Poker News

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

February 10, 2024 The PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas transformed into a spectacle of lights, cameras and open-bar drinks on Thursday as dozens of celebrities, athletes and content creators packed in for a night of poker action that served as the perfect kickoff for Super Bowl weekend in Sin City. The Celebrity Poker Tour Invitational

February 09, 2024 Euan McNicholas got the job done in a Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) event once again, taking down the £1,650 High Roller in Manchester. With the £1,250 GUKPT Manchester Main Event underway, McNicholas will enter the fray confident of adding that title to his 2021 GUKPT London Main Event trophy. The top

February 08, 2024 When is a quarter not a quarter? When PartyPoker is involved, so it seems. Head to the PartyPoker tournament lobby and you’ll see a blue tab with “BIG QUARTER” written inside. Click this to reveal an $11 buy-in $200,000 guaranteed tournament called, The Big Quarter. It is a strange name for a

February 07, 2024 Paris Hilton, the iconic socialite and entrepreneur, has been unveiled as the new ambassador for WOW Vegas, one of America’s leading social casino brands. The news broke on Tuesday via Hilton’s Instagram, where she revealed the partnership to her 26 million followers with the enthusiastic message: “WOW Vegas is totally slaying with

February 06, 2024 Sometimes, the stars align when you are playing in a poker tournament, and you can seemingly do nothing wrong. It seems that happened to Brazil’s “DSM09” in the 888poker $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event. The Brazilian sat down second in chips at the eight-handed final table before eliminating six of their seven

February 05, 2024 The $5,200 Titans Event is one of the toughest online poker tournaments PokerStars runs. The high buy-in usually results in an all-star cast featuring some of the biggest names in the industry fighting it out for a near six-figure score. This weekend Titans Event drew in 73 entrants, who created a $365,000

February 03, 2024 Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot, who wasn’t even involved in the hand to the flop, lashed out at poker vlogger Mariano Grandoli for taking too long to call an all in bet with pocket kings during Friday’s Hustler Casino Live stream. There were some mixed reactions to Airball’s critical comments in the YouTube

February 02, 2024 Two things are clear: Matt Berkey is passionate about the game of poker, and he seems to regularly find himself involved in social media flame wars with his peers. But has the Solve for Why founder’s recent actions on X gone too far, or do the people he’s trashed have it coming?

February 02, 2024 Mystery bounty tournaments are a new format at PokerStars, but you would never know based on the size of the Carnival Series Main Events that run over the weekend. Three No-Limit Hold’em and one Pot-Limit Omaha Mystery Bounty Main Events shuffle up and deal on February 4; they come with combined guaranteed

February 01, 2024 The EAPT only crowned its latest champion on January 28 but the next nine-day festival is right around the corner, with EAPT Madrid taking place at the Casino Grand Via from February 12-19. Among the dozen or so events and satellites is the €560 buy-in, €180,000 guaranteed (plus €20,000 in EAPT packages)

January 31, 2024 WPT Global has been making strides in the online poker world, and its generous welcome offer is one of the driving forces behind a surge of popularity. The WPT Global welcome offer grants new depositing players up to $1,200 in bonus money, in addition to up to $385 worth of tournament tickets!

January 30, 2024 Jack Solomon has been crowned the champion of the 2024 GGPoker UK Championships Main Event at Dusk Till Dawn, taking home £96,130, after a deal with heads-up opponent Yong Foo. The deal resulted in Solomon taking home £80,130, but he wasn’t content to stop there and claimed the remaining £16,000 at stake

January 29, 2024 An uncharacteristic period of time has passed since either Michael “imluckbox” Addamo or Niklas “Lena900” Astedt have featured in PokerNews headlines, but like London buses, both have arrived on our front page today Addamo helped himself to the $87,002 top prize of the $5,200 Titans Event while Astedt banked $40,136 in a

January 28, 2024 The excellent Playground Poker Club in Montreal, Canada, is currently awash with poker players competing in the WPT Global Winter Classic. You could be joining them in the $1,150 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed Main Event if you capture one of the ten seats that are guaranteed to be won on January 28. The

January 27, 2024 What are your plans for the evening of January 28? Order some takeout? Watch a movie? It should be getting your grind on at WPT Global because at least three WPT Global players will win a $12,400 WPT Passport to the upcoming $1.5 million guaranteed WPT Voyage. A $1,060 buy-in satellite, named

January 26, 2024 The action has come to a close in the 2024 Merit Poker Western Series $3,300 Main Event here at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino in North Cyprus. It took nearly ten 60-minute levels for a winner to emerge from the 24 players who made it to the final day. France’s Mohamed

November 03, 2023 888poker is well known for catering for small stakes and recreational players. It has cemented its commitment to this demographic by launching what it is calling the 888poker Micro Rollers. Online poker sites often forget or neglect low-stakes players, but 888poker does the polar opposite and goes out its way to create

January 24, 2024 The 20th numbered event of the 888poker XL Winter Series was the biggest tournament yet, with a $200,000 prize pool up for grabs. After numerous Day 1s, an action packed Day 2, and a thrilling final table, “doga10” emerged victoriously and banked an impressive $17,159, which includes bounty payments. A field of

January 23, 2024 888poker has shared another stellar interview as part of its 888Ride series and the latest poker superstar to hop into the passenger seat is none other than six-time WSOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb. Deeb, who is in the midst of a $1 million weight-loss bet, joined David Tuchman and his Chevvy for