots this summer here at the 2024 World Series of

Jun 18, 2024 The poker world received shocking news on Tuesday that World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Matthew Parry, who was a week removed from winning a Wynn Summer Classic title, passed away unexpectedly. Details surrounding his passing are currently unknown. The news was shared by Parry’s family via the following message on

Jun 17, 2024 Daniel Hachem is a few players away from winning a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. That last name should sound familiar, and yes, he is the son of 2005 Main Event champion Joe Hachem. The younger Hachem was, at the time of publishing, among the final four players in the new

Jun 16, 2024 It is not time for Bruce Buffer to win a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. But the legendary UFC ring announcer wasn’t far off from winning a bracelet on Sunday. Entering the third and final day of Event #39: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (8-Handed), the mixed martial arts enthusiast had

Jun 15, 2024 A lightning fast final table of Event #36: $800 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack came to a close after only four hours of play, with Timur Margolin overcoming Agharazi Babayev to take down his third bracelet. The Israel native was congratulated by a rail of friends and fellow players. After what felt like

Jun 14, 2024 The final day of the Bar Poker Open Championship saw 8 out of 1,164 players return to play today, one of whom would be crowned the newest BPO champion here at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, Nevada. A total of six clubs were represented as each player was already secured $5,000,

Jun 13, 2024 The debate about who the greatest poker player of all time is could be endless, with a hundred different opinions from a hundred different people. But there is no doubt about one player who belongs in that conversation, and he showed on Day 4 of Event #29: $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Championship

Jun 12, 2024 Pennsylvania‘s Zach “CaptainLevi” Gruneberg, the reigning WSOP PA Online Player of the Year, captured his second career gold bracelet and a $16,665.16 payday this past Sunday after winning WSOP PA’s Online Bracelet Event #2 – NL Hold’em PKO. After nearly 10 hours of play with unlimited re-entry for the first four and

June 11, 2024 Sammy Farha, a popular figure on televised poker shows during the 2000s, is back at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), and has a shot at winning his first bracelet since 2010 on Tuesday. The old-school poker player who resides in Texas is among the final 15 players in Event #27: $1,500

June 10, 2024 On Monday, Roland Israelashvili almost ended one of poker’s longest streaks. The longtime WSOP stalwart started Day 3 of Event #25: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em fifth in chips with just nine opponents between him and his first bracelet. 2024 World Series of Poker Hub Bookmark this page! All you need to know

June 09, 2024 The $25K Fantasy league is starting to see some separation as Team The Dinkers (Josh Kay) has opened up a nice lead of 478 points, which is a good bit ahead of both Team Sternheimer (330 points) and Team Oz (251 points). Of the 19 teams, six have failed to cross the

June 08, 2024 According to Chris Brewer and other high rollers, some players are able to enter certain World Series of Poker (WSOP) events after registration has closed, and many have proposed solutions to the problem. Jack Effel, Vice President of the World Series of Poker and Caesars Digital, assured PokerNews that players have not

June 07, 2024 Want to win some valuable prizes, including a trip to any North American Formula 1 race? You could make that happen this weekend on Global Poker. The Montreal Grand Prix race takes place Sunday, and the Global Poker community is getting revved up for the excitement with the June 7 Grand Prix

June 06, 2024 Poker legend Erik Seidel had a brutal exit from his latest 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) event, losing to a one-outer on the river deep in the tournament. The hand, which should qualify as the WSOP Hand of the Day, took place on Thursday in Event #16: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em

June 05, 2024 Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level. For the sixth episode, Connor spoke with longtime poker pro and coach Faraz Jaka, who

June 04, 2024 888poker’s $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event surpassed its guarantee thanks to 1,012 entrants exchanging $109 for 15,000 chips and the chance to become an 888poker champion. It was an impressive turnout, considering the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is in full swing, going some way to showing how popular this mystery