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June 03, 2024 The first $1 million mystery bounty has been pulled at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), and no, it wasn’t Matt Glantz this time. Instead, it was Valentyn Shabelnyk, who pulled it at around 12:30 p.m. PT. Day 2 of Event #5: Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold’em kicked off Monday morning, an event

June 02, 2024 Chris Moneymaker is giving it another try, opening a poker room in Kentucky, this time in Louisville. Moneymaker Social Louisville opened Saturday, becoming the second operating brick-and-mortar card room in the state. The other one, a slightly bigger room, is located just down the street, about 15-20 minutes from the University of

May 03, 2023 The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the biggest and most prestigious poker event in the world. Every year, thousands of poker players from around the globe descend upon Las Vegas to compete for millions of dollars in prize money. However, with the excitement of the WSOP comes the potential for unhealthy

May 31, 2024 A huge fan favorite of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is making another deep run in his most treasured event of the year. That’s right, you guessed it—Purple Heart recipient John Smith has been kicking ass and taking names once again in the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship. Smith is currently in the

May 30, 2024 Mistakes are made by every poker player from time to time. But one mystery player during Thursday’s Hustler Casino Live Million Dollar Game made an avoidable blunder that cost him over $540,000. The player in question is known only as “Thomas.” He showed up to play during the third $1 million buy-in

May 29, 2024 Earlier this month, thanks to an unfavorable city vote, Doug Polk was unsuccessful in his bid to open a massive poker room in a town near Dallas. But his team of investors, including poker vloggers Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen, are back and ready to take over what will soon become the

May 28, 2024 More than 27,000 people were tuned in Tuesday night to watch Tom Dwan run into a seven-figure bad beat during the first night of the Hustler Casino Live Million Dollar Game. Seven players showed up at Hustler Casino in Los Angeles with $1 million in cash to play some no-limit Texas hold’em

May 27, 2024 The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has long stood as the premier poker event globally, drawing the most skilled and dedicated players worldwide. Over the next two months, fierce competition will unfold as players vie for one of the most prestigious accolades in the WSOP: the Player of the Year (PoY) title.

May 26, 2024 Guests: Daniel Negreanu David Baker In the 832nd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway welcomes Daniel Negreanu and David “ODB” Baker to Level 9 Studios in Las Vegas to talk all things fantasy poker. That includes Negreanu’s 2024 World Series of Poekr (WSOP) $25K Fantasy, which will host its annual draft

May 25, 2024 Love him or hate his style (or just dislike pizza), Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy competing in the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) would bring even more attention to poker’s summer extravaganza. And it appears, based on a couple tweets, the “One Bite” pizza reviewer might show up in Las Vegas

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