April 20, 2024 Live poker continues to boom across the world, and the recent inaugural Lagos Poker Festival (LPF) is no exception. Held in Nigeria’s economic hub and Africa’s largest city of Lagos, the two-day festival which was held on the 16th & 17th of March 2024, surpassed its guarantee and crowned two champions for
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April 21, 2024 The highly acclaimed and award-winning PokerStars live-streaming team has been on the move in 2024, kicking off their year with a bang at EPT Paris and the Irish Open. Now, they’re ready to capture all the excitement from EPT Monte Carlo. Expect nothing less than top-notch coverage as PokerStars brings you the
April 20, 2024 Ryan Garcia, who has appeared multiple times on Hustler Casino Live, pulled off an upset in the boxing ring Saturday night against the heavily favored Devin Haney, winning via majority decision. One judge surprisingly scored the match 112-112 despite Garcia knocking his opponent down three times, while the other two judges scored
April 20, 2024 The second and final starting flight of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship wrapped up on Saturday evening with 356 players remaining and Maxwell Young out in front with a stack of 623,000. That stack of 249 big blinds is good to put him in front of
April 20, 2024 Bin Weng’s breakout year in 2023 is matched only by a select few runs in tournament poker history, such as Daniel Coleman’s eight-figure steamrolling in 2014 or Michael Addamo’s more recent high-roller tear through 2021. Unlike the sunrunners who came before him, Weng has shown no signs of stepping back from live
April 19, 2024 The biggest and most popular World Poker Tour (WPT) stop of the year is underway in Hollywood, Florida with the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. The series features the $3,500 buy-in WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship, a $3 million guaranteed event that kicked off on Friday with Day 1a.
April 19, 2024 Crandell Addington, a legendary Texas poker pro, has passed away at age 85. The Poker Hall of Famer cashed four times in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event — three times in the 1970s — including runner-up finishes to Johnny Moss (1974), Doyle Brunson (1976), and Bobby Baldwin (1978). Texas
April 19, 2024 The $3 million guaranteed World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship got underway today, and no one is more excited about it than ClubWPT Qualifier Ray Cochrane. The 65-year-old made the drive to Hollywood, Florida from Colorado and wasted no time hopping into the first of two flights in
April 18, 2024 Bet365 Casino has announced the launch of a brand new live game show Super Mega Ultra Live in collaboration with renowned games developer Playtech. Super Mega Ultra Live will be available to bet365 Casino players across the world, notably in key regions such as the UK, Mexico, and Ontario, Canada. Created in-house
April 19, 2024 Guests: Tyler Patterson In the 826th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by WPT Global, World Poker Tour (WPT) champ Tyler Patterson joins Chad Holloway as special co-host while on the WPT Voyage. The duo talks about WPT Voyage activities, such as Matt Savage‘s golf tournament, and Patterson’s deep run
April 19, 2024 When WOW Vegas unveiled its latest collaboration with fashion icon Paris Hilton back in February, the team at PokerNews couldn’t help but feel intrigued by the possibilities ahead. After all, it’s not every day that a bonafide A-lister graces the social casino stage, and it felt like a sure bet that WOW
April 19, 2024 Get ready to mark your calendars because 888poker LIVE is gearing up for its next exciting stop in the vibrant city of Barcelona, Spain! From May 8-20, 2024, all roads lead to the illustrious Casino Barcelona, nestled along the picturesque seafront. This edition promises to deliver an unforgettable fusion of thrilling poker
April 19, 2024 A seventh circuit ring winner has been crowned here at the 2024 World Series of Poker Circuit Playground. After eight hours of play Event #7: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em has come to a close and Kyle Yun-Wing Ho was the last player standing from the 36 players who began Day 2. Ho will
April 19, 2024 Spring has sprung, and it’s time to elevate your tournament game with the WPT Global Warm Up Festival, which runs from April 19 to 28 and features $2.5 million in guarantees. And here’s the kicker—WPT Global is not charging a single cent of rake! Get ready for the kickoff of their quarterly
April 19, 2024 Guests: Tyler Patterson In the 826th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by WPT Global, World Poker Tour (WPT) champ Tyler Patterson joins Chad Holloway as special co-host while on the WPT Voyage. The duo talks about WPT Voyage activities, such as Matt Savage‘s golf tournament, and Patterson’s deep run
April 18, 2024 Poker player Nick Yunis surrendered his big stack in the middle of a $500,000 guaranteed tournament. That’s not the real story, however. He exited the event with 105 players remaining due to the birth of his child. The tournament in question is the $1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em at the Seminole Hard
April 18, 2024 Earlier this week, high-stakes crusher Ike Haxton took to X (formerly Twitter) with raised eyebrows regarding a YouTube short that’s considered the “most viewed poker clip of all time.” In his post, Haxton questioned how the short became so popular despite it being a fairly ordinary poker hand. In response, Wolfgang Poker,
April 18, 2024 Fancy playing online poker for free and helping to raise awareness and funds for a great cause in the process? Then you need to get involved in the 72-hour Pokerthon on the free-to-play WSOP app this weekend. Running from April 19-21, the online Pokerthon will see nonstop online ring game action and
April 18, 2024 Stephen Chidwick‘s live poker tournament earnings burst through the $57 million barrier after the British superstar took down the final event of the 2024 PokerGO U.S. Poker Open. Chidwick came out on top in the $25,200 No-Limit Hold’em event to capture the tenth PokerGO Tour title of his illustrious career. Fifty-two buy-ins
April 18, 2024 May 4 is often called “Star Wars Day” but May 4 this year won’t involve Stormtroopers, Darth Vader, or light sabers, but high-octane poker action from the EAPT Grand Final and EAPT Cyprus events. The EAPT has gone from strength to strength in recent years, and things are about to explode in