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.

Get Ready For Some Poker Fun in the Sun with the 2024 Malta Poker Festival Heres everything you need to know about the 2024 Malta Poker Festival Autumn edition running October 26 through November 4.

Summer is drawing to a close in many parts of the world, leaving people yearning for some fun in the sun. Poker tournament grinders can combine the beautiful Mediterranean weather with hot poker action at the 2024 Autumn Malta Poker Festival. The inaugural Malta Poker Festival took place in November 2018, and it was a rip-roaring success. Poker players from far and wide descended on the Portomaso Casino in St. Julian’s, Malta, for the week-long series that culminated in a €550 buy-in Malta Poker Festival Grand Event (the Main Event). That tournament drew in 1,366 entrants, with Italian Enamuele Onnis coming out on top and banking an impressive €150,000 for his victory.

From Third-Shortest Stack to Champion: Entaotoma Wins the 888poker Mystery Bounty Brazils Entaotoma came from behind to become the latest 888poker Mystery Bounty Main Event champion.

Brazil’s “Entaotoma” sat down at the 888poker $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event sixth from eight in chips. Armed with 25 big blinds, they weren’t particularly short, but its challenging to think they seriously fancied their chances of walking away with a victory, especially as the top two stacks held 138 big blinds between them. However, tournament poker is a funny old game, and two hours after the first cards were pitched, “Entaotoma” emerged victoriously from the final table with a $8,154 payout and the title of champion.

Flush on the River Brings Curtain Down on the 888poker UKPL Leeds Main Event The penultimate 888poker UKPL stop is done and dusted with the crowning of the Leeds Main Event champion. PokerNews has a full recap of the final table.

The Grosvenor Casino Westgate in Leeds was awash with poker players from far and wide from August 27 through to September 1 because the 888poker UK Poker League (UKPL) was in town. Seven events took place, including the £560 buy-in Main Event, which drew in 289 entrants and saw £137,270 distributed. The top 46 finishers in the Main Event saw a return on their investment. Such luminaries as Callum Gordon, Robert Boon, serial crusher Matthew Davenport, Michael Howard, and Thomas Clack reached the money places but fell short of a final table appearance.

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.

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.

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.

888poker Live Manchester Main Event Triumph is Just the Beginning for Stephen Barnes Barnes plans to play more events including travelling to the 888poker Live event in Coventry in October. His win this week opens up a host of possibilities.

The machines of Manchester once powered the British Industrial Revolution, its factories and smoke stacks serving as the image of a history-changing era. Stephen Barnes worked like a tremendous machine today, moving with quick efficiency to dominate the final table of the £1,100 888poker Live Manchester Main Event. Barnes seized an overwhelming chip lead with a massive pot when there were still five players left and never relinquished it, emerging as the champion over the 279-player field to take home the trophy and £58,000 first prize. The money is nice for a player who had less than $40,000 in live career earnings, but for the ultra-competitive Barnes, the title was all he was thinking about.

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. On the way to his table, Dean explained how he loved having the 888poker camera crew following him around because it gave his opponents the impression that he was a better player than actually is.

888Ride: Theres Been A Lot of Misery & Pain for Five-Time Bracelet Winner Benny Glaser Benny Glaser joins David Tuchman on 888Ride for a trip around Las Vegas where he shares his journey from bricking his first WSOP to winning five bracelets

Few players in the world can match the incredible list of poker achievements that Benny Glaser has amassed. At just 35 years old, the British poker phenom has already claimed five World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and an astonishing 26 Championship of Online Poker titles, including 11 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) and 15 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) victories. Glaser’s dominance in both live and online poker has solidified his reputation as one of the game’s elite, making him a perfect guest for 888poker’s popular web series and podcast, 888Ride.

Do You Know 888pokers Top 5 Tips for Moving Up in Stakes? 888poker Ambassador Lucia Navarro shares some practical tips for determining your current level and whether you are ready to begin playing at a higher level.

Fresh off a career-best score in Las Vegas over the summer, 888poker ambassador Lucia Navarro is back in the poker strategy streets, sharing her knowledge and wisdom. In the latest strategy video from the platform, Navarro shares some practical tips you can use to determine where you’re at and if you are ready to begin playing at a higher level. Assess Your Current Situation Before you can move up in stakes, you should assess the stakes you currently play at. While microstakes often involve players learning the game, at low stakes tables, you’ll find a mix of recreational and professional players.

888pokers UK Poker League Gears Up for Leeds Stop with Action-Packed Schedule The fifth leg of the inaugural 888poker UK Poker League (UKPL) sees the tour head to Grosvenor Casino Westgate in Leeds from August 26.

Leeds, the city renowned for its rich industrial heritage, world-class universities, and vibrant cultural scene, is about to add another chapter to its storied history. Known as the birthplace of bands like The Who and Kaiser Chiefs, and home to football pride Leeds United, this vibrant city is now set to host the latest leg of the inaugural 888poker LIVE UK Poker League (UKPL). The UKPL Leeds series is scheduled to kick off on Monday, August 26, and wraps up on Sunday, September 1. The week-long event at Grosvenor Casino Westgate promises a mix of exciting tournaments catering to both seasoned pros and aspiring amateurs.

