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May 26, 2022 Three more XL Spring Series events took place online at 888poker on May 25 and all three obliterated their guaranteed prize pool. The trio had combined guarantees worth $52,000 but they paid out $78,490 by the time they had crowned their champion. Montenegro’s “DEADyshka” was the biggest winner of the evening courtesy

May 25, 2022 When Ole Schemion won the GGPoker Super MILLION$ in October 2020, he did so after sitting down at the final table in seventh place. Schemion bagged himself a second Super MILLION$ title, one that was part of the GG Online Championship and one that came with a massive $1,447,417 payday. He took

May 24, 2022 This week’s GGPoker Super MILLION$ is part of the $150 million guaranteed GG Online Championship (GGOC) so comes with extra prestige. It also comes with extra prize money thanks to 1,002 players buying in and creating a guarantee-busting $10,200,000 prize pool. The prize pool is so large that everyone at the final

May 22, 2022 There’s no denying that poker players and fans love Player of the Year races, just ask Shaun Deeb and Daniel Negreanu who often compete for World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year. Likewise, points leaderboards, like the one at Super High Roller Bowl Europe won by Phil Ivey, help fuel

May 21, 2022 Former professional poker player and attorney Todd Terry passed away this week after a nearly decade-long battle with a devastating neurological disease. Terry, who made numerous deep runs at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and on the World Poker Tour (WPT) and was a known and respected voice in the poker

October 03, 2021 Matthew Pitt The focus of players heading to the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is on tournament poker, and rightly so because that is what the WSOP is all about. Eighty-eight live bracelet-awarding events plus an additional 11 online bracelets adorn the bustling 2021 WSOP schedule. It is fair to say

May 19, 2022 If anyone has the credentials to write and produce a biopic about the eventful life of poker legend Doyle Brunson, it might be Justin “Boosted J” Smith. A former high-stakes poker pro turned Hollywood producer, Smith has personally battled on the felt with “Texas Dolly” and remains connected to the high-stakes community.

May 18, 2022 It’s becoming a broken record at this point, but yet another violent incident occurred nearby the Legends Poker Room in Houston as a robbery suspect was shot to death Wednesday morning. The shooting had nothing to do with anything poker room related, except for the fact that similar incidents in the area

May 17, 2022 On Tuesday night, Phil Hellmuth extended his High Stakes Duel record to 9-1 after defeating Scott Seiver in Round 4 of High Stakes Duel III. Each player put up $400,000, meaning Hellmuth claimed an $800,000 prize. Seiver can now match that if he wants a rematch in Round 5, and if he

May 16, 2022 The WPT Choctaw Main Event is leaving Durant, Oklahoma for a trip to Las Vegas on May 26 as the final table of six has been achieved. Some big name pros, including Chance Kornuth and Kristen Foxen, are still alive in the chase for the $486,600 first place prize. Monday’s Day 3

May 15, 2022 The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will be stopping at Silverado-Franklin Casino in Deadwood, South Dakota later this month for the South Dakota State Poker Championship. The South Dakota State Poker Championship will feature the $1,110 buy-in Main Event, a two-day event with two starting flights that will run from May 20-22. At

May 15, 2022 Unibet Poker is the online poker site to be at in May if you love nothing more than grinding jackpot sit & go tournaments. Why? Because the exciting HexaPro Races have returned and are paying out up to €250 every day during the fifth month of the year. HexaPro tournaments are three-handed

May 13, 2022 The first of two Day 1 starting flights took place Friday in the $3,800 buy-in World Poker Tour at Choctaw Casino in Durant, Oklahoma, and 336 players have already entered, putting the tournament well on pace to crush the $2 million guarantee. Day 1b will begin at noon CT on Saturday, and

World famous footballer Neymar Jr, talks to PokerNews about his upcoming SCOOP schedule and his chances at winning. He also calls out his good friends Andre Akkari and Rafael Morales about the fact that he is beating them in a home game!! — LATEST POKER NEWS, STRATEGY AND UPDATES —www.pokernews.com — LEARN TO PLAY TEXAS

May 11, 2022 Any poker fan who has ever wanted to buy a small piece of the legendary Daniel Negreanu now has the chance as Negreanu’s no-markup 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) package will go live on PocketFives on Thursday, May 12 at 5 p.m. PT. The GGPoker ambassador took to social media to

May 10, 2022 Phil Hellmuth will have to dodge bullets, baby, against someone other than Tom Dwan during Round 4 of High Stakes Duel III on PokerGO, which was scheduled to take place Thursday. Dwan, as PokerGO announced, has backed out of the $800,000 match due to “scheduling conflicts.” But the “Poker Brat” can’t quit

May 09, 2022 The embroiled Bryn Kenney, who has recently been at the center of cheating allegations, took one of the worst bad beats in High Stakes Poker history, losing a $934,000 pot against Krish Menon. The show was filmed on PokerGO long before the recent allegations came to light. Kenney, poker’s all-time winningest live

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