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Oct 04, 2024 5 min read After the success of the SCOOP League earlier in the year, the inaugural WCOOP league expanded to six teams and once again pitted PokerStars Ambassadors against one another with over the course of the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Now after four long weeks of competition, Team peace&loove

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Oct 02, 2024 2 min read Casino operator Jack Binion and fellow Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu will host the Keep Memory Alive charity poker tournament Nov. 8 at in Las Vegas. The festivities begin at 5 p.m. and will feature some world-class poker players such as World Series of Poker (WSOP) champion Ryan

Oct 01, 2024 3 min read The ninth Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival is returning to Resorts World Las Vegas and will take place from Nov. 3-7 in the middle of NAPT Las Vegas. Not only that but Cardplayer Lifestyle has partnered with PokerStars to run three co-branded tournaments during the festival, which takes place

Sep 30, 2024 4 min read A culmination of four starting flights saw 1,516 hopefuls make their way through the doors of the Banco Casino and onto the felt, competing for their share of the €667,040 prize pool. Three lengthy days of play concluded with Aliosha Staes lifting the trophy and laying claim to the

Kyle Anderson Sep 29, 2024 3 min read Hey, everyone. I’m Kyle Anderson, PokerNews ambassador and Ontario resident. Here is an update on everything that’s happened in the poker world in Ontario in the last month. Remember, ON players can legally play real money poker in Ontario, so PokerNews has come up with a list

Sep 28, 2024 7 min read Those who have been following PokerNews‘ World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) round-ups may have seen Danish player “AresVaettur” in the table of results. The Dane took down WCOOP 63-M: $530 NLHE 6-Max Turbo for $36,161, an impressive prize but one that many likely scanned past. However, there is

Sep 27, 2024 3 min read Unlucky for some, but for 13 players who were crowned champions last night, it was a very special night of World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) action on PokerStars! The festival takes its final rest day today, with action resuming on Saturday where all eyes will be on Parker

Sep 26, 2024 4 min read After Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis captured his first World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) title earlier in the series, and Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot added another four to his tally, Sebastian “peace&loove” Huber is the latest Team PokerStars member to become a 2024 WCOOP champion. Huber has racked up over

Stretch Network Sep 25, 2024 2 min read If you were on the fence about becoming a Stretch Network customer, now is the time to hop off and create your free account. Why? Because Stretch Network has just unveiled the World Poker League (WPL), an exciting three-season series with combined guarantees weighing in at €2

Sep 24, 2024 4 min read The $5,000 buy-in Main Event of the 2024 WSOP Online International festival at GGPoker has reached its nine-handed final table, and one of those finalists will pad their bankroll with a massive $4,021,012 top prize. The nine finalists return to battle at 6:00 p.m. GMT on September 24 to

Sep 23, 2024 4 min read The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) first ran in January 2007; Praz Bansi emerged victoriously in the GUKPT Bolton Main Event. In the 17 years since every GUKPT Main Event champion has been male, but that almost changed this weekend in Luton. However, almost is the operative word. The

Sep 22, 2024 3 min read The landscape of women’s poker has evolved significantly over the years, marked by the inspiring performances of female players. The poker stage has seen the rise of poker legends like Vanessa Selbst and Kristen Bicknell and the inspiring performances such as Rania Nasreddine and Olga Iermolcheva. One pivotal moment

Sep 21, 2024 4 min read The 2024 PokerStars World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Events are only a week away, with all three No-Limit Hold’em versions commencing at 5:30 p.m. BST on September 29. This means time is rapidly running out if you want to win your way into these huge tournaments and

Sep 20, 2024 5 min read Sebastian Huber‘s Team peace&loove held onto the lead in the inaugural WCOOP League thanks partly to one of its members becoming only the fifth person in PokerStars history to win ten World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) titles. Patrick “pads1161” Leonard triumphed in the $1,050 World Championship of Razz,

Sep 19, 2024 4 min read We’re well into the second week of the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on PokerStars, and the action is really heating up. The WCOOP League race continues to be close, especially at the top, with PokerStars Ambassadors doing their best to lead from the front and earn points

Sep 18, 2024 4 min read Sebastian Huber‘s “teampeace&loove” has retaken the WCOOP League after “FAL1st” enjoyed an incredible time at the PokerStars tables. Although “FAL1st” did not add to his four World Championship Of Online Poker victories, they came close with a trio of final table appearances. “FAL1st”‘s valiant performances helped Team peace&loove amass

Sep 17, 2024 4 min read The 888poker player known as “IOwnU888” warmed up for the XL Autumn Series in style on the evening of September 16 with an impressive double-whammy. The online tournament specialist not only chopped the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event but also pulled out over $12,000 worth of mystery bounties along

Sep 16, 2024 4 min read The EA Poker Tour (EAPT) found its way to the shores of Batumi, Georgia, for the first time in its eleven-year history and smashed guarantees all over the place in a spectacular series of poker that took place in the Eclipse Poker Club. After four live starting flights and

Sep 14, 2024 2 min read Never assume victory until the river card is dealt, which one player learned in a wild all-in hand during Friday night’s Hustler Casino Live stream. The $50/$100 ($100 big blind ante) no-limit hold’em cash game featured actor Emile Hirsch, star of the new poker movie, Dead Money, which came