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.

WATCH: How the 888poker Team Spent Their WSOP Main Event Day Off The 888poker team is taking on the 2024 World Series of Poker Main Event and has documented its journey in pokers most prestigious tournament of the year.

In Episode 3 of 888poker’s thrilling docuseries, the team takes a well-deserved break after all five members successfully bagged chips on Day 1 of the World Series of Poker Main Event. But their day off is anything but ordinary. Join the 888poker pros as they dive into a whirlwind of excitement—attending soccer games, hunting for iconic Stu Ungar shades, and even bumping into past Main Event champions at the gym. Take a look at the behind-the-scenes excitement and experience the 888poker team’s off-the-felt adventures.

Luiz1958 Dominates the 888poker Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Online poker player Luiz1958 tasted victory on 888poker after winning the $100000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty Main Event.

Another edition of 888poker’s flagship online poker tournament has crowned its champion, with “Luiz1958” coming out on top in the latest Mystery Bounty Main Event on the platform. The Brazilian put on a final table clinic as they stormed their way to the title. The victor banked a final payday of $9,714 after claiming the $7,277 winner’s payout, which was topped up by $2,437 in bounties. Luiz1958 overcame “TOMA188288” in heads-up play, where the duo agreed on a deal which left a little money to play for along with the bragging rights.

Dive into 888pokers Massive Summer Sale Week with 50% Off Buy-ins 888poker has announced its Summer Sale Week. This promotion offers players the chance to enter some of their most popular tournaments for half the usual buy-in.

Are you ready for a summer treat like no other? 888poker is heating things up with their Summer Sale Week, running from August 12-19. This limited-time promotion offers players the chance to enter some of 888poker’s most popular tournaments for half the usual buy-in—without any reduction in the guaranteed prize pools. Unbeatable 50% Discounts on Major Tournaments The platform has slashed the buy-ins on several of their major tournaments, making it even more accessible to chase those big wins. Here are three of the most exciting discounts you won’t want to miss:

Jungleman Looks For Parabolic Positive Change on 888Ride Daniel Jungleman Cates chats with Tuchman about his hopes of building a poker community that benefits all.

David Tuchman got to take Daniel “Jungleman” Cates for a ride recently as part of his Youtube interview series 888Ride. Cates is one of tournament poker’s top all-time money winners, a super high roller event regular, and a legend from the heyday of online poker. During their short drive together, Tuchman grilled Jungleman on some of his biggest wins, what he gets up to when he isn’t playing poker, and how he hopes to change the poker community for the better.

Ambassador Ian Simpson Pulls $10K Jackpot in 888poker Mystery Bounty Main Event 888poker is the home of online Mystery Bounty tournaments and the latest edition saw ambassador Ian Simpson take the top bounty prize.

888poker is the virtual home of Mystery Bounty poker tournaments, with their $100,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty Main Event being the flagship tournament of their weekly offering. The format continues to prove popular as, once again, the six-figure guarantee was surpassed thanks to the 1,072 entries that created the $107,200 prize pool. One of the highlights each week is finding out which lucky player scored the $10,000 jackpot bounty, and the latest winner of the top mystery prize was none other than 888poker ambassador Ian Simpson.

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.

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.

888poker Ambassador Aaron Barone Shares 5 Tips to CRUSH Sit & Gos Every poker format has its nuances and sit-and-gos are no different. Aaron Barone shares 5 tips to help you master this format and crush your opponents.

Have you ever wondered how some players consistently win at Sit and Go’s? In the latest Made to Learn video from 888poker, Stream Team member Aaron Barone shares five top tips for crushing this poker format. Tight is Right Your goal with Sit and Go’s is to finish in the top third of the field. In 9-max, that’s the top three, and in 6-max, that’s the top two. Achieving this goal means playing a tight preflop strategy and avoiding unnecessary confrontation, which will give you a better chance of finishing in the top third of the players.

I Definitely Dont Love Poker: Tom Dwan Reveals New Focus On 888Ride Tom Dwan reveals — in a new interview with David Tuchman for 888Ride — that he likes poker but his main interest now lies in A.I. and cryptocurrencies.

Few players are more associated with the first online poker boom than Tom “Durrrr” Dwan. Through his domination of the online heads up scene and his iconic appearances on the original High Stakes Poker, Dwan became one of the most successful players at the poker table and one of the most recognizable away from it. Last week, Dwan joined David Tuchman in 888poker’s Chevy Tahoe for another episode of the 888Ride interview series on Youtube.

POTCHECKER99 Wins the 888poker Mystery Bounty Main Event and $10K Jackpot Bounty Germanys POTCHECKER99 came back from sixth in chips to pull the $10000 jackpot bounty and claim the 888poker Mystery Bounty Main Event title.

The $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event final table has a different dynamic this week thanks to the $10,000 jackpot bounty still being in play with only eight players remaining. The $10,000 bounty is usually won before the eight-handed final table is set, but not this time. Some 975 players flocked to 888poker for this week’s event, leaving a slight overlay on the $100,000 guarantee. Two players bagged $3,000 bounties before crashing out: “4KLOVER4ME” and “BYLIA,” who fell in 130th and 108th yet still won more money than some of the finalists!

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.