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May 07, 2023 In just under 60 hours of play over 10 sessions, Matt Berkey has finished off the trash talking Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot in a high-stakes heads-up poker match at Resorts World in Las Vegas. The contest began last month and the two poker players were slated to play 100 hours, but there

May 06, 2023 Jonathan Powers — “Jpowers1723” — won his seat into the World Poker Tour (WPT) Choctaw event, a $3,800 buy-in tournament, on ClubWPT, and now he’s off to Day 2 with an impressive stack. The 30-year-old New Englander didn’t just make it through Day 1a with about 75 big blinds. He did so

May 05, 2023 Molly’s Game Film Review – Is it Worth Watching? It has been a few years since the premiere, but Aaron Sorkin‘s 2017 film has remained in the public consciousness thanks to its availability on streaming services. It’s time for PokerNews to take a look back with a review of Molly’s Game to

May 04, 2023 Baseball legends Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux, and Frank Thomas were among the superstar athletes in attendance Sunday night at Circa Las Vegas’s Legacy Club for the Baller Dream Foundation Celebrity Poker Tournament, which raised over $175,000 — and counting — for a good cause. Former offensive lineman Evan Mathis, who spent 12

May 03, 2023 The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the biggest and most prestigious poker event in the world. Every year, thousands of poker players from around the globe descend upon Las Vegas to compete for millions of dollars in prize money. However, with the excitement of the WSOP comes the potential for unhealthy

May 02, 2023 The LIPS Nevada State Ladies Championship, which took place at South Point Casino in Las Vegas April 19-23, included six events with Tammy Ehrhart being the biggest winner of them all. Play began on the 19th with the $200 Mini Main Event, a no-limit hold’em tournament. There were a total of 208

May 01, 2023 A total of 605 players tried their luck in the $700 RunGood Poker Series Checkpoint Main Event at The Horseshoe Casino In Council Bluffs Iowa. That tally created a prize pool worth $363,000 that only 74 players were lucky enough to see any piece of. After the dust cleared it was local

April 30, 2023 This month’s ONSCOOP was a landmark series for poker players in Ontario. For the first time, PokerStars Ontario was able to bring the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) format exclusively to the province’s still-nascent poker market. The segregated player pool meant smaller fields than the usual SCOOP extravaganza. This in turn

April 29, 2023 There was quite the scene at Horseshoe Las Vegas on Friday night as a “small” fire broke out at the home of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). According to local news reports, a fire broke out on the 19th floor of the Horseshoe Las Vegas hotel that caused part of the

April 28, 2023 Sam Coyle Senior Casino & Gaming Manager If you thought that the PokerStars Play app was only for those players who enjoy playing poker, you’d be very wrong. The app also has a whole host of free-to-play slot games where you can just play for fun rather than putting any real money

April 27, 2023 Ethan “Rampage” Yau has quickly risen to the highest stakes and regularly finds himself competing against some of the best players in the world. In this hand from a World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 buy-in bounty event, Yau battles against one of the top high-stakes tournament players: Sean Winter. Yau finds

April 26, 2023 On Tuesday’s Doug Polk Podcast, Will Kassouf denied allegations that he pocketed the chips he lost in an all-in pot during a low-stakes pot-limit Omaha cash game at the 2023 Irish Open. Earlier this month, Leo Worthington-Leese posted a video on social media sharing a second-hand story about Kasssouf he was told

April 25, 2023 Most poker players dream of jetting to Las Vegas, heading to the cashier’s desk of the Horseshoe Las Vegas, slamming down $10,000, and buying into the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. “The Big Dance” is the live poker tournament everyone wants to win, not only for the ridiculously large top

April 24, 2023 The MicroMillions Marathon took place online at PokerStars over four days from April 20-23, during which time no fewer than 84 low-stakes, affordable events crowned their champions. Although every MicroMillions Marathon champion was worthy of such a title, the attention of the low-stakes poker tournament community was fixated on the Main Event

April 22, 2023 The Global Poker x PokerNews Cup began back on April 10 and is slated to run through the end of the month. PokerNews and Global Poker have joined forces to offer an online PokerNews Cup, that is comprised of 32 exclusive trophies and GC100,000,000 and SC250,000 Finals. What’s more, PokerNews is offering

April 21, 2023 The latest $100,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty Main Event on 888poker wrapped on Monday, April 17, with the format continuing to provide excellent action for users of the platform. Mystery Bounty tournaments have found a spiritual home on 888poker, with Pot-Limit Omaha editions of the event running daily on the site as well.

April 21, 2023 Guests: Adam Hendrix Dakotah O’Dell On the latest PokerNews Podcast episode, Chad Holloway, Jesse Fullen, and Connor Richards give an update on the PokerNews Cup on Global Poker, look ahead to the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and preview the High Stakes Poker Live Stream on April 27 set to feature

April 20, 2023 TigerGaming is set to thrill its poker players with the upcoming Cash Drops promotion scheduled to run from April 17 to 30. The promotion is available to players on specific stake levels at regular cash games and Boost tables, providing an adrenaline-fueled poker experience. With more than $135,000 in prizes up for

April 19, 2023 On Tuesday night, Episode 11 of High Stakes Poker Season 10 aired on PokerGO. It featured the same lineup as the previous episode, which saw Jean-Robert Bellande become a magnet for pocket aces. Others in the game included Daniel Negreanu, Andrew Robl, Jennifer Tilly, Stanley Tang, Stanley Choi, and Eric Persson, who

April 18, 2023 It was only a matter of time before Wisconsin’s Josh Reichard joined Maurice Hawkins at the top of the all-time World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Ring list, and he has done it. Reichard won a record-tying 14th Circuit ring, his second in the past year, by taking down the $1,700 buy-in