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July 06, 2023 What would the World Series of Poker Main Event be without a grand entrance from Phil Hellmuth? The “Poker Brat” showed up for the Day 1b session as P. T. Barnum from The Greatest Showman and was accompanied by his pet lion and aptly nicknamed Dan “Jungleman” Cates. The reception to Hellmuth’s

July 05, 2023 Sam Soverel spent Monday night playing in one of the live high-stakes cash games to which he is accustomed. At the same time, he was taking to the virtual felt under the name “ApesSonIMHO,” again competing against some of poker’s elite on WSOP.com. Two days later, it ended in a second World

July 04, 2023 Table Of Contents Start of the day low-stack Bradley Gafford has won Event #74 $1,000 Mini Main Event No Limit Hold’em for $549,555. Gafford from San Diego, California came into the day with only six big blinds and made the biggest comeback since Lazarus to take the top prize and the coveted

July 03, 2023 It’s Italy on top! After a five-day event at the InterContinental Hotel in Malta, Simone Andrian has become the champion of the PokerStars Summer Festival Malta Main Event for €153,610. It was a classic showcase of power poker from Andrian, who turned his overnight chip lead into an eventual victory. Andrian recently

July 02, 2023 It took an extra day but the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Lowball Championship has come to an end and Chris Brewer has won his second bracelet of the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Brewer outlasted 154 entries to and defeated Alex Livingston in heads-up play

July 01, 2023 Guests: Daniel Negreanu On the latest PokerNews Podcast episode, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen continue The Chad & Jesse Poker Show straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP). They are joined by none other than Daniel Negreanu, who took a break from his busy summer schedule to talk about a

June 30, 2023 Table Of Contents The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #68: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty attracted 2,854 players ($2,513,360 prize pool) on Thursday and played all the way down to the final table. The next day, those nine remaining players returned to determine a winner. After just over two hours of

June 29, 2023 The schedule for the 2023-2024 World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC), which begins July 19, has been released, and it includes 25 stops over a 10-month period. Circuit ring action kicks off in Durant, Oklahoma at the popular Choctaw Casino and Resort, one of the top poker rooms in the central United

June 28, 2023 Eric “Barstool Nate” Nathan had quite the adventure — injury, lost ID, the whole nine yards — getting to Las Vegas for the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP). PokerNews caught up with the Barstool Sports personality to hear his story of why he’s just now arriving at the WSOP. The co-host

June 27, 2023 The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #56: $500 Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold’em started the final day with 14 players chasing poker’s most sought-after trophy, but by day’s end, Steven Genovese stood alone atop the 4,303-entry field to take home the $217,921 first-place prize and his first WSOP gold bracelet.

June 26, 2023 Many were shocked this week when Ali Imsirovic broke his silence this week more than a year after being accused of cheating by other high-stakes poker pros. But few were satisfied with the answers provided by the 2021 GPI Player of the Year, who admitted to multi-accounting for several months in 2020,

June 25, 2023 In a 28-minute YouTube video released on Sunday, accused poker cheater Ali Imsirovic wanted to “set the record straight,” and in doing so he admitted to some of the allegations against him, but also denied others. Within 15 seconds after the video began, the 2021 GPI Player of the Year admitted that

June 24, 2023 The midway point in the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) has been achieved, and that means it’s time for an update on the $25k Fantasy Draft standings. Entering Saturday’s action, it appears many teams that went heavy on no-limit hold’em crushers are in good position heading into the second half of

June 23, 2023 Although it is usually the high-stakes poker tournaments that grab the poker community’s attention, it is not always true that you have to spend a lot to win big. TigerGaming’s new series is proof of that. The Summer Micro Tournament Series runs online at TigerGaming from June 25 through July 2. It

June 22, 2023 Following a fan vote, the 10 finalists have been disclosed for the 2023 Poker Hall of Fame, and the list of nominees is mostly similar to last year. Matt Savage, Brian Rast, Mike Matusow, and Kathy Liebert were among the returnees. But only one individual, whether it be a player or industry

June 21, 2023 Phil Ivey could make history Thursday at the $50,000 Poker Players Championship if he were to take down the bracelet, which would be his first title at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) since 2014. The widely accepted poker G.O.A.T. is one of three players — Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson are

June 20, 2023 Right in time for the Montreal Formula 1 race, Global Poker hosted the Grand Prix Turbo Series Montreal this week which featured four daily Gold Coins (GC) tournaments and four daily Sweeps Coins (SC) tournaments from June 16-18. Each event, including the Main Event, required GC 11,000 or SC 11 to enter.

June 19, 2023 As ten-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey competes in Day 2 of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP), another Poker Hall of Famer was looking for his eleventh piece of WSOP gold with a deep run in Event #41: $1,500 Big O. Johnny Chan entered the

June 18, 2023 When it comes to strategy tips for the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP), you really want to be hearing from the absolute best in the business. So how does getting to hear from ten-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey sound? Ivey’s cashed for over $9.2 million at the WSOP alone, and

June 17, 2023 The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is upon us. It’s the most wonderful time of the year—two months of back-to-back-to-back poker tournaments, harvest time for the Las Vegas cash game pros, and all the poker streaming your eyes and an internet connection can take. However, if you’re in Las Vegas for