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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

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