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Jun 13, 2024 After appearing on the Million Dollar Game last week, Tom Dwan was back on Hustler Casino Live on Wednesday for another round of action. This time, the game was a $100/$200 No-Limit Hold’em game with a $200 big blind ante. The table was stacked with HCL high-stakes regulars, including Peter, who recently

Jun 12, 2024 A trio of mystery bounty main events brought the 2024 PokerStars SCOOP Afterparty to a conclusion, and Ireland’s Kevin “torino2000” Killeen captured the largest of their prizes. Killeen won the $1,050 edition for $63,508, which included $24,584 worth of mystery bounties. Many people reading this article will have had a bell ring

June 11, 2024 Guests: Frankie Cucchiara In the 836th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Mike Holtz welcome a special fill-in cohost in Frankie Cucchiara (AKA Frankie C) of Next Gen Poker. The popular content creator took a break from filming his poker exploits, as well as time away from his wife and

June 10, 2024 The £1,000 buy-in Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Leeds Main Event was much smaller than usual, a direct result of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) being in full swing, but it still saw 192 entrants create a £160,890 prize pool and a £36,150 top prize. James Jones was the last

June 09, 2024 June is Pride Month. Dedicated to celebrating and commemorating LGBTQ+ pride, Pride Month is over 50 years old and started after the Stonewall riots, a series of gay liberation protests in 1969. PokerNews will release a series of articles to mark Pride Month, showcasing the role LGBTQ+ individuals play in our industry

June 08, 2024 Friday was the eleventh day of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Pairs Las Vegas. It was a busy day with three bracelets awarded and another five playing their earlier rounds out. The first bracelet awarded today went to Brent Hart in Event #16: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit

June 07, 2024 Guests: Josh Arieh Shaun Deeb In the 835th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is joined by poker pros Shaun Deeb and Josh Arieh, who fill in as special co-hosts at Level 9 in Las Vegas where the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is happening now! Hear about how Fortnite

June 06, 2024 The Hustler Casino Live Million Dollar game livestream is still making waves a week after the four days of live-streamed insanity ended. The game saw players like Tom Dwan, Doug Polk, and Alan Keating compete in a $500/$1,000 no limit hold’em game with a minimum buy-in of $1,000,000. Keating joined the HCL

June 05, 2024 Top social casino WOW Vegas has announced the launch of ‘Prizeout’ digital vouchers, a headline feature of its new summer season. The exciting addition will give WOW Vegas players the opportunity to redeem vouchers from some of the world’s biggest brands through the site’s popular sweepstakes model. This scheme forms part of

June 04, 2024 888poker’s $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event surpassed its guarantee thanks to 1,012 entrants exchanging $109 for 15,000 chips and the chance to become an 888poker champion. It was an impressive turnout, considering the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is in full swing, going some way to showing how popular this mystery

June 03, 2024 The PokerNews Deepstack Challenge, the precursor to the $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship, is a new addition to World Series of Poker that looks to shine a light on low-stakes grinders and home game heroes. Running until June 24, this weekly leaderboard promotion rewards players participating in the daily $200, $250, or $400

June 02, 2024 On Day five of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, two more players joined the roster of bracelet-winners — one for the seventh time and one for the first. John Hennigan‘s seventh bracelet came at the star-studded final table of Event #7: $1,500 Dealer’s Choice,

June 01, 2024 June is Pride Month. Dedicated to celebrating and commemorating LGBTQ+ pride, Pride Month is over 50 years old and started after the Stonewall riots, a series of gay liberation protests in 1969. PokerNews will release a series of articles to mark Pride Month, showcasing the role LGBTQ+ individuals play in our industry

May 31, 2024 In the 833rd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz come to you from Level 9 in Las Vegas where the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is officially underway! Find out about the first few days of the 2024 WSOP, including how Kyna and Mike got

May 30, 2024 They were the marquee events at the start of the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), and now the three Main Events have crowned their winners on PokerStars. All three surpassed their guarantees, with “Fakhish”, Paulo “Pauilohpmoraes” Moraes, and “greatness_m” adding their names to the list of SCOOP Main Event champions. Keep

May 29, 2024 The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) calls to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas home from May 28 through July 17 in what will be a spectacular event. Hot poker action takes place every day for six epic weeks. By the time the last person out of the Horseshoe and Paris

May 28, 2024 Ryan O’Donnell is the latest in a long line of poker grinders who can call themselves a Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Main Event champion. London’s O’Donnell came out of top of a 249-strong crowd in the £1,250 buy-in GUKPT London Main Event and raked in score worth £56,760. O’Donnell was a

May 27, 2024 Pot Limit Omaha was the big game on Saturday livestream from Poker At The Lodge. The $25/$25 PLO game got almost immediately out of hand with a triple straddle and the action never really calmed down from that point on. The game was the last of four live streams that went out

May 26, 2024 Daniel Negreanu’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) $25k Fantasy Draft, which will hold its draft for the 2024 WSOP this Monday at the PokerGO Studio (it’ll be streamed and PokerNews will also be there to live report), was originally the creation of Howard Lederer, a once prominent poker pro who no longer

May 25, 2024 A woman at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino faces six gambling-related cheating charges after allegedly conspiring with a dealer she was in a “relationship” with. Yuk Wong, 42, now faces five counts of cheating at a gambling game and one further charge of attempting or conspiring to cheat at a gambling game