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World Poker Tour Paris Attracts Huge Numbers, Hopes to Do Same in South Korea in November
It was prime time for the World Poker Tour in Paris, and the players again showed up in droves to try for a big chunk of the prize pool and poker glory. And those two things would go to Hugues Girard, who won a career-best $183,294 for winning the €1,100 WPT Prime Paris Championship in…
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Mid-Stakes Poker Tour Kicks Off Series in Iowa Before Finishing Year Strong
The Mid-Stakes Poker Tour is rolling to the end of a busy and well-packed year with a $300,000 guaranteed event in Iowa this week. Satellites for the $1,110 Main Event that begins on Halloween have already started, and the first events of the series began yesterday. Like all MSPT, players will get into the Main…
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Shorts Stacks: Sahara Closing Poker Room, 45th Irish Poker Open Schedule Released
Another Las Vegas Strip casino closes its poker room and the Irish Poker Open expanding its schedule for 2025 are some of the short stacks CardsChat picked up in its latest orbit of poker news. 2025 Irish Open schedule The schedule for the 45th version of the Irish Poker Open has been released, and organizers…
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Women in Poker Hall of Fame Class of 2024 Nominees Announced
The Women in Poker Hall of Fame released the names of the eight players and industry members who were nominated by the public and made the shortlist for this year’s class. “This list of women are heavy hitters in the industry and deserve a nod for their hard work and accomplishments in poker,” WiPHOF wrote…
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Daniel Negreanu Rolls Over Tough Final Table at PokerGO’s 2024 PLO II for $265,000
Daniel Negreanu has done it again, this time at the PokerGO Pot Limit Omaha Series II in Las Vegas. He won the sixth event of the special all-PLO series that is currently taking place at PokerGO’s studios in Las Vegas for $265,200. Negreanu came into the final table of six second in chips, but soon…
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Nick Murray is the 2024 Michigan State Poker Champion
What a great turn-out for the Michigan State Poker Championship at Firekeepers Casino in Battle Creek, which has become one of the top spots on the Mid-Stakes Poker Tour. And congrats goes to Nick Murray, who won $295,494 for topping a field of 2,819 in the $1,110 headliner. It’s his largest score by about $290,00.…
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Short Stacks: Ladies Night at the Commerce, Phil Kessel Joins World Poker Tour
Ladies Night at the Commerce, NHL legend Phil Kessel gets back into the game, and the World Series of Poker heading down under are some of the short stacks CardsChat picked up in its latest orbit of poker news. Tonight (Thursday, October. 17), Bally Live Poker is broadcasting a special Ladies Cash Game featuring some…
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Pennsylvania Starting Process to Join Largest Online Poker Network in United States
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro threw the weight of his office behind a lawmaker’s efforts to join Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA) — a pact that allows online poker rooms to share player liquidity between members. Last week, Shapiro sent a letter to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) requesting its members to begin the process of…
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Michael Estes Wins World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Horseshoe Hammond for $198,576
Michael Estes came to the final table of the $1,700 World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Horseshoe Hammond as the only player with a Circuit ring — and he kept it that way as he walked out with $198,576 and his second piece of jewelry carrying the WSOP name. “I don’t know how…
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Enormous Bad Beat Jackpot Hit at Playground Poker Club is Followed by Another as Confetti Falls Twice in a Week
A handful of players at a $2/5 game in Montreal went home very happy after being part of the second-largest bad beat jackpot in history. The players at the table took the lion’s share of CAD $2.2 million ($1. 7 million), while all the other Hold’em players playing at Playground Poker Club in Montreal at…
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World Poker Tour Returning to Paris, Montreal and Cambodia
The World Poker Tour announced it will return to Cambodia for a second WPT Cambodia Championship in 2025 after a successful stop at NagaWorld Integrated Resort last year. The festival will run from Feb. 6-24, and feature tournaments with guarantees surpassing $3 million. The largest is the $1.5 million guarantee for the $3,500 WPT Cambodia…
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Short Stacks: James Obst Wins First WPT Title, Vivian Saliba Scores First WSOP Bracelet in Europe
A Brazilian waxes her opponents for her first World Series of Poker bracelet, an Australian win his first World Poker Tour title down under, and a mixed game festival in Las Vegas are some of the short stacks CardsChat picked up in its latest orbit of poker news Australia’s James Obst is the winner of…
