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Oct 24, 2024 2 min read Table Of Contents The CAD $3,500 buy-in, CAD $1.5 million GTD World Poker Tour (WPT) Playground Championship kicked off on Thursday and is the culmination of an already successful festival at Montreal’s premier poker hotspot. For instance, from October 14-21, the CAD $590 buy-in, CAD $400K GTD WPT 500

Oct 24, 2024 3 min read Table Of Contents The World Series of Poker Circuit is headed to the Windy City on November 7 for the WSOP Circuit Grand Victoria. The event is hosted by the Grand Victoria Casino, a riverboat casino posted up on the banks of the Fox River just outside Chicago. The

Oct 24, 2024 2 min read Table Of Contents The World Poker Tour (WPT) is back at Montreal’s Playground! The WPT Playground festival started back on October 24, but today the CAD $3,500 buy-in WPT Playground Championship, which offers a guarantee of CAD $1.5 million, officially kicked off. Some familiar faces were in action from

Oct 24, 2024 3 min read For over a month, a special giveaway was held between the PokerNews Podcast and Life Outside Poker with Connor Richards. Over the course of six episodes, code words were dispersed that spelled out a code phrase – NAPT Ladies Event Champ Kyna Cool – and last weekend listeners had

Oct 24, 2024 3 min read Table Of Contents As October draws to a close, the spooky season is upon us once again. And if you’re like me and can’t stand the smell of pumpkins or find toffee apples far too tough on the teeth, you might be counting down the days until it’s all

Oct 24, 2024 3 min read Table Of Contents The Mediterranean Poker Party (MPP) is returning to the all-inclusive Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Spa in Northern Cyprus in May and bringing with it a bustling schedule that includes a $5 million guaranteed Main Event. May 2-12, 2025, are the date for your calendars. The

Oct 23, 2024 3 min read Table Of Contents PokerNews has learned that Cory Zeidman, a longtime poker player, will plead guilty to his role in a $25 million sports betting fraud case. The Floridian was arrested in May 2022 and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. He initially entered a

Oct 23, 2024 2 min read Table Of Contents The exciting PokerGO Tour (PGT) PLO Series II inside PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas has wrapped up and saw Ben Tollerene winning the $25,200 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha Championship for $496,000 and his second PGT title in a month. The Omaha specialist’s victory over Finland’s Samuli

Oct 23, 2024 6 min read Table Of Contents Among the eight nominees for the Women in Poker Hall of Fame is Jamie Kerstetter, whose twenty-year career in poker has seen her try her hand at just about everything. Originally an online cash game grinder and now an experienced poker commentator, Kerstetter also works as

Oct 23, 2024 4 min read Table Of Contents PokerNews last week gave you an outline of what to expect from the upcoming Stars Season at PokerStars. Now, we can show you the exciting schedule to take you through to October’s end. The first eight of 30 planned Stars Season episodes take place between October

Oct 23, 2024 3 min read Table Of Contents Hitting a jackpot on a slot is always a great feeling—even when it’s a Mini. So, when we found out that McLuck is offering their famous MCJACKPOT prizes on every slot game with every spin, we had to check it out. With 200 million Gold Coins

RaiseYourEdge Oct 23, 2024 2 min read Benjamin “bencb789” Rolle is an elite-level professional poker player and founder of the RaiseYourEdge poker training site. Rolle is respected and feared by his peers in equal measure. Today, he gives PokerNews readers the chance to improve their mental game for free. The ONE thing I use to

Oct 23, 2024 4 min read Table Of Contents Grinders have been waiting for news about the 2024 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Grand Final sincethe dates were announced at the start of the year. PokerNews is delighted to announce that the wait is over, as Grosvenor Casinos has released the full schedule for the

Oct 22, 2024 5 min read Table Of Contents The KO Games festival kicked off online at 888poker this weekend, and seven champions have already been decided. Brazil’s “Lavoisier” helped themselves to a sizeable $17,073 score on the series’ opening weekend, claiming the $150,000 Opening Event title, denying their fellow Brazilian and 888poker Stream Team

Oct 22, 2024 6 min read Table Of Contents Voting is open for the Women in Poker Hall of Fame Class of 2024, and all eight nominees are worthy of a place. Since its founding in 2008, the Women in Poker Hall of Fame has inducted 25 exceptionally talented and dedicated women who have shone

Oct 22, 2024 5 min read Table Of Contents PokerNews is delighted to announce StakeKings as our official staking partner. Pairing the world’s premier poker news website with the industry’s best poker staking was a logical step, and both parties are excited to see where the partnership heads. Who are StakeKings? StakeKings is the number

Oct 22, 2024 3 min read Table Of Contents Ian Cohen has cashed more than 60 events at the Harrah’s Pompano Beach property going back to 2016, back into the time when the property was still called The Isle. However, of all the days he has spent in Pompano Beach pushing chips and raking pots,

Oct 22, 2024 5 min read Table Of Contents Reigning WSOP Online Michigan (formerly WSOP.com) Player of the Year Kevin “GR4ND_THEFT” Ruscitti has been suspended from the poker site in the wake of real-time assistance (RTA) allegations against him, which he denied to PokerNews. Ruscitti won his first bracelet this weekend in the online $500

Oct 21, 2024 3 min read Table Of Contents The PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) returns to Resorts World Las Vegas next month, and there have been dozens of opportunities to win seats into the $5,300 buy-in Main Event. Those opportunities included a Gold Pass giveaway on the PokerNews Podcast and Life Outside Poker

Oct 21, 2024 4 min read Table Of Contents Phil Hellmuth made his Season 13 debut on High Stakes Poker Monday night, and the game wasn’t kind to the Poker Hall of Famer. The 17-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner would correctly call his opponent’s bluff in one hand, but still lose the