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A week straight is too much In what will likely come as a shock to the poker community, 17-time gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth has announced that he will not participate in the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event. In a two-minute video posted to social media, the 1989 Main Event champion explained that… Read more »
100 gold bracelet events GGPoker has released the schedule for the 2025 World Series of Poker, the first edition of the classic poker series under the online poker room’s ownership. Running May 27 through July 16, the WSOP will span 100 events at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip.… Read more »
“With a heavy heart” The poker world is weird. It is an ecosystem that revolves around beating the hell out of each other at the tables for money, while at the same time, many players have no problem loaning and borrowing thousands of dollars from each other to keep the games going. Of course, that… Read more »
Watch what you post Americas Cardroom (ACR) pro Nacho Barbero has been under the microscope since Friday, when he posted a picture of his computer screen showing multiple ACR tables open plus an active instance of GTO Wizard. GTO Wizard is a real-time assistance (RTA) tool that helps players make statistically correct decisions while they… Read more »
Begging for some sort of leniency As part of their case against Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, federal prosecutors presented recordings of phone calls with the bank during which the interpreter pretended to be the world-famous slugger. Last Thursday, prosecutors recommended a 57-month sentence for Ippei Mizuhara, who in June pleaded guilty… Read more »
The Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob have announced the finalists for the 6th Annual Global Poker Awards. Most categories went through multiple rounds of voting before being whittled down to the nominees that were revealed this week. A few awards have already been determined based on 2024 leaderboard standings. Finishing atop the Global… Read more »
Cheap rooms, cheap eats The owner of Circus Circus Las Vegas has indicated that he may soon sell the north Strip casino. Speaking with Forbes, 89-year-old Phil Ruffin said that he has been approached by potential buyers. “Let’s just say there is interest,” he said. “It’s worth $5 billion.” Circus Circus has seen better days.… Read more »
Cool half-milly Though the calendar turned to 2025 two weeks ago, the 2024 PokerGO Tour (PGT) season still had some unfinished business this weekend in the form of the PGT $1,000,000 Championship. Most of the 40 qualifying players and ten Dream Seat winners participated in the final tournament of the season and when the dust… Read more »
The excitement is building as the World Series of Poker (WSOP) has officially announced the dates for its 56th annual event. Set to take place from May 27 to July 16, 2025, the tournament will once again be hosted at the iconic Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas on the Strip. This year’s Main… Read more »
It was time to make a change In early 2005, my job was making me absolutely miserable. So I quit. Meanwhile, I dabbled in micro-stakes online poker, one of the many people who jumped in at the beginning of the poker boom. I had found Poker Source Online (PSO), the original online poker affiliate that… Read more »
It may have taken a day longer than what officials scheduled, but the victor of the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice World Championship, Event #13 on the 2024 World Series of Poker roster, has been determined. Coming back this afternoon with the chip lead, four-time WSOP bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi became a five-time winner after dispatching Michael… Read more »
Pays more than chips to knock someone out In the few years that it has existed, the $1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker has been a huge hit. It not only sports a $1 million guaranteed prize for the winner, but is also a bounty tournament, which always makes… Read more »
There are about a million World Series of Poker tournaments running simultaneously right now, even after two finished up Sunday night. Both of those events saw players win their second bracelets, but neither Bryce Yockey nor Nick Guagenti is satisfied to stop there. Bryce Yockey can sure play Omaha Bryce Yockey won his first WSOP… Read more »
It was an interesting weekend around the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas as the first weekend of the 2024 World Series of Poker concluded its action. A Poker Hall of Famer took time from their schedule to go “into the masses” to capture their latest bracelet. While that was happening, the $25,000 Heads-Up World Championship… Read more »
It has been a busy first few days of the 2024 World Series of Poker. Four events are already in the books, handing out their hardware, as the first weekend of the Series looms. Coming up for the players on this first weekend is one of the “tentpole” events of the 2024 WSOP and the… Read more »
The 55th Annual World Series of Poker wasted little time tossing the fireworks in 2024, starting the festivities with a new event alongside a longtime tournament. The new event, the $5000 Champions’ Reunion, has now reached its final ten players, while the longtime tournament, the $500 Casino Employees’ Event, has only four survivors left. Those… Read more »
The 2024 World Series of Poker kicked off with what will likely be one of the highlight tournaments of the summer yesterday, the debut edition of the $5,000 Champions Reunion No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout event. All former WSOP Main Event champions received a free seat in the tournament, but with that gift comes a cost: a… Read more »
At long last, the 2024 World Series of Poker is upon us, with Tuesday marking the first of over a month and a half of wall-to-wall poker action in Las Vegas. Just like last year – and for the foreseeable future – the WSOP is being held on the Strip at both Horseshoe and Paris.… Read more »
Later this week, the 55th Annual World Series of Poker will begin its play. The Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas will be abuzz as both professional and the greenest amateur players look to claim poker’s biggest prize. There is also another prize on the line for these players – ranking points on the two major… Read more »
Fans of Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow have been waiting for a treatment of his life for quite some time. A ghost-written autobiography in 2012 told the story from Matusow’s perspective, but it seemed that the four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner was still hiding some things. Fast forward a decade later and a documentary… Read more »
In what was one of the stranger final tables in the history of the World Poker Tour, Dongwoo Ko didn’t let anything affect him. Despite a pause in the middle of the tournament (more on that in a moment), Ko dominated from the start of the 2024 WPT Montreal final table to the end, capturing… Read more »
The televised final table has been set at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event as just six players remain at the Playground Club de Poker. Right now, it looks like a two-man race, with Dongwoo Ko entering Wednesday’s action as the chip leader, holding 15.100 million chips, and Tommy Nguyen in second with… Read more »
Markets react positively A consortium led by Hard Rock Hotels & Resorts (Pacific) has expressed interest in acquiring struggling Australian casino company Star Entertainment. According to Australian Financial Review, Star’s Board of Directors has received the group’s proposal, though no official offer announcement has been made. Hard Rock would rebrand Star and separate the casinos… Read more »
It was not until the start of Day Two of the 2024 World Poker Tour Montreal at the Playground Poker Club that the players learned what they were playing for. Because late registration/reentry for the tournament was extended until the start of the action on Sunday, nobody was sure how high the figures would go.… Read more »
Two-thirds of the way through the three-Day Ones of the World Poker Tour stop at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal and the $2 million (Canadian) guarantee is safely within the sights. Day 1B of the 2024 WPT Montreal saw 278 entries registered in the Playground cages, bringing the overall total north of 400 players.… Read more »
