OlyBet Takes Its Long-Running Showdown Festival to Riga From September 14 Bumper crowds are expected in the OlyBet Showdown Voodoo Riga Bounty festival as the tour heads into Latvia for the first time.

OlyBet has a long history of running excellent poker festivals in the Baltics, particularly in Estonia, the home of the Kings of Tallinn series. Traditionally, Latvian poker players have had to travel to compete in an OlyBet festival, but that is no longer the case because the OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Bounty festival is heading to the Latvian capital from September 14. The OlyBet Showdown Riga, Voodoo Bounty festival, marks the first time the Showdown poker series has taken place in Latvia, and Chris Larson, Group Poker Director at Olybet, cannot wait to get the show on the road.

Manchester Prepares for the 888poker LIVE Tour From August 14 The 888poker LIVE tour heads to manchester from August 14-25 with PokerNews providing live updates from the £1100 Main Event.

Ongoing renovations to the famous Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London forced 888poker LIVE to switch to a new venue for the latest stop of the popular tour, with London’s loss being Manchester’s gain. The Grosvenor Casino Bury New Road is putting final preparations for 888poker LIVE Manchester, a 12-day festival running between August 14-25. Although 888poker has visited Manchester before, taking its new UK Poker League (UKPL) to the same venue, this marks the first time the 888poker LIVE proper stops in Manchester. The air in the city that brought us Oasis, The Stone Roses, and The Smiths will be filled with the sounds of riffling chips, moans about bad beats, and cheers of joy as they emerge victorious from the various events on the busy 888poker LIVE Manchester schedule.

Mike Watson Adds €10300 EPT High Roller Title to Summer Triple Crown Mike Watson defeated Enrico Camosci heads-up in the EPT Barcelona €10300 High Roller winning €595000 after a heads-up deal

The final day of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour has concluded here at Casino Barcelona. Hours after Stephen Songwas crowned the newest EPT Main Event champion, the final table of the €10,300 EPT High Roller was still ongoing with some of the best players in the world battling for one of the most prestigious trophies of the festival. Mike Watson was already having a good series before this tournament, albeit with many close calls and no outright victories. He took sixth place in the €10,200 Pot-Limit Omaha event, third place in a €25,000 High Roller and second place in the €5,200 8-Game Mix for just over €250,000 across those three scores.

iPoker Network Set to Host Its Largest-Ever Online Tournament Series The Elite Series XL Autumn Edition has €7.5 million guaranteed making it the richest series the iPoker Network has ever run.

Thanks to the PokerStars World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) and the GGPoker WSOP Online bracelet series, tournament grinders are spoiled for choice during September and October. An unexpected operator has thrown its hat into the ring, the skins on the iPoker Network. The Elite Series XL Autumn Edition takes place across all sites on the iPoker Network, including bet 365, Betfair Poker, Grosvenor Poker, and Paddy Power Poker. A bustling schedule of 496 tournaments runs from September 1 through October 1, with combined guarantees worth €7.5 million.

10 of the Most Important Poker Concepts for Beginners GTO Wizard highlights ten of the most important poker concepts new players should learn and master.

Dipping your toes into online poker’s waters can be a daunting experience, especially if you don’t have much experience of playing this crazy game. Thankfully, the PokerNews strategy pages are awash with easy-to-digest articles for beginners. One such article is the one you are reading now from our good friends at GTO Wizard, highlighting ten of the most important concepts for new poker players. GTO Wizard specializes in helping poker players learn a Game Theory Optimal (GTO) strategy. GTO is highly complex, but GTO Wizard makes studying GTO strategy easy. One of the GTO Wizards’ latest articles gives ten tips on how to get your head around some helpful concepts while implementing some elements of GTO.

Tapas Beaches & Street Art: Top Non-Poker Things to Do at EPT Barcelona From seeing live music to feeding parakeets in the park theres plenty to do in Spain. Here are some of the top non-poker activities to do at EPT Barcelona.

With stunning architecture, rich cultural history and millions of annual visitors, it’s no surprise that Barcelona is one of the top tourist attractions in the world. It’s also no surprise that the European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona festival is the biggest EPT stop of them all, drawing thousands of players and generating millions tens of millions in prize money. And while EPT Barcelona is mainly about the poker, its prime location at Casino Barcelona puts it within minutes of some of the city’s top attractions.

Heres How to Play for a Share of $20000 Worth of WCOOP Tickets in September Discover how you can play for a share of $20000 worth of PokerStars WCOOP tickets for free this September.

Every poker tournament grinder is tingling with anticipation at the prospect of competing in the PokerStars 2024 World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) throughout September. The 23rd installment of PokerStars’ flagship series runs from September 8 through October 2, bringing with it $80 million in guaranteed prize pools. PokerStars needs to get the European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona festival out of the way before it turns its attention to WCOOP, but the online poker giant is already adding value for players with eight freeroll tournaments running from September 1-8, with a total of $20,000 worth of WCOOP tickets waiting to be won.

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. The largest of those guarantees, a whopping $1,500,000, is reserved for the $1,700 Main Event, which will help Playground award no less than $3 million by the time the last person out of the building turns off the lights.

Allen Kessler Hits $1.2 Million Jackpot on Buffalo Slot Machine Poker pro Allen Kessler strikes gold in Northern California winning $1.2 million on the Aristocrat Buffalo Slot machine marking a major jackpot triumph.

Allen Kessler pulled off a jaw-dropping $1.2 million win on the Buffalo Aristocrat slot machine in at Thunder Valley Resort & Casino in Northern California late Monday night, and you can bet it’s a “Chainsaw Approved” triumph! Kessler, who detailed his win in a video, revealed that he had been playing the Aristocrat slot machine for an intense 12-hour stretch. Throughout this marathon session, he was betting $125 per spin buying bonuses and had a remaining balance of $2,458 when the jackpot struck. He said he was down $12,500 before the life-changing moment occurred.

Elias Travis Ships The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship for $79024 Elias Travis took down the $600 Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship at Thunder Valley Casino for $79024 after an eight-way chop

Sticking true to tradition, the $600 Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship at Thunder Valley Casino and Resort has come to its conclusion after the final eight players have agreed to a true ICM chop for the second year in a row. 12 months after Jagdeep Bal took down the inaugural event, NorCal local Elias Travis is taking home the lion’s share. He was awarded $79,024 for his efforts, along with the coveted Hendon Mob trophy, RGPS ring, and entry into the Dream Seat Invitational.

Warm Up for EPT Barcelona With the Campeonato Espana de Poker Check out the full schedule of the Campeonato Espana de Poker Barcelona which includes a €500 Main Event that drew in 1960 entrants in 2023.

The luxurious Casino Barcelona will be packed to the rafters from August 26 until September 8 thanks to the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona festival taking place. But did you know that the casino will also be full of poker players in the couple of weeks prior to EPT Barcelona? Why is this the case? Because theCampeonato Espana de Poker is in town. Barcelona is a hotbed for Spanish poker and the Campeonato Espana de Poker (CEP) is one of the country’s most popular series. Players from far and wide flock to Casino Barcelona whenever CEP rolls in, with 308 players buying into last year’s €1,100 High Roller event. Sergio Contreras emerged victoriously from that event, and scooped €42,150 after a four-handed deal.