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October 22, 2022 Mike Patrick They started the day as the top two stacks, and they ended the day with the top two stacks. Brian Kim and Mike Vanier remain atop the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic $10,400 Main Event chip counts with just 30 players remaining entering the penultimate day of

October 21, 2022 After a 13-hour day at the felt, Byron Kaverman conquered the PokerStars European Poker Tour London £25,000 Single-Day High Roller I at the Hilton Park Lane. Kaverman defeated a field of 30 entries to record a six-figure score of £273,710 after defeating Orpen Kisacikoglu in a grinding heads-up match. Kaverman added another

If you haven’t heard, Sarah Herring aka Sarah Grant aka AuntyChardonnay is leaving PokerNews after an amazing 12 years! Thank you for sharing your heart and talents with us, our entire team, and the poker community. We know you’ll keep making amazing content and we will be rooting for you the whole way! ❤️

October 19, 2022 This poker hand split the world in half! Some people are saying that Phil Hellmuth angled his opponent whilst others are saying that he was merely giving his cards to Tom Dwan to look at! What do you think? This Hustler Casino Live stream in May featured a star-studded lineup that was

October 18, 2022 The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) is headed back to South Dakota this month for the MSPT Deadwood Shootout, which will feature the $1,110 buy-in Main Event with a $100,000 guarantee taking place Oct. 21-23. The MSPT stop, taking place at Silverado-Franklin Casino in Deadwood, will also feature a handful of satellites into

October 17, 2022 Mike Patrick A wild weekend of poker has come to an end at the RunGood Series Tulsa $600 Main Event with a very deserving champion in Shantanu Garg of Springfield, Missouri. Garg defeated a field of 472 entries to take home the $40,555 first prize, a prestigious RunGood Contenders series ring, and

October 15, 2022 Kirk Brown Due to the turbo nature of the tournament, after only a little after five hours of battle on the virtual felt on Friday evening, Patrick “Synesthesia” Eskandar defeated Peter “pbraglia” Braglia in heads-up play to win the 2022 WSOP Online Event #27: $500 NLH Super Turbo for his first WSOP

Date Time Event Speed   Buy-in Sat 15.10 16:00 $6,000 XL Retro Big Shot 11 $11       16:30 $12,000 XL Retro PKO Rumble 22 $22       17:00 $12,000 XL Retro Big Shot 55 $55       18:00 $45,000 XL Retro #12 – Volcano PKO $1,050     Sun 16.10 18:00

October 14, 2022 Accused poker cheater Robbi Jade Lew took a giant leap forward towards proving her innocence by not only passing a polygraph test, but also pushing to have charges filed against her alleged co-conspirator, Bryan Sagbigsal. Lew, who resides in Southern California, traveled to Las Vegas on Wednesday to take a polygraph test

October 13, 2022 Pennsylvania’s Rishva Iyer began playing poker home games in college before graduating to the cash games at her local casino. Now, the Live! Casino regular will make a much bigger jump in stakes after winning a coveted Platinum Pass to the 2023 PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC) in the Bahamas. The 24-year-old Philadelphian

October 12, 2022 The fan nomination period is over and voting is now open for the 2022 Women in Poker Hall of Fame class, a strong list that includes top crushers like Vanessa Selbst and Kristen Foxen and beloved industry figures like Kara Scott and Terry King. The public voting period began on Oct. 6

October 11, 2022 The Main Events for the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on PokerStars came to a sudden halt last month following Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, which resulted in the cancellation of all games running on the platform. To make up for the unfortunate situation, PokerStars announced a brand new WCOOP

October 10, 2022 PokerNews is known throughout the world for our industry-leading live updates for both live and online events. In fact, right now we’re offering various updates right here. Over the years, we’ve captured memorable hands, many of which have become a part of poker history. In this column, we will bring you some

October 08, 2022 Garrett Adelstein unleashed a lengthy statement on the 2+2 forums that left many speculating as to who might be involved in the alleged Hustler Casino Live poker cheating scandal. The detailed statement included dozens of pieces of circumstantial evidence. Within the attorney-assisted content, the Los Angeles high-stakes poker legend suggested Robbi Jade

October 08, 2022 It seems that the poker and non-poker public love hearing about cheating scandals, even alleged ones. The recent bizarre hand between Garrett Adelstein and Robbi Jade Lew has captured the imagination of the poker community and has spread virally much further afield. The story has appeared on websites far and wide, including

October 07, 2022 Fresh off the back of the record-breaking WPO Bratislava, more poker action takes place at the wonderful Banco Casino this month with the highly anticipated The Festival in Bratislava. From October 10-16, the live poker series takes place and features a huge €550 buy-in €500,000 guaranteed Main Event, which is the largest

October 06, 2022 Mystery Bounty tournaments are all the rage right now, but most have commanded large buy-ins that are out of reach of most poker players. That is no longer the case because GGPoker included a mystery bounty event to its mini MILLION$ schedule, and it is the series’ must-play tournament. The mini MILLION$

October 05, 2022 PokerNews yesterday asked if Artur Martirosian could come back from being eighth from nine in chips at the latest GGPoker Super MILLION$ final table and capture a record sixth title. The answer was ultimately no but the super-talented Russian did finish as the runner-up to “WouldIlieToYOU” of the Netherlands, who secured their

October 04, 2022 Three people are tied on five GGPoker Super MILLION$ titles each: Michael Addamo, Niklas Astedt, and Artur Martirosian. Addamo was not among the 176 entrants this week, and Astedt fired three $10,300 bullets before calling it a night. However, Martirosian managed to navigate his way to the nine-handed final table, where the

October 03, 2022 Mark Radoja enjoyed a super Sunday at GGPoker thanks to taking down the $1,050 Sunday High Rollers Main Event for more than $96,000. It was also a Sunday to remember for GG Twitch Squad member Hristivoje “ALLinPav” Pavlovic, who reeled in his largest-ever GGPoker prize. Radoja added the $1,050 Sunday High Rollers