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Newly-minted millionaire Josh Remitio keeps his feet on the ground
Just 24 hours after winning $2.3 million in the WSOP Main Event, the last place you might expect to find Josh Remitio is grinding a $1-$3 cash game at Caesars Palace. Yet there he was, trying to teach his big brother how to play poker and losing $500 in the process. “I didn’t do too […]
read moreWales’ Robert Cowen claims gold in $3K 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha
Robert Cowen, a veteran tournament grinder from Swansea, Wales, has captured his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet by winning Event #80 of the 2021 WSOP, $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha. Cowen’s win in one of the final PLO events on the 2021 WSOP slate was worth $280,916, and it represents the largest live cash […]
read moreSuper High Roller players reach ‘Covid Contract’ deal on second day of event
A majority of players participating in the 2021 WSOP Event 82, $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em reached a private agreement on a so-called ‘Covid contract’ as action began on Friday’s second day of action. The deal included a signed contract for all but a couple of the event’s remaining Day 2 players. It guaranteed […]
read moreThe ‘fake vaccine card’ controversy: legitimate or overblown?
How effective has the World Series of Poker’s vaccine-card program really been? The program required players to submit proof of vaccination through the CLEAR Health Pass system. Its effectiveness is very much an open question, with little hard data on which to judge. This is one of the lingering controversies of the WSOP, which overall […]
read moreChance Kornuth ‘angle’ triggers rules debate among players
What sort of chip movements should be allowed to a player whose turn it is to bet or fold, and when does an attempt to elicit a response from an opponent cross the line into unethical play? Where the line falls and how rules might be written to account for such actions are now on […]
read morePreston McEwen celebrates birthday of SMA-stricken friend during Main Event Day 4 surge
It’s been a special sort of a 2021 WSOP Main Event Day 4 for Tennessee’s Preston McEwen. The Murfreesboro-based grinder began the day mired in the middle of a 1,000-player pack, with 360,000 chips, but in little more than a single two-hour level, McEwen had rocketed north of two million. The surge put him in […]
read moreCircuit star Dan Lowery pushes hard in first Main Event-cashing run
“He’s got all of the chips or none of them.” That’s how North Carolina’s Steven Snyder describes Daniel Lowery at the tables. Snyder and Arkansas’ Lowery have battled many times at World Series of Poker Circuit events. Snyder smiles when he learns Lowery has 600,000 or so in chips, early on Day 3 in the […]
read morePokerGO Tour confirms late-December championship
PokerGO has announced that its PokerGO Tour season-ending championship is a go. The championship will begin on December 22, 2021, at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The $50,000 buy-in event concludes the year-long “Tour” — a leaderboard construct that has accumulated results from various high-roller events (defined here as […]
read moreJune Cuervo talks about life as a transgender poker pro
Being a poker pro can be a difficult, stress-filled profession. Being transgender makes being a poker pro look like a walk in the park. Meet June Cuervo, a transgender professional poker player. [Editorial note: June uses pronouns “she/they.” Which I learned here means that she is comfortable with both. I will use “she” and “her” […]
read moreHefty Day 1A Main Event turnout packs Rio Convention Center on Sunday
After three days of mild turnout for the opening flights of the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event, attendance surged markedly for Sunday’s 1D opening flight. Action spread throughout all three major poker venues in the Rio Convention Center — the Amazon, Pavilion, and Brasilia Rooms — and an unofficial 2,550 players took seats […]
read moreTwitter spat erupts between Chris Hunichen and Justin Bonomo over COVID notification responsibilities
Two high-profile poker pros in attendance at the 2021 World Series of Poker have sparred online after one of them contracted COVID-19, became symptomatic, and (allegedly) didn’t immediately notify the WSOP. Nor did the player in question notify others he might have been in close contact with — on days he might have been contagious. […]
read moreMain Event Day 1D “projecting to be huge” according to Kevin Mathers
The 2021 WSOP Event #67: $10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold’em World Championship may be set to exceed expectations, with a crowded Day 1D predicted by Kevin Mathers. The event may be so crowded, in fact, that he recommends playing Day 1C or 1E if you possibly can, to avoid the rush. Mathers initially tweeted: “I […]
read moreEli Elezra heads final five in battle for PPC win, Chip Reese trophy
