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February 27, 2024 The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit has visited dozens of fantastic cities during its time, but Toronto is not one of them. That is set to change on March 22 when the Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto hosts the WSOP Circuit Toronto festival. The Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto has joined

February 27, 2024 It is not uncommon for a poker tournament to end in a heads-up deal. Often, the players have battled for several hours to reach the one-on-one stage. The difference between first and second-place prize money can be substantial, and they make a deal to lessen that pay jump. The $120,000 Opening Event

February 26, 2024 Mike Postle made a rare public appearance Monday night on Omar of The OTC‘s X Spaces conversation, where he continued his four-year denial that he cheated during poker live-streams. However, many listeners believed that he was never forced to answer any hard-hitting question from the hosts. The Northern California poker pro said

February 26, 2024 Stop us if we sound like a broken record, but Andrew Robl dominated the competition during Monday’s High Stakes Poker episode, the second of Season 12 on PokerGO. Robl, a surefire future Poker Hall of Famer, wasn’t the only player who crushed it this week on the iconic poker cash game show.

February 26, 2024 The PokerGO Studio was a mix of poker’s brightest stars and the industry’s biggest contributors as the Fifth Annual Global Poker Awards handed out 29 trophies on Saturday night, including big wins for the World Poker Tour and PokerStars. Jeff Platt and Drea Renee led the ceremony, which handed out a mix

February 26, 2024 Ben Mintz is deep in a $2,500 buy-in Moneymaker Tour event, but his Barstool Sports boss Dave Portnoy is none too thrilled he’s skipping out on a corporate outing to play poker. Barstool is currently hosting its annual Barstool Combine, which is a spinoff of the NFL Combine, a test of physical

February 26, 2024 The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is still three months away, but you don’t have to wait until May 28 to play a WSOP event thanks to the WSOP Circuit heading to Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, United Kingdom. Although no WSOP bracelets are up for grabs, 11 gold WSOP Circuit

February 26, 2024 San Diego’s Derrick Yamada has done it! After playing for two days and navigating through a field of 415 entries, Yamada has successfully defended his RGPS San Diego Main Event title here at Jamul Casino! After returning at noon today for Day 2, he made short work of his opponents and ended

February 26, 2024 After much planning, blood, sweat, and tears behind the scenes at PokerNews HQ, the inaugural PokerNews Online Championship got off to a flying start at 888poker on February 25. Four PokerNews readers became champions, while a Brazilian star looks set to walk away with top honors in the $120,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty

February 26, 2024 The €10,300 High Roller has crowned its champion at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris, held at Le Palais De Congres, and with it a hugely successful EPT Paris 2024. Oliver Weis of Germany is the newly crowned champion, having overcome the record-breaking 512-strong high-quality field and a marathon final table to

February 26, 2024 The 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour, at the Le Palais des Congrès, today hosted the last of six €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em tournaments here in Paris. These five-figure buy-ins consistently attracted some of the biggest and best high rollers in the world, with its finale attracting a total of 43 entries by the

February 25, 2024 Mixed games are only getting more popular in the poker world, and Australian tournament director Shannon Van Den Berg knows that better than anyone. With knowledge of over 60 poker variants and as Director of Poker for Mixed Games Academy, an event management company that “deliver(s) mixed game events and training for

February 25, 2024 Two days after Dan Lowery came to within one ring of his record, Ari Engel took down an online World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) event for his 17th career title. In doing so, the Canadian poker superstar gave himself a bit of separation from the three players tied for second place

February 25, 2024 At the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris, a standing ovation took place for one of poker’s legends as an emotional Barny Boatman captured a long-awaited EPT Main Event title inside Les Palais des Congres. The veteran bested the 1,717-entry field and defeated 2013 WCOOP Main Event winner David Kaufmann in a

February 25, 2024 The eagerly anticipated 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) schedule released last week, and the most prominent reaction to it on social media has been positive thanks in large part to some of the new exciting tournaments. Here at PokerNews we’re stoked to introduce the first ever $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship No-Limit

February 25, 2024 David Kaufmann already knows what it’s like to capture a prestigious PokerStars title. In 2013, Kaufmann won the WCOOP Main Event to earn nearly $1.5 million. He then finished in 41st place at EPT Barcelona that year. But then came a long hiatus when Kaufmann didn’t cash in any poker tournament for

February 24, 2024 Retired Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce opened up on the All the Smoke podcast about why ESPN fired him in 2021 from his role as an NBA analyst, and it turns out the reason stems from his behavior during a poker home game. In April 2021, the poker enthusiast and Basketball Hall

February 24, 2024 In the fictional universe of Star Wars, Boba Fett is the most feared bounty hunter throughout the galaxy, but here at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris, that accolade belongs to Ram Faravash. The Australian put his figurative blasters to use in the series’ €3,000 Mystery Bounty, claiming 21 bounty tokens en

February 24, 2024 The World Poker Tour (WPT) is set to embark on what will be an epic poker cruise March 31 to April 6, and ClubWPT players can win their way onto the ship via a mega satellite on Monday. WPT Voyage will set set sail from Miami, and include stops in Grand Cayman

February 24, 2024 After taking down the $400 Monster Stack for $148,416 at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina on Thursday, Dan Lowery is now just one World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring away from tying the all-time record. The sawmill owner from Arkansas claimed his 15th Circuit event, moving into a second place tie