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January 09, 2023 PokerGO announced that there wasn’t a willing participant to pay $1.6 million to enter Round 6 of High Stakes Duel III, which means Jason Koon is the game’s official champion. The GGPoker ambassador paid $800,000 to enter Round 5 against Phil Hellmuth in place of Scott Seiver, who backed out at the

January 08, 2023 The two-day $2,100 Bounty Event in Atlantic City as part of The Return – A Borgata Championship Event wrapped up after just under ten hours of play following a five-handed ICM chop that saw New York’s Soukha Kachittavong taking home the top prize of $70,194 and the Borgata trophy. Other players who

January 07, 2023 The 2023 PokerGO Tour Championship freeroll in December, a season-ending event, will have a $1 million prize pool. Last month, the 2022 campaign concluded with Jason Koon taking down the same event but with a $500,000 award in the winner-take-all format. This year, PokerGO is doubling the pot and also increasing the

January 06, 2023 After an incredible run during Season 13 of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) that featured 11 Main Event cashes, Josh Reichard has been named MSPT Player of the Year. The distinction comes just a few months after the Wisconsin native became the tenth poker player to be inducted into the MSPT Poker

January 05, 2023 A former top lawyer for FTX who was previously embroiled in the Ultimate Bet online poker cheating scandal is working with US authorities as they investigate the collapse of the crypto trading firm that prosecutors are calling “one of the biggest financial frauds in US history.” It was recently revealed that Daniel

January 04, 2023 It was a December to remember for Cherish Andrews and Stephen Song, both of whom finished 2022 with a bang and are now officially Global Poker Index (GPI) Player of the Year winners. Andrews rallied late to overtake Angela Jordison for Female Player of the Year. Song captured the overall GPI Player

January 03, 2023 The fight between the city of Dallas and the local poker rooms could turn out to be a costly one for lawmakers. One year ago, the city revoked the Certificate of Occupancy from Texas Card House Dallas, one of the top card rooms in the state. That was just the beginning of

January 02, 2023 The $10,400 World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas proved to be a tremendous success as Eliot Hudon beat out 2,960 entrants to win the tournament for $4.1 million. The festival offered more than $22 million in guaranteed prize pools being offered across 23 events, and that number was

January 01, 2023 Don’t slow roll or angle shoot, and please tip your dealer. There you go, that’s the whole gist of poker etiquette. Alright, that’s not true as there is far more to it that we’re going to discuss below. You’ve probably heard poker players refer to something being “poor etiquette” at the poker

December 31, 2022 What an epic year it’s been for Hustler Casino Live, far and away the most popular live-streamed poker show in the world. Massive pots, arguably the most memorable hand in modern poker history, Phil Hellmuth receiving what some might consider karma, a tight-imaged player pulling off an insane bluff, and a hero

December 30, 2022 The New Year is not only an opportunity for poker players to look ahead, perhaps setting new resolutions and goals, but also a chance to look back at the year gone by. In 2022, that entails remembering those players who passed on. Here’s a look at some of those we lost over

December 29, 2022 The first of six PartyPoker Championship (PPC) Winter Main Event flights is in the bag, and it was Ukraine’s Ihor Hula who was the fastest out of the blocks. Hula shone brightly on Day 1A of the $530 buy-in $500,000 guaranteed tournament and has done his chances of glory no harm at

December 28, 2022 Alex Fitzgerald People always want to know what to do when their ace-king (AKA Big Slick) misses. Today, we will take a look at that question. To begin, let’s start with preflop play. There are very few situations where you should not be reraising with your ace-king preflop. Generally, you want to

December 27, 2022 One of poker’s longest-running traditions during the holiday season is that of poker player and media personality Bernard Lee helping homeless families in the Boston area. For the 12th year in a row, Lee and his family were busy helping those in need, which included gifting customized holiday gift packages to 65

December 26, 2022 The World Series of Poker is no stranger from appearing in the annual PokerNews Top Stories series. In 2021 the return of the live WSOP was our number one story, and the 2020 Online WSOP Main Event also featured prominently in the countdown the previous year. This year we’re looking back at

December 25, 2022 To say it’s been a roller coaster year full of ups and downs for poker in Texas would be quite an understatement. In our sixth top story of 2022, we take a look back at the past 365 days of the good and bad that transpired across the Lone Star State in

December 24, 2022 Christmas came early for one lucky New Jersey poker player and her dealers at an Atlantic City casino. Earlier this week, the Monmouth County woman hit a progressive poker table ganes mega jackpot at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City that earned her $1,681,458 off a $5 bet. The woman, who casino officials identified

December 23, 2022 Guests: Eliot Hudon Dave McGowan On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Jesse Fullen, and Connor Richards wrap up the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at Wynn Poker. That includes recapping winners from the $1,100 WPT Prime and Ladies Championship, the $1,600 Wynn Mystery Bounty (hear from Dave

December 22, 2022 While the No. 10 story of 2022 was centered on the triumphant return of live poker coming off a two-year pandemic, our No. 9 story of the year goes virtual – online poker regulation. Coincidentally, last year’s No. 9 story of 2021 was Michigan dealing their first hands of online poker. This

December 21, 2022 Unibet Poker has launched Banzai 2.0, a revamped version of the popular short-stacked cash game format. Banzai players sit down with only 10 big blinds, leading to plenty of all-in action, and even more excitement. Banzai 2.0 adds another level to the fun. Banzai 2.0 sees you start off as a white