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January 13, 2022 Jon Sofen The 2021 Global Poker Awards at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas will take place February 18, and you — yes, you — can have a say in who will win one of the most intriguing categories. Poker Personality of the Year, a People’s Choice Award, is up for a

January 12, 2022 Jon Sofen The 2022 World Poker Tour (WPT) first half schedule is out, and it includes some familiar venues. Season XIX wrapped up in December with the conclusion of the prestigious Five Diamond World Poker Classic at Bellagio in Las Vegas. Taylor Black won the 716-entrant tournament for just over $1.2 million.

January 11, 2022 Jonathan Little If you’ve been considering moving up in stakes, this week’s video and strategy column is for you! Poker Vlogger Lex O (AKA Lex Ozias), who grinds mid-stakes cash games primarily in South Florida, gets involved with an aggressive player at higher stakes than he normally plays. After flopping top pair

January 10, 2022 Brandon Bloom Over the weekend at Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas, Roger Lens and Christopher Waszczyk finished in the top two spots to win the grand prize in the 2022 Free Poker Network World Series or Bust National Championship. They each won a $10,000 seat into the 2022 World Series of

January 09, 2022 Jon Sofen Dan “Jungleman” Cates: Professional poker player, world traveler…. dating coach? In this edition of The Muck, we go over the reaction to the recent World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner’s Twitter hot take on lip fillers. In today’s world, poker Twitter has become more than just a place to

January 07, 2022 Matthew Pitt We are only a week into 2022 but there are already opportunities to turn a few dollars into a potentially life-changing score at both PokerStars and GGPoker. Both online poker giants have some massive tournaments taking place this weekend, tournaments that have dozens of budget satellites feeding into them. Can

January 07, 2022 Jon Sofen Move over Ali Imsirovic, Alex Foxen, and Stephen Chidwick, there’s a new sheriff in town and his name is Punnat Punsri, a poker player from Thailand who shipped back-to-back high rollers to start the new year. The Venetian in Las Vegas is currently hosting a high roller mini series with

January 06, 2022 Chad Holloway The Triton Super High Roller Series was slated to kick off its next event on February 17 in Bali, Indonesia. However, high-stakes poker fans will have to wait as officials have opted to postpone the 13-day festival. “We’ve been incredibly humbled by the interest our first 2022 event of the

January 05, 2022 Jon Sofen Despite not winning a World Poker Tour (WPT) event, Jake Ferro is the Season XIX Player of the Year. Ferro booked an impressive three cashes during the COVID-shortened 2021 season for a total of $669,540. Although he didn’t ship a WPT trophy, he ran deep in two major events. Unseating

January 04, 2022 Matthew Pitt Have you made it your 2022 poker goal to win as much money as possible and increase the amount of value you receive from the grind? If your answer is yes, you need to head to Unibet Poker and get involved in the €35,000 Winter Bootcamp and the €31,000 HexaPro

January 03, 2022 Jon Sofen Three prominent poker pros are joining the ever-growing Texas poker industry as part of a group investing in the popular Lodge Poker Club in Austin. Doug Polk is teaming up with vloggers Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen to operate the largest card room in Central Texas — The Lodge Poker

December 30, 2021 Matthew Pitt The current year is almost done and dusted, and it is fair to say 2021 was a year to remember for GGPoker and its legions of players. The online poker giant hit several massive milestones during the past 12 months, some of which are nothing short of staggering. GGPoker’s Random

December 30, 2021 Jon Sofen Phil Galfond has decided to close down Run it Once internationally. But he isn’t ready to end his run as the owner of an online poker site. In fact, he’s now setting his sights on the United States market as he announced in a blog post. PokerNews reached out to

December 31, 2021 Jon Sofen Going without a live World Series of Poker (WSOP) in 2020 felt a bit like a kid waking up Christmas morning to discover that Santa didn’t bring any presents. Thankfully, poker’s greatest spectacle returned in 2021, and it was the biggest and most satisfying story of the year. The pandemic

December 30, 2021 Chad Holloway 0 Hosts: Sarah Herring @auntychardonnayChad Holloway @ChadAHolloway LibsynSpotifyiTunesPodbeanPlayerFmStitcher On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is the last of the year, Sarah Herring and Chad Holloway talk a look back at the top half of the Top 10 Stories from 2021! These include the sheer number of players

December 29, 2021 Jon Sofen Dan Bilzerian appeared on Doug Polk’s podcast Wednesday afternoon, and the conversation was often contentious, especially when the Upswing Poker founder grilled the Instagram icon over how he really made his money. Bilzerian’s wealth accumulation has long been a debated subject. The GGPoker ambassador claims he didn’t receive a trust

December 28, 2021 Jon Sofen Doug Polk did what he set out to accomplish against his once bitter rival Daniel Negreanu: he backed the truck up to the tune of a $1.2 million profit in the most heavily publicized heads-up poker match of all-time, and one of the most exciting poker stories of 2021. The

December 27, 2021 Will Shillibier Winning two bracelets at the same World Series of Poker is a rare feat that less than 60 players have achieved during the long and storied history of the WSOP. A whole host of familiar names have achieved the feat including Scotty Nguyen, Max Pescatori and Brian Rast, with Doyle

December 26, 2021 Calum Grant Live poker returned to Europe with an absolute bang in the summer of 2021 with the Super High Roller Bowl Europe. The series, which took place in North Cyprus from Aug. 23 – Sept. 1, consisted of ten events and was held at the Merit Royal Casino in Cyprus. The

December 25, 2021 Chad Holloway Since running deep in the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, Bernard Lee has become a fixture in the poker world, both as a player and as a media personality. This year not only marked the 14th anniversary of The Bernard Lee Poker Show, but it’s also the