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Bin Weng has got to be lamenting that the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship is one of the WPT tournaments whose final table will be held in Las Vegas because he is crushing it. With 46.050 million chips, Weng has more than the next two players combined; the first prize… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship event is down to just 16 players as the tournament heads into its penultimate day on Tuesday. Sridhar Sangannagari is the chip leader after Day 3, holding a stack of 18.125 million chips. Only two other players – James Anderson (16.925 million) and Rafael… Read more »
After two Day Ones that stretched the limits of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino’s tournament floor, the World Poker Tour’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown played through Day Two on Sunday in Hollywood, FL. They were able to get the money bubble popped from the 287 players who were fortunate enough to earn… Read more »
Yesterday in our preview of the 2023 World Poker Tour stop at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, we mentioned how the players ALWAYS flock to the Florida properties. Day 1A of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown demonstrated this fact, busting the guarantee in only one day in setting a… Read more »
With the World Series of Poker lurking a month away, many did not expect this news when it came out today. In a bit of a surprise, High Stakes Duel will return with brand new competitors – or at least ONE new competitor. Beginning next weekend, Daniel Negreanu will step to the felt and take… Read more »
We are only a month away from the 2023 World Series of Poker, so it is only natural that the two major tournament poker circuits get in their last action before everyone goes to “Summer Camp” in Las Vegas. On Friday, the World Poker Tour will open action on their latest trek to Florida. Later… Read more »
Everyone knew it was coming The Aaron Rodgers era in Green Bay is over. On Tuesday, the Packers made it official: the future unanimous, stone-cold lock, first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterback has been traded to the New York Jets. Despite coming off one of the worst seasons of his career, Rodgers is a significant upgrade… Read more »
The question of how to manage cheating in the world of online poker has been in existence since the game was founded. There have also been plenty of suggestions (regulatory agencies, organizations, etc.) regarding how to address the question. The state of Nevada recently proposed the creation of an online poker “black book,” but those… Read more »
The Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) Tour has been at the forefront of the drive for more women to come to the game of poker. This last week and into the weekend, the LIPS Tour has been in action at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas. Up first was a unique team competition, which… Read more »
PokerGO has announced a special edition of its popular series High Stakes Poker. Scheduled for April 27, this will not be the usual pre-taped, edited episode, but rather a livestream. The episode will air on both the PokerGO subscription service and PokerGO’s YouTube channel, which also requires a paid subscription for much of its content.… Read more »
The world of “high roller” poker was eventually going to reach this point. $250,000 buy-ins for a tournament are not enough – how about a million (The Big One for One Drop at the WSOP)? Now the cash games are going that route, with twelve players with either deep pockets or deep skills stepping into… Read more »
The 2023 Irish Poker Open (for the record, we call it the “Irish Poker Open” to reduce confusion with the golf version of the Irish Open) has drawn eyeballs, but not always for reasons that show the tournament in a good light. While there was a monster field for the Main Event (2491 entries), the… Read more »
Betting with phantom chips William Kassouf is a good poker player with a bad reputation. He is known for his incessant “speech play” at the tables and while some people find it entertaining, it seems that most think he’s just being an asshole. And then there was the time in 2018 when he was caught… Read more »
One of the biggest questions with online poker – and online gaming overall – is the proliferation of online cheating. There have been many suggestions for combating this situation, but few solutions. The state of Nevada has stepped up with proposed legislation that would look to take on the subject once and for all, and… Read more »
It has been a major question for nearly a decade in the state of Texas. The proliferation of poker “clubs” – which circumvent the state’s archaic anti-gambling laws – has simultaneously flourished while local law enforcement tries to curb their growth. A hearing held on Wednesday examined two bills that would attempt to put some… Read more »
Five players went into the final table of the 2023 U.S. Poker Open Event #10: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em with a chance to be crowned the U.S. Poker Open champion and take home the Golden Eagle Trophy. The player at the top of the leaderboard, Ren Lin, was the only one not actually participating in the… Read more »
The first Main tour title of the 2023 World Poker Tour season is about to be determined, as the WPT Rolling Thunder Main Event final table gets underway Tuesday afternoon. The field was a tournament-record 590 entrants, generating a $1,888,000 prize pool and a first prize of $361,660. Alejandro Jauregui is the chip leader going… Read more »
Isaac Haxton has absolutely shot out of the gates in 2023. In the first quarter of the year (plus a day), he has won $5,154,740 in live poker tournaments, the first player to hit the $5 million mark. He eclipsed that plateau on Sunday, April 1, when he won Event #8: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em at… Read more »
It’s come down to the final days of the 2023 U. S. Poker Open, but there are plenty of questions that remain to be answered. After a day off on Palm Sunday, Event #9 will resume on Monday with Brian Kim leading the way over a difficult final table. Also on Monday, the $50,000 No… Read more »
The intensity is ramping up as the buy-ins rise in the 2023 U. S. Poker Open in Las Vegas. Two more champions have been crowned, both in $15,000 tournaments, while two previous champions of the 2023 USPO are prepared to square off to vie for a second win in the series. That is critically important,… Read more »
It has been a busy week around the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas with the 2023 U. S. Poker Open in full throat. Last night, poker legend (just ask him) Phil Hellmuth notched another poker achievement on his resume by winning his first-ever PokerGO Tour event. The attention has been on the overall leaderboard, however,… Read more »
The PokerStars 17th Anniversary Sunday Million concluded Tuesday, March 28 as Ricardo “RFN1986” Nagamoto bested 25,721 opponents to claim the $1 million top prize. A player by the screen name of “roflcopter88” finished in the runner-up spot for over $723,000. In all, there were 39,500 entries in the $215 tournament, 25,722 unique players and 13,778… Read more »
It seems as if the 2023 U. S. Poker Open needs to be retitled the Nacho Barbero Invitational. Three events into the 10-tournament series, Barbero has made the 2023 USPO his own personal playground. On Saturday, Barbero made it three-for-three in final tables at this year’s event as he will be at the final table… Read more »
There was plenty of action around the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas on Saturday. In Event #2 of the 2023 U. S. Poker Open, Ren Lin rode a storm of good cards to a convincing victory. While he may have come up short of Lin in that tournament, Nacho Barbero struck again in making a… Read more »
The PokerGO Tour is taking little – if any – breaks in the tournament poker schedule. Days after closing down their first-ever Pot Limit Omaha series, the circuit is back in action again at the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas. This time around, it is the 2023 U. S. Poker Open and already an event… Read more »
