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December 24, 2021 Chad Holloway 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 2021, that entails remembering those players who passed on. Here’s a look at some of those we

December 23, 2021 Jon Sofen Phil Hellmuth shipped his record-extending 16th World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet this fall. Shaun Deeb won his fifth, but he will one day surpass the “Poker Brat,” or so he claimed on Doug Polk‘s Tuesday podcast. Deeb, who is consistently in contention for WSOP Player of the Year, has

On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is the penultimate of the year, Sarah Herring and Chad Holloway take a look back at half of the Top 10 Stories from 2021! These include the launch of ClubGG by GGPoker as well as online poker in the state of Michigan. They also take a

December 21, 2021 Chad Holloway There’s no denying Dan Bilzerian has been a polarizing figure, both in poker and in the real world. Regarding the latter, the “King of Instagram” has made plenty of headlines, right or wrong, for blowing shit up, his myriad of dalliances with women, and even tossing a pornstar off a

December 20, 2021 Jon Sofen The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) is coming to the Venetian December 28-30 to put the cherry on top of an exciting year for poker in Las Vegas, not to mention the tour’s 12th season. The $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament features a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool and is part of

December 19, 2021 Jon Sofen The Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas will host the annual Moose Poker Tournament Series from January 7-12, featuring 15 low-stakes tournaments. Each event, and there will be three on each day, comes with a guaranteed prize pool ranging from $3,000 to $25,000. The biggest event, a $200 no-limit hold’em

December 18, 2021 Chad Holloway The 2021 Wynn Winter Classic is nearing the conclusion of its two-week 10-event series, which kicked off on December 6. The series culminates with the $5,300 buy-in, $2,000,000 GTD Championship from December 17-20. There will be two starting flights starting with Day 1a at Noon on Friday, December 17 with

December 17, 2021 Calum Grant “3betwizkid” Captures EPT Online High Roller Title for $67,290 EPT Online 21: $2,100 NLHE [6-Max, High Roller] Final Table Results Consecutive Super High Roller Wins For Samuel “€urop€an” Vousden EPT Online 22: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Super High Roller] Final Table Results Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot Reigns Supreme in $2,100 8-Game EPT

There is A LOT to discuss on this week’s PokerNews Podcast. Sarah Herring and Chad Holloway give perspective on the latest news from the poker world. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – Intro 3:40 – Justin Bonomo Wins $100k High Roller, Regains All-Time Money List Lead11:55 – http://www.dandbpublishing.com/12:50 – Sammy Farha Reportedly Involved in a Physical Fight at

December 15, 2021 Jon Sofen The Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic High Roller Series, which ran from December 2-14, wrapped up late Monday night with Andrew Lichtenberger shipping the $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em finale for $432,000. He beat out Ray Qartomy heads-up to take down the last tournament in the 13-event series. Although “Lucky Chewy”

December 14, 2021 Calum Grant The third edition of the Global Poker Awards has officially been announced and returns to the PokerGO Studio at the ARIA Resort and Casino in February 2022. The poker industry event, that looks to celebrate the achievements of well-known figures from all facets of poker, is being brought you by

The RunGood Poker Series All Stars Comeback Tour wrapped up this weekend with their ProAM event at PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada. Qualifiers were able to win their way to Vegas to play on a televised table with commentary from David Tuchman and Brent Hanks! In addition to the qualifiers, celebrities and poker pros

December 12, 2021 Will Shillibier Two more champions were crowned on PokerStars last night as the 2021 European Poker Tour (EPT) Online continued. Christian “WATnlos” Rudolph bagged a title in Event 8: $530 NLHE 8-Max Progressive KO for cashes and bounty prizes worth almost $50,000, while Lithuania’s Audrius “Stakelis24” Stakelis added an EPT Online title

December 11, 2021 Jon SofenChad Holloway It appears that Sammy Farha lost another heads-up match, but this time it wasn’t against Chris Moneymaker. The old-school grinder was reportedly involved in a physical altercation Thursday night at Legends Poker Room in Houston, Texas, and it doesn’t sound like he won. Rumors of the incident started on

December 10, 2021 Calum Grant Andrey “Anjeyyy” Novak Triumphs in EPT Online Series Opener EPT Online 01: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Series Opener], $250K Gtd – Trophy Event #1 Final Table Results Romania Takes Gold and Silver in EPT Online Mini 03 EPT Online Mini 03: $55 NLHE, $100K Gtd Final Table Results Alysson “Brunopoker94” Bruno

December 09, 2021 Chad Holloway Back in September, a controversy broke out after several prominent poker photographers charged art company Poker Paint for using their photos with neither permission nor compensation. Based out of Washington, DC, and run by poker player Brett Butz, Poker Paint commercially sells art pieces and NFTs by taking a photograph

December 08, 2021 Jon Sofen The $2,500 buy-in WPTDeepStacks Championship at Thunder Valley Resort and Casino in Northern California wrapped up a successful event Tuesday night with Michael Rossitto coming out on top of the 588-entry field. In doing so, he won $250,073 in front of a live-streamed WPT.com audience. In total, 74 players cashed,

Date Start Time Tournament Wed, 08-Dec 12:05 Event #01: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Series Opener], $250k Gtd – Trophy Event #1 Wed, 08-Dec 13:05 Event #02: $215 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO], $150k Gtd Thu, 09-Dec 12:05 Event #03: $1,050 NLHE, $200k Gtd Thu, 09-Dec 13:05 Event #04: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller], $300k Gtd

December 06, 2021 Will Shillibier Just 32 players remain in the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, all eyeing up the €1,276,712 first-place prize that awaits the winner of this record-breaking event. The money bubble burst on Day 3, and after the dust settled it was Dimitar Yosifov who emerged as the chip

December 05, 2021 Christian Zetzsche The 2021 World Series of Poker Europe has crowned a new maiden gold bracelet winner as Romain Le Dantec, who was playing his first €10,000 buy-in event, defeated fellow countryman Sonny Franco in heads-up to come out on top of an 73-entry strong field in Event #13: €10,000 NLH 6-Max.