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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

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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)

December 13, 2023 Hustler Casino Live fan favorite Alan Keating, who rarely plays tournaments, finished Day 1a of the $40 million guaranteed World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship on Tuesday with a healthy chip stack. The loose-aggressive player who routinely VPIP’s in the 80% or higher range was among a large group of big name

December 11, 2023 On Friday, December 8, GGPoker’s hit show Poker After Dark: Game of Gold released its 12th and final episode. In the finale, the final six players participated in one last sit-n-go playing 50-minute levels with the blinds at 10,000/20,000/20,000. Seats were chosen based on chip stacks, which in turn were based on

December 10, 2023 The World Series of Pokef (WSOP) Paradise $5,300 Main Event hosted Day 1b on Sunday, and a couple of levels before the dinner break the WSOP’s most decorated player, 17-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, made his entrance. As usual, he did so in grand style. Hellmuth is no strange to making a

December 09, 2023 The second and final day of Event #6: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed has come to an end at World Series of Poker Paradise and Boris Kolev has defeated Daniel Neilson in heads-up play for $424,500 and the WSOP gold bracelet. The tournament drew 755 players for a prize pool of $2,265,000. The

December 08, 2023 The Asian Poker Tour (APT) canceled the rest of the series in Hanoi in the middle of its biggest event — the Main Event — on Day 4 deep into the money. On Saturday morning in Hanoi, the APT’s X account announced the decision, giving no explanation as to why the event

December 07, 2023 PokerNews has obtained a phone conversation between Wesley Fei and the poker player he accused of cheating a private game out of millions, Tony Mars. During the 17-minute chat (video below), the Hustler Casino Live regulars and former friends had a heated discussion, which included subtle threats of violence and Mars dancing

December 06, 2023 Hopefully, poker players in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, and Ontario are ready for the holiday season, because on Tuesday PokerStars kicked off their ‘25 Days of Tournaments,’ which will run until December 29. Think of the festival as a sort of poker advent calendar as each day chests can be unlocked via

December 05, 2023 Reigning world champion Daniel Weinman nearly won a World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring playing in his first tournament since the WSOP Main Event. The current Circuit series at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina began on Nov. 23 and wrapped Dec. 4 with some big winners, including 2022 World Poker Tour

December 04, 2023 Guests: Adam Pliska Lynn Gilmartin Ryan Beauregard Eliot Hudon On a special episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Connor Richards, and Matt Hansen talk all things World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship, a festival that is currently underway. Hear about highlights from the Premier Meet-Up Game (MUG), including appearances by Gus

December 03, 2023 Two Hustler Casino Live regulars — Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot and Wesley Fei — have accused their peer, a player who goes by the name “Mars,” of cheating a Southern California private game out of millions of dollars. “Wes Side” Wesley shared details of the alleged scandal with PokerNews, including text screenshots.