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May 04, 2024 It was a big weekend for Poker At The Lodge with two days of high-stakes $200/$400 no limit cash game streams and the final table of a 1,691 player tournament with half a million in the prize pool. Along the way, mortgage-clearing sums of cash changed hands, including one pot that ended

May 03, 2024 The Maestral Resort & Casino in Budva, Montenegro, may not be a poker venue that you are familiar with, but that is set to change because the Triton Poker High Roller Series is heading there from May 12 through May 26 for the latest stop of it 2024 tour. With the “cheapest”

May 02, 2024 The 2024 PokerStars Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) runs from May 5 through May 29. It features 128 events and a staggering $75 million in combined guaranteed prize pools. Plenty of new tournaments have added to the excitement, but the inaugural SCOOP League has captured the poker community’s attention. The SCOOP

May 01, 2024 Sometimes it feels like the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) never sleeps. There is always another stop just coming up or just having passed. For example, the RGPS Horseshoe Council Bluffs just wrapped up over the weekend and the RGPS St. Louis is already underway. However, if you missed the former and can’t

April 30, 2024 The 2024 PokerStars Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) is only days away, and players from far and wide are hitting the online poker tables with renewed vigor, hoping to hit form in time for the $75 million guaranteed series. Thomas “WushuTM” Muehloecker has done precisely that, taking down the $5,200 Titans

April 29, 2024 A total of 648 players tried their luck in The $700 RunGood Poker Series Destination: Council Bluffs Main Event at The Horseshoe Casino. That tally created a prize pool worth $372,600 that only 80 players were lucky enough to see any piece of. After the dust cleared, it was Omaha local Donald

April 26, 2024 According to reports, poker players in Michigan will soon be joining their peers from Nevada and New Jersey on the WSOP.com platform as part of an upcoming shared liquidity deal. Nick Jones of Pokerfuse broke the story on Thursday and provided some details that online poker players in the Wolverine State will

April 27, 2024 There are poker ambassador announcements, and then there are poker ambassador announcements. Danish poker legend Gus Hansen — who needs no introduction — has joined Team Winamax as their latest sponsored pro in a surprise move from the site that also features Adrian Mateos, Mustapha Kanit and Davidi Kitai. “It’s the best

April 26, 2024 There are one million reasons to join the Mega Wheel Madness at 888casino this springtime with a seven-figure prize pool ready and waiting for new & existing players right now! Created by top developer Pragmatic Play, Mega Wheel is one of 2024’s hottest live game shows, offering the chance to win epic

April 25, 2024 The annual Crypto Series of Poker (CSOP) at CoinPoker is in full swing and gearing up for its main event this Sunday, April 28 at 18:30 GMT. That Sunday tournament is a $100,000 GTD No Limit Hold’em event, with a $500 buy-in. One lucky player can satellite in for free on Twitter

April 24, 2024 The WPT Voyage was a roaring success, with players from far and wide embarking on the Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady cruise ship in Miami before sailing in luxury to the Cayman Islands and The Bahamas. Thanks to WPT Global, some of the PokerNews team, including our excellent ambassador Lukas “RobinPoker” Robinson, were

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 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 21, 2024 The highly acclaimed and award-winning PokerStars live-streaming team has been on the move in 2024, kicking off their year with a bang at EPT Paris and the Irish Open. Now, they’re ready to capture all the excitement from EPT Monte Carlo. Expect nothing less than top-notch coverage as PokerStars brings you the

April 19, 2024 The biggest and most popular World Poker Tour (WPT) stop of the year is underway in Hollywood, Florida with the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. The series features the $3,500 buy-in WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship, a $3 million guaranteed event that kicked off on Friday with Day 1a.

April 19, 2024 Get ready to mark your calendars because 888poker LIVE is gearing up for its next exciting stop in the vibrant city of Barcelona, Spain! From May 8-20, 2024, all roads lead to the illustrious Casino Barcelona, nestled along the picturesque seafront. This edition promises to deliver an unforgettable fusion of thrilling poker

April 18, 2024 May 4 is often called “Star Wars Day” but May 4 this year won’t involve Stormtroopers, Darth Vader, or light sabers, but high-octane poker action from the EAPT Grand Final and EAPT Cyprus events. The EAPT has gone from strength to strength in recent years, and things are about to explode in

April 17, 2024 The seventh of eight events on the 2024 PokerGO U.S. Poker Open schedule was a $15,100 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em affair that saw 64 entrants create a $960,000 prize pool. Eric Afriat was the last man standing and the recipient of $288,000, the sixth-largest score of the Canadian businessman’s live poker career. Afriat

April 16, 2024 The 13th anniversary edition of the PokerStars Sunday Storm ended with a Brazilian champion, runner-up, and fourth-place finisher. Some 46,679 players, including re-entries, bought in for $11 and fought tooth and nail to capture a slice of the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. Day 1 concluded on April 14 with only 1,997 of

April 15, 2024 Paul McAulay is the 2024 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Edinburgh Main Event champion. According to The Hendon Mob Database, the Scotsman’s victory, the first of his career, came with £34,810 in prize money, the second-largest haul of his career. Thirteen is considered an unlucky number, but the opposite is true in