Find Out How Next Gen Pokers Frankie Did at the 2024 WSOP Take a look at some highlights from poker vlogger Frank Frankie Cucchiaras summer in Las Vegas which included deep WSOP runs and big cash game wins.

Poker content creator Frank “Frankie” Cucchiara had an eventful summer in Las Vegas that saw him running deep in World Series of Poker (WSOP) events and batting in big pots worth thousands of dollars in cash games across the Strip. The highs of the summer for Cucchiara, a PokerStarsambassador and member of the NextGen Poker crew, included a $7,000 cash game win and a run at a WSOP bracelet, while the lows included runner-runner bad beats and a $13,000 downswing.

WATCH: The 888poker Team Headed to Las Vegas With a Dream 888poker sent five team members to the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) to play in the Main Event. Heres how things panned out.

The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) may be done and dusted but that doesn’t mean the Las Vegas poker action has to stop. That’s because 888poker sent a team of pros and ambassadors to “Sin City” to play in the $10,000 Main Event, and a camera crew to follow their progress in poker’s most prestigious event. The 888poker docuseries is divided into five parts, with new episodes published on YouTube every Saturday for the next few weeks. Part 1 recently landed on the internet superhighway, and this is what happened.

Take a Look at the Circuit Ring Winners from the WSOP Circuit Choctaw Stop Find out who won Circuit rings at World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Choctaw including Rachel Sawyer Shawn Fakhimi & James Pupillo.

The first stop of the new World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) season wrapped up this week with WSOP Choctaw, a series in Oklahoma consisting of 20 ring events that generated over $3.2 million in prize money. The series, which ran July 17-28, culminated with two-time bracelet winner Justin Lapka taking home $252,282 and his third Circuit ring after denying runner-up Gregg Merkow a third ring of his own. You can read all about Lapka’s WSOPC Choctaw victory here.

Aurimas Stanevicius Wins 2024 WSOPC Tallinn Main Event (€167900) Aurimas Stanevicius came out on top of a 812-strong field in the €1500 NLHE WSOPC Tallinn Main Event for €167900.

The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) International Circuit Tallinn festival concluded over the weekend with the crowning of the €1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event champion. Lithuania’s Aurimas Stanevicius is that champion and the recipient of a coveted gold WSOPC ring and a career-best €167,900 prize. A field of 812 entrants ensured the €1,000,000 guarantee was met and then surpassed, with €1,052,352 awarded to those lucky and skillful enough to navigate their way into the money places. Each of the nine finalists locked in €17,350, but €167,900 was up top for the eventual champion.

Global Poker x PokerNews Cup Trophy Winner Loves The Social Aspect Global Poker x PokerNews Cup trophy winner MrGoldenPair discussed his win with PokerNews

From June 17 to July 7, Global Poker and PokerNews teamed up to present the Global Poker x PokerNews Cup. The Global Poker x PokerNews Cup series is just one of Global Poker’s flagship series (others include the upcoming GOAT festival, the Rattlesnake Open, and the Grizzly Games). It featured all manner of events including mystery bounties, progressive knock-outs, turbos, and deepstack events. One of the highlights of the schedule was was the multiday Global Poker X PokerNews Cup Sweep Coins 100,000 Freeroll Finale.

WATCH: Brad Owens Worst Day of Poker You win some you lose some. Watch how Brad Owen endured the biggest cash game loss of his career a day after enjoying his largest win.

The life of a poker player is full of ups and downs; it’s the nature of the beast and Brad Owen’s army of followers get to ride that rollercoaster without having to step foot in a poker room because the vlogger documents his wins and losses at the tables. Unfortunately for Owen and his loyal fans, the rollercoaster took a long nosedive in his latest video. Shortly after winning $25,000 playing cash games in Bobby’s Room, Owen stated that he wouldn’t be playing poker for a while because he would become a father in the next couple of days. However, he told a little white lie about not playing because he was invited to play $25/$50 with the same group of players the next day.

Save the Dates: WPT Prime Heads to the United Kingdom This September WPT Prime United Kingdom features 11 events over six days including the £1100 buy-in £260000 guaranteed WPT Prime Championship.

September seems a million miles away, but the ninth month of 2024 will be upon us sooner than you think. Ensure your schedules are free from September 11-16 because that is when the WPT Prime United Kingdom festival takes place at the home of British poker, Dusk Till Dawn. Dusk Till Dawn (DTD) has a long history of hosting World Poker Tour (WPT) events. Last May, 895 players turned out in force for the £560 buy-in WPT 500, who fought it out for a slice of the £500,000 prize pool. Aleksandrs Golubevs came out on top on that occasion, raking in £100,000 and a place in WPT’s history books.

Historic Summer Leads to WSOP Player of the Year for Scott Seiver Despite winning three bracelets this summer Scott Seiver faced tough competition when it came to the 2024 World Series of Poker Player of the Year award.

Three bracelets wasn’t enough for Scott Seiver to run away with the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year award, but he did hold on to win. And now he might be one year away from an even bigger honor — the Poker Hall of Fame. The live WSOP in Las Vegas wrapped last week, but there were still two WSOP Online bracelet events earlier this week that could have impacted the Player of the Year race. As such, the WSOP couldn’t call it official for Seiver as a few other players were still mathematically in competition.

Poker Player Admits Lying About Cancer for WSOP Main Event Buy-In Rob Mercer, a poker player who solicited donations for a WSOP Main Event buy-in after claiming a terminal cancer diagnosis, admitted he lied in a story released by the Las Vegas Review-Journal Tuesday.

Rob Mercer’s Deceptive Poker Dream: A Shocking Admission of False Cancer Diagnosis Introduction Rob Mercer, a participant in the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event, received significant financial support from the poker community after claiming to have Stage 4 colon cancer. However, Mercer recently confessed that his cancer diagnosis was a complete fabrication. In an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Mercer admitted to lying about his condition, expressing remorse for his actions. This shocking revelation has sparked controversy and raised questions about the authenticity of his GoFundMe campaign and his participation in the poker event.

What Is Real-Time Assistance (RTA)? Is it Legal? Real-Time Assistance (RTA) is being discussed more than ever in the poker world, but what is it exactly and what does it mean for online poker?

Real-Time Assistance (RTA) is a topic that is becoming increasingly more discussed within the poker community, and PokerNews is here to give you a brief explainer of what the term poker RTA means, how it works, and how players are supposedly using it at the highest levels of poker to cheat their way to hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars. PokerStars takes its game integrity seriously, and recently gave insight into how they combat RTA, including how they detect and deter cheaters on its site. PokerStars revealed that its proactive detection rate of RTA usage exceeds 95%.