Four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Eli Elezra heads five players returning to Friday’s live-streamed finale in Day 5 of Event #60 of the 2021 WSOP, the $50,000 Poker Players Championship. After an abbreviated Day 4 on Wednesday and a complete off day on Thursday, which allowed for opening-day festivities in the Main Event, […]
read moreEelis Parssinen claims $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha bracelet
Finland’s Eelis Parssinen has emerged as the winner of Event 64 of the 2021 World Series of Poker, $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha. Parssinen’s win on Wednesday came in one of the most distinctive bracelet events on the 2021 World Series of Poker slate. Parssinen topped a 579-entry field to win this mixed-games event, which […]
read moreKevin Gerhart becomes fall series’ second double winner with Event 62 triumph
Kevin Gerhart has become the second double-bracelet winner of the live portion of the 2021 World Series of Poker, by taking down Event 62, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, on Wednesday night. Gerhart’s win was worth $186,789, and the result joins his victory less than two weeks ago in Event 40, the $10,000 […]
read moreChris Moorman, Katie Lindsay become the newest ACR ambassadors
Today the Americas Cardroom team announced the company’s newest Team Pros. Katie Lindsay and Chris Moorman signed their contracts to much fanfare this morning. The pair joins Chris Moneymaker and Vanessa Kade as ACR’s biggest 2021 signings. Moneymaker left PokerStars for ACR in January of this year and Kade joined him in February. Americas Cardroom […]
read moreHow Facebook rebranding to Meta will impact online poker
By normalizing VR, Facebook’s rebranding as Meta could usher in the next big sea-change for online poker. Meta is the social giant’s attempt to become part of the “Metaverse.” That’s a newish buzzword for a massive, interconnected sea of communities online that all of us will soon enter into. Not just on flat screens on […]
read moreZach Gensler chases Phil Laak’s Guinness world record for longest poker session
Update 11/2/21: Zach Gensler claims to have broken the world record for the longest marathon poker session ever at 124 hours of uninterrupted play. The tweet below (retweeted by poker great Phil Hellmuth) says it all, though the Guinness organization has yet to confirm the record: Poker is a game that attracts superlatives. There is […]
read moreTommy Le takes down $10k PLO Championship bracelet for $746,477
The 2021 WSOP Event #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship went to Tommy Le. Le won almost three-quarters of a million for his victory. Plus, of course, the bracelet. To get to the gold, Le had to beat three players at the final table with bracelets on their wrists: Eli Elezra (4 bracelets), Jeremy Ausmus (2 […]
read moreNegreanu, Moneymaker back Scheinberg Hall of Fame induction
Daniel Negreanu, Chris Moneymaker and Bryn Kenney are among the world’s best-known poker players calling for PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg’s induction into this year’s Poker Hall of Fame. Of the ten finalists announced last week, Scheinberg stands out as the industry figure who many argue has done more for the growth of poker than anyone […]
read moreAnthony Zinno gets revenge on Phil Hellmuth for his blowup
Phil Hellmuth has had, arguably, one of the luckiest runs of his career in the last few weeks. He got six WSOP cashes, five of which were final tables, and one of which resulted in a bracelet. He certainly owes some part of that success to his undeniable and considerable talent and hard work. However, […]
read moreHustler Casino Live: Phil Ivey returns; Tom Dwan no shows
The Hustler Casino Live YouTube channel upped its stakes yesterday with the first of two high-stakes episodes. The stream was due to star Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan. Though only one of the headline stars showed up. The game was played at the old High Stakes Poker stakes of $200/$400 with the minimum buy-in set […]
read morePhil Ivey vs. Tom Dwan set for this weekend on Hustler Casino Live
One of the most notable absences at the World Series of Poker in 2021 has been Poker Hall of Famer Phil Ivey. Ivey is one of the most popular poker players in the world and is one of the very few players on the planet in the GOAT discussion alongside Phil Hellmuth. Poker fans will […]
read moreExclusive: PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg talks poker and business
There are few people in business, particularly the business of poker, that cause you to sit up and take notice when they talk. One is, without question, Isai Scheinberg, who, along with his son Mark, founded and ran PokerStars, turning it from a passion project in 2001 into the world’s biggest online poker company. The […]
read morePhil Nagy: NFTs can change the world
Phil Nagy is a man who doesn’t like to stand still. Having spent more than a decade as CEO of the Winning Poker Network and turning Americas Cardroom (ACR) into a competitor to industry leaders like PokerStars and GGPoker, and more recently becoming a vociferous advocate of using cryptocurrency to make payments (ACR accepts over […]
