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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

December 11, 2021 Will Shillibier Day 3 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Online saw the biggest buy-in event of the festival so far, with the $5,200 Short Deck High Roller won by Finland’s Jussi “calvin7v” Nevanlinna. Meanwhile, the $1,050 NLHE 8-Max is down to just 12 players with Czech player Vojta “vojta555cz” Škalák

December 10, 2021 Calum Grant Andrey “Anjeyyy” Novak Triumphs in EPT Online Series Opener EPT Online 01: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Series Opener], $250K Gtd – Trophy Event #1 Final Table Results Romania Takes Gold and Silver in EPT Online Mini 03 EPT Online Mini 03: $55 NLHE, $100K Gtd Final Table Results Alysson “Brunopoker94” Bruno

December 09, 2021 Matthew Pitt The 2021 European Poker Tour (EPT) Online festival shuffled up and dealt on December 8, and the series crowned its first three champions. Day 1 of the bustling schedule also saw the $1,050 buy-in Series Opener whittle its 334-strong field to a more manageable 47, who return to the virtual

December 08, 2021 Matthew Pitt Head over to Run It Once Poker before December 12 and get involved in the latest edition of the site’s leaderboards. There are six cash game leaderboards and three focussed on SNG tournaments, and with top prizes of €400, they are not to be missed. The leaderboards represent incredible value

December 06, 2021 Jon Sofen Johnny Chan’s 88 Social poker club in Houston mysteriously closed its doors this past weekend, presumably temporarily. Mike Matusow, who said on “The Mouthpiece” podcast Monday that he’s contemplating purchasing the card room, spoke with the 1987 and 1988 world champion privately about the situation. It’s been a strange few

December 05, 2021 Christian Zetzsche The 2021 World Series of Poker Europe has crowned a new maiden gold bracelet winner as Romain Le Dantec, who was playing his first €10,000 buy-in event, defeated fellow countryman Sonny Franco in heads-up to come out on top of an 73-entry strong field in Event #13: €10,000 NLH 6-Max.