January 30, 2022 Phil Hellmuth, NBA sharpshooter Steph Curry, and the entire Golden State Warriors basketball team will compete in a $10,000 buy-in charity poker tournament in San Francisco on February 5 to raise money for the Warriors Community Foundation. The buy-in, as well as rebuys, are $10,000 a pop. However, there’s also going to
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January 29, 2022 Warning: The following article contains graphic details involving murder and sexual assault. As family, friends and members of the poker community wait for answers in the Susie Zhao murder case, delays and pushbacks brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, changes to legal counsel and a filing error mean it will take longer
January 29, 2022 The Gulf Coast Poker Tour at Pearl River Resorts in Philadelphia, Mississippi wrapped up last weekend with Trace Henderson of Laurel, Mississippi taking down the $600 Milly in Philly Main Event for a payday worth $75,566. The Main Event attracted 990 entries and generated a prize pool just short of half a
January 28, 2022 Matt Berkey anticipated winning a six-figure pot with pocket aces in a January 21 “Live at the Bike” stream, right up until his opponent, Eric Hicks, gave him some bad news. The action in the $100/$200/$200 no-limit hold’em “Million Dollar Cash Game” began with Berkey, who had $93,000 to start the hand,
In the latest PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring and Chad Holloway discuss Phil Hellmuth defeating Tom Dwan in Round 3 of the High Stakes Duel III, plans for Bally’s to rebrand as Horseshoe Las Vegas in time for the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and Alex Yen winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts
January 28, 2022 The World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts Poker Open $3,500 Championship saw Alex Yen top a 1,982-entry field – the second-largest in WPT history – to etch his name on the Mike Sexton Champions Cup and claim a $975,240 top prize. However, that tournament was just one in the 33-event festival. The
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January 28, 2022 The poker world can often be a confusing one, even if you already know how to play poker. You can read as many poker strategy articles and books as you like, but it’s always an intimidating moment when you don’t quite understand the meaning of a certain word or phrase. There are
January 28, 2022 Sunday is the biggest day of the week for poker tournament grinders because it is when online poker sites run MTTs with the juiciest guarantees. This coming Sunday, January 30, will be massive at sites on the busy iPoker Network because those sites are slashing the buy-ins of their most popular Sunday
January 27, 2022 In the latest PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring and Chad Holloway discuss Phil Hellmuth defeating Tom Dwan in Round 3 of the High Stakes Duel III, plans for Bally’s to rebrand as Horseshoe Las Vegas in time for the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and Alex Yen winning the World Poker Tour
January 27, 2022 One of the most respected players in the mid-major poker scene, especially on the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS), and a competitor in the famed Kansas City Monday Night Poker Game passed away last week. The unfortunate news was shared by Strohm’s three sons – Scott, Nick, and Brian – in a social
Date Time (ET) Event Sun 30 Jan 10:00 Event #01: Series Opener, $150K GTD, Slow 11:30 Event #02: Sunday Freeze PKO, $150K GTD 13:00 Event #03: Half Price Sunday Million , $1m GTD 14:05 Event #04: PLO, $30K GTD 15:00 Event #05: Sunday Supreme, $200K GTD 16:00 Event #06: Sunday
January 27, 2022 The Winter XL Series on 888poker is fast approaching its last weekend of play, with the festival’s $500,000 guaranteed Main Event kicking off on Sunday, January 30 at 6 p.m. GMT. The Main Event is a two-day affair, with Day 1 closing once the nine-handed final table has been set. Day 2
January 27, 2022 The RunGood Poker Series is returning to one of its popular destinations next month — Jamul Casino in San Diego. From February 1-6, players in Southern California can take a shot at the $575 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament, which features a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. RunGood San Diego will also feature six
January 27, 2022 Unibet Poker has made it no secret that it is an online poker site that has its players at the forefront of everything it does. The recreational-friendly site has a raft of features that help level the playing field, from banning HUDs, to allowing frequent alias changes, and now it is helping
January 26, 2022 Alex Yen arrived at the final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Lucky Hearts Poker Open with the chip lead. He left the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino with a tournament title and $975,240. For Yen, it was his first-ever major tournament win and far and away the biggest score
January 26, 2022 For the eighth time in nine matches on PokerGO’s High Stakes Duel show, Phil Hellmuth was a winner Wednesday night when he defeated Tom Dwan in a highly competitive rematch. “It feels good. Tom is just one of the greatest players in the world,” Hellmuth said after his victory. “I like to
January 26, 2022 The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, California wrapped up this week with Victor Paredes of Modesto, California taking down the $1,700 Main Event to earn his first career Circuit ring and a six-figure score of $169,294. The tournament had two starting flights to attract
January 26, 2022 Bally’s, the new home for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) starting this coming summer, will undergo renovations and a complete rebranding. The old-school Las Vegas Strip resort, as of the spring, will become the Horseshoe, a national brand of casinos that WSOP historians and Vegas tourists might recognize. History of Bally’s
January 26, 2022 Phil Hellmuth will attempt to even the score against Tom Dwan tonight in a $400,000 heads-up match on High Stakes Duel III, which airs on PokerGO at 8 p.m. ET. Despite losing to “durrrr” in the first match back in August, it’s unlikely the “Poker Brat” will change things up in Wednesday’s