Jul 24, 2024 4 min read September seems a million miles away, but the ninth month of 2024 will be upon us sooner than you think. Ensure your schedules are free from September 11-16 because that is when the WPT Prime United Kingdom festival takes place at the home of British poker, Dusk Till Dawn.
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Jul 23, 2024 2 min read Resorts World Las Vegas announced a new high-stakes charity poker tournament in partnership with the World Poker Tour (WPT) and the One Drop Foundation that will take place during the Formula 1 weekend in November. The Big Deal for One Drop will be a $10,000 buy-in event with up
Jul 23, 2024 4 min read Three bracelets wasn’t enough for Scott Seiver to run away with the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year award, but he did hold on to win. And now he might be one year away from an even bigger honor — the Poker Hall of Fame.
Jul 23, 2024 2 min read As excitement gears up for the upcoming WPT World Championship in Las Vegas, the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) has partnered with the World Poker Tour to give players opportunities to win a seat into the $10,400 buy-in championship event. In addition to awarding seats to two of the year’s
Jul 23, 2024 Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level. In the 13th episode, Connor speaks with 888poker ambassador and Twitch streamer Ian Simpson, who
Jul 23, 2024 3 min read Understanding what Game Theory Optimal poker is, when to use it, and how it applies to the hands you play has become one of the cornerstones of profitable poker. However, GTO remains a badly understood (and often wholly misunderstood) aspect of poker strategy for most players. If you are
Stretch Network Jul 23, 2024 6 min read Stretch Network, a leading poker software provider in the industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ruslan Bangert as its new head. With over 15 years of experience in the poker industry, Ruslan brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the team. The company is
Jul 23, 2024 4 min read Sweden’s Niklas “Lena900” Astedt finished third in the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event a little under a week ago, a result worth a career-best $4 million. Most poker players would have taken some time to rest and recuperate, but Astedt is not like most, as evidenced
Jul 23, 2024 4 min read The wait for the 2024 Goliath is almost over with the first of eight scheduled flights shuffling up and dealing on July 27 at the Grosvenor G Casino in Coventry. A massive field is expected by the time the eighth and final flights conclude; could the prize pool top
Jul 23, 2024 5 min read Jesse Lonis is one of the latest players to join David Tuchman for a drive in the 888ride Chevy Tahoe. Tuchman chatted with Lonis about his poker success, his hard start in life, and what it’s like moving to Vegas for the first time. Lonis’s Hendon Mob starts in
Jul 22, 2024 4 min read In response to the controversy over laptop assistance between hands during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table, Daniel Negreanu called on tournament operators to clarify rules about solvers and preflop tools in tournaments and for players to speak up when they see something they think
Kyle Anderson Jul 22, 2024 3 min read Hey, everyone. I’m Kyle Anderson, PokerNews ambassador and Ontario resident. Here is an update on everything that’s happened in the poker world in Ontario in the last month. Kyle Anderson coming to you from the 2024 WSOP! Remember, ON players can legally play real money poker in
Jul 22, 2024 3 min read PokerNews live reporters are jetting off to Pretoria, South Africa, this August for the SunBet Poker Tour by MJPT, which runs from July 31 through August 11 at the Time Square Casino. Players from far and wide will descend on the casino for the 12-day poker spectacular, with the
Jul 22, 2024 3 min read The $109 buy-in, $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event at 888poker was a little different this weekend than usual thanks to the ChampionChip Games running. Usually, the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event runs over two days, but with the ChampionChip Games Main Event due to crown its champion on July
Jul 22, 2024 3 min read The $3 million Preheat Festival concluded at WPT Global over the weekend but you don’t have long to wait to get your teeth into another exciting online poker series. The WPT Global Summer Festival runs from July 28 through August 18, and it is the biggest Summer Festival WPT
Jul 21, 2024 3 min read Jordan Griff, who finished runner-up in the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, made his first public appearance since the final table to share his thoughts on the player he lost to heads-up. The near world champion chatted with Doug Polk on YouTube Sunday afternoon in what
Jul 20, 2024 3 min read The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) not only concluded its series in Las Vegas this week, the segregated market of Pennsylvania also wrapped its seven-event bracelet schedule that had run from June 2-July 14. Pennsylvania’s Zach “CaptainLevi” Gruneberg, the reigning WSOP PA Online Player of the Year, captured
Jul 19, 2024 3 min read Legendary UFC ring announcer Bruce Buffer has taken the internet by storm this week, sharing an incredible multi-handed blackjack win on his social media channels. Known as the “Veteran Voice of the Octagon,” Buffer posted a video of his four-handed blackjack triumph to millions of followers on X and
Jul 19, 2024 4 min read There is no rule against a player’s rail watching the livestream or reviewing solvers during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table. But Alan Keating is not a fan, and he isn’t the only one. Jonathan Tamayo won the 2024 WSOP Main Event for $10 million
Jul 19, 2024 2 min read The popular WPT Prime, like almost every other live poker tour, went on a brief hiatus during the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP), but it is returning with a bang from August 6 when it heads to the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City for WPT Prime Taiwan.