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August 01, 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 31, 2021 Chad Holloway The 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) began back on July 22 and will run through August 10 culminating with the $5,250 buy-in, $3 million GTD Main Event from August 6-10. Click here to see the full 2021 SHRPO schedule. As July ends, the series has already catered to

Poker does not always have a happy ending… Wei Huang decides to call with a dominating hand and Viktor Katzenberger is put in a tricky situation. Thrillingly enough, the community cards dealt leaves BOTH of the players with a winning hand. Subscribe here to our channel: http://psta.rs/SubscribetoPS —————– Amazing bluffs, sick coolers, quads, flushes. The

July 29, 2021 Chad Holloway Guests: Corey Paggeot On the latest special episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Jeff Platt highlight the latest bracelet winners from the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Events including Ryan Hagerty, David Peters, and Chris Moorman, just to name a few. They also breakdown Phil Hellmuth‘s

July 28, 2021 Chad Holloway On Tuesday, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Choctaw $3,700 Main Event concluded with Dapo Ajayi topping a 964-entry field to claim a $588,610 top prize and etch his name on the Mike Sexton Champions Cup. The career-high score came a year and a half after Ajayi finished runner-up in the

July 27, 2021 Chad Holloway On Monday night, PokerGO aired the second episode of “Poker After Dark” Season 13, which was Part 2 of “The Nosebleeds.” The game was $200/$400 no-limit hold’em with a $400 big blind ante. The minimum buy-in was $40,000 with no max. MJ Gonzales, who some might know as Daniel Negreanu’s

July 26, 2021 Jeff McMillan On Sunday night, the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Event #26 $500 NLH The Big 500 Encore attracted 729 players who rebought 389, making 1,118 total entries, which built a $503,100 prize pool. The tournament was an encore to the first event on the 2021 WSOP schedule, and

Gaëlle has a remarkable poker career working her way up from PokerStars model, to EPT presenter, to poker PRO! These are her best poker hands for you to enjoy. Subscribe here to our channel: http://psta.rs/SubscribetoPS —————– Things have changed since Barbara Enright was the first woman to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame

July 24, 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 23, 2021 Chad Holloway Johnny Chan is one of the most recognizable poker players in the world. The 10-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, and back-to-back champion of the 1987 and 1988 WSOP Main Events, is a Poker Hall of Famer and true legend of the game. However, while his poker compatriots

July 22, 2021 PokerNews Staff After flying in on a private plane from Las Vegas to Ibiza, a 33-year old professional poker player has been detained after local authorities discovered over ten different types of drugs in a suitcase, according to Periódico de Ibiza y Formentera. An article on Poker-Red mentions that the person detained

July 21, 2021 Anthony Thompson On Tuesday night, the 2021 World Series of Poker Online Event #20: $3,200 NLH High Roller attracted 312 total entries, which resulted in a $948,840 prize pool. The tournament marked the second high roller event on the 2021 WSOP schedule, and after more than 12 hours of play, it was

Date Time Event Tournament Buy-in Tue 28 Sep 11:00 a.m. 1 Omaha Hi/Low 8 or Better $5K Guarantee $250   1:00 p.m. 2 Daily No Limit Hold’em $5K Guarantee $150   6:00 p.m. 3 Big-O $250   7:00 p.m. 4 Nightly No Limit Hold’em $3K Guaranteed $120 Wed 29 Sep 11:00 a.m. 5 GNLV Poker

July 19, 2021 Chad Holloway On Monday night, word spread throughout the poker world that six-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Layne Flack, 52, was found dead at his home. A cause of death is not known at this time. Born May 18, 1969, Flack hailed from Rapid City, South Dakota before working

Sara Chafak shows us why she is one of the top Poker Queens: She bluffs every street, manipulates her opponents, and takes their chips without fear. Here are some of her top moments! Subscribe here to our channel: http://psta.rs/SubscribetoPS —————– Things have changed since Barbara Enright was the first woman to be inducted into the

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