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February 14, 2024 As the grassroots poker community eagerly anticipates the APAT’s European Championship of Amateur Poker (ECOAP), scheduled to take place from February 21 to 25, 2024, at Aspers Casino in London, players and enthusiasts alike are gearing up for five days of thrilling competition. With a lineup of diverse events, including the highly

February 14, 2024 We’ve all heard about the importance of being aggressive in poker, but the real trick is knowing when and how to put that aggression into action. Join us in the next episode of Made To Learn, where 888poker Ambassador Alexandre “Cavalito” Mantovani spills the beans on five practical tips to bring some

February 13, 2024 It was an exciting weekend in Las Vegas as hundreds of thousands of football fans made their way to the city for the most-watched Super Bowl in history. As one might expect from a massive sporting event in the world’s gambling capital, poker made up an integral part of the Super Bowl

February 10, 2024 By now you’ve no doubt heard about the World Poker Tour (WPT) and their upcoming WPT Voyage, which will take place from March 31-April 6, 2024 as they take over an entire Virgin Voyages cruise ship – the 1,400-cabin Valiant Lady – for a six-day poker festival that features $1.5 million in

February 11, 2024 CardPlayer Lifestyle will be holding its seventh Mixed Game Festival in Las Vegas later this month, giving low-stakes poker players an opportunity to explore new poker variants and trade pots with poker legends. The Mixed Game Festival VII will take place Feb. 25-29 at Resorts World Las Vegas, one of the premier

February 11, 2024 Poker player Sean Perry, who claims to be one of the best sports bettors in the world, lost a $1.1 million Super Bowl bet on the San Francisco 49ers. The Niners lost Sunday night to the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs in overtime, 25-22, in a thrilling game for the ages. Patrick

February 12, 2024 Vincent Meli has added the 2024 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Manchester Main Event title to his many poker accomplishments, as his rich vein of form shows no signs of slowing down. In November 2023, Meli came out on top in the £1,100 PokerStars UKIPT Nottingham Grand Final, helping himself to a

February 12, 2024 Poker got a mainstream shoutout during the biggest advertising day of the year as Beyoncé revealed and released “Texas Hold ‘Em,” a new track that will no doubt get a portion of the pop queen’s tens of millions of listeners talking about the namesake card game. Beyoncé, one of the most popular

February 12, 2024 Just days after a split with GGPoker, high-stakes crusher and 10-time Triton champion Jason Koon has signed a representation agreement with Poker Royalty. Koon will add himself to the poker marketing agency’s impressive list of stars which already includes Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Antonio Esfandiari, and 2023 WSOP Main Event champion Daniel

February 13, 2024 Get ready for an exciting poker event in South Africa, as the SunBet Poker Tour starts off 2024 with a thrilling series at Time Square Casino in Pretoria, offering a guaranteed prize pool of R12 million (approx $630,000). This year’s series is not just longer but also more fun, lasting for 12

February 13, 2024 After a crazy and chaotic day of wild Houston poker, the 146 players that returned from a total field of 1,276 have been whittled down to one man left standing. When the dust settled, it was James Galloway who claimed the victory in the Champions Club Winter Poker Open $400 Mystery Bounty.

February 13, 2024 Although it is preferable to reach the final table of a poker tournament as the chip leader, you can still emerge victoriously if you are part of the chasing pack. “Raise28” is a shining example of this. “Raise28” sat down at the 888poker $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event fifth in chips but

February 13, 2024 Poker players love going into major tournaments on a run of form, and what better to warm up for the upcoming PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris festival than by taking down one of the toughest online poker tournaments? That is precisely what Dimitar “KuuL” Danchev did over the weekend. The 2013

February 04, 2024 Matt Berkey came after his poker coaching competitor Jonathan Little earlier this week, and perhaps that served as a bit of motivation for the latter, who conquered the 2024 PokerGO Cup finale and overall series crown on Saturday. Daniel Negreanu, who came to Little’s defense, was quite thrilled with the outcome, to

February 03, 2024 Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot, who wasn’t even involved in the hand to the flop, lashed out at poker vlogger Mariano Grandoli for taking too long to call an all in bet with pocket kings during Friday’s Hustler Casino Live stream. There were some mixed reactions to Airball’s critical comments in the YouTube

February 03, 2024 Poker legend Phil Laak is set to appear on High Stakes Poker for the first time since 2011 when the 12th season of the popular show returns to PokerGO this spring. The high-stakes cash game series, set to premiere on February 19, will air 12 episodes on Mondays through May. Laak will

February 03, 2024 By now you’ve no doubt heard about the World Poker Tour (WPT) and their upcoming WPT Voyage, which will take place from March 31-April 6, 2024 as they take over an entire Virgin Voyages cruise ship – the 1,400-cabin Valiant Lady – for a six-day poker festival that features $1.5 million in

February 02, 2024 Two things are clear: Matt Berkey is passionate about the game of poker, and he seems to regularly find himself involved in social media flame wars with his peers. But has the Solve for Why founder’s recent actions on X gone too far, or do the people he’s trashed have it coming?

February 02, 2024 Next week, the Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) will host an “All In For Epilepsy” event in Las Vegas, where attendees will have the chance to rub elbows with some major sports stars. The event will take place on Feb. 8 at View Nightclub at Palms in Las Vegas and is scheduled

February 02, 2024 Guests: Daniel Cates Cody Daniels Mike Watson Dylan Weisman Dylan DeStefano On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast sponsored by WPT Global, Chad Holloway, Connor Richards, and Matt Hansen recap the recently-completed Borgata Winter Open, acknowledge the Anthony Zinno allegations, and dive into the PokerGO Cup. It was there that Connor