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Sep 01, 2024 5 min read On Saturday night, 80 celebrities packed the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas for the Celebrity Poker Tour (CPT) Invitational IV, which was won for $20,000 by Stephen Matt Morrow, better known as high-stakes slot icon Vegas Matt. Vegas Matt actually started the night at the feature table alongside the

Aug 31, 2024 3 min read Is momentum a real thing in poker (or any game/sport)? Seth Davies is sure hoping so coming off a $3.2 million score for winning the Super High Roller Bowl Cyprus on Aug. 25. The high-stakes grinder had little time to celebrate the big win. He’s already back in action

Aug 30, 2024 2 min read On Saturday night, 80 celebrities will gather at PokerGO Studio on the Las Vegas Strip for the Celebrity Poker Tour (CPT) Invitational IV. Among those that’ll be profiled at the feature table are basketball players Dwight Howard, an 8-time NBA All-Star, and Kendrick Perkins, Vegas Matt, Blac Chyna, and

Aug 29, 2024 3 min read Wynn Las Vegas is widely considered one of the best and most luxurious properties in Sin City, and the same can be said of its poker room. When asked their favorite place to play poker in Las Vegas, many players will answer the Wynn, and that’s due to several

Aug 28, 2024 3 min read The Paris Olympics may be in the books, but when it comes to Olympic news there was a big announcement in the poker world. The most decorated Olympian in history, Michael Phelps, who won 28 medals in swimming, including 23 gold medals, has expanded his partnership with Global Poker.

Aug 27, 2024 2 min read The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) continues its “RunGood Resorts” season with a stop at the Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, Mississippi September 3-8. The six-day series features several ring events that will culminate in a $600 buy-in, $200K GTD RunGood Main Event. That tournament will be live reported by PokerNews

Aug 26, 2024 2 min read “I knew at that moment I was winning,” an elated Maxime Jutras shared with PokerNews referencing a text exchange he had with his brother going into the final table of the 2024 World Series of Poker Circuit $300 Colossus. And, after nearly 11 hours of play, Jutras did just

Aug 25, 2024 4 min read Seth Davies used a key blocker to pull off a massive bluff in a crucial pot, a hand that helped propel the high-stakes star to a Super High Roller Bowl Cyprus win and $3,206,000. The $300,000 buy-in PokerGO Tour event attracted 24 entrants, creating a prize pool of $7,056,000.

Aug 24, 2024 4 min read “For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer…” It’s a year and five days since Jamie Nixon married his wife Ellie, and the pair are marking their first wedding anniversary here at WPT Prime Cyprus. The pair, like many, are enjoying the mix of Mediterranean sunshine and exciting WPT

Aug 23, 2024 3 min read Thomas Keeling, aka “SrslySirius,” clipped a video on X from Ludwig Ahgren, in which the streaming mega star called out ACR Poker for allegedly refusing to pay him out. Ludwig is just a recreational poker player, but he does have some public history playing cards. He appeared in the

Aug 22, 2024 2 min read Adrian Mateos added to his 2024 GPI Player of the Year lead on Thursday by taking down Super High Roller Series Cyprus Event #6: $25,750 No-Limit Hold’em Mystery Bounty for $162,000, and another $165,000 in bounties. The Spanish poker legend wasn’t the biggest winner in the tournament, however. Phil

Aug 21, 2024 3 min read Before this month’s World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Graton stop, Andreas Kniep had been heads-up for a Circuit ring three times without ever being able to close out. The German-turned-Californian can now boast a Circuit ring after taking down Event #5: $600 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed for $15,907. Kniep,

Aug 20, 2024 2 min read At PokerNews, we’re committed to promoting responsible gaming. We encourage all our readers to gamble responsibly and within their means. Gambling should always be a fun and enjoyable activity. It’s important to set limits on time and money spent gambling.Visit our dedicated safer gaming hub for more information about

Aug 19, 2024 3 min read Women in Poker Hall of Famer Kathy Liebert won her latest poker trophy and added to her nearly $7 million in live earnings this month as she took down the Wynn Signature Series Ladies Event at Wynn Las Vegas for $5,806. Liebert, wearing her favorite color purple, topped a

Aug 18, 2024 3 min read Robbi Jade Lew will make a reality TV appearance Monday night on the new USA Network show, The Anonymous, a competition in which the players compete to potentially win up to $100,000. The Los Angeles poker player is one of 12 contestants competing on the reality game show. She

Aug 17, 2024 6 min read Poker fans, get ready! The World Poker Tour is gearing up for the fourth WPT Australia at The Star Gold Coast is just around the corner, shuffling and dealing from September 12-25. This year’s festival is shaping up to be the biggest yet, with the schedule expanding from 16

Date Time ET Tournament Name Buyin (In GC) Guarantee (In GC) Sun 18 Aug 2024 15:30 Micro Thunder Opening Event GC 500,000 Guaranteed [Rebuy, 6-Max, Turbo] 250 500,000 Sun 18 Aug 2024 16:30 Micro Thunder 1-L GC 600,000 Guaranteed [Mystery Bounty, Deep] 1,100 600,000 Sun 18 Aug 2024 17:30 Micro Thunder 1-M GC 1,250,000 Guaranteed

Aug 15, 2024 3 min read The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has filed a 31-page complaint against Resorts World Las Vegas, accusing the casino of allowing gamblers with ties to illegal bookmaking and organized crime to gamble on its premises. The complaint, released on Thursday, alleges 12 violations related to money laundering. If proven,

Aug 14, 2024 2 min read We already knew that Bryce Hall can play poker at more than a competent level, but he wasn’t the only one who put on a solid performance during Monday’s Celebrity Poker Tour Game Night III, which aired on PokerGO. That said, the social media personality came out victorious, winning

Aug 13, 2024 Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level. In the 15th episode, Connor speaks with statistician Nate Silver about his new book On