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September 03, 2023 Simon Wiciak ended Day 4 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona Main Event as the chip leader. He was still atop the leaderboard at the end of Day 5. And the Frenchman remains the man to beat as only six players remain to chase the trophy after an action-packed Day

September 02, 2023 The PokerStars European Poker Tour €3,000 Mystery Bounty event, running at Casino Barcelona, has now wrapped up. There were a total of 1,339 entries to the event, which created a prize pool of €2,297,724. After three days of action, a champion has been crowned. Ricardo De Andrade of Portugal emerged as the

September 01, 2023 The Las Vegas Formula 1 race is going to be huge, and PokerStars US players all have an opportunity from now until the end of September to win a free trip to join in on the festivities. Online poker players in Michigan, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania are eligible to enter the PokerStars

August 31, 2023 The Star Gold Coast is making final preparations for the biggest and most prestigious poker festival it has ever hosted. From September 14-27, the World Poker Tour is in town for the 2023 WPT Australia festival. While this is not The Star Gold Coast’s first WPT rodeo, it certainly is the biggest

August 30, 2023 WPT Global has come on in leaps and bounds since its April 2022 launch and is now one of the big hitters in the online poker world. Value-packed promotions, a lucrative welcome bonus, busy cash games, and exciting tournaments are just for of the reasons for WPT Global’s initial success. The invite-a-friend

August 29, 2023 Luxembourg’s “PimPitup14” is $7,834 richer than they were a couple of days ago thanks to taking down the latest edition of the 888poker $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event. A field of 928 entrants, made up of 772 unique players and 156 re-entries, fought tooth and nail for a slice of the $100,000

August 28, 2023 When they told Matthew Gross that scared money don’t make money, he took it to heart. Gross came into Event #1: $550 No Limit Hold’em at the PokerStars Summer Series at Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia with no fear and ultimately emerged victorious after a heads-up deal, claiming the trophy and $69,568.

August 26, 2023 Jared Halter, 41, grew up in York, Pennsylvania, and was a multisport athlete who played soccer in college. He has a Ph.D. in Education and Sociology from Clemson University where he studied social inequality and wrote his dissertation on the American Dream (no, we don’t mean Dusty Rhodes). He also has a

August 26, 2023 Just several weeks after winning one of the biggest events in the poker calendar for more than $3 million, David Yan overcame another field of world-class poker players and added to the growing title haul that he’s put together since the turn of the year. At EPT Barcelona, Yan continued his red

August 25, 2023 The excitement surrounding the inaugural WSOP Circuit Tallinn festival reached fever pitch this week with the release of the full event schedule. The organizers have added another forty tournaments to the 12 gold ring-awarding events, creating a bustling 52-event calendar that has something for everyone. The Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn

August 24, 2023 The latest stop on the 888poker LIVE tour has been released, with the popular tour heading to Coventry, United Kingdom, from October 20. The nine-day festival takes place at the Coventry Building Society Arena, home of Championship football team Coventry City, and features a bustling schedule of events for players to get

August 23, 2023 No-Limit Hold’em players love making straights and flushes because these holdings are usually strong enough to win the pot they’re involved in. Bet365 Poker‘s players also love winning cash game hands with straights and flushes because doing so can result in them walking away with up to €500 cash at the end

August 22, 2023 “Why4bet” put on a dominant display at the final table of the 888poker $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event before emerging as a worthy champion. The freshly minted champ saw their $109 investment swell into $8,224 with bounties included. The biggest winner from the tournament did not manage to reach the money place,

August 21, 2023 The opportunity to enter a major live poker tournament in Philadelphia on the cheap is possible on the merged Michigan and New Jersey PokerStars platform. PokerStars is bringing back its live poker action later this month at the Live! Hotel & Casino Philadelphia, one of the top spots in the northeast to

August 20, 2023 888poker has consistently been at the forefront of delivering innovative and rewarding experiences to its players, and the latest addition to its arsenal of player-centric promotions is the Omaha Ultimate Cashback offer. Tailored exclusively for enthusiasts of Omaha cash games and designed to infuse an extra dose of thrill and anticipation into

August 18, 2023 Guests: Lukas “RobinPoker” Robinsin On the latest PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Connor Richards welcome Matt Hansen as a new co-host of the show. Matt has been doing a lot of work behind the scenes for PokerNews, and now we’re putting a microphone in front of him to draw on his deep

August 18, 2023 Dusk Till Dawn is set to be awash with budding poker players from far and wide as the Nottingham-based poker club, the home of British poker, is hosting the 2023 APAT World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP). The WCOAP, affectionately known as “The Worlds,” is the highlight of the APAT season for

August 17, 2023 Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) players are set to travel to King’s Resort, Rozvadov, from far and wind for the latest edition of The Big Wrap. Running from September 12-18, The Big Wrap is a week-long PLO festival with combined guarantees of €4 million. As you would expect from such a prestigious series, the

August 16, 2023 The McLaren Turbo Series is in full swing at PartyPoker, with a handful of the high-octane events having already crowned their worthy champions. The $109 buy-in $100,000 guaranteed Sunday Party is one such tournament, and it is “tutuia” who will forever be remembered for taking down this event. The McLaren Turbo Series

August 15, 2023 It was a moment that usually only happens in dreams. Viorel Gavrila was heads-up for a title at the final table of the €888 888poker LIVE Bucharest Main Event and looked down at two black aces as his opponent, Admir Qinami, moved all in. That magical scenario made Gavrila a champion and