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January 01, 2024 The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) wrapped up its 14th season over the weekend at the Venetian Las Vegas. It was there that the last mid-major tournament of the year – a $1,100 buy-in Main Event – took place and presented players their last opportunity to win points to both the GPI Mid-Major

December 31, 2023 Police took into custody and arrested a poker player wanted in connection to a shooting that occurred Sunday morning near the Las Vegas Strip. Jon Letzkus, 45, is accused of firing his weapon from the balcony of the MGM Signature Towers overlooking the Strip at around 6:00 a.m. Although no one was

December 30, 2023 Over the holidays, German high-stakes pro Daniel Smiljkovic publicly accused MonkerGuy of keeping $21,744 that Smiljkovic had mistakenly sent in a cryptocurrency exchange, while MonkerGuy denied ever receiving the money. MonkerGuy is a poker service that lets players request game-theory optimal (GTO) simulations or rent servers to help them “play mathematically perfect

December 29, 2023 The Free Poker Network (FPN) Vegas $100,000 World Championship is just around the corner and will award $25,000 to the lucky champion. The FPN Vegas $100,000 World Championship will take place Jan. 4-7 at Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas as qualifiers compete for a piece of the $100,000 prize pool. PokerNews

December 28, 2023 Guests: Dan Sepiol On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Connor Richards, and Matt Hansen bring you the last show of 2023! The chat about the MSPT & WSOP champion that was found zip-tied and allegedly held captive for 35 days in Michigan, poker player Sean Perry being eliminated

December 27, 2023 Few things came as bigger surprise this year than the monumental success of Game of Gold. For twelve episodes some of the biggest names and personalities in poker competed in a series of team challenges. Along the way, some were eliminated while others earned gold coins. In the final episode, the gold

December 26, 2023 In 2022, cheating scandals in poker — online and live — were getting out of hand. Allegations against high-profile players such as Bryn Kenney, Jake Schindler, and Ali Imsirovic rocked the poker world. And we certainly can’t forget about the J4 incident on Hustler Casino Live. As such, poker operators and pros

December 25, 2023 Sean Perry is out of the Circa Survivor football contest after the Denver Broncos lost 26-23 on a last-minute field goal by the New England Patriots. The high-stakes poker player had refused to chop the $9.3 million prize when 13 contestants remained. Of the ten entries that were left in the contest

December 24, 2023 A Michigan poker player and four-time World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Ring winner was allegedly kidnapped and held captive for more than a month as part of a two-year extortion scheme that federal investigators are apparently looking into. According to local news reports on Dec. 21, George Janssen of Bad Axe,

December 23, 2023 The New Year is not only an opportunity for poker players to look ahead, perhaps setting new resolutions and goals, but also a chance to look back at the year gone by. In 2023, that entails remembering those players who passed on. Here’s a look at some of those we lost over

December 22, 2023 Seniors tournaments got a lot more difficult when Daniel Lowery turned 50 on November 25, and it didn’t take long before he stacked the age-restricted field for yet another poker accolade in his hard-charging career. By winning the WPT $10,000 Seniors NLH High Roller just weeks after his 50th birthday, Lowery likely

One of the largest tournaments in poker history, the $10,400 buy-in WPT World Championship, came to its conclusion with Dan Sepiol finishing off Georgios Sotiropoulos to close it out for the $5,282,954 first place prize via a heads-up ICM chop. Day 7 — the final table — began a bit after 4 p.m. PT Thursday

Mikita Badziakouski became $7,114,500 richer on Wednesday by winning a thrilling World Poker Tour (WPT) Big One for One Drop final table, defeating Mario Mosboeck heads-up to close it out. Six players returned to Wynn Las Vegas for one final session — Day 3 — but only four would go home with money. Two others

December 20, 2023 A millionaire was made on Tuesday at Wynn Las Vegas in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Championship final table, and that individual was Calvin Anderson, who defeated Aaron Pinson heads-up for the trophy. The $1,100 buy-in tournament had a $5 million guarantee, but the prize pool hit $10,196,640 with 10,512 entrants,

December 19, 2023 It was a slow start and a rough Day 1 in the $1,000,000 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Big One for One Drop for poker legend Phil Ivey, who busted just before the session concluded. The Poker Hall of Famer and WPT ambassador was among the 17 players who registered for the

December 18, 2023 All around, chips were being cleared into boxes, tables were emptying, and the confetti was already blasted out of cannons as the winner of the Main Event was announced. But over in a quiet corner of the Hilton Prague, the final table of the €10,300 High Roller was still running and it

December 16, 2023 One of the largest poker tournaments in history is in the money. On Level 15, the 481st player busted from the $10,400 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship, giving everyone else still standing a sigh of relief. Day 2 on Saturday began at noon PT with 1,400 players hoping to get

December 16, 2023 888Ride is the popular Youtube feature where David Tuchman meanders around Vegas in a silver Cadillac Escalade with an 888poker logo on the door and a poker personality in the passenger seat. One of the latest guests was Jeff Platt, who joined Tuchman for an interview about being poker’s best-known interviewer. Platt

Arguably the most anticipated poker tournament this year, the @WorldPokerTour’s #WPTWorldChampionship is here – boasting a $40million guarantee, looking to promise more than $5million to the eventual winner. Stay tuned for PokerNews’ daily coverage from Encore at Wynn, Las Vegas. Subscribe to our channel here: https://bit.ly/PokerNewsSubscribe ————————- Welcome to the official PokerNews YouTube channel –

December 13, 2023 Garrett Adelstein returned to poker for the first time in nearly 15 months Wednesday night, but not on Hustler Casino Live, and he didn’t appear to display much, if any, rust. The Los Angeles high-stakes poker legend competed on Bally Live Poker (previously Bally’s Big Bet Poker and Live at the Bike)