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The World Poker Tour is enjoying its stay at Wynn Las Vegas this month. After a plethora of events that shattered guarantees, the WPT has reached its pinnacle tournament, the 2023 WPT World Championship, and is through the first two of four flights. One of its preliminary tournaments, the WPT Prime Championship, has reached its… Read more »
The most anticipated poker tournament of the year outside of the World Series of Poker Main Event is upon us. The WPT World Championship began Tuesday with the first of four Day 1 flights and after Day 1A, Jeff Hakim is the chip leader with 998,000 chips. Two players are close behind: Adekunle Olonoh with… Read more »
The Main Event of the World Series of Poker Paradise in the Bahamas is underway right now, but the excitement from Saturday is what folks are still buzzing about around the Atlantis. In Event #7, the $50,000 Super High Roller tournament, Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel was able to capture the victory in an… Read more »
It was a chance for a hugely overlooked part of the poker community to shine and, when given the chance, the women of poker put on a great show. Friday night at the World Poker Tour World Championship festivities, the WPT Ladies’ Championship took center stage (and streaming rights) as the season-ending schedule for the… Read more »
In an elaborate ceremony featuring many sports legends and tribal representatives, the Seminole Indians of Florida threw the switch on their live sports book in Tampa on Friday. At noon, the first bet was received in the live book (more on this in a moment), but there was plenty of action around the Hard Rock… Read more »
The 2023 World Series of Poker Paradise is underway in the Bahamas and, after a tentative start, the money has started to flow. Two events are in the books, which barely brought out enough players to crack the guarantees that were placed on the tournaments. That has changed with the first “big money” tournament of… Read more »
US online poker cupboard still pretty bare It appears that the United States will soon have its third interstate online poker network. Now, that’s not nearly as exciting as adding states to the mere handful that have legalized online poker, but it’s still something. Competition is good. During an investor presentation on Monday, BetMGM, without… Read more »
The World Poker Tour held its penultimate stop of the 2023 tournament poker season last night, the final table of the 2023 WPT Seminole Rock n’ Roll Poker Open Main Event in Hollywood, FL. In what was a brisk 100-plus hands, Istvan Briski emerged victorious over Rayan Chamas to claim his first major championship. In… Read more »
Just six players remain in the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Main Event, with the winner to be determined Wednesday afternoon. Enjoying a substantial chip lead is Istvan Briski, whose 23.975 million chips are more than double those of his closest competitor. But while Briski has the chips, a few other players have… Read more »
In today’s poker world, it is not unusual for players to have to make decisions regarding what tournaments they want to take part in. Rare is it, however, that the tournaments in question are of such luminous status that people will make note of who is going where. That’s what we’re looking at when it… Read more »
In breaking down the Player of the Year race for both the CardPlayer Magazine and the Global Poker Index, it did cross our minds – how is the race for women in poker? There is only one “official” Ladies’ Player of the Year race, and it is a doozy as plenty of notable names are… Read more »
Workers at Motorcity Casino and Hollywood Casino at Greektown in Detroit have agreed on new contracts and have ended their strike. Read more »
We may not have 2023 done yet, but the tournament poker calendar is shaping up for 2024 already. The Borgata in Atlantic City is the first one in for the New Year, announcing this weekend the resumption of their popular Borgata Winter Poker Open. The schedule of events will have something for every player of… Read more »
In what was a truly international final table, Austria’s Max Neugebauer was able to outlast the remaining eight men from the final table (and the 817-player field) to capture the championship of the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event on Wednesday. In front of a packed house at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech… Read more »
Frederic Normand parlayed a $580 satellite win into a World Poker Tour title as he won the WPT bestbet Scramble in Jacksonville, Florida on Tuesday for what was easily the biggest cash of his career. The $351,650 first prize was about double his previous career best. That previous best came in what was a bittersweet… Read more »
A new big name in betting ESPN BET, the sports betting site wearing the name of the US’s dominant sports media brand, has gone live in 17 states. Long thought to be an impossibility because ESPN is owned by family-oriented Disney, ESPN BET’s launch on Tuesday marks the official marriage between the sports network and… Read more »
He came to the final table with the chip lead, and he finished the night with all the chips in the tournament. Fittingly, it took about twelve hours for Sami Bechahed to use his large chip stack to seize the championship of the first North American Poker Tour event in twelve years on Saturday night.… Read more »
Here’s a phrase we haven’t been able to use in about a dozen years. Saturday will mark the true return of the North American Poker Tour to the tournament scene as the final table of their stop at Resorts World Las Vegas takes place. The final seven men from the 1095-entry field have been determined… Read more »
Limited access for the moment In a surprise to sports fans in Florida, Hard Rock Bet has gone live with a limited, early access launch. Just last week, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which owns Hard Rock Bet, announced that retail sports betting was finally coming in December, but was mum about online betting. Tuesday… Read more »
Two weeks of live streams The World Poker Tour has announced the live streaming schedule for the upcoming WPT World Championship. Starting December 7, viewers will get 14 days of streams, the first half of which are mostly cash games, with the back end leaning heavily on the headline WPT World Championship tournament. “We developed… Read more »
The 2023 World Series of Poker Europe is underway at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, and it has been notable in that new names have appeared on the medal stand. In the first four tournaments, players who aren’t household names have been taking the gold bracelets. This isn’t to say they aren’t successful… Read more »
Worth the wait After two years of legal battles, the state of Florida will finally get sports betting. On Wednesday, the Seminole Tribe of Florida announced that it will launch “A New Era in Florida Gaming” in December as it begins to offer craps, roulette, and sports betting at its six casinos. “The Seminole Tribe… Read more »
Daniel Geeng went into the 2023 PokerGO Tour PLO Series II with just five lifetime live tournament cashes on his resume. He nearly doubled that in a week and a half, cashing four times, winning the final event, and being crowned the PGT PLO Series II champion. If there was someone who was going to… Read more »
The PokerGO Tour’s PLO Series II is down to its final events, but not until some dominant performances were capped on Saturday and Sunday. In both Event #7, a $10,000 PLO tournament, and Event #8, the $10,000 PLO Hi/Lo tournament, the player who entered the final table with the chip lead was able to win… Read more »
With much of the European poker world occupied with the start of the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, there has been a handful of players that have peeled off to Las Vegas for the second running of the PokerGO Tour PLO Series II. Two men, Bryce Yockey and Joao… Read more »
