WATCH: Dream Ends for Most of Team 888poker on Day 2 of the WSOP Main Event The five Team 888poker members who returned for Day 2 of the 2024 WSOP Main Event but only three bagged up chips including a surprise chip leader.

Episode 4 of 888poker’s exciting docuseries sees the Team 888poker members return to the Horseshoe and Pris Las Vegas for Day 2 of the $10,000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Five team members sat down at their respective tables, but only three of them progressed to Day 3. All but YouTube sensation Jack “JaackMaate” Dean entered the mix with decent stacks; Dean had exactly 30,000 chips, or half of the starting stack.

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.

New Jersey Poker Player Dan Sewnig Passes Away at 33 Online poker player Dan Sewnig passed away this week at the age of 33. Sewnig was considered one of the best online poker players in New Jersey.

Online poker player and Circuit ring winner Dan Sewnig passed away earlier this week at the age of 33. Sewnig, who played under the handles “mj23style" and “RedsoxNets5”, amassed over a million in online earnings and was recognized as one of the best online poker players in New Jersey. Reports of Sewnig’s death made their way on social media on Saturday, including an obituary stating that he passed on Aug. 13.

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.

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.

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.

WSOP Online Round-Up: Bryn Kenney Among Early Winners for Second Bracelet The World Series of Poker Online is playing out on GGPoker where there are 33 bracelet up for grabs The WSOP Online Main Event also features a $25 million guarantee.

Tens of thousands of poker players are chasing World Series of Online Poker (WSOP) glory as the WSOP Online festival is in full swing. Running from August 17 to September 30, the festival has already delivered some massive wins, with several familiar faces continuing to leave their mark on the poker world. With 33 coveted bracelets up for grabs, 13 have already found their champions. Excitement is also mounting for the $5,000 WSOP Online Main Event, which boasts a $25 million guarantee.

Sabbaghian Denies Persky Back-to-Back Victories in WSOPC Graton Main Event Sasha Sabbaghian denied Michael Persky back-to-back titles in the WSOP Circuit Graton Main Event as he won his first ring and $168015. Find out more.

Last year, Michael Persky became the first-ever World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Graton champion by taking down the Main Event for $175,595. One year later, Persky came close to winning back-to-back titles with a deep run in this year’s $1,700 Main Event as he finished fourth for $54,475 to be denied a third Circuit ring by fellow Californian Sasha Sabbaghian. Sabbaghian came out on top to win a career-best $168,015 and his first Circuit ring, but it isn’t the first major victory in the region for the Granite Bay grinder.

A Waiting Hand No More: Yvan Gravel Wins His First Ring in Event #2 $400 Monster Stack Yvan Gravel is the 2024 WSOPC Playground Monster Stack champion getting his hands on his first WSOPC ring and a career-best CAD$40000.

“I’ve been waiting for that ring for a long time,” shared an ecstatic Yvan Gravel with PokerNews. After eleven hours of play, a winner has emerged in Event #2: $400 Monster Stack here at the World Series of Poker Circuit Montreal at Playground. Gravel bested Michael Malouin to take home $40,000 and his first WSOPC circuit ring. Winners Interview “I feel great… I’m very happy right now.” The joy was noticeable as Gravel showed his excitement after winning his first WSOPC ring.

Loose Cannon Lily Newhouse Praises Nadya Magnus After PokerStars Big Game on Tour Loose Cannon Lily Newhouse called her Big Game on Tour appearance a dream and praised former Loose Cannon Nadya Magnus

The latest series of The Big Game on Tour has reached its conclusion, with Loose Cannon Lily Newhouse battling it out over the course of 150 hands against tough opposition to see if she could play with some of the world’s best. If you haven’t seen how she got on in the last episode — click here for the summary of the last episode or head to the PokerStars YouTube channel to find out.

Luke Rothschild Records Career Cash in Pennsylvania State Poker Championship Opener %!s()

Action has concluded in the $550 PSPC Event #1 at the Pennsylvania State Poker Championship. Luke Rothschild has emerged from the pack victorious with a career-high $47,474 score. The seven Day 1 starting flights saw a total of 890 entrants, 113 players made it to Day 2 and secured a minimum cash of $725. The prize pool generated a whopping $412,960 and when it was all said and done, five players decided on an ICM chop.

Andreas Kniep Blasts Off to Ship WSOP Circuit Graton Event for First Ring The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Graton stop is underway in California and saw Andreas Kniep winning his first Circuit ring. Get the details here.

Before this month’s World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Graton stop, Andreas Kniep had been heads-up for a Circuit ring three times without ever being able to close out. The German-turned-Californian can now boast a Circuit ring after taking down Event #5: $600 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed for $15,907. Kniep, a Google software engineer and former SpaceX engineer who best known for his deep run in the 2021 WSOP Main Event and fourth-place finish in the 2023 Millionaire Maker for $501,182, topped a field of 120 runners and defeated heads-up opponent Pedro Green.

Cure Your Post Goliath Blues With the 2024 GUKPT Luton Festival The GUKPT returns to Luton on September 11 for a 12-day festival that includes a £1100 buy-in Main Event.

The folks at Grosvenor Casinos are just about recovered from the massive 2024 Goliath festival that saw William Watkins turn £200 into £166,058 after a nine-way deal at the final table earlier this month. That well-deserved rest is about to be broken with the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Luton festival rapidly approaching. The 2024 GUKPT Luton festival runs from September 11 through September 23 at the Grosvenor G Casino on Park Street West.

NAPT Las Vegas Schedule Released $3M GTD Main Event Headlines Series Follow PokerNews to get coverage of the 2024 NAPT Las Vegas

The fourth season of the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) run by Pokerstars is well underway and the action only continues to heat up with the recent schedule release for its marquee stop in Las Vegas. Running from Friday November 1st through Sunday November 10th at Resorts World Las Vegas, the series is not one to miss as it features a whopping 36 tournaments in the span of a week and a half.

