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December 03, 2022 Guests: Andy WIlson On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen discuss their recent travels, offer highlights from the World Poker Tour (WPT) Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open (RRPO) at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, and offer an interview with the winner of the $3,500 Championship, Andy Wilson,

December 02, 2022 Nemo “akaNemsko” Zhou a chess and poker player won a seat into the upcoming WPT World Championship on the WPT Global platform valued at $12,000. She decided to give it away via a contest, which her poker coach and alleged boyfriend Alex “Thallo” Epstein won, and now poker Twitter is crying foul.

December 02, 2022 888poker is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a raft of promotions that are dripping in value for its players. One of the six exclusive offers available right now gives you your best chance yet of traveling the world playing on the ever-popular 888poker LIVE circuit in 2023. The 888poker LIVE tour has

November 30, 2022 On Wednesday, the final six players from a 1,541-entry field returned for final table action in the World Poker Tour (WPT) 2022 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open (RRPO) $3,500 Main Event at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. England’s Andy Wilson began with a healthy chip lead but faced

November 29, 2022 The penultimate stop of the World Poker Tour’s 20th season has a doozy of a final table! On Tuesday, 16 players from a 1,541-entry field returned for Day 4 action in the World Poker Tour (WPT) 2022 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open (RRPO) $3,500 Main Event at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &

November 28, 2022 Frank Funaro of Sewell, New Jersey has been a young gun on the rise. The East Coast grinder, who used to be a staple at Atlantic City’s Borgata, had a career year in 2021 with $586,340 in tournament earnings. He’s following it up with another big year in 2022 where he’s not

November 27, 2022 Over a 24-hour period at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open (RRPO) in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, an epic player party took place and a brutal bubble hand saw players make the money in the $3,500 Main Event. PokerNews was on-site for

November 26, 2022 The World Poker Tour (WPT) $3,500 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open (RRPO) at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida attracted a massive field on Saturday’s Day 1b flight, and one man in action was former champ Michael Newman. Five years ago in 2017, Newman topped a field of

November 25, 2022 A new bill being proposed in Texas could threaten the existence of dozens of poker rooms and social clubs that have sprouted up throughout the southwestern state in recent years. While collecting rake is illegal in Texas, the law does allow for gambling to occur in a “private place” where every player

November 24, 2022 PokerStars is often at the forefront of innovation regarding online poker, and the gaming giant is most definitely the market leader in the rapidly-emerging virtual reality world. PokerStars has embraced the technology, and following a hugely successful PokerStars VR Metaverse POker Tour Season 1, Season 2 lands on your VR headset from

November 23, 2022 Playing poker in Texas is known to be pretty wild and this hand highlights exactly that when Rosey from Next Gen Poker finds a very sticky opponent who decides to float on the turn when Rosey holds the mighty pocket kings! In this poker cash game hand from the Texas Card House

November 22, 2022 Poker is filled with prop bets. In fact, we recently published an article about five of the craziest prop bets of all time. One of those involved Michael Noori trying to eat $1,000 worth of McDonald’s food over a 36-hour period, a rather unhealthy undertaking. Several other popular bets have gone the

November 21, 2022 With the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship Festival at Wynn Las Vegas just weeks away, the poker tour announced that the upcoming festival will feature “a number of female-focused initiatives,” including giveaways, the largest-ever Ladies Event prize pool and a meet-up game hosted by poker commentator Jamie Kerstetter. The initiatives are

November 20, 2022 The internet is awash with titles that are competing for our attention, and it’s harder to choose something to play than ever before. Luckily, we’ve scoured the internet for you and found some of the top games that you can play quickly and for free. One of the great things about free

November 19, 2022 Augusto Silva The 2022 BSOP Millions is currently taking place in São Paulo, Brazil, with more than 80 events scheduled in the Golden Hall of the WTC Sheraton. One event that has already crowned a winner is the most largest buy-in tournament ever held in the entire history of the BSOP, the

November 18, 2022 Do you know what well-known poker pro is also a national paintball champion? Here are some hints. He has over $8 million in tournament earnings and sits second on his country’s all-time money list. He’s a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet winner. He won a World Poker Tour (WPT)

November 17, 2022 Just when you think 888poker’s 20th anniversary celebrations would be winding down for the year, they’ve announced a whole host of giveaways, freerolls and more to see out 2022 in style and ring in the New Year. Having recently been named EGR Poker Operator of the Year, 888poker’s new Anniversary Selection features

November 16, 2022 Eelis Parssinen‘s long wait to become the GGPoker Super MILLION$ champion continues after he fell at the final hurdle of the latest edition of the $10,300 buy-in high roller tournament. Parssinen outlasted all but one of the 161 entrants, losing at the heads-up stage to “RetourAuLobby.” RetourAuLobby, which translates as “Back to

November 15, 2022 Run It Once Bet, check, or fold. Just three options separate winners from losers and dictate who we see hoisting the bracelets each year at the WSOP or stacking chips in the cash games. Perhaps the simplicity of the game is what fuels the desire of anyone that’s ever been dealt in

November 14, 2022 The $5,200 Titans Event at PokerStars is the online poker giant’s largest buy-in tournament of the week, an event that draws in the biggest names of the game. This week’s Titans Event saw 69 players create a $345,000 prize pool, and Brazil’s Rodrigo “seijistar” Seiji Sirichuk outlasted them all. The compact field