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November 12, 2022 Making his Hustler Casino Live debut, 22-year-old online poker grinder Henri “buttonclickr” Puustinen lost the largest pot in the show’s history — $870,000 — thanks to a tough cooler during the Friday night session. The young pro from Finland tangled with “Nik Airball,” a regular on HCL, in the memorable hand. It

November 12, 2022 Oracle Red Bull Racing’s Sergio Perez might have had other things on his mind going into this weekend, with the penultimate Grand Prix on the 2022 calendar taking place in São Paulo, Brazil. But that didn’t stop him from dishing out a bad beat in a charity tournament against PokerStars Ambassador Ramon

November 11, 2022 Vince Vaughn, the star of Dodgeball, will take on three past world champions in separate heads-up poker games, but it’s actually the fans who will win those matches. The comedic actor will battle Phil Hellmuth (1989), Joe Cada (2009), and Koray Aldemir (2021) with footage being released on the WSOP’s YouTube channel.

November 10, 2022 Two of Flutter Entertainment’s giants, PokerStars and Paddy Power, have come together to sponsor the 2023 edition of the long-running Irish Poker Open. The 2023 Irish Open runs from April 3-10 at the RDS Ballsbridge Dublin in the Irish capital. Part of the sponsorship deal sees both PokerStars and Paddy Power run

November 09, 2022 The Brazilian Grand Prix takes place in Sao Paulo on November 13, and that means there is a fantastic PokerStars freeroll for you to get involved with one day later on November 14. The Chequered Flag Freeroll has $25,000 in tournament tickets waiting to be won, and this is how you can

November 08, 2022 The world’s largest online poker site is giving US players a golden opportunity to win the most valuable ticket in the game — the PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC) Platinum Pass. Through the PokerStars Golden Ticket promotion, which is currently underway, Platinum Passes will be awarded to players in Michigan, New Jersey, and

November 07, 2022 Like all of our other favourite, classic gambling games, bingo has made its way online. Better still, there are ways to play bingo games free of charge. That said, bingo holds much of its popularity because of its low-cost buy-ins, so you may think that free bingo doesn’t make much of a

November 06, 2022 After wrapping up a successful series at Council Bluffs, RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) is returning to San Diego this month for RGPS Jamul Casino, which will run Nov. 15-20 and feature the $600 buy-in Main Event with a $150,000 guaranteed prize pool. In addition to the Main Event on Nov. 17-20, which

November 05, 2022 World Poker Tour (WPT) ambassadors Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen are bringing their popular Meet-Up Game (MUG) to the upcoming historic WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. The talented vloggers will kickstart the series with some cash game fun, and all poker players are invited to compete. On Dec. 1, starting

November 04, 2022 The $1,100 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian Main Event had 464 entrants, creating a prize pool of $447,670, and after two days of play, Nghia Nguyen was the last person standing. For his impressive performance, which finished at around 10:30 p.m. PT on Thursday, he took home $90,215. When Day 2 began

November 03, 2022 The Bar Poker Open (BPO) is headed to Florida for the first-ever Bar Poker Open Florida World Championships taking place Nov. 10-15 at Palm Beach Kennel Club, and there are plenty of ways to join in on the festivities. The festival will culminate with the 2022 Florida World BPO Championship, which PokerNews

November 02, 2022 Season 13 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) continues into the winter months and will stop at Running Aces Casino in Columbus, Minnesota from Dec. 1-11 for the Winter Poker Classic. The MSPT Winter Poker Classic will feature 11 trophy events with over $770,000 in guarantees, including the $1,110 buy-in Main Event

November 01, 2022 Liam Gannon After 13 hours of play, Day 2 of The Mid-States Poker Tour Riverside $1,100 Main Event in Riverside, Iowa, the remaining field of 96 was reduced to a single player. After a swingy heads-up match, it was Wisconsin’s Lee Rzentkowski who ended up beating Miroslav Semanisin heads up for his

October 31, 2022 Lynne Ji For many poker fans, the mysterious world of backing, staking and swapping in poker are complete unknowns. Conversations on these topics happen frequently between some of the best — and richest — poker players around the world, but a spotlight is rarely shone on this particular area of poker’s hidden

October 29, 2022 Businessman Bill Klein made one of the most memorable bluffs in Hustler Casino Live history Friday night to win a massive pot. Klein, a regular in the high-stakes community but a recreational player, has long had a tight image at the table. His range exceeds aces and kings, but he’s certainly no

October 29, 2022 888poker’s Ontario-based customers thoroughly enjoyed themselves in the inaugural XL Autumn Series Ontario festival, with thousands of poker players buying into the 33 major events and 27 side events. 888poker guaranteed it would award at least C$226,300 via the 60 prize pools, but the fantastic support of the Ontario poker community meant

October 28, 2022 Police are searching for but can’t locate the production staffer who admitted to stealing $15,000 in casino chips from Robbi Jade Lew following the infamous Sept. 29 Hustler Casino Live show. Gardena (California) police would like to speak with Bryan Sagbigsal, 24, but he’s gone missing. Lew initially declined to press charges,

October 27, 2022 The partypoker Live Grand Prix UK is just around the corner, running from October 30 through to November 6. The series is headlined by a huge $100,000 guaranteed Main Event and comes with an affordable £120 buy-in. The Grand Prix UK Main Event takes place over that time frame with Day 1’s

October 26, 2022 The World Poker Tour (WPT) is celebrating its 20th anniversary , and the occasion will culminate in just over a month with the $10,400 buy-in, $15 million GTD WPT World Championship at Wynn Lass Vegas. You might think that tournament, which will run December 12-18, is going to be filled with big-name

October 25, 2022 Season 13 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) continues this weekend at Iowa’s Riverside Casino. From October 27-30, an $1,110 buy-in, $300K GTD Main Event will take place, and PokerNews will be on-site to offer live updates! Since the beginning of October, $70 and $265 satellites have been qualifying players for the