Win a PokerStars NAPT Gold Pass By Playing Daily Fantasy Sports on FanDuel Daily fantasy sports players on FanDuel have the opportunity to win a $10000 Gold Pass to NAPT Las Vegas in November. Get the details here.

Since announcing the upcoming North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas festival taking place Nov. 1-10, PokerStars has given players several opportunities to win Gold Pass packages valued at $10,000. That includes three Gold Passes that were awarded during the 2024 Maryland State Poker Championship earlier this month. Now PokerStars has announced another opportunity to win a coveted Gold Pass to NAPT Las Vegas by playing daily fantasy sports on FanDuel.

Almost 16000 Players Competed in the WPT Global Summer Festival Team WPT Globals Patrick Egption Tardif banked over $130000 in the $3500 WPT Championship event.

The $8 million guaranteed Summer Festival wrapped up on WPT Global over the weekend, and it’s safe to say WPT Global’s management staff will be delighted with how the series panned out. Some 15,850 players from 80 countries logged into their WPT Global accounts during the Summer Festival, highlighting the popularity of the online poker room and the superb tournament series it hosts. Every event on the bustling WPT Global

Women in Poker Hall of Famer Kathy Liebert Wins Wynn Ladies Event Women in Poker Hall of Famer Kathy Liebert was among the latest winners at the Wynn Signature Series in Las Vegas. Find out more about Lieberts victory.

Women in Poker Hall of Famer Kathy Liebert won her latest poker trophy and added to her nearly $7 million in live earnings this month as she took down the Wynn Signature Series Ladies Event at Wynn Las Vegas for $5,806. Liebert, wearing her favorite color purple, topped a field of 41 runners in the $300 buy-in event, with those who cashed including California’s Coletta Ray (5th - $1,320) and Nevadans Amy Wingate (4th - $1,800), Marjorie Dacko ($2,512) and runner-up Lisa Childers, a longtime grinder who earned $3,562 for her runner-up finish.

WSOP Circuit Returns to Playground with 15 Rings and $3M in Guarantees Up for Grabs Join PokerNews Live Reporting team at Playground this August for the 2024 WSOP Circuit Playground festival.

For the second time this year, the fantastic Playground in Montreal, Canada, is set to be crammed to capacity with poker players from far and wide between August 19 to September 3 because the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) is in town. The Playground has hosted dozens of prestigious live poker events over the years, but WSOPC Playground is an entirely different beast. The bustling schedule features 15 WSOPC ring-awarding events with buy-ins from $250 to $3,300, and each of those ring events boasts a guarantee in its prize pool.

Op-Ed: The Poker Hall of Fame is Heading For Disaster And Heres How We Fix It The Poker Hall of Fame induction process should change that according to PokerNews Managing Editor Will Shilllibier who has come up with a solution

Will Shillibier is the Managing Editor of PokerNews and has worked in the industry for a decade, working at some of the world’s biggest poker festivals including the World Series of Poker, European Poker Tour and World Poker Tour. The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author. The Poker Hall of Fame is sleepwalking into a crisis. And next year, that crisis will come to a head.

2024 NAPT Las Vegas Gold Passes Come With This AMAZING Extra Perk Win your way to Las Vegas with the NAPT Gold Pass and the PokerStars Power Path

It’s fast becoming one of poker’s must-have items, and now there’s an extra reason to try and get your hands on a coveted NAPT Gold Pass. A $10,300 NAPT Gold Pass sees players win entry to the NAPT Las Vegas Main Event, seven nights’ accommodation for them and a guest along with spending money, and plenty of Gold Passes have already been won. However, today sees the launch of the PokerStars NAPT Las Vegas Power Path campaign, giving players the opportunity to win their way to Vegas through the innovative online program.

Hartigan Talks Player Dynamics and Holy Shit Moments as The Big Game on Tour Returns The PokerStars Big Game on Tour will return for 2024 with more episodes filmed at the North American Poker Tour Las Vegas festival this Autumn

It’s official. After its return in 2023 following a 12-year hiatus, PokerStars has confirmed that The Big Game on Tour is back again this year, with more episodes to be filmed at the NAPT Las Vegas festival. Ten episodes of the show were filmed last year, with the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Maria Ho, Lex Veldhuis and Sam Grafton all taking part. The show features a lucky Loose Cannon who receives $50,000 and has to survive 150 hands playing $50/$100 with a table of poker pros, ambassadors, and celebrities.

WATCH: The 888poker Team Take on the 2024 World Series of Poker Main Event 888poker sent five team members to the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) to play in the Main Event. Watch how the crew fared on the opening day.

The latest instalment of the 888poker World Series of Poker docuseries was released over the weekend, and the 888poker team gear up to take on the WSOP Main Event. Eastwood Gets a Piece of Barone The episode kicks off with StreamTeam members Aaron Barone and Nick Eastwood flipping cards for swap percentages on their buy-ins. Should Eastwood turn over the highest card, the duo must swap 2% of each other. If it’s the middle card, they’ll exchange 1% and should the lowest card be flipped over, then the camera crew get a piece of Eastwood and Barone instead.

Another WSOP Online Bracelet Series Has Been Added to the Summer Schedule GGPoker is hosting a World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Bracelet Series later this month and it includes a Main Event with a $25000000 prize pool.

Days after acquiring the World Series of Poker (WSOP) from Caesars Entertainment, GGPoker has announced the schedule of an online bracelet series that will take place later this month. The series begins Aug. 17 and runs until Sept. 30, with 33 bracelets to be awarded. Players in the United States are not eligible to compete unless they travel to Canada, Mexico, or another country where the poker site is available.