read moreMSPT Schedule
The Mid States Poker Tour fills the gap between the price points of the big national poker tours and the low-stakes local series that casinos host regularly. The main events of the MSPT are all $1,100 to buy into. The MSPT started out in 2009 under the name Minnesota State Poker Tour. At the time […]
read moreThe Mystery Woman In Phil Hellmuth’s Bracelet Photo
Who is that girl in the bracelet photo with Phil Hellmuth? That’s a question I’ve heard a number of times already, and the picture just went up a few hours ago. And I’ve got the inside scoop. The woman with her head just over Phil’s shoulder and a big smile on her face is Bianca […]
read morePete Chen wins Wynn Classic’s $2,200 Mystery Bounty event, Donald Nimneh spikes $250K bounty
The Wynn Classic’s $2,200 Mystery Bounty tournament turned out to be a massive success. The event drew a whopping 2,333 entries over three starting flights to build a prize pool of $4,666,000, more than doubling the tournament’s guaranteed prize pool of $2 million. Pete Chen was declared the tournament’s winner after the final three players […]
read moreShaun Deeb reports intruder invaded his Rio hotel room
Four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and 2018 WSOP Player of the Year Shaun Deeb reported early on Sunday that his hotel room was invaded during the early-morning hours while he slept inside. Deeb posted on Twitter about the unwelcome intruder, who appeared inside his room at roughly 6 am Las Vegas time: Deeb […]
read moreGreg “Fossilman” Raymer wins PokerStars Platinum Pass at Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival
Cardplayer Lifestyle Founder Robbie Strazynski launched the inaugural Mixed Game Festival this year, with two key goals. The first was celebrating mixed games. The second, giving amateur players the chance to try out different poker variants in a casual and low-stakes setting. By most accounts across social media, the event was a success, bringing out […]
read moreGGPoker’s Daniel Negreanu introduces Jason Koon as newest site ambassador
The World Series of Poker’s online partner, GGPoker, introduced Jason Koon as its newest brand ambassador during a special press appearance at the 2021 WSOP. Koon, a veteran online and live pro, joins GGPoker’s loaded ambassador lineup. Koon was welcomed to the GGPoker team on Sunday by GGPoker’s most famed brand rep, Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu […]
read moreGlaser leads, Hellmuth chases 16th bracelet as $25K H.O.R.S.E. final table begins
Day 3 action at the 2021 World Series of Poker is underway with one of the first high-profile bracelets up for grabs in the $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. This elite-field event played its way through a carnage-filled Day 2 that began with 52 players — including five Day 2 entries — and played all the way […]
read moreAll three U.S. COOP’s crown Main Event champions
Pokerstars have, for the first time, run three concurrent state-specific editions of their Championship of Online Poker series. The NJCOOP for New Jersey, the MICOOP for Michigan, and the PACOOP for Pennsylvania. These events are smaller equivalents to the larger and more prestigious world-facing WCOOP and SCOOP. The three series all achieved coterminous satisfaction yesterday […]
read more$300,000 Super High Roller Bowl underway, Negreanu busts early
The $300,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl event is underway, with Day 1 finishing yesterday and Day 2 kicking off today. The tournament attracted 21-entrants, making the prize pool up to an impressive $6,300,000. There is $3,402,000 up top for first place, and all three players who cash will earn over $1 million. The SHRB […]
read moreVenetian poker tournament train keeps rolling
One of the busiest poker-related Twitter accounts is that of the Venetian Poker Room. Today marked the transition from winding up the latest iteration of the DeepStack Extravaganza (DSE) and switching seamlessly to the DeepStack Championship Series (DSCS). The DSCS runs September 27 through November 28, thereby beginning before and ending after the 52nd annual […]
read moreDwan, Negreanu, and Tony G featured in Triton’s £1m buy-in tourney stream
Triton Poker is finally releasing the coverage of its enormous £1,000,000 buy-in Triton Million – A Helping Hand from 2019. Triton Poker set up the 2019 Triton Million for Charity as a charity fundraiser. The tournament attracted 54 players each of who ponied up a cool million for the pot. That’s a UK million, in […]
read moreCardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival offers shot at PokerStars Platinum Pass
The World Series of Poker’s long-awaited return to Las Vegas is finally right around the corner. Poker players around the world know that the WSOP’s tournament schedule isn’t the only reason why it’s great to be in Las Vegas when the series is running. Other local casinos run competing poker tournament series, and cash games […]
read moreWPT Japan crowns Kimijima Shoki as main event champion
