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December 04, 2023 Guests: Adam Pliska Lynn Gilmartin Ryan Beauregard Eliot Hudon On a special episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Connor Richards, and Matt Hansen talk all things World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship, a festival that is currently underway. Hear about highlights from the Premier Meet-Up Game (MUG), including appearances by Gus

December 04, 2023 On November 27, the Texas poker community lost valued member Edward Garcia, one of the primary operators at the Empire Poker Club. Born September 29, 1986, Garcia was well-known in Houston poker circles. At the end of November, the Empire Poker Club took a moment to offer a toast in remembrance. “He

December 04, 2023 The World Poker Tour (WPT) recently stopped at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open on the road to the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas later this month. The tournament drew 1,447 entries who fought for the lion’s share of the $4,630,400 prize pool, and Istvan

December 04, 2023 Ten years ago, Paul Vas Nunes almost became the 2014 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Grand Final champion. The Londoner navigated his way through most of the 212-strong field, and found himself heads up against a certain Charlie Carrel, who was a relative unknown quantity back then. Carrel defeated Vas Nunes heads-up

December 04, 2023 The 2023 Unibet Open Bucharest €1,100 Main Event came to an end on Sunday, December 3, at the JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel. Nine players out of 360 entrants were back on Day 3 for the final table. And after a bit more than seven hours of “stressful play” on a “tough

December 04, 2023 The final hand has been dealt in the 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series $3,300 Main Event here at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino. It took just over ten hours for a winner to be crowned from 21 hopefuls who made it to the final day. Russia’s Dmitry Yurasov emerged as the

December 03, 2023 Two Hustler Casino Live regulars — Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot and Wesley Fei — have accused their peer, a player who goes by the name “Mars,” of cheating a Southern California private game out of millions of dollars. “Wes Side” Wesley shared details of the alleged scandal with PokerNews, including text screenshots.

December 03, 2023 With 25 years of experience playing poker, California’s Luis “LaParka” Gutierrez feels ready to take on the pros in the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas after winning a $12,500 WPT World Championship Passport on ClubWPT. PokerNews caught up with the information systems analyst and poker enthusiast to

December 03, 2023 Phil Ivey and Gus Hansen confirmed busto? No, that isn’t why the poker legends were spotted competing among the low-stakes crowd at Wynn Las Vegas on Friday morning. They were in attendance chatting it up with poker fans for a fun and relaxing World Poker Tour (WPT) Premier Meet-up Game (MUG), along

December 03, 2023 The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise is a winter series held at the Atlantis Paradise Island in The Bahamas. The series kicked off today and runs from December 3-14. It will feature 15 bracelet events across different variants with over $51 million in guarantees. PokerNews is on hand to provide live

December 03, 2023 888poker is the virtual home of online Mystery Bounty tournaments, and ambassador Vivian Saliba shares five top tips to help you elevate your game in the format. And it’s worth taking note of what Saliba has to say as every Sunday, the $100,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty Main Event takes place. So get

December 02, 2023 The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise is a winter series held at the Atlantis Paradise Island in The Bahamas. The series runs from December 3-14 and will feature 15 bracelet events across different variants with over $51 million in guarantees. PokerNews will be on hand to provide live coverage of the

December 02, 2023 Hustler Casino Live made history Friday, and into Saturday afternoon, by completing the first ever 24-hour poker live-stream. The show began just after 1 p.m. PT Friday and wrapped at around the same time the following day. During the hundreds of hands played, there were numerous six-figure pots and one player —

December 02, 2023 Wisconsin’s John “Johnnyhaha” Riesterer likes to laugh, and he also likes to play poker. Later this year, Riesterer will take his shot in the $40 million guaranteed $40 million guaranteed World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship after winning a $12,500 WPT World Championship Passport on ClubWPT. PokerNews caught up with the retired

December 01, 2023 The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise is a winter series held at the Atlantis Paradise Island in The Bahamas. The series runs from December 3-14 and will feature 15 bracelet events across different variants with over $51 million in guarantees. PokerNews will be on hand to provide live coverage of the

December 01, 2023 Online poker room WPT Global has just made a huge signing for their ambassador team. The latest poker superstar to be added to their ranks is none other than Jonathan Van Fleet, aka “apestyles”. The Twitch poker phenom joins up with the likes of Brad Owen, Andrew Neeme, Ethan “Rampage” Yau and

December 01, 2023 Global Poker is closing out the year on a strong note with a 25 Days of Poker series that will feature an exciting tournament lineup, challenges and some surprises along the way. The 25 Days of Poker series will run Dec. 1-31 and will feature daily spins and freerolls, in addition to

December 01, 2023 With 888poker unveiling its live schedule for 2024, the online poker platform is giving you a chance to join the fun and excitement of the 888poker LIVE tour thanks to the 888poker LIVE Passport promotion. The best thing about it? It’s so easy to get involved, and every 888poker customer should try

December 01, 2023 When it comes to live dealer casino games, it can often feel like social casinos miss out. Not so on BetRivers.net Social Casino, where the free game entertainment extends to some truly excellent live dealer games! Social casino sites, for those unaware, offer free-to-play slots, poker, and casino games across the US

November 30, 2023 Thursday night’s Hustler Casino Live stream has brought in over 20,000 concurrent viewers thanks in large part to hands such as the one you’re about to witness involving Dan “Jungleman” Cates. The $200/$400/$400 game with a $100,000 minimum buy-in began at 5 p.m. PT at Hustler Casino in Los Angeles. By 8:00,