Feb 09, 2025 2 min read Last updated Feb 10, 2025 Longtime poker player Bobby Firestone had a seven-figure score off the poker table as he took down an NFL Fantasy Football contest for over $1 million. The event in question was last month’s DraftKings Fantasy Football Millionaire. Firestone, who has $534,296 in Hendon Mob
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Feb 09, 2025 3 min read Daniel Negreanu was among the numerous poker players on social media who were none too thrilled with Kendrick Lamar’s musical performance during the Super Bowl LIX halftime show. The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in New Orleans, 40-22, with an efficient offensive
Feb 08, 2025 3 min read Table Of Contents The Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) wrapped up its 11th season and will pay tribute to its players, sponsors, staff, and volunteers for the third straight year with the 2024 CSOP Awards. The CSOP Awards includes several categories, including People’s Choice Award/Event of the Year, Emcee
Feb 08, 2025 3 min read Table Of Contents Two-time World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring winner Joe Rice went viral on Friday for his shirtless celebration after winning free beer for a year in a basketball contest. The contest took place at a college basketball game between Siena and Saint Peters in New
Feb 08, 2025 4 min read Table Of Contents The 2025 DeepStack Showdown Series series ran at Venetian Las Vegas from January 13-February 2. During that time there were 37 numbered events that catered to a combined 3,943 entrants and awarded $952,675 in prize money not including satellites. Among those to claim titles were Darrin
Feb 07, 2025 4 min read Table Of Contents “Miami” John Cernuto, who has more live poker tournament cashes than anyone in history, is in hospice care at his home in Las Vegas, according to Women in Poker Hall of Famer (WiPHOF) Jeanne David. Cernuto, who turned 81 last month, is an old-school poker legend.
Feb 07, 2025 3 min read Table Of Contents YouTube star Ethan Klein won Thursday night’s Celebrity Poker Tour (CPT) Game Night V in Las Vegas for $10,000 as he defeated content creator Steiny during heads-up play. The first CPT event of the year was headlined by Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka Flame, a newcomer to
Feb 07, 2025 3 min read Table Of Contents The son of longtime poker pro Bernard Lee put on a shooting clinic during a UMass women’s basketball game halftime contest that paid the college student $10,000. Or, it should have. Noam Lee had 30 seconds to make a layup, free-throw, three-pointer, and then a half-court
Feb 07, 2025 3 min read Table Of Contents After what seemed like the longest January in human history, I was more than ready to welcome February—especially when I heard about Fortune Coins Casino’s Love & Fortune Month promotion. If you haven’t heard of Fortune Coins, it’s one of the fastest-growing social casinos in America.
Feb 07, 2025 In the 877th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which has been nominated for ‘Podcast of the Year’ at the Global Poker Awards, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz discuss ACR calling Nacho Barbero a “goofball” after serious accusations arose when the Argentinean pro shared a social media post that showed him
Feb 07, 2025 3 min read Table Of Contents Freeroll tournaments are not new to the online poker world. Almost every online poker site runs free-to-play tournaments daily, but most have small prize pools of between $10 and $50. However, WPT Global is running a Lantern Festival PKO Bounty Freeroll on February 12 that has
Feb 07, 2025 2 min read Table Of Contents 888poker launched five and six-card Pot-Limit Omaha in November 2024 with a raft of special promotions to make players aware that the exciting format was available on the online poker giant. Another promotion is running right now, one that sees PLO5 & PLO6 players receive 100%
Feb 06, 2025 1 min read Table Of Contents Ari Engel won yet another poker tournament on Thursday, this one an $1,100 buy-in Omaha/8 and Stud/8 Mixed event at the 2025 LA Poker Classic (LAPC). The tournament at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, the 33rd of the series, played down to the final five on
Date Day of Week Event Number Game Event 14-Feb Friday 0:00 NLHE SCOOP Warm-Up 01: $20 NLHE [7-Max, Progressive Big KO, Midstack Madness, 60BB Stack], $3K Gtd 14-Feb Friday 0:00 8-Game SCOOP Warm-Up 02: $20 8-Game [Friday Mix], $4K Gtd 14-Feb Friday 0:00 NLHE SCOOP Warm-Up 03: $50 NLHE [Progressive KO, Friday Brawl], $10K Gtd
Feb 06, 2025 6 min read Table Of Contents The Celebrity Poker Tour (CPT), which debuted in 2023 and then continued its first season through 2024, is gearing up for its second season, which officially kicks off tonight with Game Night V, a $10,000 winner-take-all all nine-handed Sit n’ Go with two alternates. Among those
Feb 06, 2025 3 min read Table Of Contents $400,000 is guaranteed to be won in the $530 buy-in WPT500, part of WPT Global’s $8 Million Guaranteed New Spring Series Lunar Edition, but you need to act fast if you want to be in with a chance of securing a slice of that six-figure pot.
Feb 06, 2025 5 min read Table Of Contents Poker tournament players were already delighted when they discovered that the Grosvenor UK Poker Open was returning in 2025, but their excitement reached fever pitch when they learned that the £1,500 Grosvenor UK Open Main Event‘s prize pool carried a £1 million guarantee. The 2025 Grosvenor
Feb 06, 2025 5 min read Table Of Contents Matt Berkey and Jared Bleznick battled on PokerGO’s High Stakes Duel 6 for 12 hours of high-stakes no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha, with the former winning big. PokerGO split up the match into two days — six hours each — culminating with Wednesday’s finale that ended
Feb 06, 2025 3 min read Table Of Contents The $15 million Bounty Builder Series is in full swing at PokerStars, with the first tournaments of a 150 numbered events schedule kicking off last weekend. Forty events have crowned their champions, and it has not taken long for the top-tier players to get their hands
Feb 05, 2025 3 min read Table Of Contents The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) is returning to Jamul Casino in southern California for the Mission RunGood San Deigo stop running Feb. 18-23. The RGPS stop will feature a dozen ring events across six days of action. It will culminate with the $600 buy-in RGPS San