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June 14, 2023 Benjamin Ector is now a first-time bracelet winner after taking down Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout at the 2023 World Series of Poker for $406,403 following a brief heads-up battle with runner-up Adam Swan ($251,158). The Freezeout event drew a field of 2,046 unique entries for a prize pool of $2,731,410

June 13, 2023 After four days of play, a winner has been crowned at the 2023 BetMGM Poker Championship, which took place inside the ARIA Resort and Casino as well as the PokerGO Studio. Michigan’s Leo Taffe was the last player standing from the 1,026 entry field after defeating Mike Vanier at heads-up to capture

June 12, 2023 Few poker players ever find themselves taking home seven-figure tournament scores, and hardly any get to experience multiple million-dollar scores in the same week. Germany’s Leon Sturm is one of them as the 22-year-old German prodigy won Event #23: $50,000 High Roller at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) for $1,546,024

June 11, 2023 Although he came back for the fourth day of Event #22: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship as the short stack, 2021 WSOP Player of the Year Josh Arieh went on a bit of a run on the final table today to claim his fifth WSOP bracelet. With 134 entries in the field, the

June 10, 2023 The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) kicked off back on May 30, and now bracelet winners are being minted every day. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team has been busy capturing all the action in our live updates, and they’ve witnessed some hands go down that proved to be either entertaining, game-changing

June 09, 2023 When you hold the record for the most World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, there are perks. For Phil Hellmuth, whose 16 bracelets (and counting) may never be touched, one of those perks is his own personal break room at Horseshoe Las Vegas. That’s a nice benefit especially on 90-minute dinner breaks.

June 08, 2023 Isaac Haxton is already a poker legend. But on Thursday, he just might add the one important missing notch to his resume — a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. The future Poker Hall of Famer enters Day 3 of Event #16: $25,000 High Roller (8-Handed) with about an average stack and

Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen go head-to-head talking about the latest hot topics live from the WSOP. Nick Schulman takes down his fourth WSOP bracelet in 7-Card Stud, Chad Eveslage puts himself in the Player of the Year conversation, and more in the third episode of the Chad & Jesse Poker Show.

June 06, 2023 The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is hosting 20 online bracelets – up from 13 last year – awarded on WSOP.com in the merged network of New Jersey and Nevada. While PokerNews is offering live updates from those tournament, the segregated markets of Pennsylvania and Michigan are also each awarding seven

June 05, 2023 Chris Moneymaker had the Bluff of the Century in 2003. This past week, Doug Polk had perhaps the Failed Bluff of the Century. On Sunday, heads-up for a bracelet, Polk bluffed off a significant portion of his stack at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) less than one week after his

June 04, 2023 The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) consists of 95 bracelet events and is almost entirely tournament-focused, but there are also opportunities to play high-stakes cash games at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas this summer. Located in the back of the Paris Convention Center, the fabled King’s Lounge is lined with high-stakes

June 03, 2023 Veteran pro Ronnie Day was the last WSOP champion standing at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Day earned his first gold bracelet, $200,000 in cash and the title of Tournament of Champions after four days of play. “It’s so surreal right now, it’s unbelievable, I don’t even know how to explain it,”

June 02, 2023 The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is in full swing at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with several bracelet events underway and plenty of players looking to pick up a bracelet. With these events underway, it’s time to look some of the featured female players in the field this week. High-stakes

June 01, 2023 Arguably the two most popular poker players of all-time — Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu — will, as always, receive plenty of attention from the fans and media this summer. But which one of them will have the best 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP)? That’s a great question, so let’s see

May 31, 2023 Season 10 of High Stakes Poker aired on PokerGO Tuesday night, and it wrapped with an exciting hand between Daniel Negreanu and Ben Lamb. Episode 17 of the current season had the exact same cast of characters compared to last week’s episode. Negreanu and Lamb were seated with Bill Klein, Eric Hicks,

May 30, 2023 Tom Dwan tanked twice while holding a monster in the same hand against Doug Polk, who had five-high in what turned out to be a $1.1 million pot on Hustler Casino Live. The question viewers are now debating is was it a slow-roll? Tuesday’s game was the last of four million-dollar games

May 29, 2023 This summer, hundreds of thousands of players will pass through the doors of the newly-renovated Horseshoe Las Vegas, formerly known as Bally’s. For the second year in a row, the venue will play host to the annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). As players pack the casino for the 54th annual WSOP,

May 28, 2023 Ethan “Rampage” Yau was playing low-stakes poker games two years ago. On Sunday, during the $1 million game on Hustler Casino Live, the popular vlogger was busy attempting a $600,000 bluff with ace-high, but he was up against top set. Did the aggressive play work out? Let’s find out! Rampage was in

May 27, 2023 Last year marked 11 years since PokerNews started publishing predictions ahead of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), and with three days to go they’re back again ahead of the 2023 WSOP. With the WSOP moving to its new home on the Las Vegas Strip at the Horseshoe and Paris, we asked

May 26, 2023 The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is right around the corner. Running from May 30-July 18, the 54th Annual WSOP will return to the Las Vegas Strip for the second year in a row for a total of 95 bracelets — the most at a live WSOP in history. In addition,