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May 13, 2021 Chad Holloway Now through May 24, Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) festivals are running in both Michigan and New Jersey on PokerStars. There are more than $3 million in total guarantees spread among 285 individual tournaments (most events having a High, Medium, and Low tier) between the MISCOOP and NJSCOOP. There

May 12, 2021 Matthew Pitt Daniel Dvoress can tick off the GGPoker Super MILLION$ from his list of must-win tournaments because he clinched its title, and the $394,852 top prize, on May 11, 2021. Dvoress gave himself a great chance to win this massive tournament by reaching the nine-handed final table second in chips. He

May 11, 2021 Jonathan Little In this week’s strategy hand for PokerNews, we take a trip back in time where Phil Laak decided to take on Dan “Jungleman” Cates in the partypoker Premier League. Laak is known to be a player who, for the most part, plays good and solid fundamental poker. Every once in

May 10, 2021 Jason Glatzer The 2021 World Series of Poker Super Circuit Online is in full swing at GGPoker with four more ring winners including Uri “JimyT” Reichenstein winning Event #4: $800 No Limit Hold’em 6-Max Championship for $166,860 and Jonas “LobyPewis” Mackoff claiming his second career WSOPC ring in Event #5: $315 BOUNTY

May 09, 2021 Chad Holloway After the MSPT leaves California where they’re currently hosting a stop at San Diego’s Sycuan Casino, they’ll head back to the Midwest to Silverado-Franklin Casino in Deadwood for the $1,100 South Dakota State Poker Championship from May 14-16, 2021. In the past, the South Dakota State Poker Championship has been

May 08, 2021 Shirley AngWill Shillibier With over $139 million in prize money awarded, the 2021 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) crowned countless winners, including in both No-Limit Texas Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha Main Events. The champion of the SCOOP 92-L: $109 NLHE 8-Max Main Event was Greece’s ‘Cantaloupe91‘, who walked away with

May 07, 2021 Chad Holloway Guests: Roland De Wolfe On the latest special episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring, Jeff Platt, and Chad Holloway talk to Triple Crown winner Roland De Wolfe, who was big during the poker boom but disappeared nearly a decade ago. Where has he been? De Wolfe answers that question,

May 06, 2021 Matthew Pitt Pot Limit Omaha players are often overlooked when it comes to tournament poker. Not at partypoker where the PLO players have some incredible tournaments to get their teeth into: the PLO Daily Legends. partypoker’s Daily Legends tournaments have proven immensely popular for several reasons. They have reduced a late registration

May 05, 2021 PokerNews Staff One lucky player walked away with almost $75,000 after winning The Deal jackpot on PokerStars yesterday. Player ‘angelovskiy’ managed to reach the Jackpot round, and their luck was in, scooping a five-figure jackpot. Play on PokerStars! Huge online festivals, cash games running 24/7 and exciting new promotions.Get involved in the

May 04, 2021 Jeff McMillan The booming success that was the Lone Star Poker Series Inaugural $1,300 Texas State Main Event has come to its conclusion after an epic Day 3 of action which saw 17 players play down to a champion. While one did emerge in Joon Park, that came after a three-handed deal

May 03, 2021 Chad Holloway For the 100th episode of the DAT Poker Podcast, hosts Adam Schwartz, Terrence Chan, and Daniel Negreanu, along with Producer Ross, were joined by a special guest – one Mr. Phil Ivey! The Global Poker Award-nominated podcast had long teased that they hoped to have Ivey for episode No. 100,

May 01, 2021 Mo Nuwwarah The 2021 PokerStars Pennsylvania Spring Championship of Online Poker (PASCOOP) kicked off on April 17 and will run through May 3, offering more than $2 million in guaranteed prize pools with buy-ins as low as $5 up to $1,000. The highlight of the series is the two-day $300 buy-in Main

May 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

April 30, 2021 Jason Glatzer GGPoker Ambassador and six-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu launched a new series titled Old School VS New School Poker Analysis at his YouTube channel with his first episode checking out an old hand played a decade ago on High Stakes Poker against Gus Hansen. Top Stories of 2020,

April 29, 2021 Mo Nuwwarah At the time of writing, the final couple of events were still wrapping up, but for the most part, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown is in the books. And boy, what a series it turned out to be. As record numbers flooded the property for the early prelims in

April 28, 2021 Matthew Pitt The curtain came down on a massively successful GG Spring Festival on April 27 when the $10,300 Super MILLIONS concluded under the watchful eyes of the PokerNews Live Reporting team. Markus Leikkonen of Finland was the last man standing from the 347 entrants. His reward? A cool $651,821. GGSF Event

April 27, 2021 Mo Nuwwarah “Watch Your Step” week starring the boisterous Frank Stepuchin continued on “Poker After Dark” for the second week on PokerGO. After plenty of loose action in the first show of $50/$100/$100 play — the latter a big blind ante — thanks in part to the seven-deuce bounty, more bluffing abounded

April 26, 2021 Brandyn TrenholmChad Holloway The BetMGM Online Series Poker Michigan is now in the books after the latest champion was crowned on Sunday in Event #10: $75,000 GTD Sunday Special 8-Max. The final event of the series saw an outstanding 217 runners and when the last chance saloon had closed for business it

April 25, 2021 Jason Glatzer The $2 million guaranteed WPTDeepStacks London rocked on with four amazing events at 888poker on Friday and Saturday. “WarleyBrunoB” was easily the star of the day after winning the $24,000 top prize in the WPT DeepStacks #13 – $100,000 6-Max that featured 888poker Ambassador Vivian “vivi.888.” Saliba at the final

April 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