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July 17, 2021 Chad Holloway PokerNews is known throughout the world for our industry-leading live updates for both live and online events. In fact, right now we’re offering various updates right here. Over the years, we’ve captured memorable hands, many of which have become a part of poker history. In this new column, we will

July 16, 2021 Anthony Thompson On Thursday, the 2021 WSOP Online Event #15: $5,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Freezout attracted 188 players to create a $940,000 prize pool, and after 11 hours of play, it was Justin “Jsaliba2” Saliba coming out on top to win the $253,800 first-place prize and his first career gold bracelet.

July 15, 2021 Chad Holloway On July 12, WSOP.com launched in Pennsylvania, and now players from the Keystone State can look forward to competing in gold bracelet events. From August 8-15, WSOP will offer eight daily bracelet events, each starting at 5:30 p.m. EST. Buy-ins range from $400 up to the $3,200 High Roller. The

July 14, 2021 Jonathan Little In this week’s PokerNews strategy column, I look at another hand from Round 1 of the $50,000 High Stakes Duel II between Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu. Hellmuth makes a brilliant read and lets his hand go when he knows he is beaten. Should he have bet the turn for

July 13, 2021 Chad Holloway Since the beginning of May, Venetian Las Vegas has played host to the DeepStack Championship Poker Series, which will run through August 1 and offer more than $15 million in guaranteed prize pools. Thus far through approximately 95 events in the 121-event series, over 30,000 entrants have participated and nearly

July 12, 2021 Chad Holloway The 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online continued Sunday with Event #11: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Ultra Deepstack, which attracted 1,078 players who rebought 339 times to create a 1,417-entry field and a $510,120 prize pool. Given players started with a generous 50,000 in chips, it took 13 of play

July 11, 2021 Chad Holloway The 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online continued Saturday with Event #10: $333 No-Limit Hold’em, which drew 986 players who rebought 531 times. The 1,517-entry field resulted in a $455,100 prize pool, and after 11 hours of play, it was Michael “njnj17” Leib coming out on top to capture

July 10, 2021 Jason Glatzer Dylan Linde catapulted to the top of the PokerGO Cup Leaderboard after coming from behind to defeat Sam Soverel in heads-up play to win the PokerGO Cup Event #3: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $169,600. It appeared that it would be Soverel’s day as he entered the final table with the

July 09, 2021 Chad Holloway Guests: Andrew Moreno On the latest special episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Jeff Platt and Chad Holloway highlight recent bracelet winners from the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Events, WSOP.com coming to Pennsylvania, and Chad Eveslage taking down the WPT Venetian. Additionally, they recap Alex Foxen‘s victory in

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July 07, 2021 Chad Holloway On Tuesday, the surviving 211 players from a 1,518-entry field returned for Day 2 action in the Wynn Summer Classic $1,600 Mystery Bounty Event. The tournament, which surpassed its $1.5 million guarantee by offering up a $2,201,100 prize pool, offered a unique format in which participants drew mystery envelopes with

July 06, 2021 Will Shillibier The World Series of Poker have announced that WSOP.com will be launched in Pennsylvania later this month, offering players in the Keystone State the opportunity to play on the network for the very first time. Having already been hinted at back in May, WSOP.com PA site will launch on July

July 05, 2021 Anthony Thompson On Sunday night, the 2021 WSOP Online Event #4: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Super Turbo attracted 608 runners who rebought 242 times to create an 850-entry field. The holiday special on the Fourth of July offered a $382,500 prize pool, and after less than six hours of play, it was Jeffery

July 04, 2021 Chad Holloway PokerNews is known throughout the world for our industry-leading live updates for both live and online events. In fact, right now we’re offering various updates right here. Over the years, we’ve captured memorable hands, many of which have become a part of poker history. In this new column, we will

July 03, 2021 Chad Holloway On Friday, the second gold bracelet of the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Series was awarded. Event #2: $600 NLH Monster Stack drew 727 runners who rebought 311 times, which meant the 1,038-entry field resulted in a $560,520 prize pool, and after 11 hours of play, it was

July 02, 2021 Chad Holloway The 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Bracelet Events kicked off on WSOP.com Thursday afternoon with 2021 WSOP Online Event #1: NLH Big 500 Kick-Off, which drew 837 runners who rebought 440 times. The 1,277-entry field resulted in a $574,650 prize pool, and after 12 hours of play, it

July 01, 2021 Jesse Fullen If you’re getting ready to follow along with the World Series of Poker Online this summer on PokerNews, then there’s one name you should familiarize yourself with: Ethan Yau. The 23-year-old mastermind behind ‘Rampage Poker’ on various social channels has quickly become one of the most popular content creators in

June 30, 2021 Matthew Pitt Planet Hollywood is to permanently close its poker room in on July 11, according to reports from the casino’s employees. If true, Planet Hollywood joins Binion’s, Excalibur, Mandalay Bay, and Mirage on the ever-growing list of closed poker rooms in Las Vegas. PokerNews employees are on the ground in Las

June 29, 2021 Jason Glatzer In the fifth week of “Gamblers Delight” on PokerGO’s “Poker After Dark,” the game was $100/$200 no-limit hold’em with a $200 big blind ante. The minimum buy-in for the game was $20,000. This not only wrapped up “Gamblers Delight” but was also the 11th and final episode of Season 12.

June 28, 2021 Chad Holloway The $10,000 buy-in, $10,000,000 GTD Wynn Millions attracted 1,328 entries over three starting flights, which surpassed the seven-figure guarantee by creating a $12,483,200 prize pool (the largest in Wynn Poker history). A hefty $2,018,866 first-place prize awaits the winner while the runner-up is slated to receive $1,248,886. On Monday, 240