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March 10, 2023 A proposed bill to redefine a controversial gambling law could serve as some much needed protection for Texas poker clubs if it passes. The Lone Star State has some of the strictest gambling laws in the country. As such, the dozens of poker rooms across America’s second most populous state have faced

March 09, 2023 The prestigious Wynn Millions festival is currently underway in Las Vegas as the $3,500 buy-in Main Event reaches Day 4 with just a few dozen players remaining. There have also been several side event winners side events underway, including Taylor Wilson, Michael Wang and Eugene Lee, who took down the three PokerGO

March 08, 2023 In a Wednesday tweet, Daniel Negreanu said that accused poker cheater Ali Imsirovic is still up to his dirty tricks and called for all poker sites and card rooms to ban the high roller. Last year, along with Jake Schindler, the 2021 GPI Player of the Year, was temporarily banned from PokerGO

March 07, 2023 High Stakes Poker Season 10 returned to the PokerGO app Tuesday night with Episode 7, and it was arguably the most entertaining show thus far in 2023. The episode featured a wild flop that connected with three players in a major way among a few other interesting hands. At the table were

March 06, 2023 Kirk Brown After over twelve hours of play at the $600 Main Event at the RunGood Poker Series in Tunica, Mississippi, the field of 76 was whittled down to two winners after Ricky Loyd and Kevin Broadway agreed to a chop deal, with Loyd receiving $50,804 for his efforts while Broadway received

March 05, 2023 There’s been plenty of action this past week on PokerStars Pennsylvania as several players picked up big online tournament scores. One of those winners was Chris “petcheetah101” Bilinsky, who took down the $100 buy-in PokerStars PA Sunday Special for $11,309 after defeating heads-up opponent “flyhigh8375,” who in turn earned $8,207. The No-Limit

March 04, 2023 The fourth annual Global Poker Awards, presented by the Global Poker Index, took place at the PokerGO Studio Friday night with 27 trophies handed out, including Hustler Casino Live predictably winning Favorite Live Stream. Angela Jordison (lead picture) was also one of the big winners on the night even though she narrowly

March 03, 2023 The 2023 Wynn Millions kicked off on February 20 and is slated to run through March 19. While the $3,500 buy-in, $3 million GTD Wynn Millions Main Event, which kicks off today, is capturing the big headlines, there have been a series of side events playing over the past couple of weeks.

March 02, 2023 The PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris recently wrapped with PokerStars qualifier Razvan Belea cruising to victory in the €5,300 Main Event for €1,170,000. We also recently talked about the EPT Paris in latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which you can listen to here. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team was on-site

March 01, 2023 The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) just completed its stop at San Diego’s Jamul Casino, and next weekend will hold two events simultaneously on opposite ends of the county in Horseshoe Tunica and Graton Casino in the Bay Area (PokerNews will be at both to offer live updates). If that wasn’t enough, the

March 01, 2023 The $109 buy-in Sunday Party is the new flagship weekly tournament at PartyPoker, and has been since its launch in February when PartyPoker revamped its online poker tournament schedule. The Sunday Party hit its $150,000 guarantee during its first week, but then saw an overlay in the following two weeks. PartyPoker decided

February 27, 2023 Dan Bilzerian has long made an often disputed claim that he’s won tens of millions playing poker. In a series of tweets, Chance Kornuth may have proven those claims to be at the very least partially true. There’s no secret that Bilzerian is a polarizing figure, and many, not just poker players,

February 26, 2023 Corazon de Leon. Lionheart. The King of Bling-Bling. Y2J. In the world of wrestling few names are as big as Chris Jericho, who is also the lead vocalist for the heavy metal band Fozzy. Jericho has been wrestling for more than three decades having performed for ECW, WCW, and WWE, where he

February 25, 2023 During Friday night’s marathon stream, the Lodge Live cracked 100,000 YouTube subscribers while the Texas poker room’s owner, Doug Polk, won nearly $500,000. The game, which started as $200/$400 no-limit hold’em became $500/$1,000 as the drinks kept flowing, featured a stacked lineup that included Ben Lamb, Bill Perkins, Dan “Jungleman” Cates, Keith

February 24, 2023 After 13 levels of play, Day 3 of the €3,000 Mystery Bounty at PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris concluded with Humberto Lopes Galindo crowned champion. Galindo despatched Fouad Baali in heads-up play to capture the title, trophy, and the €243,656 designated for the winner. As well as being awarded the lion’s share

February 23, 2023 There have been no shortage of movies over the decades portraying the glamor, grit and decadence of the casino world, from high-stakes nosebleeds to underground games. Some of the movies that provide the most honest, hilarious or entertaining looks at the gambling world include Ocean’s Eleven (2001), Owning Mahowny (2003), The Cooler

February 22, 2023 From January 9 through February 12, Venetian Las Vegas played host to the 2023 DeepStack Showdown, which was a 57-event series that offered millions in guarantees All told, the series catered to 7,274 entrants (not including satellite entries) and awarded $3,544,569 in prize money. The series, which also hosted a pair of

February 21, 2023 Antonio Esfandiari has been a regular on High Stakes Poker over the years, and on Tuesday night the partially retired poker pro made his Season 10 debut on PokerGO, and wasted no time splashing chips around. Bill Perkins, Roger Sippl, and Robert Sanchez also appeared on the poker show for the first

February 20, 2023 Andrew Robl never needed his $500,000 add-on during the three-day No Gamble No Future $1 million buy-in cash game as he cruised to victory, profiting $1,796,000 overall ($1,296,000 from the cash game) in what was a dominant performance. The special live-streamed show on PokerGO, dubbed “Cash of the Titans,” and hosted by

February 19, 2023 On Sunday night, Patrik Antonius made poker history by winning a $1,978,000 million pot, the largest-ever broadcast on a United States live stream. It beat out the previous record of $1,158,000 from Hustler Casino Live (HCL) by $820,000! In terms of the largest pot ever broadcast, that record of $2,353,500 is from