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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

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