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August 18, 2023 Guests: Lukas “RobinPoker” Robinsin On the latest PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Connor Richards welcome Matt Hansen as a new co-host of the show. Matt has been doing a lot of work behind the scenes for PokerNews, and now we’re putting a microphone in front of him to draw on his deep

August 17, 2023 Five-time World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring winner Preston McEwen has been on a tear this year and hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down. Specifically, the Tennessee grinder has been crushing at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina, where he recently made three final tables, including a third-place finish in the

August 16, 2023 Less than a month after winning his 13th World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring, Ari Engel won a 14th ring at WSOPC Graton to tie Josh Reichard in second place on the all-time Circuit ring list. Engel’s latest ring was earned in Event #10: $400 H.O.R.S.E. for $6,647 at the northern

August 15, 2023 The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Cherokee stop in North Carolina wrapped up this week and saw William Kopp taking down the $1,700 buy-in Main Event for a career-best $376,154 and his fourth piece of WSOP hardware. Kopp, who defeated heads-up opponent Brian Jones to deny the Kentucky resident his first

August 14, 2023 Monday night’s High Stakes Poker show — the second episode of Season 11 — featured a $1 million pot and was dominated by the overly aggressive play of Eric Persson. Persson, however, wasn’t seated at the table when the show began but would enter shortly after. When the cameras began rolling, the

August 13, 2023 The Daily Mail captured video of a horrifying fire on Saturday of an 88-foot luxury yacht reportedly owned by Spanish poker pro Diego Gomez Gonzalez. It’s unclear if Gonzalez, who has nearly $500,000 in live tournament cashes according to The Hendon Mob, was onboard at the time of the incident, but reports

August 12, 2023 The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) may be in the rearview mirror, but that just means it’s a good time to take a look back at some of the highlights from the record-breaking seven-week festival. For PokerNews, some of those highlights came in twice a week with new episodes of the

August 11, 2023 The final day of the 2023 Merit Poker Retro Series $2,200 Warm-Up has come to an end at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino and Hadi Khadra is the champion after a deal was made during three-handed play. Khadra takes the top prize while Turkey’s Murat Cakir finishes second and Greece’s

August 10, 2023 Following an incident that involved one player threatening violence against an opponent and his mother during Wednesday’s live-stream, Big Bet Poker LIVE has issued an apologetic statement to PokerNews and said they do not condone such behavior. Austin Yoo, a Los Angeles cash game player, and Jason Liu, a Stanford University graduate

August 09, 2023 The 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) kicked off back on July 26 and culminated on Tuesday with the conclusion of a quartet of poker tournaments dubbed “The Big Four.” In between, there were some notable winners including Justin Liberto, who we previously covered here, as well as Shaun Deeb, who

August 08, 2023 With $4.2 million up top in the $125,000 buy-in Triton Poker London Main Event, Juan Pardo ran into a difficult situation with pocket kings facing some heavy action. He would eventually fold the hand, which now begs the question — would you have done the same thing? We’re going to give you

August 07, 2023 If the first episode of High Stakes Poker Season 11, which aired Monday on PokerGO, is any indication of how this season will go, poker fans are going to be in for a treat. The game was bigger than ever before on the show as all six players at the table were

August 06, 2023 Phil Ivey cracked the $40 million lifetime live tournament mark on Sunday at Triton Poker London with his umpteenth major poker win, this one being a $60,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em turbo event. The widely considered greatest poker player of all-time captured his fourth Triton win while taking home $1,007,000 for outlasting a

August 05, 2023 September will see a return to Malta for PartyPoker‘s flagship series, the LIVE MILLIONS for twelve days of poker fun in the sun at Portomaso Casino right on the Maltese coast. The LIVE MILLIONS Malta schedule has been finalized, with 33 numbered events running from Friday, September 22 to Tuesday, October 3,

August 04, 2023 The Sports Gambling Hall of Fame will launch at Circa Resort & Casino in Downtown Las Vegas on August 11 as the capstone event of this year’s Bet Bash. The induction ceremony will take place within the world’s largest sportsbook at Circa and will honor five living and five in-memoriam bookmakers and

August 03, 2023 The 2023 Wynn Summer Classic ran from May 25 to July 19, offering $28 million in guaranteed prize pools across 48 events. At the end of it, 34,441 entrants competed and $64,529,520 in prize money was awarded. The series featured events with buy-ins ranging from $400 to $111,000 and offered poker variants

August 02, 2023 The DeepStack Championship Poker Series ran from May 22 to July 31 and featured nearly $14 million in guaranteed prize pools across dozens of events at Venetian Las Vegas. That number was smashed as $27,391,509 in prize money was awarded and a total of 27,489 entrants competed in the Venetian summer series.

August 01, 2023 For the eighth time, Jason Koon won a Triton Poker tournament, this one for $1,570,000 in the $60,000 No-Limit Hold’em 7-Handed in London. On Tuesday, the GGPoker ambassador conquered a field of 67 unique players — plus 37 rebuys — to capture his first win since welcoming his second child earlier this

July 31, 2023 When it comes to playing poker in Las Vegas, it’s crucial to consider various factors to find the best poker room in Sin City for you. One of the fundamental aspects to know in order to get the best value while you play in a Las Vegas poker cash game is the

July 30, 2023 It had been a minute since the last time Fedor Holz finished with all the chips in a live high roller poker tournament. That all came to an end Saturday when the German sensation took down Triton Poker London’s $25,000 7-Handed No-Limit Hold’em event for $609,853. The GGPoker ambassador defeated the red