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May 08, 2022 Daniel Negreanu gave his two cents on why women are underrepresented in poker, and in doing so he was heavily criticized by some for implying that one gender is more predisposed to enjoy the game. However, many others agreed with the GGPoker ambassador, creating an interesting and much needed debate on an

May 07, 2022 Three years ago, Randy Garcia called out poker pro Maurice Hawkins, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit’s all-time leading ring winner, for failing to live up to a backing agreement. At the time, a final judgment was issued by the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit in and for Palm

May 06, 2022 Keeping it real went wrong at Hustler Casino in Los Angeles Tuesday night during what turned out to be a violent $2/$5 no-limit hold’em game. Three players involved in the game, as we are told by Hustler Casino GM Shaun Yaple, who was off work that day, began firing insults at each

May 05, 2022 Guests: Dara O’Kearney In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring, Chad Holloway, and Jesse Fullen talk about the recent Hustler Casino Live (HCL) stream featuring heavy influences and a couple of poker pros. One of those pros, Phil Hellmuth, caused quite a stir after finding himself in a controversial

May 04, 2022 Brandon Bloom The 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®️ continued with the €50,000 No-Limit Hold’em, and after a bit over twelve hours of play, Pascal Lefrancois emerged as the victor following a heads-up deal with Seth Davies at the Monte-Carlo Sporting complex on the French Riviera. The event attracted

May 03, 2022 As we learned in his recent contentious heads-up match against Phil Hellmuth, Eric Persson sure does love to talk and isn’t a fan of sleeves. Both seemed to work in his favor during Monday’s High Stakes Poker episode much like it did versus the “Poker Brat” last month. Episode 11 of the

May 02, 2022 It’s been bantered about the rumor mill for months, but now it’s official! Deadline has reported, and PokerNews has confirmed, that a biopic of the great Doyle Brunson is in development with Radar Pictures, and if poker fans have any doubts as to how great it could be, they might be comforted

May 01, 2022 Poker fans accused Phil Hellmuth of pulling an angle-shoot in an all-in pot against Twitch streamer Slime, an amateur poker player, during Sunday’s special Hustler Casino Live stream, and it’s the topic of our latest edition of The Muck. Those at the table casually joked about Hellmuth “cheating,” and no one in

April 30, 2022 The first major title of the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® at the Monte-Carlo Sporting complex on the French Riviera has been awarded. Out of a field of 83 entries in Event #4: €10,200 Mystery Bounty, French entrepreneur Jean-Noel Thorel prevailed in heads-up against Spanish poker pro

April 29, 2022 Sunday’s special Hustler Casino Live stream could set viewership records when YouTube sensations MrBeast and Ludwig Ahgren battle in a $100/$200 no-limit hold’em cash game against poker legends Tom Dwan and Phil Hellmuth, who will meet again on High Stakes Duel III next month. Chess Twitch streamer Alexandra Botez, who has taken

April 28, 2022 Five people, including former World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit ring champion Mohammad “Moe” Moeini, were shot dead Wednesday morning during a Southern Mississippi killing spree. According to Fox 8, the suspect, 32-year-old Jeremy Alesunder Reynolds, barricaded himself inside the Canal Grocery store in Biloxi, a poker hotbed, before police tear-gassed the

April 27, 2022 Phil Ivey’s odds of collecting on the $1.9 million line of credit he gave a Las Vegas cannabis dispensary investor may have decreased as the company he’s suing has filed for bankruptcy protection. On April 11, a company Ivey originally helped bankroll back in 2014 — NuVeda, LLC — filed for Chapter

April 26, 2022 Bryn Kenney, accused of running a cult-like poker cheating scheme, gave an exclusive interview with PokerNews’ Sarah Herring Tuesday afternoon, and denied most of the allegations against him. Herring, a poker industry veteran and co-host of the PokerNews Podcast, openly admitted from the get-go that she is a long-time friend of Kenney,

April 25, 2022 Stanley Tang, co-founder of the DoorDash food delivery app, made his High Stakes Poker debuton Monday night’s new episode, and things didn’t exactly go his way, especially in a $600,000 pot against Krish Menon. Tang, a 29-year-old Hong Kong billionaire tech entrepreneur with a Computer Science degree from Stanford University, is an

April 24, 2022 The European Poker Tour (EPT) returns to the world-famous Monte-Carlo Casino for the first time since 2019 and PokerNews’ live reporting team will be on the ground from April 28 through to May 7, bringing you live and exclusive updates from six of the schedule’s biggest events. Our coverage starts with the

April 23, 2022 Two of the greatest performers in World Poker Tour history — Chino Rheem and Darren Elias — reached the finals of the $25,000 buy-in PokerGO Tour Heads-Up Showdown Saturday, with the former coming out victorious for $400,000. The two finalists were joined by Isaac Kempton and Justin Young in the semifinals. Elias

April 22, 2022 The first ever $25,000 buy-in PokerGO Tour Heads-Up Showdown has condensed down from 32 players to the final four, one of whom is Darren Elias who defeated Daniel Negreanu in the quarterfinals Friday afternoon. When the day began at noon in Las Vegas, 16 players remained, each needing to win two matches

April 21, 2022 Poker’s recent slate of cheating scandals has evolved from utter insanity into pure outrageousness following Martin Zamani’s interview on the Doug Polk Podcast Thursday afternoon, which you can view in full at the bottom of this article. Bryn Kenney, poker’s all-time money list leader at $57.2 million according to The Hendon Mob,

April 20, 2022 Ali Imsirovic versus Alex Foxen heads-up for $400,000? It could happen this week in the $25,000 PokerGO Tour Heads-Up Showdown, a 32-player tournament pitting some of the best players in the world. Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, and two noted slowrollers — Dylan Gang and Shaun Deeb — will also be in the

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