Jun 28, 2024 What an incredible day it was on Day 31 of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. It had everything you could wish for and more! Six, yes six players scooped bracelets, and six other events whittled down their fields! Argentina’s Franco Spitale won Event
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Jun 28, 2024 It was difficult to pick out a winner from Event #60: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em even when only five players remained. For more than four hours, five players were still in the race to win the gold bracelet, and the chip lead exchanged hands several times. But after this long battle, Italy’s Paolo
Jun 28, 2024 Argentina’s Franco Spitale has emerged victorious in Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold’em at the 2024 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for $1,250,125 and his first gold bracelet. He defeated Justin Carey in a heads-up battle that spanned over two levels. Moments after achieving millionaire status, PokerNews asked Spitale how
Jun 27, 2024 At long last, one of poker’s all time greats — Daniel Negreanu — has ended an 11-year World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet drought by taking down Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship. In doing so, the Poker Hall of Famer captured his seventh gold bracelet and the $1,178,703 cash prize that
Jun 27, 2024 Event #63: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw has come to a close here at the 2024 World Series of Poker hosted at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The event attracted 453 total entrants to generate a prize pool of $604,755. Only six players remained at the start of the third and final
Jun 27, 2024 Sean Jazayeri conquered a field of 3,362 to emerge victorious in Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold’em at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for a payday of $368,025 and his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. Jazayeri defeated Yucel Eminoglu in an electrifying heads-up duel that saw the Turkish
Jun 27, 2024 What is it about one-outer straight flushes involving poker legends this summer? Daniel Negreanu hit the dream card on the river in a crucial pot late Wednesday, and he’s now in a solid position to end an 11-year World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet drought. The hand took place on Day 4
Jun 27, 2024 The 888poker LIVE London festival was due to take place at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino this August, but “The Vic” is undergoing a massive refurbishment. While cash games are still taking place during the refurbishment, all scheduled tournaments and festivals have had to find new homes. With that in mind, let us
Jun 27, 2024 The dates for the biggest and most prestigious amateur poker series, the World Championship of Amateur Poker (WCOAP), are confirmed with the Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) heading to Dusk Till Dawn from August 18-26. Known in the APAT community as “the Worlds,” the WCOAP is the must-play series for amateur
Jun 27, 2024 The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) packed out the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas on Day 30 of the series. Ten events were in play at one stage, including one that awarded its bracelet. That bracelet is now on the wrist of Italian superstar Dario Sammartino, who won Event #61: $2,500
Jun 27, 2024 Kyle Anderson 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. Kyle Anderson coming to you from the 2024 WSOP! Remember, ON players can legally play real money poker in Ontario, so PokerNews
Jun 27, 2024 One of the most popular split pot game tournaments of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas saw a total of 507 players come out to play. Event #61: $2,500 Stud/Omaha Eight or Better saw a bigger field than last year’s turnout of 460, and
Jun 26, 2024 Justin “BoostedJ” Smith was a young hotshot in the poker world back in the late 2000s, both online and live. At age 21, he was an up-and-coming star in the game with a bright future in poker. Smith’s stay among the game’s elite was short-lived, and he’d been gone from the World
Jun 26, 2024 In 2003, the game of poker changed forever after Chris Moneymaker topped a field of 839 players to win the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event for $2.5 million. By doing so, the Moneymaker effect ignited the “Poker Boom,” which saw the tournament field triple the following year. The 2004 Main
Jun 26, 2024 Phil Ivey is widely considered the greatest poker player of all-time, and he’s closing in on the biggest win of his career. The 11-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner is among the big stacks in Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship, the tournament some mixed game high rollers consider to
Jun 26, 2024 PokerStars’ popular streamer and all round good guy Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis is getting ready to be the centre of attention between July 9-15 when the latest edition of Lex Live takes place in sunny Barcelona. Lex Live Barcelona runs from July 9-15 at the Casino Barcelona, the same venue that hosts
Jun 26, 2024 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 ninth episode, Connor speaks with poker streamer and reality TV star Kevin Martin,
Jun 26, 2024 Anyone who has played or who follows the Irish Poker Tour will attest to the Killarney Festival being an incredible experience. Since its first running in September 2022, the Killarney Festival has grown in size and stature, a trend that continues with the 2024 edition. The 2024 Killarney Festival runs from September
Jun 26, 2024 Neugebauer Among the Leaders in the Millionaire Maker Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Top 10 Chip Counts Brewer Leads the Final 12 in the $50,000 PPC Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Final Day Chip Counts Minaya Bags Big and Song Progresses in the Super Seniors Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors Top
Jun 25, 2024 PokerNews and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) have a relationship that goes back almost twenty years. And that relationship strengthened this year with the PokerNews Deepstack Championship. Getting your name on an official bracelet event is not something that happens every year. In fact, in the history of the WSOP it’s