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Sep 21, 2024 4 min read The 2024 PokerStars World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Events are only a week away, with all three No-Limit Hold’em versions commencing at 5:30 p.m. BST on September 29. This means time is rapidly running out if you want to win your way into these huge tournaments and

Sep 20, 2024 5 min read Sebastian Huber‘s Team peace&loove held onto the lead in the inaugural WCOOP League thanks partly to one of its members becoming only the fifth person in PokerStars history to win ten World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) titles. Patrick “pads1161” Leonard triumphed in the $1,050 World Championship of Razz,

Sep 19, 2024 4 min read We’re well into the second week of the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on PokerStars, and the action is really heating up. The WCOOP League race continues to be close, especially at the top, with PokerStars Ambassadors doing their best to lead from the front and earn points

Sep 18, 2024 4 min read Sebastian Huber‘s “teampeace&loove” has retaken the WCOOP League after “FAL1st” enjoyed an incredible time at the PokerStars tables. Although “FAL1st” did not add to his four World Championship Of Online Poker victories, they came close with a trio of final table appearances. “FAL1st”‘s valiant performances helped Team peace&loove amass

Sep 17, 2024 4 min read The 888poker player known as “IOwnU888” warmed up for the XL Autumn Series in style on the evening of September 16 with an impressive double-whammy. The online tournament specialist not only chopped the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event but also pulled out over $12,000 worth of mystery bounties along

Sep 16, 2024 4 min read The EA Poker Tour (EAPT) found its way to the shores of Batumi, Georgia, for the first time in its eleven-year history and smashed guarantees all over the place in a spectacular series of poker that took place in the Eclipse Poker Club. After four live starting flights and

Sep 14, 2024 2 min read Never assume victory until the river card is dealt, which one player learned in a wild all-in hand during Friday night’s Hustler Casino Live stream. The $50/$100 ($100 big blind ante) no-limit hold’em cash game featured actor Emile Hirsch, star of the new poker movie, Dead Money, which came

Sep 14, 2024 3 min read Kerryjane Craigie, a PokerStars Ambassador and Director of Poker at the Hippodrome Casino, is leading the charge with the upcoming Women’s Winter Festival. This event aims to elevate inclusivity in poker and create new opportunities for women in the game. In this blog, Craigie shares her vision and the

Sep 13, 2024 4 min read It seems only two minutes ago since PokerNews announced 888poker LIVE was launching the UK Poker League (UKPL), yet here we are writing about the fledgling tour’s penultimate stop of 2024. Reading, the British town that gave the world authors like Jane Austen and Michael Bond, and comedian Ricky

Sep 12, 2024 4 min read The 2024 PokerStars WCOOP League has new leaders following some impressive results on September 11. After starting the day in second place, 25 points behind Fintan Hand‘s Team easywithaces, Sebastian Huber‘s Team peace&loove accumulated 235 points, propelling them to the top of the league; they also became the first

Sep 11, 2024 10 min read The Asian Poker Tour (APT) events have become must-play festivals not only for poker players from Asian countries and those surrounding them but also for poker tournament grinders the world over. Each stop has a bustling schedule of events across several disciplines and buy-in levels designed to put players

Sep 10, 2024 4 min read Brazil’s “Entaotoma” sat down at the 888poker $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event sixth from eight in chips. Armed with 25 big blinds, they weren’t particularly short, but its challenging to think they seriously fancied their chances of walking away with a victory, especially as the top two stacks held

Twenty years ago, Alexander Stevic etched his name in poker history by winning the inaugural European Poker Tour (EPT) Main Event. The 2004 series featured just five events, a humble beginning compared to today’s expansive, star-studded EPT circuit. That modest start became a springboard for aspiring poker players, transforming young upstarts into legends of the

Sep 07, 2024 4 min read The plan at the start of Day 6 of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona Main Event was to play down to the final six players, and for a while it looked like that might not happen until a flurry of dramatic eliminations in the final level

Sep 07, 2024 3 min read PokerNews ambassador and streamer Lukas “RobinPoker” Robinson is gearing up for a full slate of online poker action in the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), and his viewers can have a sweat for the series. Robinson is selling action for 18 events through StakeKings, meaning that members of

Sep 05, 2024 3 min read The laid-back atmosphere of the €50,000 Super High Roller Second Chance at the PokerStars European Poker Tour in Barcelona disguised the fact that over a million euros were on the line. Despite the high stakes, the fast-paced, two-day event (which could have easily wrapped up in just one day)

Sep 05, 2024 2 min read Phil Laak hadn’t won a poker tournament since 2010 when he entered the $560 buy-in Mega Millions XXVII at Parkwest Bicycle Casino. He left the legendary Los Angeles casino on Wednesday having ended the drought by taking it down for $380,245. The $2 million guaranteed no-limit hold’em tournament, along

Sep 04, 2024 3 min read The World Series of Poker Circuit Playground Main Event has wrapped up after five thrilling days in the bustling Playground. The massive field of 1,503 players was ultimately conquered by James Pillon, who triumphed after nearly nine hours of intense action on the final day. “I finally won one

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Sep 02, 2024 4 min read The Grosvenor Casino Westgate in Leeds was awash with poker players from far and wide from August 27 through to September 1 because the 888poker UK Poker League (UKPL) was in town. Seven events took place, including the £560 buy-in Main Event, which drew in 289 entrants and saw