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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

What countries can I play on WPT Global? WPT Global is currently live in: Albania, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, Gambia,

April 18, 2022 Friday’s Hustler Casino Live stream was perhaps the best and most memorable one ever, and Garrett Adelstein, who was dancing it up at Coachella, wasn’t even in the game. While we could feature a dozen or so hands from the stream, there’s one in particular — a $634,000 pot — that most

April 16, 2022 Ante Up Poker Media LLC, which was dedicated to everyday poker players and their poker rooms, was founded in June 2008 by Scott Long and Chris Cosenza. In addition to publishing Ante Up Magazine, which was distributed to rooms around the county, and hosting Ante Up Cruises on the high seas, the

April 16, 2022 Three weeks of non-stop tournament poker action at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Hollywood, Florida finally came to an end this past week in a series defined by huge turnouts and massive prize pools. The historic series, which kicked off on March 24 and wrapped up on Wednesday, generated $20.8

April 15, 2022 The Lodge Card Club in Austin will host the largest poker series to date in Texas history next month with $5 million guaranteed over 15 tournaments. PokerNews will be on-site live reporting seven events of The Lodge Championship Series, which runs May 4-24, including the $3,000 buy-in, $2 million GTD Main Event

April 14, 2022 Poker is an easy game when the deck smacks you in the face over and over again like it did for Wesley Flan on Hustler Casino Live Wednesday night. The supposed poker newbie (he says he’s only played for three months) turned $10,000 into $190,000 during the live-stream thanks in large part

April 13, 2022 As the final few tables of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Hollywood, Florida were playing out on Monday, the $1,500 buy-in WPTDeepStacks Sydney Main Event was underway across the globe in Australia. Just like at the tournament taking place at the Seminole Hard Rock, the WPTDeepStacks Sydney Main Event

April 12, 2022 Danny Tang defeated Lun Loon in heads-up play to win Event #5: $50,000 Short Deck in the Super High Roller Series Europe at Merit Crystal Cove Resort and Casino in North Cyprus. The event drew 32 entrants to create a prize pool of $1,600,000, with Tang taking home $640,000 for the victory.

April 11, 2022 Phil Ivey has done it again, this time outlasting a field of 32 to beat Ali Imsirovic heads-up and take down Event #4: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha in the Super High Roller Series Europe at the Merit Crystal Cove Resort and Casino in North Cyprus. This is Ivey’s second win in five cashes

April 10, 2022 It was just one week ago that poker pros Alex Foxen and Kristen Bicknell walked down the aisle in the Florida Keys and mutually spoke the special words, “I do.” Already in the Sunshine State, the poker power couple bypassed the honeymoon and hopped straight into the tournament action at the WPT

April 09, 2022 The early 2000s saw some stellar names crowned the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion. Chris “Jesus” Ferguson (2000), Carlos Mortensen (2001), and Robert Varkonyi (2002) each won “The Big Dance” in Las Vegas in a time when online poker either did not exist or was still in its infancy.

April 08, 2022 PokerStars has announced two new European Poker Tour stops for 2022, with Europe’s most prestigious poker tour returning to the popular Casino Barcelona for the first time since 2019. They also confirmed the return of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), along with the dates of the next PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em

April 07, 2022 It was the final event of the 2022 Triton Poker Cyprus stop after a 33-month hiatus due to the global pandemic and Winfred Yu topped the field of 41 entries to claim his second Triton Poker crown. Yu outlasted one of his close friends Ivan Leow to take home the top prize

April 06, 2022 A final table burst from poker Hall of Famer member Phil Ivey was enough to see him triumph in Event #3: $75,000 Short Deck, taking home $1,170,000 in the process. This is his third final-table in four events at the Triton Poker Cyprus festival. He defeated Wai Kiat Lee heads-up to top

April 05, 2022 The latest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit stop at Bally’s in Las Vegas wrapped up on Sunday and culminated with Italy’s Andrea Buonocore taking down the $1,700 Main Event on March 30 for $143,229 and his first career ring. The Italian defeated two-time bracelet winner Eric Baldwin during heads-up play, who