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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

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