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May 24, 2024 Adrian Mateos was unable to capture his second Triton Poker Montenegro title of the series after losing heads-up to online poker crusher Wiktor “limitless” Malinowski in the $200,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em 8-handed event. The high stakes affair, which concluded on Friday, attracted 93 entrants and paid the winner $4,789,000. Second place took

May 23, 2024 Last week, PokerNews highlighted a few big events happening in Pennsylvania, including the $1 million guaranteed Live! Cup 3 with flights at Live! Casino Hotel Philadelphia and Live! Casino Hotel Maryland. After flights combined in Maryland for Day 2 on May 19, New York’s Alexander Petrucelli took down the $600 buy-in event

May 22, 2024 World champs Phil Hellmuth and Jamie Gold took on a table full of Commerce Casino pros who qualified to compete in a “Beat the Legends” livestreamed sit n’ go that aired Tuesday on YouTube. The winner, JT Nunez, received $12,000 for beating out seven others, while Vincent Dong took home $5,000 for

May 21, 2024 Daniel Negreanu is coming in hot to the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP), which kicks off May 28, one day after the annual $25k Fantasy Draft. Speaking of that draft, there will be numerous interesting storylines to follow on May 27, one of which involves the GGPoker ambassador. More specifically, the

May 20, 2024 After getting a hat-trick of RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) rings in 2019, Blair Hinkle‘s five-year wait for his fourth ended over the weekend as the World Series of Poker bracelet winner came out on top in the $1,100 Kansas City Main Event. Hinkle topped the 477 entry field, last defeating Shaun “The

May 19, 2024 Phil Hellmuth was the star of the show in what was a thrilling Episode 2 of the PokerStars Big Game on Tour, which airs on Fox Sports 1. The “Poker Brat” made some difficult but correct calls, pulled off a solid bluff, and hit a generous river card en route to a

May 17, 2024 In the 830th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by 888poker, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Kyna England are at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about Chris Moneymaker winning the Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro Event #1: $25K NLH for a huge $903K score. The trio

May 17, 2024 Just weeks before the 2024 World Series of Poker, one of last year’s bracelet winners has put his WSOP hardware up for auction to raise money for cancer research. Last July, Paul Berger won the summer closer $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold’em for his first bracelet and $212,645 after defeating a tough

May 15, 2024 Season 12 of High Stakes Poker on PokerGO concluded with the 12th and final episode Monday. No doubt it was legendary season full of monster pots and thrilling moments, but none more so than the five hands mentioned in this article. This year’s series of cash game shows featured some of the

May 15, 2024 The Mirage, one of the most iconic casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, will close its doors on July 17 to make way for a newer, more instrument-shaped hotel expected to open in 2027. The megaresort, which was once home to the biggest poker games in Las Vegas, has been a staple

May 14, 2024 On May 14, 2023, poker legend Doyle Brunson passed away at the age of 89. His loss was immeasurable and was the biggest poker story of the year. While the community mourned the loss of the 10-time bracelet winner just weeks before the start of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP),

May 12, 2024 The inaugural SCOOP League is one week down, and there are some familiar faces at the top of the leaderboard. After over 80 winners have been crowned, no drafted player has won an event, but there have been some close calls, and the overall lead changes daily. Overall SCOOP League Standings However,

May 12, 2024 Arden Cho had a cash game session made for nightmares on Hustler Casino Live where she was stacked several times — in a row — and ended the night down nearly six figures. The Teen Wolf star was having a good night in the Friday game and up $32,600 before things took

May 12, 2024 It was a big weekend for 17-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, who traveled from his home in California to Las Vegas for both a high-stakes poker cash game and a celebrity-filled 60th birthday bash, though he doesn’t actually turn the big 6-0 until July 16. Hellmuth

May 13, 2024 In a whirlwind of high-stakes action at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel, Azamat Lamkov etched his name in poker history as the newest champion of the $5,300 Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event. What makes Lamkov’s victory truly remarkable is not just the size of his win—$1 million—but the humble beginnings from which

May 13, 2024 Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis has given himself two chances to capture high buy-in Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) titles after going deep in two events on May 12. The Dutch Team PokerStars Pro finds himself at the final table of the $5,200 Titans Event, where $140,278 awaits the winner, and third

May 13, 2024 The MILLIONS Online has returned to PartyPoker, bringing with it ten events and a host of side events between May 9 and June 4. The ten numbered events have buy-ins from $11 to $530 and guaranteed prize pools worth as much as $500,000. The first events, the $162 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed Opener

May 13, 2024 In the latest installment of 888poker‘s acclaimed podcast series, 888Ride, host David Tuchman welcomes a titan of the poker world, none other than Daniel Negreanu. Renowned as a luminary of the Poker Hall of Fame and boasting a staggering $50 million in live tournament winnings, Negreanu stands as an icon within the

May 13, 2024 Lex Veldhuis is continuing his Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) dominance and picked up another title as he took down a SCOOP 41-H: $5,200 NLHE Titans for $140,279. One of the tougher events on the SCOOP schedule, the Titans Event drew 128 runners and ended up with a final table full

May 13, 2024 The first episode of the PokerStars Big Game in over a decade aired last weekend, with the reboot featuring a lineup that includes Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Tilly, Alan Keating and two loose cannons. The first episode delivered on the hype, with highlights including Tilly getting active and Lex Velduis crushing the table