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Sep 13, 2024 4 min read It seems only two minutes ago since PokerNews announced 888poker LIVE was launching the UK Poker League (UKPL), yet here we are writing about the fledgling tour’s penultimate stop of 2024. Reading, the British town that gave the world authors like Jane Austen and Michael Bond, and comedian Ricky

Sep 12, 2024 2 min read A Texas man was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing a player accused of cheating a poker game on Sept. 8, according to Austin’s ABC affiliate (KVUE). The Austin Police Department (APD) say Martin Tovar, 26, shot and killed 25-year-old Steve Gonzalez, the player accused of cheating, following

Sep 12, 2024 2 min read The WSOP $25,000 Heads-Up Championship attracts a field of superstars, some of whom have played and specialized in the format for years. The tournament can throw up interesting spots, regardless of how deep in the tournament you go, and in the latest GTO Wizard Hand Analysis we take a

Sep 12, 2024 2 min read The 2024 Poker Masters Presented by PokerStars NAPT is underway at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, and the first event — $5,100 No-Limit Hold’em — came down to a pair of satellite entries on Wednesday. Spencer Champlin and Jessica Vierling battled it out for the title, and the

Sep 12, 2024 3 min read One of the most entertaining shows in poker is stepping it up a notch as PokerStars announced that the next season of Big Game on Tour will feature four-time Super Bowl champion and NFL star Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski. Gronkowski, who spent 11 seasons as a tight end in the

Sep 12, 2024 3 min read The Global Poker Bounty Series VI is in full swing as the sixth edition of the series prepares to culminate with the GC 200,000,000 and SC 20,000 Mystery Bounty Freeroll Finales on September 15. The Bounty Series VI is the first major series to take place since Global Poker

Sep 12, 2024 4 min read The 2024 PokerStars WCOOP League has new leaders following some impressive results on September 11. After starting the day in second place, 25 points behind Fintan Hand‘s Team easywithaces, Sebastian Huber‘s Team peace&loove accumulated 235 points, propelling them to the top of the league; they also became the first

Sep 12, 2024 5 min read Poker is booming, with major festivals happening worldwide at any given time, and now Winamax is back with another edition of its hugely popular Winamax Poker Open Bratislava. This six-max tournament extravaganza is a highlight of the French poker calendar, drawing thousands of players to the stunning city of

Sep 11, 2024 12 min read A can of worms was opened in the poker world a few weeks ago when a clipped video featuring Ludwig Ahgren called out unregulated poker site ACR Poker for allegedly refusing to pay him out. Ludwig later clarified his comments that he had been paid for his services but

Sep 11, 2024 2 min read The 2024 Poker Masters series kicked off yesterday at PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas with Event #1: $5,100 No-Limit Hold’em, and with the start of the series came the news that the series will be presented by the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT). The Poker Masters series runs

Sep 11, 2024 4 min read The 2024 European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona recently wrapped up with poker pro Stephen Song topping a field of 1,975 entries (the fourth-largest Main Event field in EPT history) to claim the championship title and €1,290,386 in prize money. This Main Event attracted players from 82 different countries. From

Sep 11, 2024 3 min read The Irish Poker Tour Killarney Festival runs from September 24 through September 29, meaning time is rapidly running out if you plan to win your way into the €400,000 guaranteed Irish Poker Cup online at Paddy Power Poker. Paddy Power Poker has been a long-time partner of the Irish

Sep 11, 2024 4 min read The action on PokerStars is heating up and we’re only midway through the first week of the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). More titles were handed out on the third day of competition, including Lex Veldhuis winning his first WCOOP title in Event #9-H: $5,200 NLHE. That result

Sep 11, 2024 3 min read Football is back, and the leaves are turning brown, but it’s Christmas that came early for one lucky FanDuel Casino player after netting a cool $1m on the Jackpot Summer Sweepstakes! Agostino Limongelli, 62, was the big winner and claimed the $1,000,000 top prize on September 9th. Even better,

Sep 11, 2024 3 min read WPT Prime was at the Grand Casino Liechtenstein last weekend and saw 1,411 entries processed, including one from Switzerland’s Marc Sen. Sen may not be a name you are familiar with, but he pulled off a remarkable achievement. Sen finished as runner-up to David Kozma in the 2023 edition

Sep 11, 2024 4 min read Hear me now. Big up yourself Lex Veldhuis, big respek to you and your crew In the weeks leading up to year’s World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), Lex Veldhuis told PokerNews two things. The first, was that he was “extremely confident” heading into this year’s festival. The second,

Sep 11, 2024 5 min read Summer is drawing to a close in many parts of the world, leaving people yearning for some fun in the sun. Poker tournament grinders can combine the beautiful Mediterranean weather with hot poker action at the 2024 Autumn Malta Poker Festival. The inaugural Malta Poker Festival took place in

Sep 11, 2024 10 min read The Asian Poker Tour (APT) events have become must-play festivals not only for poker players from Asian countries and those surrounding them but also for poker tournament grinders the world over. Each stop has a bustling schedule of events across several disciplines and buy-in levels designed to put players

Sep 10, 2024 4 min read Donald Trump (R) is a near heavy favorite to defeat Kamala Harris (D) in the November US presidential election, according to avid poker enthusiast and political polling guru Nate Silver. Silver, who recently appeared on the PokerNews Life Outside Poker podcast and talked about the presidential election and political

Sep 10, 2024 2 min read Russell Westbrook, one of the top scoring guards in NBA history, is taking his talents to Las Vegas for an evening of poker, and more importantly to raise money for a good cause. The World Poker Tour (WPT) Foundation and Westbrook’s Why Not? Foundation are partnering on a poker