The World Poker Tour’s 2021 incarnation in Japan came to a close yesterday. Kimijima Shoki won the event, taking home the top prize of a $30,270 player contract. The WPT Japan attracted 726 players in 2020. This was, at the time, a record-breaking field for the Asia-Pacific area. This year — after countless online and […]
read moreMichael Addamo wins final two Poker Masters events
Australian superstar Michael Addamo continued his torrid 2021 on Saturday and Sunday by winning the final two events of the 2021 Poker Masters. Addamo swept Events #11 and #12 of the series: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em and $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em. Addamo’s win on Saturday in the $50,000 Event #11 was worth $680,000, and his Sunday triumph […]
read more‘The Good, The Bad, and the Hellmuth’ – Phil touts his new NFL tout shows
Poker superstar Phil Hellmuth is diving into a new side venture, serving up his self-claimed expertise of picking NFL games in a pair of new shows on international sports-content site Playmaker’s online platform. Hellmuth, who has invested in Playmaker, has agreed to collaborate and host two new sports-themed shows — “The Good, The Bad and […]
read moreEuropean poker is waking up post-COVID
In 2020, the lamps began going out all across Europe, again. It is only now that we are beginning to see them relit. Europe is a little smaller in area than the U.S.A.—Texas alone is a little larger than France. But it is home to some of the biggest poker hubs outside of Vegas and […]
read moreDaniel Negreanu stirs Twitter into a frenzy with Michael Jordan joke poll
Daniel Negreanu has had a busy schedule this summer. He’s been busily grinding World Series of Poker bracelet events in the 2021 WSOP Online Series in Las Vegas, Nevada and the 2021 GGPoker Online Bracelet Series in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. He even came close to winning his seventh career WSOP bracelet with a third-place […]
read moreAria announces tournament series completing Las Vegas fall schedule
The annual WSOP in Las Vegas traditionally sees the other major rooms running parallel poker series. The likely final addition to that schedule was announced by the Aria: “2021 Autumn at Aria tournament series,” tweeted Aria Director of Poker Operations Sean McCormack. The fact that the Aria runs an autumn series rather than a fall […]
read more(South) Americas Cardroom: ACR signs sponsorship deal with Uruguayan casino
Americas Cardroom has announced that it will be partnering with the poker room at the Enjoy Punta Del Este just outside the Uruguayan city of Maldonado. The sponsorship deal is set to include live events and travel packages, winnable on the ACR platform. The initial run of this deal will be two years, but if […]
read moreJeff Gross makes another foray into investing with Playmaker Betting
Playmaker announced today that Jeff Gross is coming on board as an investor and advisor on the company’s new project: Playermaker Betting. Playmaker is a management company with a sports-focused portfolio of clients. The company has a few social media influencers and musicians in its stable. However, the bulk of their business is repping NFL, […]
read moreLimitless wins $3.7 million for SHRBE Main Event victory
A week of nosebleed poker at the Merit Casino, Hotel, and Spa in Cyprus came to an end today. Super High Roller Bowl Europe ended on a high, with a $3,690,000 payout going to the first-place finisher in SHRBE Event #8: $250,000 Main Event. Despite the enormous cost of buying in, the Main Event still […]
read moreVanessa Kade scores two runner-up finishes during ACR BOSS Sunday
Vanessa Kade has had quite a year. Back in March, she signed with Americas Cardroom as a sponsored pro. Just days later, Kade picked up the biggest score of her poker career, winning the PokerStars Sunday Million 15th Anniversary Event for $1,514,920. Kade has been playing plenty of poker since her big win in March, […]
read moreKevin Mathers launches the Kevmath Report
For the past decade, Kevin Mathers’ Twitter feed has been a key source for poker news and information. From tournament winners to breaking news from the WSOP rules-makers, “Kevmath” is invariably the first to alert poker Twitter to the latest industry developments. Famously generous with his time, Mathers routinely shares his encyclopedic knowledge of the […]
read moreHall of Famer Paul Pierce set to play PLO on Hustler Casino Live
Paul Pierce is set to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 11 as part of the 2021 Hall of Fame class. Pierce was a 10-time NBA All-Star and was the NBA Finals MVP in 2008 when he helped lead the Boston Celtics to an NBA Championship. The former Celtic […]
read moreACR’s OSS CUB3D series hits the BOSS phase
America’s Cardroom’s huge OSS CUB3D tournament series has hit its third week. This marks the start of the BOSS tournaments in the OSS CUB3D series. The OSS CUB3D is made up of three semi-parallel series. They started on August 1 and run until August 30. During that time ACR has been—and are—putting on tourneys in […]
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