Feb 27, 2025 2 min read An anonymous Michigan player made history today by landing the largest jackpot in U.S. iGaming history. Playing at DraftKings Casino, the lucky player turned a mere 20-cent spin into a scarcely believable $9.28 million payday while playing the progressive jackpot game Irish Pot Luck on Wednesday. The payout equates
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Feb 27, 2025 2 min read Table Of Contents The 2025 Irish Open, the 45th edition of Europe’s longest-running live poker festival, is only six weeks away, with the first event on the action-packed schedule shuffling up and dealing on April 10. The €1,150 buy-in, €2.5 million guaranteed Irish Open Main Event starts three days
Feb 27, 2025 2 min read Online poker players of a certain age will remember the excitement and exhilaration of watching the world’s best cash game players battle it out for pots most mere mortals could only dream of winning. Rail Heaven on the now-defunct Full Tilt Poker was a haven for the so-called “nosebleed”
Josh Noy Global Live Events Assistant Manager Feb 27, 2025 3 min read Table Of Contents The LA Poker Classic has a long and storied history in the poker world, and few players would know that history better than Michael Nia. The Southern California native has been playing this event for more than 15 years,
Feb 27, 2025 4 min read Table Of Contents As the cherry blossoms bloom and the ocean breeze sweeps across Jeju Island, poker players from around the world are getting ready for one of Asia’s most exciting poker festivals—the 2025 Korea Poker Cup (KPC). From April 7-13, the Jeju Landing Casino will become the ultimate
Feb 27, 2025 3 min read Table Of Contents The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) has delighted recreational poker players everywhere by announcing the dates of the 2025 World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP). Known in the APAT community as “the worlds,” the WCOAP is a week-long festival featuring bankroll-friendly tournaments across various formats
Feb 27, 2025 6 min read Table Of Contents Nobody has managed to win the Kings of Tallinn Main Event twice in the popular event’s ten-year history. That fact could be set to change after Karl Karlsson and Priit Parmasto, Kings of Tallinn champions in 2020 and 2023, respectively, progressed to Day 2 of the
Feb 26, 2025 3 min read Table Of Contents The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) festival at Harrah’s Cherokee made headlines, though not for the usual reasons. On Day 2 of the event, a man entered the tournament area during a break and started flipping tables, damaging property and scattering chips. The man turned
Feb 26, 2025 5 min read Table Of Contents Ted Forrest is an annual Poker Hall of Fame (PHOF) candidate, and one poker legend is making a surprising push to get the six-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner off the sidelines and into the exclusive club. John Hennigan, inducted into the PHOF along
Feb 26, 2025 3 min read Table Of Contents The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) is returning to Toronto under the new leadership of GGPoker for a Circuit stop running April 10-22 with 11 Circuit ring events. WSOP and GGPoker announced the WSOPC Circuit Toronto stop today, which will take place at Great Canadian
Feb 26, 2025 4 min read Table Of Contents As the build-up intensifies for the upcoming boxing match between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn, the war of words took a surprising turn at Tuesday’s press conference. Benn made explosive claims about Eubank Jr., alleging that the British boxer owes Brazilian football star Neymar £4
Feb 26, 2025 In the 880th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz talk about the guy who flipped over three poker tables at the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee Main Event. See the video and learn what tournament staff did to rectify the situation. The crew then discusses Ebony Kenney
Feb 26, 2025 4 min read Table Of Contents The World Poker Tour (WPT) Cambodia Championship wrapped up on February 25 with the crowning of the $3,500 Main Event champion. Over the course of the festival, the WPT processed 10,240 entries and re-entries, and awarded $11,242,891 in prize money. Some 750 of those entries and
Feb 26, 2025 6 min read Table Of Contents Tuesday at the Olympic Park Casino was buzzing as the Kings of Tallinn Main Event finally got underway, kicking off with a guaranteed €1 million prize pool and a whole lot of excitement. With Day 1B and 1C flights taking centre stage today, the series’ headline
Feb 26, 2025 4 min read Table Of Contents Day 3 of the $215 Mystery Bounty Main Event is in the books here at the PokerNews Online Championship hosted by 888poker, after less than two hours of play. Germany’s “nonoty” entered the final table as second in chips and put on a dominating performance en
Feb 25, 2025 3 min read Table Of Contents The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) is headed to Horseshoe Casino Tunica in Mississippi for a stop taking place March 11-16. The Mission RunGood Tunica stop will award a dozen rings over six days and will culminate with a $600 buy-in Main Event with a $200,000 guarantee.
Feb 25, 2025 2 min read Doug Polk has another online poker challenge planned, this one on ClubWPT Gold, a new social poker site that is, at the very least, entertaining the poker community on X. The heads-up poker legend and co-owner of The Lodge Card Club near Austin, Texas is setting out to win
Feb 25, 2025 4 min read Table Of Contents Waka Flocka Flame, a famous rapper, played poker earlier this month in Las Vegas alongside athletes and influencers as part of the rowdy and high-octane Celebrity Poker Tour (CPT) Game Night V. Just a day earlier, he mourned the loss of Murder Inc. Records founder Irv
Feb 25, 2025 3 min read Table Of Contents A week to the day after Miami John Cernuto’s passing, poker players honored the mixed game legend with a commemorative poker tournament in Las Vegas. The inaugural Miami John Commemorative O/E event took place on Feb. 17 during the Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival X at
Feb 25, 2025 7 min read Table Of Contents We all love a freebie, don’t we? And even more so when a casino is offering a bonus without the need to stump up any cash upfront! Sadly, the days of widespread no deposit bonuses at UK online casinos may be behind us, but that doesn’t