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Oct 10, 2024 2 min read Table Of Contents The latest World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) stop kicked off today in Pompano Beach, Florida and will award nearly two dozen Circuit rings across an array of events. The WSOPC Pompano Beach stop, which runs Oct. 10-21 at Harrah’s Pompano Beach, will culminate with a

Oct 09, 2024 3 min read Table Of Contents Caesars Southern Indiana is coming up on its second World Series of Poker Circuit event of 2024. After hosting a highly successful series in May of this year, the WSOPC Caesars Southern Indiana returns on October 17 for another 12 days of high-octane, mid-stakes poker. The

Oct 08, 2024 4 min read Table Of Contents Polarizing former Hustler Casino Live player Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot says the show’s co-owner, Nick Vertucci, should “step away” over sexual harassment allegations. Julia McBride (aka “Julia from Palmdale”), once a prominent player on Hustler Casino Live, shared text screenshots on X from a September 2023

Oct 07, 2024 4 min read Table Of Contents Sameh Elamawy has been brought the action throughout Season 13 of High Stakes Poker, but the best play he’s made occurred during Monday’s newest episode. And it will go down as a Top 5 bluff in the iconic poker show’s history. The billionaire CEO of Scratch

Oct 04, 2024 2 min read PokerStars listened to feedback from female poker players on how to draw women to the game, and now the poker site is responding. The upcoming PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas festival will feature a $330 buy-in Women’s Event on Nov. 5. Notably, the event has a

Oct 05, 2024 4 min read Few would argue that Phil Hellmuth is the G.O.A.T. of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). But Bryn Kenney doesn’t think the “Poker Brat” is that great overall as a poker player. Kenney, who holds the record for live tournament cashes at $67 million, according to The Hendon Mob,

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Oct 03, 2024 3 min read A poker player has entered a guilty plea in connection to basketball player Jontay Porter’s lifetime ban from the NBA for betting on games. Long Phi Pham (“Bruce”), who claims to be a poker pro, was arrested at JFK airport and charged with wire fraud conspiracy, a federal crime,

Oct 02, 2024 2 min read The second largest bad beat jackpot in live poker history — CAD $2,275,388 (approximately $1.7 million USD) — hit recently at Playground Poker Club in Quebec, Canada. Playground has played host to many of the biggest bad beat jackpots ever, and that includes the biggest of them all. One

Oct 01, 2024 2 min read Jesse Jones capped off a $73,448 win in the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) St. Louis Main Event over the weekend, and now the mid-stakes poker tour will turn its focus to a popular destination six hours away. Tulsa’s Hard Rock Hotel and Casino will play host to the next

Sep 30, 2024 5 min read Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot was in search of a lucky river card just to chop a $716,000 pot against Andrew Robl, while Jennifer Tilly couldn’t catch a break on the newest edition of High Stakes Poker on PokerGO. Episode 8 of Season 13 featured a monster bluff — one

Sep 29, 2024 4 min read PokerNews has learned that famed gambler and avid poker player Archie Karas has passed away at age 73. Anargyros Karabourniotis, his birth name, famously went on a heater simply referred to as “The Run” in December 1992 when he drove to Las Vegas with just $50 in his pocket

Sep 28, 2024 4 min read Austin’s metro area has a booming live poker industry and, no disrespect to any other card rooms in the city, it’s dominated by two clubs that are trying relentlessly to one-up each other. Texas Card House Social (TCH) and The Lodge Card Club in Round Rock (Austin area), two

Sep 27, 2024 3 min read Paul Bilzerian, convicted felon and father of controversial poker player Dan Bilzerian, used his son’s cannabis business to hide money he’s owed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for decades, federal investigators allege. The elder Bilzerian and Ignite, the aforementioned cannabis business, along with Bilzerian’s long-time accountant, Scott

Sep 26, 2024 7 min read The month of September is recognized as “Suicide Prevention Month” – a time to place the spotlight on the multiple resources available to those who may need crisis support or want to help someone they know. Given the poker community has recently lost several players who died by suicide,

Sep 25, 2024 2 min read Poker fans don’t have to wait much longer for the second installment of the Triton Poker Cash Game Invitational. The five-day high-stakes affair begins Oct. 1 at the Jeju Shinwa World Resort in South Korea, and concludes Oct. 5. Triton will livestream each session starting at noon PT. Triton

Sep 24, 2024 3 min read Clinton Keown from Evansville, Indiana, passed away on September 22 in an automobile accident. A renowned athlete for both basketball and baseball, Keown was also a popular poker player in the community. Keown, born February 25, 1980, had $171,271 in lifetime earnings according to the Hendon Mob, which included

Sep 23, 2024 4 min read High Stakes Poker returned to PokerGO Monday night following a two-week hiatus due to the Poker Masters coverage, and Episode 7 of Season 13 was worth the wait. Stanley Tang was the star of the newest episode. He pushed around some accomplished poker players such as Andrew Robl and

Sep 22, 2024 2 min read Ari Engel broke the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring record on Saturday. His own record. The Canadian born poker legend took down an $888 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Crazy 8’s tournament on WSOP Online Pennsylvania, a Circuit event. He beat out a field of 61 entrants on his

Sep 21, 2024 3 min read Where did Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot get his high-stakes poker bankroll? That’s been a topic of discussion among the poker community for a couple years, and the answer hasn’t been clear. The former Hustler Casino Live regular appeared on the Table 1 podcast and gave hosts Justin Young and