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March 15, 2022 A co-owner of a Texas poker room that was raided last week and might soon face felony charges for illegal gambling told PokerNews he’s ready to fight back against the county trying to put him out of business, and potentially in jail. Top Shelf Poker Room, which has operated for over five

Welcome back to Day 4 of the Main Event at PokerStars EPT Prague.The second biggest field ever has been whittled down to the final 42 contenders, who resumed play at noon today. They’ve all locked up just over €17,000. Several big names still in contention include WSOP winner Hossein Ensan, Adrian Matteos & Gab Song

March 13, 2022 From January 31-February 28, Venetian Las Vegas played host to the 2022 DeepStack Extravaganza I, which offered more than $3.3 million in guaranteed prize pools over 41 events. The series was a big success catering to a combined 8,355 entrants and awarding $5,544,276 in prize money, not including any satellite action. 2021

March 12, 2022 The 2022 Wynn Millions Main Event wrapped up early Saturday morning with New York’s Tony Sinishtaj defeating Isaac Kempton during heads-up play to win the massive first-place prize of $1,655,952 and the Wynn golden trophy. Kempton also took home seven figures with a score of $1,093,314. The prestigious $10,000-buy-in tournament lasted for

Live poker is finally back, and what better place to pick up where we left off than King’s Casino, for the European Poker Tour’s stop in Prague. It’s been over 2 years since we were last here in the Czech Republic, and although the world we live in is very different, what hasn’t changed is

March 10, 2022 After a relatively quick four-hour final day, Alejandro Lococo has defeated Bartolomeo Tato heads-up to win the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague €1,100 Eureka Main Event and claim the first-place prize of €417,820. Also known by his stage name “Papo MC“, the Argentinian is a freestyle rapper, avid poker player, and

March 09, 2022 The €25,000 Single-Day High Roller of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague has come to an end after a full day of play. Some 35 entries generated a prizepool of €840,350 which was split up amongst the top six finishers. Finishing on top of all entries at the end of the

March 07, 2022 Jason Koon made a bold request for live tournament operators to take severe action against those who have been caught cheating at online poker: Ban them. The GGPoker ambassador fired off a polarizing tweet that sparked some interesting responses, of which we discuss in this edition of The Muck. There need to

March 06, 2022 The 2022 Wynn Millions Main Event, a $10,000 buy-in tournament with over $10 million in the pot, marches on Monday with the Day 2c session. When play begins at noon PT from the Wynn Las Vegas, dozens of talented poker players will take a seat. From 2015 WSOP Main Event champ Joe

March 05, 2022 The day before attempting to defend his title in the 2022 Wynn Millions, Andrew Moreno made an interesting post on social media talking about why he didn’t chip a big tournament he had won just over a week earlier. The tournament was the Venetian Event #27: $2,500 Ultimate Stack, which attracted 542

March 04, 2022 Two months following Run it Once’s global closure, Phil Galfond took a step towards launching the poker site in the United States. But he no longer holds ownership control over the poker site he founded in 2019. Run it Once, previously only available outside the US, has been sold to Rush Street

March 03, 2022 As Russia continues its violent attack on Ukraine, the European Poker Tour (EPT) Sochi stop has been canceled days after it was postponed until October due to the ongoing war. The EPT cancelation won’t be the only one on the horizon in Russia if some TwoPlusTwo members have any say. In a

March 02, 2022 The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina wrapped up this week and saw Mark Davis of Birmingham, Alabama winning Event #12: $1,700 Main Event to earn his first gold Circuit ring and a massive payday of $334,678. The latest WSOP Circuit stop consisted of 16 ring events

March 01, 2022 Guests: Eugene Katchalov In the latest PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway chats with Eugene Katchalov, Ukraine’s all-time money leader, about his harrowing escape from Kyiv as Russia invaded. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and World Poker Tour (WPT) champ documented his experience in real-time via Twitter, which gave his followers

February 28, 2022 Old school online poker legend Kelvin “aces_up4108” Beattie, a former No. 1 ranked Australian player and owner of the PokerNerve training site, passed away at the end of February after a long battle with cancer. “He fought so hard over the past 10 months, never giving up and we are devastated having

February 27, 2022 Warning: The following article contains graphic details involving murder and sexual assault. The man accused of killing professional poker player Susie Zhao had a pretrial hearing last week and received a new trial date. Jeffery Bernard Morris, 61, faces two counts of felony murder in Michigan’s Oakland County Circuit Court for the

February 26, 2022 Twenty years ago, television producer Steve Lipscomb introduced to the American audience a poker tournament show called the World Poker Tour (WPT). Two decades later and the WPT is still thriving and remains a fixture in the poker community. In 2002, Lipscomb hired poker pros Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten, a

During last year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP), a rumor began to circulate that GGPoker ambassador Dan Bilzerian would take on billionaire Alec Gores in an unprecedented $100,000,000 heads-up poker match. Bilzerian has since said Gores is stalling, so the future of the match remains in doubt. If it does actually happen, Bilzerian could find

February 24, 2022 2/24/2022 Edit: Ukraine has banned all males aged 18-60 from leaving the country and those who fit into that demographic could be forced to serve in the military, meaning Katchalov likely won’t be permitted to flee. Eugene Katchalov is one of the millions of Ukrainians searching for safety as Russia invades his

February 23, 2022 In the latest PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen take a deep dive into the recently-announced 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) schedule. There are 88 live bracelet events with buy-ins ranging from $400-$250,000 along with 14 online tournaments open to players in New Jersey, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. From the “Housewarming”