Daniel Negreanu admits he needs to make some adjustments to get his poker groove back After more than $2.2 million in poker tournament losses last year, Daniel Negreanu recently announced in a 23-minute YouTube video that he’s changing up his strategy for 2024. The Poker Hall of Famer has been playing primarily Las Vegas events
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Poker player allegedly behind mass shooting in Las Vegas
Nobody was hurt during the unprovoked attack by Jon Letzkus Police have apprehended a poker player who was connected to a Sunday morning shooting near the Las Vegas Strip. Jon Letzkus, 45, was arrested for allegedly firing a weapon from a balcony of the MGM Signature Towers at roughly 6 AM. No one was hurt
Poker player loses everything after refusing deal in the Circa Las Vegas NFL Survivor Pool
Sean Perry was holding out for the $4M top prize but crashed when one of his picks lost The average sports bettor would likely be satisfied with a $400,000 score and a chance to play for $4 million more. However, high-stakes professional poker player and sports gambler Sean Perry missed that opportunity as the $1,000
2023 has been a solid year for Bin Weng at the poker tables
Bin Weng started the year strong and never looked back Chinese-American poker player Bin Weng has been dominating the live poker tournament stage in 2023. Weng moved to the US when he was 18 and is the co-owner of a small Chinese restaurant on Long Island. He started playing poker around 2008 and has now
Dan Sepiol is now a WPT World Champ
The win leads to a $5.2-million payday after cutting a deal with the runner-up Dan Sepiol secured his biggest career cash after winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship $10,400 main event, besting his second-best score by over $5 million. Sepiol and his backers will divide the $5,282,954 prize he won in the $40 million
Poker player allegedly held captive in extortion scheme
George Janssen claims he was held for over a month Federal investigators are reportedly investigating the alleged kidnapping of a Michigan poker player and four-time World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Ring winner, who was held captive for over a month as part of a two-year extortion plot. Local news reports say that George Janssen
Ren Lin finds success at the WPT World Championship
Lin takes down Jason Koon on his way to making poker history Ren Lin continued having success on Day 4 of the 2023 WPT World Championship on Monday, finishing third in chips at the end of the night and among the 45 players remaining as the final table approached, along with the $5.6 million prize
Bin Weng takes down the WPT World Championship High Roller event
The poker pro has scored three big WPT wins this year, as well as other victories Bin Weng has added another title to his stellar 2023 accomplishments. The 40-year-old Philadelphia pro began the year with his first $1 million cash at the $5,300 buy-in The Return at the Borgata and wrapped it up with another
Calvin Anderson ships the WPT Prime Championship for $1.3 million
Anderson took down Aaron Pinson in the final heads-up battle for the win Calvin Anderson became a millionaire on Tuesday at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Championship, beating Aaron Pinson heads-up for the win at the $5 million guaranteed $1,100 buy-in tournament. The 10,512 entries almost doubled last year’s count in the event won
Poker community irked by PokerStars’ response after player busted for cheating
A poker player caught in the act of cheating receives only a small slap on the wrist from PokerStars A popular Twitch streamer, Felipe Carmanhani, was seen using GTO Wizard during a session on PokerStars, bringing up the window showing the software’s output during play and apparently not caring if anyone saw it. Caught in
WSOP winner Joe Hachem makes unbelievable fold during the WPT Championship
Hachem folds K-K preflop, and his decision proves to be right on the money As the money bubble got closer on Day 2 of the 2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, Joe Hachem got the poker world to react after making an incredible fold while at the featured table. Everyone watched as he
Garrett Adelstein shows he’s still got it as he returns to the poker tables
The player is back from self-imposed exile and proves that he hasn’t lost his touch High-stakes cash game specialist Garrett Adelstein ended his self-imposed fifteen-month exile after the incident with Robbie Jade Lew in one of the most notorious poker hands in history, returning to the tables on Bally Poker Live. Adelstein sat down against