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March 05, 2024 In the No. 818 episode of the PokerNews Podcast sponsored by Global Poker, Chad Holloway, Connor Richards, and Matt Hansen dive into the latest news, gossip, and results from the poker industry. That includes talking about the earlier leader in the cross-book bet between Landon Tice & Jeremy Becker, Mori Eskandani and

March 04, 2024 Popular poker pro Phil Laak made his High Stakes Poker return Monday night for the first time since 2011 when the iconic poker show aired on the Game Show Network. Episode 3 of Season 12, now on PokerGO, featured a colorful cast of characters joining the “Unabomber” at the table, headlined by

March 03, 2024 It’s been a good week for Poker Hall of Famers, and specifically those who were inducted in 2018. John Hennigan and Mori Eskandani went back-to-back at the 2024 PokerGO Tour (PGT) Mixed Games series in Las Vegas, with Hennigan first taking down the $5,100 8-Game event for $120,150 before the PokerGO president

March 02, 2024 Day 6 of the $1 million guaranteed PokerNews Online Championship at 888poker was a busy one, with five events crowning their worthy champions. Four of those tournament were six-handed mystery bounty events, with the unique Cut to the Chase event being the fifth and final tournament of the evening. Four of the

March 01, 2024 There’s some drama brewing at the most infamous retirement community in the world — The Villages in Florida — over recreational poker game bans, and it’s put many residents on tilt. The Villages, the world’s largest retirement community with over 145,000 residents from all across the globe, is infamous for its apparently

February 29, 2024 Kevin Martin has begun one of the wildest poker bankroll challenges ever, and every second of it can be witnessed on Twitch. The popular longtime streamer has abandoned his entire bankroll — every last penny of it — in an attempt to go from $0 to a brand new bankroll. Martin answered

February 28, 2024 There’s been no shortage of big headlines from the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) as of late, including Daniel Lowery winning his 15th ring at WSOPC Cherokee and Ari Engel soon after winning his 17th online to extend his lead on the all-time ring list. The former ring list leader, Maurice

February 27, 2024 Mike Postle made a surprise X Spaces appearance on Monday to deny the allegations against him, and the poker player who accused him of cheating on a live-stream four years ago, Veronica Brill, has fired back with a lengthy statement provided to PokerNews. Postle is alleged to have used some sort of

February 26, 2024 Mike Postle made a rare public appearance Monday night on Omar of The OTC‘s X Spaces conversation, where he continued his four-year denial that he cheated during poker live-streams. However, many listeners believed that he was never forced to answer any hard-hitting question from the hosts. The Northern California poker pro said

February 25, 2024 Mixed games are only getting more popular in the poker world, and Australian tournament director Shannon Van Den Berg knows that better than anyone. With knowledge of over 60 poker variants and as Director of Poker for Mixed Games Academy, an event management company that “deliver(s) mixed game events and training for

February 24, 2024 Retired Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce opened up on the All the Smoke podcast about why ESPN fired him in 2021 from his role as an NBA analyst, and it turns out the reason stems from his behavior during a poker home game. In April 2021, the poker enthusiast and Basketball Hall

February 23, 2024 Shortly after sharing with his X followers that he’d accepted an $800,000 buyout from Bill Perkins on a body fat loss prop bet, Shaun Deeb spoke with PokerNews to discuss his transformation from overweight to someone you might not even recognize this summer in Las Vegas. The perennial World Series of Poker

February 22, 2024 In the wake of excitement over the release of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) summer schedule, there’s a looming poker match-up that has garnered the most excitement of all. Poker prodigies Landon Tice and Jeremy Becker agreed to a 100% crossbook in at least 25 mutually played events over the

February 21, 2024 For the second straight year, Hustler Casino Live will host a series of $1 million buy-in games May 28-31, and a number of popular poker players have committed to play, including Doug Polk and Alan Keating. Last year, the poker show from Hustler Casino in Los Angeles became the first U.S. live-stream

February 20, 2024 The World Poker Tour (WPT) wants you to pack your linen and your onesies for the upcoming WPT Voyage so you can join in a Pajama Meet-Up Game on the opening night of the six-day cruise. The first day of WPT Voyage is March 31, and players can hop in a MUG

February 19, 2024 High Stakes Poker returned to PokerGO for the first episode of Season 12 on Monday, and a pair of regulars on the show — Jennifer Tilly and Jean-Robert Bellande — fought for the biggest pot of the night. Tilly and Bellande have played on the iconic poker show about as many times

February 18, 2024 Malaysia’s Kok Weng Beh, a high-stakes poker player who amassed hundreds of thousands in tournament earnings, passed away at the age of 42. On the morning of Feb. 16, Triton Poker shared the news of Beh’s death on social media, noting that his “legacy lives on in the cards and community (he)

February 17, 2024 Bill Perkins has bought out of a $1 million fitness prop bet with poker star Shaun Deeb, who is now in his best shape in years thanks to a little financial motivation. Nearly 11 months ago, the poker players agreed to a 14-month wager on Deeb’s ability to bring his body fat

February 16, 2024 In line with his 2024 tournament plans, Daniel Negreanu revealed his summer schedule, and he’s leaving himself with more days off than in recent years. Following two years of significant losses at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) totaling a combined nearly $2 million, the GGPoker ambassador plans to lighten the load

February 15, 2024 The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) had its latest stop at Harrah’s Pompano Beach in Florida as more than a dozen ring events took place Feb. 1-12. The WSOPC Pompano Beach stop produced several notable winners, including reigning GPI Player of the Year Bin Weng and East Coast crusher Scott Baumstein.