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February 07, 2021 LearnWPT This week we’re focused on a typical tournament spot where you are out of position against a tough opponent on the flop after you were the preflop aggressor. Automatically continuation-betting or “c-betting” heads up against less-skilled opponents is often the best play. However, against tougher players you’ll need to focus on

The grudge has been put to rest, both on the felt and off the felt it seems, between Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu. On the felt, the result was firm and resounding: Polk proved the superior performer in their $200/$400 heads-up match. Across 25,000 hands that spanned 36 sessions and three months, Polk beat his

February 05, 2021 Matthew Pitt A staggering ¥80 million ($12.3 million) is guaranteed to be won during the Asian Poker League (APL) festival online at GGPoker. The APL runs for three weeks From February 1 to February 21 and features dozens of tournaments, including 16 APL Trophy events. The 16 APL Trophy events are the

February 04, 2021 Will Shillibier Are you ready to make your ascent of 888poker’s latest poker tournament? This weekend The Mountain appears on the Horizon and in the 888poker client, offering climbers – and of course poker players – a slice of a $100,000 prize pool. The Mountain Schedule The action takes place this weekend,

February 03, 2021 Oddschecker US [embedded content] This Sunday sees the biggest game in sports as the Super Bowl returns. Super Bowl LV is taking place at Raymond James stadium between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the current champions, the Kansas City Chiefs. If you’re planning a wager on the big game, and we know

February 01, 2021 Chad Holloway From January 22-31, the Lone Star Poker Series held its second-ever stop, which was hosted by Champions Social in Houston, Texas. The 16-event series (check out our live blog here) proved to be a popular festival as the tournaments catered to a combined 2,288 entrants and awarded $932,535 in prize

January 31, 2021 Chad Holloway Are you ready for Super Bowl LV between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs? If you haven’t yet entered the OddsChecker US giveaway for a free $1,000 bet on the big game, there’s still time to do so simply by entering your email here. While the NFL Championship

January 30, 2021 Chad Holloway There’s a new poker show in town! POKERithm, which debuted two weeks ago, was created by World Series of Poker bracelet winners Matt Waxman and Tristan Wade. It utilizes duplicate poker across four teams of four players. Basically, one player from each team is sat at a table with 100,000

January 29, 2021 Chad Holloway Wednesday’s latest “High Stakes Poker” episode on PokerGO was a continuation of last week’s game. However, the players agreed to make the straddle mandatory, so bumped the game to $200/$400/$800 w/ an $800 ante from the third blind. Schwimer Runs It Twice In the first hand of the episode, Damien

Sarah Herring heads down to Houston to check out the latest iteration of the Lonestar Poker Series at the Champions Social Poker Club. There has been a lot of buzz about the Mystery Bounty Tournament which features VIP Bounties in Dewey Tomko, Ray Henson, Heath Herring, Kim Stone, Hayley Hochstetler and more! If you can’t

January 27, 2021 Mo Nuwwarah After nearly a year of hiatus, the World Poker Tour has returned to the live felt, and it returned in force with 1,573 entries in its Lucky Hearts Poker Open $3,500 Main Event at Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida. An unlikely champion emerged in satellite winner Ilyas Muradi. A

January 26, 2021 Chad Holloway Want to watch some World Series of Poker (WSOP) action tonight? PokerNews has you covered as we’re set to live stream the WSOP Circuit January Super Series $2,000 buy-in Event #13: $100,000 GTD Super High Roller. Our very own Jesse Fullen will provide commentary on the PokerNews Twitch channel, and

January 25, 2021 Mo Nuwwarah Just when it seemed all was lost for Daniel Negreanu in his $200/$400 heads-up no-limit hold’em match with Doug Polk, a monster session left him with a fighting chance. After he won a whopping $385,000 — the largest either player has managed to drag in a single session — on

January 25, 2021 Matthew Pitt The APAT World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP) heads to partypoker from January 24 and brings with it a massive $750,000 worth of guaranteed prize pools, its famous medal prizes, and coveted APAT WCOAP bracelets. APAT is an acronym for Amateur Poker Association & Tour, the United Kingdom’s first national

January 23, 2021 Chad Holloway When it comes to US-based online poker pros, you’d be hard pressed to find one more talented and accomplished than Yong “LuckySpewy1” Kwon, who goes by “YK” was recently named the 2020 WSOP.com Player of the Year. The 31-year-old Kwon, who plays from New Jersey, collected $10,000 in cash and

January 22, 2021 Mo Nuwwarah It looked for a minute like Rocky was making an epic comeback, but the underdog is back on the canvas with the ref counting to 10 in Doug Polk versus Daniel Negreanu. After falling behind nearly $1 million in their $200/$400 heads-up grudge match, Negreanu rallied in impressive fashion. The

January 21, 2021 Chad Holloway Guests: Phil Hellmuth In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Jeff Platt, Chad Holloway, and Sarah Herring welcome 15-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth to the show to talk NFL Playoffs. He talks about his favorite sports bets, makes picks for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Green Bay Packers and

January 21, 2021 Gareth James In this video, MTT Poker School head coach Gareth James walks you through why it’s important to connect the dots when it comes to working out what your range actually looks like for a particular line – in this case, a triple barrel! James starts off the video by encouraging

January 19, 2021 Mo Nuwwarah The World Poker Tour has changed hands once again. Element Partners LLC, a private investment company, has acquired the popular brand in a deal that could potentially be worth $78 million, the WPT announced via a Tuesday morning press release. Assuming shareholders approve the transaction, Element will pay $68,250,000 for

January 18, 2021 Matthew Pitt David Peters is used to winning major poker tournaments. With almost $6.3 million in online poker winnings and a ridiculous $33.7 million from the live arena, there are few players who have won more than him. Peters added another $75,000 to his lifetime tally on January 17 when he triumphed