April 24, 2024 PokerNews has been bringing you live reporting from the biggest poker tournaments for over 17 years. As the poker world gears up for another incredible summer of poker, with EPT Monte Carlo and 888poker LIVE Barcelona before the 2024 World Series of Poker, it’s time for a brand new addition to the
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April 24, 2024 Many poker players dream of becoming site ambassadors, and now for two lucky players those dreams have become reality. 888poker’s month-long Stream On competition has come to a close, and while there was only one StreamTeam member slated to be chosen, a bumper field of 63 candidates meant that two players received
April 24, 2024 Dustin Melanson has won Event #8: $1,700 No Limit Holdem Main Event at the World Series of Poker Circuit Playground. He defeated a field of 1,660 players, taking home $339,770 after a heads-up deal with Sergei Gurin. With this win, he more than doubles his career live earnings and can now add
April 24, 2024 A total of 49 players returned for Day 2 of Event #12: $600 No Limit Holdem Closer at theWorld Series of Poker Circuit Playground. The play was fast and loud with a fairly fast structure and a group of players that came to battle. When the final chip fell, it was Christopher
April 23, 2024 Several young and prominent poker players headlined the final 16 at the end of Day 3 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship, and those same young stars are still alive after Day 4. They will take a month off before playing at the televised final table
April 23, 2024 Table games are a staple in casinos around the world, offering players an exciting and interactive way to gamble. Unlike slot machines, which are purely based on luck, table games involve elements of strategy and skill, making them popular among both seasoned gamblers and newcomers alike. From classics like Blackjack and Roulette
April 23, 2024 Life Outside Poker w/ Connor Richards is a new podcast for PokerNews that focuses on poker players with successful careers and lives outside of poker. For the third episode, Connor spoke with high-stakes poker player, politician and entrepreneur Antanas “Tony G” Guoga. In the interview, Tony G spoke about growing up in
April 23, 2024 If you ever needed proof that live tournament poker is as popular in Australia than it has ever been, the WPT Prime Gold Coast Championship is it. Some 1,395 players piled into The Star Gold Coast over three starting flights, each paying AU$2,000 and creating an AU$2,511,000 (US$1,611,811) prize pool. The bumper
April 23, 2024 The PokerStars Sunday Million Season concluded on April 22 with the crowning of the $109 buy-in, $1.5 million guaranteed Sunday Million Season Finale. The title of champion and a $177,532 payout are heading to Hungary after “KMSZI11” came out on top under the watchful eyes of the PokerStars Twitch stream. The Sunday
April 22, 2024 Fifteen-time Circuit ring winner Josh Reichard is hungry to add a World Poker Tour (WPT) title to his poker resume, and he’s in great shape to do so after bagging a massive chip lead with 16 players left in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship. The Wisconsin crusher ended Day
April 22, 2024 Following a one-week hiatus, High Stakes Poker returned to PokerGO Monday where viewers witnessed the largest pots in the show’s history, and the hand just so happened to also be one of the biggest bad beats in televised cash game poker history. The ninth episode of Season 12 saw numerous six-figure pots,
April 22, 2024 The latest Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) event took place this week, but this one wasn’t in Las Vegas. While many CSOP events take place at popular Vegas spots like Palms and South Point, CSOP Event #62: Larry Frank Memorial Charity Event took place in Hollywood, Florida during the World Poker Tour
Date Start Time (ET) Start Time (WET) Event 05-May 08:05 13:05 SCOOP 02-L: $5.50 NLHE [SCOOP Kickoff], $50K Gtd 05-May 08:05 13:05 SCOOP 02-M: $55 NLHE [SCOOP Kickoff], $200K Gtd 05-May 08:05 13:05 SCOOP 02-H: $530 NLHE [SCOOP Kickoff], $250K Gtd 05-May 10:05 15:05 SCOOP 03-L: $22 NLHE [Sunday Warm-Up], $150K Gtd 05-May 10:05 15:05
April 22, 2024 The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) continues its season of Destination RunGood events with a visit to Graton Resort And Casino in the California Bay Area. The RGPS Bay Area events will run from May 2 to May 12, 2024, with a schedule of 17 ring events. The flagship event of the RGPS
April 22, 2024 Jamie Geraghty helped himself to a career-best score of £30,610 by becoming the champion of the 888poker LIVE UK Poker League (UKPL) Manchester Main Event over the weekend. The bumper prize is Geraghty’s second live five-figure score, his previous stemming from a fifth place finish in another 888poker-run event in October 2021.
April 22, 2024 The popular Poker in the Ears Podcast, a PokerStars production, released its 305th episode on Thursday, and it was headlined by guest Lexy Gavin-Mather. Gavin-Mather is an author, poker pro, and teaches a poker training course. She joined hosts Joe Stapleton and James Hartigan for an interesting conversation about her experiences with
April 22, 2024 After 17 hours of play, the action has come to a close for Event #10: $600 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Max here at the 2024 World Series of Poker Playground. Gabriel Croteau emerged victorious in the early hours of the morning, last defeating Daniel Lefebvre heads-up to take home his second circuit ring and
April 22, 2024 After nearly 14 hours of play, the curtain fell on Event #10: $300 Ladies Event at the 2024 World Series of Poker Circuit Playground. After the dust had settled, Christine Davis was the last woman standing, last defeating Nancy Brett heads-up to take home her first WSOP circuit ring and the top
April 21, 2024 Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship wrapped up late on Sunday night as 101 players found bags to advance to Day 3. Out in front is Wisconsin’s Josh Reichard, who sits tied for second on the all-time WSOP Circuit ring list as he searches
April 21, 2024 If the monotone chants of “RIG-BY! RIG-BY!” mean anything to you, you may have been in the Rio Amazon Room in Las Vegas during the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. It was here that Pittsburgh’s Nicholas Rigby became a household name in the poker world for his loose-aggressive, bluff-intensive