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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

December 15, 2021 Jon Sofen The Wynn Millions series from February 21 to March 20 is going to be one of the biggest non-World Series of Poker (WSOP) events the Las Vegas poker community has ever seen. For the second time in less than a year, the Wynn poker room on the Strip will host

December 14, 2021 Jon Sofen The man responsible for changing the way we watch poker on TV, Henry Orenstein, passed away at age 98. Details of his passing weren’t immediately available. Orenstein, a Holocaust survivor from Poland, is credited with inventing the hole card cam, arguably the top game-changer in poker. The hole card, which

December 13, 2021 Jon Sofen MGM Resorts International sent shockwaves through the Las Vegas casino industry Monday when the company announced the sale of the Mirage to Hard Rock International for $1.08 billion in cash. Mirage is one of the most iconic casinos in town and was once the home to the biggest poker games

December 12, 2021 Will Shillibier Two more champions were crowned on PokerStars last night as the 2021 European Poker Tour (EPT) Online continued. Christian “WATnlos” Rudolph bagged a title in Event 8: $530 NLHE 8-Max Progressive KO for cashes and bounty prizes worth almost $50,000, while Lithuania’s Audrius “Stakelis24” Stakelis added an EPT Online title