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Moritz Dietrich Wins $4 Million and a World Series of Poker Bracelet Online
Moritz Dietrich become the winner of the biggest prize in online poker history when he took down the $25 million guaranteed World Series of Poker Online International Main Event event this week, a $5,000 buy-in contest that attracted 6,146 entries. The 27-year-old pro and Upswing Poker coach won $4 million and his first bracelet. All…
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World Poker Tour Adds $5 Million Freeroll to December Championship Series
The schedule for the 2024 World Poker Tour World Championship has been released, and it has a new twist — a $5 million freeroll celebrating the launch of its newest online poker suite, ClubWPT Gold. Players who preregister for the site will receive an entry into a freeroll where “golden passports” to the $5 million…
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Ari Engel Wins World Series of Poker Circuit Ring #18 to Extend His Record
The World Series of Poker Circuit all-time winner extended his record online this weekend in Pennsylvania. Ari Engel won his record-extending 18th Circuit ring in the $888 event on WSOP Online in the Keystone State. He now sits in front of Maurice Hawkins, who nearly tied Engel last month, but stalled in second in an…
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Isaac Haxton Wins PokerGO Tour Poker Masters $15,100 Event for $352,800
Isaac Haxton is again streaking to the top of poker tournament standings at the PokerGO Tour Poker Masters now taking place in Las Vegas. But that’s not so usual for the $50 million man, who is spending a good portion of 2024 cashing in the highest buy-in events around the globe. Haxton, the 2023 PGT…
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New PokerStars Big Game on Tour Line-Up Revealed: Rob Gronkowski Makes the Cut
PokerStars Big Game on Tour added another dose of star-power this week with the addition of a man known to millions of football fans as Gronk. The recently revived TV cash game with a twist just wrapped up its third season, but PokerStars’ team is already putting together next season’s roster. First to be drafted…
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Short Stacks: Phil Laak Breaks Schneid, Online Poker May Come to Ohio
Phil Laak begins a comeback, online poker may come to Ohio, and another way to blow some money while betting football on DraftKings in Michigan are some of the short stacks CardsChat picked up in its latest orbit of poker news. Phil Laak emerged from the shadows and scored a career-best in a $560 buy-in…
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Nominations Open for Women in Poker Hall of Fame
Since 2008, the Women in Poker Hall of Fame has dedicated itself to “celebrating the exceptional achievements and contributions of women in the poker world” by giving them a hall of honor. It’s that time of the year again, as nominations are now open for the class of 2024. To nominate a woman for the…
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Stephen Song Wins European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event for $1.4 Million
At 29, Stephen Song has to wait until at least 2035 to be considered for the Poker Hall of Fame, and unless he decides to step away from playing poker, he’ll use those years to build his poker resume, which is already loaded with big wins in big buy-in events. This weekend, Song added yet…
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Case Closed: Appellate Judge Sides with Texas Card House after City of Dallas Yanked Poker Room’s Permits
It appears that a multi-year battle between the city officials and a poker room operator is coming to an end after an appellate judge ordered Dallas to reinstate the room’s permits to operate. The judge ruled city officials were wrong when they yanked Texas Card House’s occupancy permits in December of 2021 — 14 months…
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Poker Player Pleads Guilty to Bookmaking and Money Laundering using Resorts World Room — Casino Faces Millions in Fines
A self-described professional poker player plead guilty to federal charges of bookmaking and using a Las Vegas casino to launder millions of dollars. Damien LeForbes is a co-star in the story that gained national attention because some of those millions of dollars were stolen from MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani by his interpreter. LeForbes faces 15…
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Seth Davies Wins $3.2 Million in Super High Roller Bowl Event in Cyprus
High-stakes tournament regular Seth Davies secured the score of his lifetime by winning the PokerGO Tour’s Super High Roller Bowl IX’s $306,000 buy-in event in Cyprus this weekend for $3 million. He tripled his career-best with the victory. The nosebleed event attracted 24 entries, building prize pool just a whisker above $7 million. Only the…
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2024 WCOOP Schedule: $80 Million Prizepool and Special Surprises for Women
The schedule for PokerStars’ 23rd World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) has been released, and this year, the $80 million series will put women front and center. Alongside winner’s trophies and a $100,000 leaderboard challenge, PokerStars four females will win seats in the Women’s Winter Festival. The latest WCOOP on PokerStars’ international dot.com network gets…