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January 26, 2024 The action has come to a close in the 2024 Merit Poker Western Series $3,300 Main Event here at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino in North Cyprus. It took nearly ten 60-minute levels for a winner to emerge from the 24 players who made it to the final day. France’s Mohamed

January 25, 2024 You can have a memorable, and warm, spring break this year while playing some poker with the World Poker Tour (WPT). And even better, you can even win your way onto the WPT Voyage for what is going to be an epic vacation. How can you win a spot on the poker

January 25, 2024 Ethan “Rampage” Yau turned the nuts in a $5/$10/$20 cash game at Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida, but the river left him with far from the best hand. In this strategy column for PokerNews, I discuss which draws are good to bet on the flop and which ones you should use

January 25, 2024 Following a very brief tank to collect her thoughts, a poker dealer from The Lodge Card Club accepted the marriage proposal from a poker player at the Texas card room. It’s been an eventful January for the largest poker club in the Lone Star State. Not only did The Lodge give out

January 25, 2024 WPT Global Casino and video poker are like two peas in a pod – a match made in gaming heaven. The casino division of one of the world’s biggest poker names, WPT Global Casino, offers a unique video poker game in Poker Flips – an epic roulette meets poker mashup. Video poker,

January 24, 2024 The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) has already produced some notable winners just a few weeks into the new year, including now two-time ring winner and poker commentator Kasey Lyn Mills. More recently, California’s Denis Lee joined Mills as a two-time ring winner as he took down the WSOPC Thunder Valley

January 25, 2024 Manchester brought you iconic bands such as The Stone Roses, The Smiths, and Oasis, but did you know it is also the city that has hosted one of the longest-running stops of the popular Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT)? GUKPT Manchester has taken place every year since 2007, including during the COVID-19

January 24, 2024 By now you’ve no doubt heard about the World Poker Tour (WPT) and their upcoming WPT Voyage, which will take place from March 31-April 6, 2024 as they take over an entire Virgin Voyages cruise ship – the 1,400-cabin Valiant Lady – for a six-day poker festival that features $1.5 million in

January 24, 2024 The anticipation for the 5th Annual Global Poker Awards is building as the voting process concludes, revealing the nominees across 16 categories. Notable among them is Caitlin Comeskey, a previous winner who secured nominations in three categories: Short-Form Content Creator, Best Video Content, and Best X/Twitter Personality. Comeskey faces stiff competition from

January 24, 2024 Betr, the sports-betting app co-founded by social media sensation and professional boxer Jake Paul, has announced its intention to venture into the online casino market in Pennsylvania. The expansion comes as Betr seeks to capitalize on the rapid expansion of gambling revenue in the Keystone State, which reached a record $5.7 billion

January 24, 2024 The 20th numbered event of the 888poker XL Winter Series was the biggest tournament yet, with a $200,000 prize pool up for grabs. After numerous Day 1s, an action packed Day 2, and a thrilling final table, “doga10” emerged victoriously and banked an impressive $17,159, which includes bounty payments. A field of

January 23, 2024 Guests: Jason Somerville On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast sponsored by 888poker, Chad Holloway, Connor Richards, and Matt Hansen break down the recently revealed Global Poker Award nominees, which included one of their very own! Who do they like to win? Who do they think got snubbed? Find out here.

January 23, 2024 The feds have put together 142,689 pages of evidence against high-stakes poker player Gal Yifrach, who was charged with running an illegal gambling operation nearly two years ago. Earlier this month, in the United States Court Eastern District of California, attorneys for both parties agreed to move the Jan. 8 status conference

January 23, 2024 The PokerStars US Winter Series rolled on last week and awarded dozens of winners across Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ontario as the series gets closer to culminating with the Main Event Championships. PokerNews highlighted some early winners in the series, including Matt “5u1ly” Sullivan and Zach “KennyTheRipper” Gruneberg on PokerStars PA

January 23, 2024 Forget the January blues because PokerStars Casino has come roaring into 2024 with dozens of exciting new slot games. Boasting fresh releases every day, PokerStars Casino (which already has over 3,500 casino games available on its site) has released a glut of high-RTP (return-to-player) slot games to kick off the new year.

January 23, 2024 Another big year is on the horizon for the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Tour after a stellar 2023 with 14 events in 12 countries. The premier mid-major tour tallied a total of $22,734,998 in prize pools in 2023 from 22,290 entries across the many events worldwide. Eight new events got in

January 23, 2024 PokerStars launched its first mystery bounty tournaments during the recent New Year Series, changing the $109 Sunday Million into this exciting format. The switch proved popular, with 16,234 entrants creating a $1,623,400 prize pool. PokerStars decided to up the ante during the New Year Series Afterparty, running a $5,200 buy-in mystery bounty

January 23, 2024 888poker has shared another stellar interview as part of its 888Ride series and the latest poker superstar to hop into the passenger seat is none other than six-time WSOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb. Deeb, who is in the midst of a $1 million weight-loss bet, joined David Tuchman and his Chevvy for

January 22, 2024 The Global Poker Monsterstack Series III ran throughout January and awarded dozens of winners across both Gold and Sweeps Coin events. The two-week series featured the deepest structured tournaments on Global Poker and awarded an array of swag items in addition to the guaranteed prize pools. The series culiminated with two Main

January 22, 2024 Perry Friedman, one of the most colorful characters during the “Poker Boom,” passed away Sunday night at the age of 55. Friedman was known as an aggressive jester at the table, often sporting multi-colored hairstyles, chattering nonstop, and generally being the life of the party. Born May 15, 1968, in Brooklyn, New