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November 12, 2023 The $5,300 High Roller at PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas has come to an end and Samuel Laskowitz is the winner after six players returned for the Day 3 finale at Resorts World Las Vegas. The tournament drew 150 entries and the top 20 players took a piece of the

November 11, 2023 Four months after narrowly missing the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table, Alec Torelli is off and running in his quest to run deep in another major poker tournament. On Saturday, Torelli bagged one of the largest stacks on Day 1b of the $5,000 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT)

November 10, 2023 If you haven’t yet bought into the Bin Weng hype, now’s a good time to do so. The Philadelphia area poker pro who has dominated tournament poker all year, on Friday, bagged the chip lead on Day 1a of the $5,000 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) bestbet Scramble in Jacksonville. Weng is

November 09, 2023 The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe is currently taking place at King’s Casino in Rozvadov with 15 bracelet events. The series will wrap up on November 14, and right now nearly 10 tournaments are in the books. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team was on hand all series long to capture all

November 08, 2023 The New York City Marathon may have wrapped up on the weekend, but a handful of poker players at King’s Resort in Rozvadov have added a different kind of miles onto their bodies over the last few days. Yesterday’s six-max bracelet event saw a select few take part in a 17-hour poker

November 07, 2023 It took three hours, but Jesse Lonis won his latest poker trophy and some extra savings for his two young daughters after defeating David Stamm in the $10,300 Super High Roller as part of the 2023 PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas at Resorts World. Lonis came out on top of

November 06, 2023 Does Rick Salomon ever run bad? Of course, but you wouldn’t know that if this week’s High Stakes Poker episode was your first introduction to the high roller. Season 11’s Episode 12, which PokerGO released Monday night, featured a loose table with the same seven players as last week playing just about

November 05, 2023 The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) Road Trip is in the home stretch with a stop at Horseshoe Iowa in Council Bluffs from November 14-19. The series will feature a $200 Opening Night Ambassador Bounty Ring Event, a $400 DeepStack with two opening flights, and a $50,000 guarantee, and a $700 Main Event

November 04, 2023 While the main focus of the WSOP Paradise series in December will be on chasing gold bracelets, there are plenty of activities and sights worth checking out in the Bahamas after busting out of a tournament. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is hosting its first bracelet series ever in the Bahamas

November 03, 2023 The North American Poker Tour (NAPT) will relaunch at the Resorts World this weekend after taking 12 years off in the wake of online poker’s demise in the United States in 2011. PokerNews will be on hand with live reports and other stories from the NAPT, just like in 2010, so there

November 02, 2023 Connor Richards Editor & Live Reporter U.S. Poker players are known for their strategic thinking and decision-making, so it makes sense they would come up with some great Halloween costumes. There were a few great costumes on display earlier this year at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and now poker

November 01, 2023 Daniel Negreanu, Jason Koon, Maria Ho, Fedor Holz, and other top poker players will show off their skills in a reality-based Poker After Dark show called “Game of Gold.” The first episode in what appears to be a unique format airs Nov. 8 on the GGPoker YouTube channel. A couple years ago,

October 31, 2023 The Wynn Fall Classic on the Las Vegas Strip wrapped Oct. 29 with more than $3 million paid out over 28 days of poker action. There were a number of high-profile poker players who took home the iconic Wynn Las Vegas replica trophies (and won a bunch of money), including David “ODB”

October 30, 2023 Rick Salomon and Brandon Steven played one of the most memorable pots of Season 11 on High Stakes Poker during Monday’s brand new Episode 11 session, a set-over-set hand for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The table remained the same as last week when Salomon and Steven competed against Jennifer Tilly, Jean-Robert

October 29, 2023 Actor Matthew Perry tragically passed away at age 54 on Saturday. You might not know it, but the Friends star showed interest in poker during his adult life, including a near championship run on Bravo’s Celebrity Poker Showdown, an iconic 2000s poker show. Perry was reportedly found dead in a hot tub

October 28, 2023 Poker players have a unique opportunity this Fall to combine their love of poker and racing with a double dipped experience in Las Vegas when the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) and the Las Vegas Grand Prix take over the Strip in November. PokerStars — a partner of the Oracle Red Bull

October 27, 2023 By now you’ve no doubt heard about the World Poker Tour (WPT) and a cruise ship, but do you know if it was WPT Voyage or WPT at Sea? Honestly, did you even know there was a difference? Well, there certainly is, and in this article, we’re going to tell you everything

October 26, 2023 Attorneys for Shahram “Shawn” Sheikhan have pleaded with a Federal court judge to sentence the poker pro to probation instead of prison more than a year following a conviction for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. “Sheiky,” who competed in a few 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) events, entered a guilty plea on

October 25, 2023 While Michael Phelps is best known as a 23-time Olympic gold medalist, he is also a prolific poker enthusiast. The 38-year-old first started playing poker in high school with friends and continued to play with fellow athletes and celebrities during his rise up the Olympic ranks. Now, Phelps is taking part in

October 24, 2023 The 2023 European Poker Tour (EPT) Cyprus recently wrapped up. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team was on hand all series long to capture all the action, and during that time they documented some big hands, be they bad beats, sick coolers, or just game-changing in nature. Here’s a look at some of