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December 30, 2022 The New Year is not only an opportunity for poker players to look ahead, perhaps setting new resolutions and goals, but also a chance to look back at the year gone by. In 2022, that entails remembering those players who passed on. Here’s a look at some of those we lost over

December 30, 2022 Every poker player around the world is putting together plans to have their best ever year at the tables. What better way to kick-start 2023 than by reeling in a guaranteed $1 million prize during the first week of the New Year? It is possible thanks to The Return: a Borgata Championship

December 28, 2022 Alex Fitzgerald People always want to know what to do when their ace-king (AKA Big Slick) misses. Today, we will take a look at that question. To begin, let’s start with preflop play. There are very few situations where you should not be reraising with your ace-king preflop. Generally, you want to

December 28, 2022 You might have noticed that a small percentage of your pot/tournament entry fee is taken by the casino whenever you play cash game poker or register for a tournament. This is called the “rake” and there’s no running away from this. With rakeback promotions, however, you can get back a portion of

December 26, 2022 The Hustler Casino Live (HCL) alleged cheating scandal has taken the poker world by storm this year. Robbi Jade Lew made a stunning call for over $100,000 during a Sept. 29 Hustler live stream with jack-high and won against the eight-high of Garrett Adelstein, who immediately accused her of cheating. The Los

December 25, 2022 To say it’s been a roller coaster year full of ups and downs for poker in Texas would be quite an understatement. In our sixth top story of 2022, we take a look back at the past 365 days of the good and bad that transpired across the Lone Star State in

December 24, 2022 Christmas came early for one lucky New Jersey poker player and her dealers at an Atlantic City casino. Earlier this week, the Monmouth County woman hit a progressive poker table ganes mega jackpot at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City that earned her $1,681,458 off a $5 bet. The woman, who casino officials identified

December 23, 2022 Guests: Eliot Hudon Dave McGowan On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Jesse Fullen, and Connor Richards wrap up the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at Wynn Poker. That includes recapping winners from the $1,100 WPT Prime and Ladies Championship, the $1,600 Wynn Mystery Bounty (hear from Dave

December 22, 2022 It didn’t take long for Jason Koon to follow up his High Stakes Duel win with another big victory. The GGPoker ambassador lost a huge chip lead at the final table of the winner-take-all PokerGO Tour Championship, but then he battled back to take it down for $500,000. Following Day 1 (Wednesday),

December 22, 2022 The All-in or Fold (AoF) cash game games at GGPoker are some of the most exciting games you can play in thanks to the action the short-stacked naturally generates. The Omaha version of the AoF cash games are even more exciting and potentially much more lucrative, thanks to the new All-In Fortune

One of the biggest events in poker history — the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship — concluded with Canada’s Eliot Hudon claiming the $4,136,000 first place prize, beating out a massive field of 2,960 entrants at Wynn Las Vegas. — LATEST POKER NEWS, STRATEGY AND UPDATES —https://www.pokernews.com — LEARN TO PLAY TEXAS HOLD’EM —https://www.pokernews.com/poker-rules…

December 20, 2022 The 16th season of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) concluded in London over the weekend with the crowning of the £2,000 GUKPT Grand Final champion. Rugby’s Daniel Bedson is that champion after he outlasted 327 opponents to scoop £105,000 of the £576,480 prize pool. The tournament paid out 31 places, and

December 19, 2022 Bundle up and stay warm indoors this winter! The long-awaited once-a-year World Series of Poker (WSOP) Winter Circuit edition is back on Natural8. This year’s Winter Circuit comes with a $150,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, making it the circuit with the biggest prize pool ever. From 4th December 2022 until 9th January 2023,

Mr. Jiggitties himself, Brad Owen, the most popular poker vlogger in the world, finished Day 4 with 9,750,000 and has already locked up the biggest cash of his career. He spoke to PokerNews’ Lara Neacy to clap back at podcast hosts Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen, after they incorrectly predicted an early demise for the

December 17, 2022 France’s Mathieu Di Meglio has won the €3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty at PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague for €243,186 after defeating heads-up opponent Vlada Stojanovic of Croatia after what proved to be a back-and-forth heads-up battle. Di Meglio is primarily an online player and had $44,046 in Hendon Mob-reported live earnings heading

December 16, 2022 In his very first live tournament, in the very first APT Da Nang Vietnam Main Event, South Korea’s Doo Sik Nam topped a 411-player field to win 2,598,290,000 ₫ (~$109,128). He beat Vietnam’s Duc Trung Vu heads-up, beating his previous best position of third at APT Ho Chi Minh Main Event in

December 15, 2022 As it turned out, the $15 million guarantee in the WPT World Championship was merely a starting point. At around 7 p.m. PT during Wednesday’s Day 1c session, registration closed with 2,960 total entries, creating a World Poker Tour record-setting prize pool of $29,008,000. On the final Day 1 starting flight, there

December 14, 2022 Season 2 Stop 1 of the PokerStars VR Metaverse Poker Tour is done and dusted and it is fair to say it was a roaring success enjoyed by everyone who donned a VR headset and battled it out at the immersive virtual felt. More than 7,000 players competed over the 48 events!

December 13, 2022 Day 1a of the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas was a rousing success with 615 entrants, which included many of poker’s biggest stars such as Justin Bonomo, who bagged a monster stack. The $10,400 buy in tournament has a guaranteed $15 million prize pool, a live poker record. But after

December 11, 2022 Erik Seidel is known for many things in the poker world. He is a member of the Poker Hall of Fame. He sits fifth on the all-time money list with over $42 million in live earnings and is tied with Johnny Moss in fifth on the all-time World Series of Poker (WSOP)