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Aug 12, 2024 2 min read It’s fast becoming one of poker’s must-have items, and now there’s an extra reason to try and get your hands on a coveted NAPT Gold Pass. A $10,300 NAPT Gold Pass sees players win entry to the NAPT Las Vegas Main Event, seven nights’ accommodation for them and a

Aug 11, 2024 5 min read The Venetian Las Vegas recently debuted its new poker room, which at 50 tables across 14,000 square feet became the largest on the Strip. Venetian’s card room had long been situated across from the Venetian sportsbook, just around the corner from the exit door to Las Vegas Boulevard. It

Aug 10, 2024 2 min read WPT Global has just unveiled two game-changing promotions that are set to transform your poker experience: the Table Starter Boost and the Global Spins Jackpots. Whether you’re a table starter looking to rake in rewards or a spin player dreaming of life-changing jackpots, the site has something for everyone

Aug 09, 2024 4 min read Tiffany Wong was mostly just a recreational poker player with a passion for the game a few months back. Now she’s one of the hottest mid-stakes tournament players in the US, and has quite a story to tell. The New Yorker who lives in Manhattan spoke with PokerNews to

Aug 08, 2024 2 min read The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise schedule is out, and it includes 15 gold bracelet events highlighted by the largest guaranteed poker tournament prize pool ever. All the action takes place at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas from Dec. 3-13. The series will, for the second

Aug 07, 2024 3 min read Poker solvers have been the talk of the town in recent weeks with 2024 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Tamayo controversially harnessing an online tool via his rail at the final table to help boost his chances of victory. While the use of solvers in certain

Aug 06, 2024 3 min read Controversial poker pro Maurice Hawkins sought a record-tying 17th World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring on Monday at Harrah’s Cherokee. But he was denied during heads-up play by Susan Faber in the $600 No-Limit Hold’em event. Event #5 attracted 305 entrants, creating a prize pool of $157,075 at

Aug 05, 2024 2 min read Days after acquiring the World Series of Poker (WSOP) from Caesars Entertainment, GGPoker has announced the schedule of an online bracelet series that will take place later this month. The series begins Aug. 17 and runs until Sept. 30, with 33 bracelets to be awarded. Players in the United

Aug 04, 2024 4 min read Last week, PokerNews told you that Dave Krosky would be a star in this instalment of The Big Game on Tour, and from the latest episode, you’ll surely see why. The Las Vegas Entrepreneur brought the heat and made some out-of-the-box plays that will surely raise a few eyebrows.

Aug 03, 2024 3 min read The Royal Card Club in Austin, Texas has a unique poker room concept that just might help bring more women into the game of poker. Lisa Pickell, VP of Operations and Business Development for the poker club, which opened in April, explained some of the challenges her business faces,

Aug 02, 2024 5 min read One of the top poker rooms in Las Vegas is gone, but only because it moved to another, more convenient location at Venetian. Poker pros, recreational players, casino executives, and even rapper Nelly were in attendance Thursday afternoon for the card room’s grand opening. Matt Berkey, Jamie Kerstetter, Maria

Aug 01, 2024 3 min read Caesars Entertainment has today announced that they will be selling the iconic World Series of Poker Brand to NSUS Group Inc, a leading investment group and operator of leading online poker room GGPoker. According to a press release, the deal is set to be worth $500 million—$250 million in

Jul 31, 2024 6 min read The dust has settled for good on the 2024 World Series of Poker as the results are in from the last few online bracelet events. Some players managed to use the dying moments of the summer to salvage an otherwise inconspicuous set of results over the past two months

Jul 30, 2024 4 min read Claudio Elizalde had more than just the 2024 World Series of Poker on his mind when he made it to the sunny and sweltering Las Vegas in late May. He had prototypes for a deck named ‘Hold’em For Dear Life’ that he designed to take poker up a notch.

Jul 29, 2024 5 min read With the summer poker season wrapped up in Las Vegas, the results are in for the crossbook between Landon Tice and Jeremy Becker. The bet began on May 28 and lasted nearly two months, ending on July 18. As reported by Poker.Org, Becker was the victor by a margin

Jul 28, 2024 3 min read Season 12 of High Stakes Poker, which ended in May, featured the largest pot in the iconic poker show’s history, leaving viewers excited to see what’s in store for Season 13. The wait is almost over as the new season on PokerGO kicks off July 29 at 5:00 p.m.

Jul 27, 2024 4 min read Poker champ Jamie Gold and actor Rob Riggle teamed up at Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles Wednesday night for a charity poker event to help raise money for special needs children. The 12th annual Variety Poker and Casino Night sponsored by Commerce Casino was a huge success. Hundreds of

Jul 26, 2024 2 min read In news that will make anyone who followed poker in the 2000s feel old, Daniel Negreanu turned 50 years old on Friday. The poker legend known as “Kid Poker” for the past quarter century can probably go ahead and retire that moniker. He’s now officially eligible to compete in

In the 13th episode, Connor speaks with 888poker ambassador and Twitch streamer Ian Simpson, who talked about first learning poker as a kid, getting a degree in biotechnology and becoming a biology teacher, poker streaming and his breakout year of live poker in 2013 that saw him winning the Irish Poker Open for $339,604.

Jul 24, 2024 3 min read The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was filled with plenty of heart-warming stories, one being that of 79-year-old Navy Veteran David Lower out of Gilbert, Arizona. He played in Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors and cashed his first-ever WSOP tournament finishing 42nd out of 3,362 runners for $9,709.