John Racener bounced back from near elimination to win $151,200 in the tournament John Racener is the newest champion at the 2024 PokerGO Tour Mixed Games festival after the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up took the $10,200 buy-in triple stud event to earn $151,200. He outlasted 42 other players at the tournament,
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WPT Rolling Thunder Championship coming to California this month
Thunder Valley Casino Resort will host the WPT tourney beginning March 23 Thunder Valley Casino Resort is a popular stop on the World Poker Tour and will host the 2024 edition of the $3,500 buy-in WPT Rolling Thunder Championship from March 23-26. The tournament in Lincoln, California, near Sacramento, typically draws a large number of
WPT Global announced new online poker leaderboard
The WPT wants to give a boost to the online poker experience As online poker continues to increase in popularity, WPT Global is raising the stakes in 2024. It recently announced a new worldwide leaderboard that will pay prizes to the top players. The new rankings will pay players who finish in the top 100
Wisconsin’s Potawatomi Casino to add new poker room
The casino is the latest to recognize the popularity of poker The Potawatomi Casino Hotel in Milwaukee confirmed that the grand opening of its new poker room and sportsbook will be on May 3, 2024. The new addition will include 14 tables and house a Las Vegas-style sportsbook. It’s all part of a $190 million
Main Events highlight the success of the Global Poker Grizzly Games VII
Global Poker’s annual poker series once again proves to be a hit with players The Global Poker Grizzly Games VII series recently wrapped up after hundreds of Gold and Sweeps Coin trophy events and millions in GC and SC guarantees were given away throughout February. Some of the series’ early winners included “K-DOG,” “Drewman2” and
The WSOP Hard Rock Tulsa Circuit is coming next week
The latest stop on the WSOPC tour kicks off on March 6 The quest to crown a new World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) champion officially begins with the Hard Rock Tulsa Circuit, running from March 6-18. The series will have 47 events spread over 13 days, including the No-Limit Hold ’em Championship tournament kicking
Inaugural Toronto WSOP Circuit tournament coming in March
The WSOPC makes its first-ever stop in Toronto next month Many outstanding poker players have come from Toronto, including poker legend Daniel Negreanu. He and local players looking to create their own legacy will descend on the Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto for the city’s first-ever World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit event from March
Winners for the 5th Annual Global Poker Awards revealed
The latest group of poker standouts includes a couple of surprise names The 5th Annual Global Poker Awards were held on Saturday, February 24, in Las Vegas to recognize the accomplishments of players, organizers and content creators for live and online poker. The evening’s main winners included Daniel Sepiol for his performance at the final
Moneymaker Poker Tour heads to Dayton Beach, FL, in April
Chris Moneymaker continues his poker tourney trek across Florida The biggest poker tournament held at the Daytona Beach Racing & Card Club is coming up this April. Poker legend Chris Moneymaker will bring the highly anticipated Moneymaker Poker Tour event to the city. The series will run from April 17 to 29, with 12 trophy
The Venetian has big plans for its poker room
The Vegas casino is relocating its poker room and making it bigger than ever The plans to relocate its poker room to a new facility inside the Grand Canal Shoppes this summer have been revealed by the Venetian Resort Las Vegas. The poker room was developed to house additional new facilities and enhance the all-around
The WPT wants you to play a poker game in pajamas
The WPT is adding a new twist to poker it hopes will attract more interest The upcoming World Poker Tour (WPT) Voyage cruise on Virgin Voyages Valiant Lady has added an exciting feature from the WPT, with a unique Pajama Meet-Up Game (MUG) added to the opening day schedule of the six-day Caribbean experience. Twenty
WSOP releases the full schedule of its upcoming series
It’s almost time for one of the biggest poker tournament series of the year The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has released its schedule for the upcoming 55th edition, with 95 bracelet events taking place at Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas beginning on May 28 and running through July 17. The $10,000 buy-in Main Event











