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December 23, 2020 Chad Holloway Ye “YUAN365” Yuan, who also goes by Tony Yuan, is one of nine players who will travel to Las Vegas to battle it out at the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for $1.5 million and the chance to

December 22, 2020 Chad Holloway The 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table is set to play out on Monday, December 28, and one of nine players descending upon the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino to battle it out is New Jersey’s Gershon “jets613” Distenfeld, who will begin play sixth in chips

December 21, 2020 Chad Holloway In one week, nine players will convene at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for the final table of the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event domestic finale. Those players have been waiting to battle it out ever since they made it down to the

December 20, 2020 Jason Glatzer The inaugural XL Winter Series is onto its final day 888poker with just the final three events remaining from its 34-event schedule. Saturday was another big day at 888poker, highlighted by Gerard “RevenirROI” Barclay shipping the XL Winter #29 – $25,000 6-Max for $7,728. PokerNews will be live reporting Sunday’s

December 19, 2020 Chad Holloway For the fourth consecutive year, Florida’s bestbet Jacksonville will play host to the Winter Open from January 21-31, an 11-event series culminating with a $2,000 buy-in Main Event from Jan. 29-31. That tournament, which will play eight-handed, start players with 40,000 in chips, and play 40-minute levels, will be live

December 18, 2020 Chad Holloway When it aired on the Game Show Network (GSN) from 2006-11, “High Stakes Poker” cemented its legacy as one of the most popular poker shows ever made through its 98-episode run. Now, after a near-decade hiatus, the show returned Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. ET on PokerGO. The 99th

December 17, 2020 Chad Holloway The list of Poker Hall of Fame nominees for 2020 induction has been released. After an open-nomination process was held to identify worthy nominees, a group of 11 individuals is up for consideration, two of those being the pair of World Series of Poker (WSOP) commentators Lon McEachern and Norman

December 16, 2020 Chad Holloway Guests: Ryan Hagerty In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Jeff Platt and Chad Holloway tell you why Sarah Herring is MIA. They then share details about their respective weekends in Las Vegas for the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and highlight those players fortunate enough

December 15, 2020 Christian Zetzsche The first final table winner of the 2020 World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship Main Event has been determined, at the King’s Resort in Rozvadov for the international leg of the online/live hybrid. Eight of the nine finalists out of a field of 674 entries made the trip to the

December 14, 2020 Chad Holloway The final table is set for the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 Main Event on WSOP.com! On Monday, the surviving 71 players from a 705-entry field returned to battle for one of nine coveted spots. It took less than seven hours of play for the lineup to be

December 13, 2020 LearnWPT Today you’ll be playing as the chip leader at a tournament final table. You have called from the Big Blind against an open raise from the medium stack on the Button. Note that there are 2 short stacks at this final table with 10BBs and 12BBs. The presence of these shorter

December 12, 2020 Matthew Pitt Poker has featured on the silver screen on many occasions but very few movies manage to reproduce realistic hands. One famous hand took place in the 2006 remake of Casino Royale, a James Bond film first launched in 1967; Ian Fleming’s book hit the shelves 14-years earlier in 1953. The

It took just over 10 hours to not only let the money bubble burst but also determine the nine-handed final table for the international 2020 World Series of Poker GGPoker $10,000 Championship Main Event. And it indeed is an international line-up as all nine contenders hail from different countries. That means the planned live final

December 10, 2020 Chad Holloway When it aired on the Game Show Network (GSN) from 2006-11, High Stakes Poker cemented its legacy as one of the most popular poker shows ever made through its 98-episode run. Now, after a near-decade hiatus, the show is set to return this Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. ET

December 09, 2020 Will Shillibier “I think this might be the only podcast I’ve ever done.” After 80 minutes of enthralling conversation, this wasn’t the biggest takeaway fans had from Brandon Adams‘ recent podcast with poker legend Tom Dwan, but it certainly was one of the more surprising. The pair naturally spent time on poker,

December 08, 2020 Jonathan Little Sometimes when you river the nuts you should go for a check-raise, but how do you know when? In this week’s strategy column, I discuss it using a hand from a $5/$10 no-limit hold’em cash game I played. Here’s how it went down. Action was eight-handed when it folded to

December 07, 2020 Chad Holloway Popular $10,000 High Roller tournaments were slated to return to ARIA Resort & Casino in early December, but after tournaments were suspended at the venue (the $10K High Rollers will be rescheduled in 2021), a competing room opted to step up and fill the void. To cater to players who

December 06, 2020 Christian ZetzscheJason Glatzer The second of three starting days of the 2020 World Series of Poker World Championship $10,000 Main Event at GGPoker is in the books with 42 players out of 171 entries advancing to Day 2. This increases the total field size to 417 entries with 104 contenders through thus

December 03, 2020 Mo Nuwwarah The battle between Phil Galfond and Chance Kornuth at $100/$200 pot-limit Omaha for the Galfond Challenge has been a swingy one thus far, and the latest swing appears to be going in Galfond’s favor. After dropping to about $350,000 in losses on two separate occasions, Galfond roared back with a

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