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January 29, 2023 Back in 2018, Australian poker legend Jackie Glazier appeared on Survivor Australia: Champions vs. Contenders, which saw 12 average Joes (the Contenders) square off against 12 extraordinary players (the Champions). While she was ultimately voted off midway through the game that season, Glazier is getting a second chance as a part of

January 28, 2023 There were 22 players who returned to the felt for the third and final day of the $3,000 PCA Mystery Bounty and it was Samuel Cobian who topped them all to take home the first-place prize of $239,658. Cobian overcame a star-studded field of 763 entries to record his largest career poker

January 27, 2023 From January 12-24, the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood in South Florida played host to the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open (LHPO). Through its 43 events, the 2023 LHPO catered to a combined 16,320 entrants and awarded $14,776,880 in prize money. That made it the biggest LHPO in history based on the number

January 26, 2023 David Salituro The wild, wild west conjures images of cowboys and outlaws, and of legendary names like Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy. It’s an image that is kept alive through the magic of movies and storytelling, and no one told a better story today than Orthodoxos Orthodoxou. The Cyprus native captured

January 25, 2023 All good things must come to an end, and for Gabe Kaplan, the long-time voice of High Stakes Poker, the time to retire is now. PokerGO disclosed in a press release that the legendary voice of one of poker’s most iconic shows is stepping down from his role effective immediately. No replacement

January 24, 2023 Tuesday, January 24, 2023 should forever be remembered in poker as Chop Pot Day. First, it was a fumbled split pot in the WSOP Circuit King’s Resort Main Event, a hand in which a player mistakenly busted. Then in the evening, PokerGO viewers witnessed an equally entertaining, albeit less controversial, chop pot

January 23, 2023 Via a press release from Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob, the categories have been revealed for the 2022 Global Poker Awards show, which takes place March 3 at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. There will be 29 shiny GPI trophies handed out, and the event will be live-streamed on

January 22, 2023 Over the past century, poker has permeated pop culture, especially when it comes to motion pictures. Long before the “Poker Boom”, and even before the World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a thing, poker had already made its big screen debut. Over the decades, poker fans have been treated to a plethora

January 21, 2023 There’s an early frontrunner for Best Bluff of 2023, and although the play Ethan “RampagePoker” Yau made during Friday night’s Hustler Casino Live session likely won’t hold up throughout the year, it was still epic. The game was $100/$200 no-limit hold’em with a $200 big blind ante. Bill Klein opened from an

January 20, 2023 Daniel Negreanu cashed in third place for $124,000 on Thursday in a $25,000 buy-in PokerGO Cup event, and in doing so he became the third player ever to reach the $50 million live tournament cashes milestone. According to Hendon Mob, the GGPoker ambassador now has $50,116,496 in cashes on his resume. Only

January 19, 2023 Guests: Mori Eskandani In the latest PokerNews Podcast episode of 2023, Chad Holloway and Connor Richards handle things while Jesse Fullen is in Australia. They discuss Mike Postle’s sudden reappearance in the poker world after making a final table at the Million Dollar Heater at Beau Rivage in Mississippi, while also talking

January 18, 2023 Rumors that Mike Postle’s recent poker tournament winnings were seized are inaccurate, lawyers for Veronica Brill confirmed to PokerNews. But those same attorneys will continue to keep the pressure on the accused poker cheater in hopes of one day collecting a $27,000 court-ordered debt. Postle finished seventh for $32,703 in the $1,200

January 17, 2023 After three years of wait, the excitement is tangible leading up to the PokerStars’ Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) taking place from January 30–February 3. The PSPC is being held as part of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) at the beautiful Baha Mar Hotel and Resort, Nassau, Bahamas. The PSPC has been

January 16, 2023 Accused poker cheater Mike Postle had a memorable exit from the Beau Rivage Million Dollar Heater Main Event Monday when his opponent — Brock Gary — went into the tank with top pair facing an all-in wager. Following the slow-roll, Postle, who had just busted in seventh place for $32,703 in the

January 15, 2023 From the start of December through January 8, 2023, Venetian Las Vegas played host to the DeepStack Extravaganza NYE, which was a 58-event series that offered more than $2.2 million in guaranteed prize pools. All told, the series catered to 10,624 entrants (not including satellite entries) and awarded $4,682,241 in prize money.

January 14, 2023 Tournament poker returned to Atlantic City in a big way this last with the The Return – A Borgata Championship Event. The series consisted of four different tournaments, including a $5,300 Championship Event, a $2,200 Mystery Bounty, and a $2,100 Bounty Event. Here’s a look at the winners from those three tournaments:

January 13, 2023 After ending the year with a splash featuring the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) Contenders Thunder Valley Event, which premiered the poker stop’s first-ever $1 million guaranteed event, RGPS starts the new year off strong at the Hard Rock Tulsa. The RGPS Hard Rock Tulsa runs from January 24th-29th, with multiple events including

January 12, 2023 The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOPC) Choctaw stop is currently underway and last week saw Daniel Lowery winning his 11th Circuit ring, becoming just the fifth player to ever reach that number along with Ari Engel (11 rings), Valentin Vornicu (12 rings), Josh Reichard (13 rings) and Maurice Hawkins (14 rings).

January 11, 2023 The key to success as a professional poker player — or gambler in general — is to consistently make decisions that have a positive expected value over time. Daniel “Jungleman” Cates and Lynne Ji offered up an interesting proposition to a waitress at a restaurant, which Ji shared in a Twitter video.

January 10, 2023 One of the most famous poker players in the world has moved on from the game. This player is a Poker Hall of Famer, a four-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, including one from the Main Event, and has more than $7.6 million in lifetime earnings according to the Hendon