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January 17, 2021 Chad Holloway This weekend’s $1,100 buy-in, $200K GTD MSPT Grand Falls Main Event, which will be live reported by PokerNews, marks the second stop of the tour’s 12th season. The tournament comes on the heels of a memorable MSPT Venetian opener, which not only attracted a massive field but also saw a

January 16, 2021 Matthew Pitt Feast your eyes on this trio of online poker promotions if your New year’s resolutions involve extracting more value from your poker sessions. Several online poker sites have set out their stalls for 2021 by launching value-packed promotions for PokerNews readers. These are our three favorites so far. 888poker Is

January 15, 2021 Mo Nuwwarah The latest legal updates in the Mike Postle story aren’t looking rosy for the alleged poker cheat. For one thing, he’s been hit with two motions to strike his complaints in California courts, by defendants in his lawsuit alleging defamation and seeking hundreds of millions in damages (Disclosure: PokerNews was

January 14, 2021 Mo Nuwwarah Wednesday’s latest “High Stakes Poker” episode on PokerGO was a doozy, featuring what will undoubtedly go down as one of the biggest pots of the entire season. And it was one of the show’s most familiar faces running well once again in the huge spot. Here’s a recap of the

January 13, 2021 Chad Holloway In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Jeff Platt, Chad Holloway, and Sarah Herring dive into the Top 10 stories of 2020 as determined by PokerNews. Among the stories discussed the end of the Black Friday saga, Daniel Negreanu vs. Doug Polk, the Midway Poker Tour payout debacle, the

January 12, 2021 Matthew Pitt There’s a new multi-table format for you to try the next time you fire up your GGPoker account that go by the name of Flip & Go. GGPoker bills its Flip & Go tournaments as “the fastest tournament” ever so PokerNews decided to put that claim to the test and

January 11, 2021 Matthew Pitt Sunday are traditionally the busiest day of the week for online poker tournament grinders and Finland’s Eelis Parsinnen was certainly busy, winning three events at GGPoker! Wei Zhao was another serial winner. He triumphed in two GGPoker events, finished second in another and reached the final table of a fourth!

January 10, 2021 Yori Epskamp The final day of the WSOP Winter Online Circuit on GGPoker is all about the WSOPC #18: $1,700 MAIN EVENT with an astonishing guarantee of $10,000,000! While more than 5,000 players have already signed up for this lucrative event, the $10m mark is not in sight yet with just a

January 09, 2021 Mo Nuwwarah David “ODB” Baker and Mark Gregorich had to pay the bills somehow. So, with live poker mostly still on ice in the U.S., the two poker players put their heads together and picked some winners in the NFL. So many winners, in fact, that they piled up high six figures

January 08, 2021 Mo Nuwwarah With the immediate future of live poker still cloudy as COVID-19 continues to put a damper on, the World Series of Poker Circuit has opted to shift things online for 2021. Rather than wait around and see if things clear up, the WSOP announced plans for monthly online Circuit events

January 07, 2021 Chad Holloway In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Jeff Platt and Sarah Herring recap the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event heads-up finale between Joseph Hebert and Damian Salas. They also share stories from being on-site in Las Vegas at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, share thoughts

Jeff Platt and Sarah Herring discuss their experiences at the 2020 World Series of Poker Main Event Headsup Championship. The podcasters discuss the epic Heads Up battle bewteen Damian Salas and Joseph Hebert, as well as their personal take on both players. Next Platt and Herring talk about Huck Seed’s nomination into the World Series

January 05, 2021 Jonathan Little Some players essentially never bluff. When they bet all three streets, unless you have an incredibly premium made hand, you should fold. You simply must learn to fold your normally-strong bluff catchers against people who never bluff if you want to succeed at poker. This concept was demonstrated in a

January 04, 2021 Mo Nuwwarah Ben Craig went from short stack to victor to take down the 57-entry Bally’s Main Event Mania $1,500 Main Event for $25,834. He start the eight-handed final table with less chips than all of his opponents, several of whom had more than 100 big blinds, but it just proved to

It’s been a year unlike any other and a World Series of Poker Main Event unlike any other. After poker’s most popular series was forced online due to the coronavirus — resulting in a summer full of online bracelet events — the Main Event will crown it’s champion live inside the Rio All-Suite Hotel &

January 02, 2021 Chad Holloway Over the holidays, PokerNews awarded a free $3,500 seat into the WPT Online Poker Open powered by partypoker US Network. It was a part of our “Give the Gift of WPT” giveaway where we asked folks to nominate deserving players. Andrew “pokasmoka7” Benedict was ultimately selected as the winner, and

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December 31, 2020 Mo Nuwwarah Perhaps the most visible and widely-known sponsorship deal of the past two decades in the poker industry has come to an end. Chris Moneymaker will no longer sport the PokerStars patch in his live poker endeavors. Moneymaker had been a major part of the marketing efforts from the world’s leading

December 30, 2020 Chad Holloway Guests: Joseph Hebert In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Jeff Platt, Sarah Herring, and Chad Holloway recap the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table, which was won by Joseph Hebert. They discuss the disqualification of three-time bracelet winner Upeshka De Silva after he tested

December 29, 2020 Jonathan Little Against the weakest, most straightforward players, do not be afraid to bluff! When they do not have an effective nut hand, they will usually fold if you apply enough pressure. This was evidenced in a hand played by one of my students in a $1-$3 no-limit hold’em cash game. Everyone