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June 29, 2023 Are you aware that WPT Global is the official online poker site of the World Poker Tour? Each day, WPT Global runs some fantastic tournaments that are crammed full of value, and PokerNews is adding a couple of exciting freerolls to the mix this weekend. The special relationship PokerNews and WPT Global

February 29, 2024 PokerStars is combining the worlds of football (soccer for our American friends) and poker once again with the brand new Creators Club. Organized by the faces behind popular channels The Club and Pitchside, the Creators Club will host two tournaments every Sunday starting March 3. To kickstart the new Home Games club,

February 28, 2024 Throughout the month of February, Global Poker ran the Grizzly Games VII series consisting of hundreds of Gold and Sweeps Coin trophy events and millions in GC and SC guarantees. PokerNews highlighted some early winners in the series, including “K-DOG”, “Drewman2” and Team PokerNews streamer Kyle “KAA17” Anderson. Two of the strongest-performing

February 27, 2024 The $2 million guaranteed WPT Global KO Series is in full swing, with more than three dozen players getting their hands on substantial payouts and earning the right to call themselves a WPT Global champion. Of all the completed events so far, “Chichamba1” is the player who has won the most from

February 26, 2024 The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is still three months away, but you don’t have to wait until May 28 to play a WSOP event thanks to the WSOP Circuit heading to Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, United Kingdom. Although no WSOP bracelets are up for grabs, 11 gold WSOP Circuit

February 25, 2024 The eagerly anticipated 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) schedule released last week, and the most prominent reaction to it on social media has been positive thanks in large part to some of the new exciting tournaments. Here at PokerNews we’re stoked to introduce the first ever $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship No-Limit

February 23, 2024 Shortly after sharing with his X followers that he’d accepted an $800,000 buyout from Bill Perkins on a body fat loss prop bet, Shaun Deeb spoke with PokerNews to discuss his transformation from overweight to someone you might not even recognize this summer in Las Vegas. The perennial World Series of Poker

February 23, 2024 When the PokerNews team heard about a new game being advertised as a ‘poker, rogue-lite’ experience, our curiosity was raised. And since its initial announcement, Balatro has already captured many players’ attention, with its PC demo attracting over 100,000 downloads with millions of hours played in the span of a few days.

February 22, 2024 Lace-up your glove and prepare to step into the arena with your fellow WPT Global players in the massive KO Series. The first bell sounds on February 23, with WPT Global not throwing in the towel until the 94th and final event concluded on March 3. It’s going to be an action-packed

February 21, 2024 The wait for the inaugural $1 million guaranteed PokerNews Online Championship at 888poker is almost over, with the first five of 43 numbered events kicking off this weekend, on February 25. The first PokerNews Online Championship event shuffles up and deals at 5:00 p.m. GMT on February 25, the Opening Event Mystery

February 20, 2024 The 2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open $1,500 Main Event has finally come to its dramatic conclusion as Thomas Zhang hoists the trophy after defeating Spencer Champlin in a lengthy heads-up battle. Along with the trophy and the title, Zhang takes home $209,730, while Champlin is awarded the runner-up prize of $164,430.

February 19, 2024 Poker tournament players want juicy guarantees on the events they play. It is only natural to want to play for big money. Online poker sites spend much time creating guarantees that are ambitious but also likely to be reached. WPT Global is doing things differently across five of its most popular tournaments,

February 17, 2024 Bill Perkins has bought out of a $1 million fitness prop bet with poker star Shaun Deeb, who is now in his best shape in years thanks to a little financial motivation. Nearly 11 months ago, the poker players agreed to a 14-month wager on Deeb’s ability to bring his body fat

February 17, 2024 The first of six €25,000 buy-in NL Hold’em tournaments on the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris schedule attracted 38 of the world’s most renowned poker players to Le Palais des Congrès in the French capital. Together, they put 51 entries on the clock by the time late registration closed, creating

February 16, 2024 The 2024 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) is in full swing, with two of 12 planned stops already in the history books. Luke Porter emerged victoriously from the London Main Event in January, and Vincent Meli triumphed in Manchester on February 11. A short turnaround means the third leg of the 2024

February 15, 2024 Imagine rounding out 2024 with a poker tournament and cash package worth $100,000 just for excelling in your favorite online poker events. This could happen to you thanks to the inaugural Player of the Year leaderboard at WPT Global. Although the WPT Global Player of the Year leaderboard began at the start

February 14, 2024 As the grassroots poker community eagerly anticipates the APAT’s European Championship of Amateur Poker (ECOAP), scheduled to take place from February 21 to 25, 2024, at Aspers Casino in London, players and enthusiasts alike are gearing up for five days of thrilling competition. With a lineup of diverse events, including the highly

February 13, 2024 Poker players love going into major tournaments on a run of form, and what better to warm up for the upcoming PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris festival than by taking down one of the toughest online poker tournaments? That is precisely what Dimitar “KuuL” Danchev did over the weekend. The 2013

February 12, 2024 Vincent Meli has added the 2024 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Manchester Main Event title to his many poker accomplishments, as his rich vein of form shows no signs of slowing down. In November 2023, Meli came out on top in the £1,100 PokerStars UKIPT Nottingham Grand Final, helping himself to a

February 10, 2024 By now you’ve no doubt heard about the World Poker Tour (WPT) and their upcoming WPT Voyage, which will take place from March 31-April 6, 2024 as they take over an entire Virgin Voyages cruise ship – the 1,400-cabin Valiant Lady – for a six-day poker festival that features $1.5 million in