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Jul 03, 2024 6 min read Last updated Jul 03, 2024 Welcome back to our daily recap of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) from the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, which has now reached Day 36! July 2 saw two more bracelets find new homes, another six events play out, and Alex Foxen

Jul 03, 2024 3 min read Last updated Jul 03, 2024 David Eldridge has overcome a 476 entry-field in Event #73: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha and defeated poker Hall-of-Famer Brian Rast heads-up to claim his second World Series of Poker bracelet and the $2,246,728 first-place prize. Eldridge, who is commonly known by his friends

Jul 02, 2024 4 min read Last updated Jul 02, 2024 The World Series of Poker (WSOP) have announced the list of ten nominees to the 2024 WSOP Hall of Fame and as expected, it features some familiar faces. Last year mixed game legend Brian Rast was a popular induction, joining the likes of Phil

Jul 02, 2024 Last updated Jul 02, 2024 Guests: Joey Ingram In the 843rd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Kyna England are joined at Level 9 Studio by Joey Ingram, who served as special co-host to talk about the latest happenings at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) as well as

Jul 02, 2024 4 min read Last updated Jul 02, 2024 “pivoupuzec” came back from fifth in chips to win the latest edition of the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event online at 888poker. Some 979 players bought in and the Montenegrin outlasted them all, showcasing a little luck and plenty of skill en route to

Jul 02, 2024 The $10,000 buy-in 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, poker’s most prestigious annual tournament, kicks off Wednesday with the first of four Day 1 starting flights. Last year’s world championship event attracted a 55-year record 10,043 entrants, with Daniel Weinman, a member of Team Lucky, taking it down for $12.1

Jul 02, 2024 The inaugural Mystery Bounty Series wrapped up at PokerStars on July 1 with the crowning of the $109 buy-in, $1 million guaranteed Main Event champion. Polish grinder “filipkow81” will forever be known as that champion after they overcame a 9,483-string field to bank $55,899, including mystery bounty payments. Day 1 of this

Jul 02, 2024 Poker’s stars shone bright on Day 35 of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas in what was another exciting day of high-octane poker action. Seven events played out, one to its conclusion, and a host of stellar names found themselves high up in the

Jul 02, 2024 After finishing as the runner-up last year, Japan’s Shiina Okamoto etched her name into poker history by clinching her first bracelet in Event #71: $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold’em at the World Series of Poker. Okamoto triumphed over 1,245 competitors to claim the top prize of $171,732 at the Horseshoe and Paris

Jul 01, 2024 World Poker Tour (WPT) announcer Tony Dunst stepped out of the broadcast booth and into the online poker arena Sunday night where he picked up a huge victory. The longtime poker pro captured his third World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet by winning WSOP Online Event #15: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack. He

Jul 01, 2024 The initial schedule — US and international — is out for the 2024-2025 World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) season, and it should create some excitement within the poker community. Action for the 20th Circuit season kicks off at a familiar spot — Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma — on July

Jul 01, 2024 The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) today announced a partnership with the North American Poker Tour (NAPT). The collaboration will create the “Golden Player of the Series” leaderboard which will award a $10,000 valued Gold Pass to the NAPT: Las Vegas festival at Resorts World. The leaderboard will award and reset every RunGood

Jul 01, 2024 Are we witnessing the greatest World Series of Poker (WSOP) ever? No hyperbole, that’s a genuine question. On Sunday, Scott Seiver won his third bracelet of the summer making him a lock to win the 2024 WSOP Player of the Year award. Or, so you’d think. But the latter part of that

Jul 01, 2024 Online poker’s most prestigious low-stakes tournament series is returning to PokerStars from July and bringing with it $4 million in guaranteed prize pools. The 2024 edition of the ever-popular MicroMillions sees 208 affordable events take place between July 7-21 in what will be a fortnight of incredible poker action. Where many poker

Jul 01, 2024 Day 34 of the 2024 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas had five in-play events, making it a little more relaxed for PokerNews‘ live reporters after the craziness of the past few days, where up to 12 events were simultaneously taking place at one stage! The highlight

Jul 01, 2024 A woman from Michigan is suing the MGM Grand Casino, Detroit, after alleging that she has been ‘unlawfully’ denied a $127,000 jackpot by the casino. Denise Ezell, 65, is seeking damages of $75,000 plus the original jackpot amount from the MGM Grand, via the US District Court Eastern District of Michigan after

Jun 30, 2024 For the first time since Jeff Lisandro did it in 2009, a player has won three World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets in the same series in Las Vegas. That individual’s name is Scott Seiver, who called his shot on winning Player of the Year before the Series began. The now seven-time

Jun 30, 2024 The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) may be the biggest poker series of the summer, but it is far from the only one in Las Vegas. In poker rooms across the city, different series are taking place such as the ARIA Classic and Wynn Summer Classic. Over at the Venetian Las

Jun 30, 2024 Nikolay Fal is the latest victor at the 2024 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, having bested 611 fellow competitors across three days of play in Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better to secure $153,730 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. Fal defeated

Jun 30, 2024 Day 33 at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was another four bracelet day! Elie Nakache put on an impressive heads-up display to win Event #68: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship. He beat Joshua Adkins in a one-sided duel that resulted in Adkins leaving in second and Nakache taking home $1,320,945 and