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December 16, 2023 Another day, another huge win at the poker table for Garrett Adelstein. The Los Angeles high-stakes poker legend competed on Friday in a World Poker Tour (WPT) Cash Game live-streamed on YouTube, his second appearance this week in his return to poker for the first time in nearly 15 months. Adelstein admitted

December 15, 2023 South Korea’s Gab Yong Kim has won the €3,000 Mystery Bounty at the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague for €219,214 after defeating heads-up opponent Andrej Tekel of Austria in what proved to be a back-and-forth heads-up battle. Kim came into Day 3 as the chip leader and continued to build his

December 14, 2023 After three days Event #15: $10,000 High-Roller 6-Handed concluded Thursday at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island. China’s Dong Chen defeated Thomas Santerne in heads-up play to lay claim to a top prize of $411,659 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. Chen came

December 13, 2023 The World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas is happening now, and the field is chock-full of qualifiers, many of who won a $12,500 WPT World Championship Passport on ClubWPT. Below is a look at a handful of qualifiers who will be worth keeping an eye on as one

December 12, 2023 In an attempt to combat stalling near the bubble, Wynn and the World Poker Tour (WPT) made a significant change to the $1,100 buy-in WPT Prime Championship on Day 1. Many tournament players take issue with incessant tanking from short-stacked players attempting to stall their way into the money. This is especially

December 11, 2023 The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise at the Atlantis Paradise Island in The Bahamas is comprised of 15 gold bracelet events, and PokerNews has been on-site offering live updates from the vast majority of them. During that time, our Live Reporting Team has captured some entertaining and game-changing hands, which

December 10, 2023 The $40 million guaranteed World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship event hasn’t even begun, but there’s already been a number of big winners during the series at Wynn Las Vegas. On Monday, the largest guaranteed prize pool in poker history kicks off, and everyone in the poker world is talking about it.

December 09, 2023 The inaugural 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise at the five-star Atlantis Resort & Casino concluded one of the busiest days of the series so far. A trio of gold bracelet winners was crowned on Friday night and the last player to lift the hardware happened to be cash-game specialist Nikolaos

December 08, 2023 It’s been 435 days since Garrett Adelstein last appeared on a poker live-stream, and the Los Angeles high-stakes legend is nearing his return, according to a post on X. But where will he end up? Let’s take a look at some of the possibilities. https://twitter.com/GmanPoker/status/1732816125849751937 Adelstein, aka “G-Man,” is a longtime popular

December 07, 2023 They say you always remember your first, so it’s very likely that Tamas Adamszki has just created a lifelong memory after picking up his maiden PokerStars spadie trophy at the 2023 European Poker Tour Prague. The Hungarian online grinder, who’s been dipping his toe in the live sphere as of late, topped

December 06, 2023 Mariano likely just won the largest pot of his career when he flopped a king-high straight flush on Hustler Casino Live against fellow HCL regular Andy Stacks. Fortunately for Mariano, Andy has the one hand that would pay him the full double — an ace-high flush. In this strategy column, I will

December 05, 2023 The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise is a winter series held at the Atlantis Paradise Island in The Bahamas. The series is underway and runs from December 3-14. It will feature 15 bracelet events across different variants with over $51 million in guarantees. PokerNews is on hand to provide live coverage

December 04, 2023 The World Poker Tour (WPT) recently stopped at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open on the road to the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas later this month. The tournament drew 1,447 entries who fought for the lion’s share of the $4,630,400 prize pool, and Istvan

December 03, 2023 Phil Ivey and Gus Hansen confirmed busto? No, that isn’t why the poker legends were spotted competing among the low-stakes crowd at Wynn Las Vegas on Friday morning. They were in attendance chatting it up with poker fans for a fun and relaxing World Poker Tour (WPT) Premier Meet-up Game (MUG), along

December 02, 2023 Wisconsin’s John “Johnnyhaha” Riesterer likes to laugh, and he also likes to play poker. Later this year, Riesterer will take his shot in the $40 million guaranteed $40 million guaranteed World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship after winning a $12,500 WPT World Championship Passport on ClubWPT. PokerNews caught up with the retired

December 01, 2023 Online poker room WPT Global has just made a huge signing for their ambassador team. The latest poker superstar to be added to their ranks is none other than Jonathan Van Fleet, aka “apestyles”. The Twitch poker phenom joins up with the likes of Brad Owen, Andrew Neeme, Ethan “Rampage” Yau and

November 30, 2023 Gus Hansen, one of poker’s all-time most popular players, will compete in Friday’s World Poker Tour (WPT) Premier Meet-Up Game (MUG) at Wynn Las Vegas. The “Great Dane” was a fan favorite during the poker boom era, regularly competing on popular shows such as High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark. Fans

November 29, 2023 This weekend, poker players are invited to take part in a Celebrity Charity Tournament in Santa Monica, California that will be headlined by Hollywood actors Ted Danson, Cheryl Hines and Clark Gregg. The event will take place on Dec. 2 at 12:30 p.m. local time and costs $1,200 to enter with the

November 28, 2023 The Grand Prix Turbo Series Las Vegas Edition ‘23 on Global Poker wrapped up last week after running alongside the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix and giving poker players a chance to get in on the Foruma 1 hype. The Grand Prix Turbo Series Las Vegas Edition ‘23 ran Nov. 16-18 and

November 27, 2023 The remaining 83 players sat down at high noon on Monday for Day 3 in the $3,500 Main Event at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open. After 20 levels of play, it was Lucian Silveira with the only stack over two million. The tournament’s 1,447 entries