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January 05, 2022 Matthew Pitt Christian Rudolph can finally call himself a GGPoker Super MILLION$ champion. Rudolph’s 68 attempt in a Super MILLON$ event ended with him walking away with the $485,234 top prize and the title of champion. Rudolph sat down at the nine-handed final table second in chips, and everyone in the online

January 04, 2022 Natural8 Natural8, one of the skins on the reputable GGPoker Network, celebrates its sixth anniversary next month. To celebrate, there will be five flipouts and one free-for-all freeroll for all players, with $28,000+ worth of prizes in total to be won. Each flipout has a prize pool of $3,888, with the final

January 03, 2022 Matthew Pitt Happy New Year from everyone at PokerNews! 2022 looks set to be a massive year for online poker if the opening weekend’s action is anything to go by. There were dozens of massive scores on January 3, including one weighing in at $108,655 for the Swedish online poker legend known

December 30, 2021 Jon Sofen Phil Galfond has decided to close down Run it Once internationally. But he isn’t ready to end his run as the owner of an online poker site. In fact, he’s now setting his sights on the United States market as he announced in a blog post. PokerNews reached out to

December 31, 2021 Jon Sofen Going without a live World Series of Poker (WSOP) in 2020 felt a bit like a kid waking up Christmas morning to discover that Santa didn’t bring any presents. Thankfully, poker’s greatest spectacle returned in 2021, and it was the biggest and most satisfying story of the year. The pandemic

December 30, 2021 Chad Holloway 0 Hosts: Sarah Herring @auntychardonnayChad Holloway @ChadAHolloway LibsynSpotifyiTunesPodbeanPlayerFmStitcher On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is the last of the year, Sarah Herring and Chad Holloway talk a look back at the top half of the Top 10 Stories from 2021! These include the sheer number of players

December 29, 2021 Jon Sofen Dan Bilzerian appeared on Doug Polk’s podcast Wednesday afternoon, and the conversation was often contentious, especially when the Upswing Poker founder grilled the Instagram icon over how he really made his money. Bilzerian’s wealth accumulation has long been a debated subject. The GGPoker ambassador claims he didn’t receive a trust

December 28, 2021 Calum Grant After five Main Event flights and two more days of play, the 2021 partypoker Millions Online Main Event has concluded with Argentina’s Ramiro Petrone being the eventual victor. He became the rightful owner of the $859,018 up top after defeating Spanish-Andorran player Juan Dominguez in heads up play. The event

December 27, 2021 Will Shillibier Winning two bracelets at the same World Series of Poker is a rare feat that less than 60 players have achieved during the long and storied history of the WSOP. A whole host of familiar names have achieved the feat including Scotty Nguyen, Max Pescatori and Brian Rast, with Doyle

December 27, 2021 Calum Grant The third starting flight of the MILLIONS Online Main Event on partypoker played out on Sunday, December 26 with a host of notable names making it through the next stage of the event. Day 1c saw a total of 237 entrants with just 36 players advancing to Day 2. The

December 25, 2021 Chad Holloway Since running deep in the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, Bernard Lee has become a fixture in the poker world, both as a player and as a media personality. This year not only marked the 14th anniversary of The Bernard Lee Poker Show, but it’s also the

December 24, 2021 Jon Sofen Johnny Chan’s venture as a poker room part-owner in Texas was short-lived. Three weeks after the club mysteriously closed its doors, a new owner has purchased the business and is rebranding the club as the 101 Poker Club. When Johnny Chan’s 88 Social poker room closed temporarily in early December,

December 23, 2021 Jon Sofen Poker and Jeopardy! champ Alex Jacob helped a fellow game show contestant win a new car following a controversial conclusion to a recent Wheel of Fortune episode. Charlene Rubish reached the Bonus Round on the show and only needed to solve one final puzzle to win an Audi Q3, a

On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is the penultimate of the year, Sarah Herring and Chad Holloway take a look back at half of the Top 10 Stories from 2021! These include the launch of ClubGG by GGPoker as well as online poker in the state of Michigan. They also take a

December 22, 2021 Connor Richards Sweden’s “WhatIfGod” successfully defended his title in the European Poker Tour Online Main Event by taking down Event #32: $5,200 NLHE Main Event on PokerStars for $363,641. “WhatIfGod,” who won the same event in 2020 for $1,019,082, earned consecutive titled by defeating PokerStars ambassador and Ramon “RamonColillas” Colillas after an

December 21, 2021 Natural8 It’s that jolly time of the year again, and to round up 2021, Natural8 will be hosting a 12-Day Christmas Challenge! This unique challenge will see players completing daily missions over 12 days to win up to $1,888 in prizes! How it Works The Christmas Challenge will feature 8 different missions,

December 19, 2021 Jon Sofen Taylor Black lost a massive lead at the final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic, but he showed some resiliency and still ended up winning the tournament for $1,241,430. Black entered Day 5 of the $10,400 buy-in event on Sunday with more than half

December 18, 2021 Jon Sofen Following three grueling days of intense action at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, the $10,400 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic is down to its final table of six. One of those lucky and skilled individuals will walk away from the Strip casino with $1,241,430, and

December 17, 2021 Jon Sofen Justin Bonomo’s lead atop the all-time live tournament cashes leaderboard might be short lived. Bryn Kenney, who entered the day only $260,000 behind, bagged a huge stack on Day 3 at the 2021 World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic at Bellagio in Las Vegas. He could be

December 16, 2021 Jon Sofen The 2021 World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic at Bellagio will head into Day 3 on Friday near the money, and with a plethora of big name pros still chasing the $1.2 million first place prize. Bryn Kenney, Joseph Cheong, and Matt Berkey were among those who