The upcoming series will offer almost $1 million in cash prizes for the holidays The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas will host its upcoming DeepStack Extravaganza (NYE) tournament series from December 25 through January 7, with 19 events and almost $1 million in guaranteed prizes. The highlight of the series is the $1,600 buy-in $400,000
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WSOP Paradise snafu leads to investigation
A player inadvertently lost a huge chip stack during a hand and not even the dealer caught it A huge dealer error has caused controversy, and an investigation was opened after the final table at the WSOP Paradise Main Event. The mistake cost Australian poker player Daniel Neilson a whopping 10 million chips, equal to
The Moneymaker Tour to host first event in 2024 in Houston
Texas Card House Houston is getting ready for a monumental poker series this January The Moneymaker Tour holds events at different locations around the US and has announced an exciting new partnership with Houston’s Texas Card House. The Tour aims to help players “have their own ordinary to extraordinary moments” and will hold its first
2024 WSOP schedule set, with the Main Event to be held in July
One of the biggest poker events of the year is already getting ready for another deep run The World Series of Poker (WSOP) just finished its WSOP Paradise festival in the Bahamas and has now turned its focus to Las Vegas with the announcement of the dates for the 2024 WSOP. The 55th edition of
The Global Poker Player of the Year races remain tight
Time’s running out for players to make their final push to the top of the leaderboards Only two weeks are left, but the poker world still wonders who will take home the 2023 Global Poker Index Player of the Year awards. Bin Weng hopes to remain on top for the overall Player of the Year,
World Poker Tour Prime Event down to final six players
The remaining players will take home at least $290,000 each The $1,100 World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime event at the WPT World Championship series is down to the final six players, who made it through a record-breaking 10,516 entrants to play for their cut of the $10,196,640 prize pool. These are the players that will
EPT event becomes contact sport resulting in player’s ejection
Italy’s Michele Nizzardelli was ejected after head-butting another player A triple-knockout occurred during Day 1b of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague Main Event, with only one involving a losing poker hand. The other two were disqualified after a fight broke out at the table. The incident involved two competitors playing together in an all-in
WPT Prime Championship Prize Pool breaks the $10M barrier
The turnout for the ongoing series keeps pushing the purse higher The World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Championship, which commenced on December 7 at Wynn Las Vegas, had a $5 million guaranteed prize pool, much bigger than the usual $1,100 buy-in tournament. However, that number was only the beginning, as registration closed after Day 1d
WPT World Championship Festival produces more winners
Players continue to capture gold as the poker tournament series unfolds The World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship’s main event hasn’t started yet, but several winners have already taken home big prizes at the Wynn Las Vegas series. The $40-million guaranteed tournament series is the largest prize pool in poker history, kicking off on December
EPT Prague streaming schedule released
Poker fans will be able to follow almost all the EPT action as it takes place The 2023 European Poker Tour (EPT) series has officially begun at the Hilton Prague with the festival’s first event, the €1,100 (US$1,183) Eureka Main Event. Besides a busy tournament schedule, poker lovers have a lot to anticipate during the
The first event of the WSOP Paradise series has produced a winner
South Korea’s Jin Hoon Lee takes down the $1,500 Mystery Millions event The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise has crowned a champion at the Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas as Jin Hoon Lee outlasted 3,446 entries from five starting flights to take Event #1: $1,500 Mystery Millions for the biggest slice of the $5,169,000
Hustler Casino Live players join forces to remove unpopular tanking player
Martin Kabrhel found out how unwelcome he was at the poker tables last week Martin Kabrhel found himself in quite an awkward situation at the last Hustler Casino Live 24-hour high-stakes game. The Czech high-stakes pro came to take his seat at 6 AM, to the disappointment of players at the table, who collectively shuddered