Oct 03, 2024 5 min read In 2008, Obama was battling McCain for the leaderboard of the free world, Robert Downey Jr. first donned the Iron Man suit, and French poker pro Patrick Bueno found himself under the bright lights of the final table in one of the most prestigious tournaments on the calendar. Bueno
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Oct 03, 2024 3 min read PokerNews ambassador Keith “whoopsboom” Becker is one step closer to winning a trip to NAPT Las Vegas after the Pennsylvania streamer won a $100 Path to NAPT satellite to earn a PokerStars Silver Power Pass to NAPT. The satellite, a $100 buy-in event on PokerStars PA and step four
Oct 03, 2024 3 min read A poker player has entered a guilty plea in connection to basketball player Jontay Porter’s lifetime ban from the NBA for betting on games. Long Phi Pham (“Bruce”), who claims to be a poker pro, was arrested at JFK airport and charged with wire fraud conspiracy, a federal crime,
Oct 04, 2024 5 min read The latest bracelet from the 2024 World Series of Poker Europe has found a new home—on the wrist of Darius Neagoe. Neagoe emerged victorious over a field of 458 entrants in Event #11: €1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Bounty Hunter to take home his first WSOP bracelet. Romania’s Neagoe snagged
Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level. In the 18th episode, Connor speaks with author Maria Konnikova about her family leaving Russia to come to
Oct 04, 2024 Guests: Jamie Kerstetter In the 859th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by WPT Global, Chad Holloway and Kyna England are joined by Jamie Kerstetter at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about the WPT World Championship, which isn’t featuring a guarantee this year but instead is offering
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
Sep 28, 2024 4 min read Austin’s metro area has a booming live poker industry and, no disrespect to any other card rooms in the city, it’s dominated by two clubs that are trying relentlessly to one-up each other. Texas Card House Social (TCH) and The Lodge Card Club in Round Rock (Austin area), two
Sep 29, 2024 5 min read Players enjoyed a welcomed day from the 2024 PokerStars World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) grind on September 27 but returned to the virtual felt the following day full of renewed vigor. The biggest event needing wrapping up was Day 2 of the $10,300 NLHE NLHE PKO Thursday Thrill
Sep 29, 2024 5 min read King’s Resort in Rozvadov, once just a place where Christopher Campisano shuffled cards and dealt hands as an unassuming dealer, has transformed into the battleground where he etched his name into history. What was once his workplace has become an arena where he was crowned a world champion, a
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 29, 2024 4 min read PokerNews has learned that famed gambler and avid poker player Archie Karas has passed away at age 73. Anargyros Karabourniotis, his birth name, famously went on a heater simply referred to as “The Run” in December 1992 when he drove to Las Vegas with just $50 in his pocket
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 Paul Bilzerian, convicted felon and father of controversial poker player Dan Bilzerian, used his son’s cannabis business to hide money he’s owed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for decades, federal investigators allege. The elder Bilzerian and Ignite, the aforementioned cannabis business, along with Bilzerian’s long-time accountant, Scott
Sep 27, 2024 3 min read The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) is returning to Atlantis Casino in Reno for RGPS Reno, a series that will take place Oct. 8-13. The series will culminate with a $600 buy-in Main Event with a $150,000 guarantee attached and will also feature a handful of side events with RGPS
Sep 25, 2024 2 min read Poker fans don’t have to wait much longer for the second installment of the Triton Poker Cash Game Invitational. The five-day high-stakes affair begins Oct. 1 at the Jeju Shinwa World Resort in South Korea, and concludes Oct. 5. Triton will livestream each session starting at noon PT. Triton
Sep 26, 2024 5 min read After nearly seventeen hours of play today, Event #4: €2,000 Pot Limit Omaha finally came to its conclusion at the 2024 World Series of Poker Europe. Brazil’s Vivian Saliba emerged victorious outlasting a field of 229 entrants to capture her first WSOP bracelet here at the King’s Resort in
Sep 26, 2024 3 min read This week, Grosvenor Poker Pro Katie Swift came within touching distance of history. She narrowly missed out on becoming the first female winner of a Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) title when she finished second in the GUKPT Luton Main Event. Now reflecting on her deep run, Swift said
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
Date Time Buy-in Event Wed, Oct 09, 2024 12:00 $1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1A – Single Re-Entry Wed, Oct 09, 2024 12:00 $250 Qualifier to $1,100 – ‘Win Your Seat @ 50,000 Chips’ – Single Re-Entry Wed, Oct 09, 2024 14:00 $1,100 NL Hold’em Day 1 – Freezeout Wed, Oct 09, 2024 16:00 $250