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May 18, 2023 Doug Polk admitted on social media that he’s considering selling some of his action in the upcoming $1 million buy-in games on Hustler Casino Live. That sparked some debate as some claimed that selling pieces impacts the way a backed player plays, while others argued that poker players should only play a

May 17, 2023 In the ever-evolving world of online poker, TigerGaming has introduced an innovative feature called All-In Cash Out. This unique addition aims to reduce the unpredictable swings associated with cash games, allowing players to secure their equity and minimize the impact of potential bad beats. By offering players the option to cash out

May 16, 2023 Daniel Negreanu and Eric Persson battled for some huge pots on Tuesday’s High Stakes Poker show on PokerGO, and the former got the best of it. The high roller poker players recently faced off heads-up on High Stakes Duel IV Round 1, with “DNegs” taking down the match for $100,000. His opponent

May 15, 2023 On Sunday night, the poker world lost a legend in Doyle Brunson, who passed away at the age of 89. The loss of the 10-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet winner sent shockwaves through the poker world, with titans such as Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, and Jen Harman sharing their

May 14, 2023 The poker world is mourning the loss of one of its most iconic superstars, Doyle Brunson, who passed away this weekend at the age of 89. Details of his passing and the cause of death weren’t available at the time of publishing. “It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing

May 13, 2023 Friday night’s Hustler Casino Live stream was so entertaining that producer Ryan Feldman cut it short and will air the rest on May 25, one day prior to the show’s historic $1 million buy-in poker game. The decision to stop the stream in the middle of a juicy game didn’t sit well

May 12, 2023 Poker House Dallas, one of the top card rooms in Texas, is facing a forced closure from the city over a Certificate of Occupancy (CO) issue. The North Texas poker club, according to a statement provided to PokerNews, is currently at the mercy of the court system as it hopes to remain

May 11, 2023 The World Poker Tour will head to Southeast Asia next week for an exciting WPT Prime Vietnam series that runs May 16-29 at the Crown Poker Club in Hanoi. When the series begins, it will be the seventh Prime Tour stop of Season XXI. The WPT Main Tour wrapped up a trip

May 10, 2023 The Rattlesnake Open VI on Global Poker got underway earlier this week and has already had plenty of big winners. The series is one of the biggest on the social poker site’s calendar with 109 events in each of Global Poker’s in-game currencies—Gold Coins (GC) events and Sweeps Coins (SC). In total,

May 09, 2023 Three days after losing $1 million in a bitter heads-up poker match, Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot gave credit where credit is due to his new rival Matt Berkey. Some may have expected the Hustler Casino Live regular to make excuses for the beatdown, perhaps blaming variance. Instead, he took the high road

May 08, 2023 Bin Weng has been virtually unstoppable since the beginning and the year and has now reached consecutive World Poker Tour (WPT) final tables. The Philadelphia area poker pro is one of six players on Monday who made the WPT Choctaw final table, which will take place in Las Vegas at Luxor’s HyperX

May 07, 2023 Anthony Zinno, who recorded his 37th World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Tour cash at Choctaw on Sunday, is unquestionably one of the top players in the game today. His poker tournament resume is comparable to some of the best, but does he get the recognition he deserves? Who better to ask that

May 06, 2023 The poker Twitter Spaces conversations over the past week have apparently been mostly productive. Doug Polk and Charlie Carrel both aired out their grievances over the phone instead of via 280 characters on the blue bird app, and it appears they’ve mended fences. Earlier this week, it seemed as if there was

May 05, 2023 Mike Matusow used patience and persistence to grind out a $20,000 win against Shaun Deeb on the High Stakes Duel IV undercard Friday afternoon on PokerGO. “The Mouth” didn’t pick up many monster hands — neither did his opponent — but he avoided having one of his patented meltdowns. The $10,000 buy-in

May 04, 2023 Baseball legends Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux, and Frank Thomas were among the superstar athletes in attendance Sunday night at Circa Las Vegas’s Legacy Club for the Baller Dream Foundation Celebrity Poker Tournament, which raised over $175,000 — and counting — for a good cause. Former offensive lineman Evan Mathis, who spent 12

May 03, 2023 Alan Keating made his High Stakes Poker debut on Tuesday — Episode 13 of Season 10 — where he did some punting, including a huge misstep misreading his hand in a monster pot. High Stakes Poker returned to its regularly scheduled taped version, five days after PokerGO hosted what turned out to

May 02, 2023 On Tuesday, the World Poker Tour (WPT) $3,500 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown saw the final 16 players from a 2,290-entry field return to play down to the final table of six. It took approximately six hours, but eventually, the finalists were set with Bin Weng and his stack of 46.05 million

May 01, 2023 While many of the biggest stars from poker’s golden era of the mid-2000s are only mentioned in “Where Are They Now?” pieces, Patrik Antonius is not one of them. In fact, the Finland all-time money leader is as relevant as ever. Not only is Antonius still regularly competing in the televised cash

April 30, 2023 On Saturday night, Day 1b of the World Poker Tour (WPT) $3,500 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was taking place in the main ballroom at the Seminole Hard Rock in South Florida. Across the hall, Event #48: $250 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em was also playing out. That tournament attracted 83 entries and offered

April 29, 2023 The World Poker Tour (WPT) $3,500 Poker Showdown at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood attracted more than 1,100 entrants on Saturday’s Day 1b, and two of the competitors in the field were ClubWPT qualifiers Metti Saliu and Jon Batye. The night before, the WPT took the two qualifiers on a catamaran ride complete