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.

Online Qualifier Wong Triumphs in the Irish Poker Tour Lunasa Main Event Wai Hang Wong outlasted 634 opponents and became the Irish Poker Tour Lunasa Lunacy Main Event champion.

Wai Hang Wong is on cloud nine today after becoming the latest player to take down an Irish Poker Tour Main Event. Wong had no previous results on his Hendon Mob profile but now boasts of the Irish Poker Tour Lunasa Lunacy Main Event title and €20,430 in winnings. Wong’s score was even more impressive when you consider he won his seat via an online satellite at Paddy Power Poker and also received a package to the upcoming Irish Poker Tour Killarney Main Event.

First Three Bracelets and Gold Medals Awarded at the 2024 APAT WCOAP Jordan Grant Robin Yeung and Daniel Turner have won events during the opening stage of the 2024 APAT World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP).

Amateur poker’s premium live festival, the Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP), kicked off over the weekend atDusk Till Dawn, Nottingham. Every entrant wants to win their respective event not only to give their bankrolls a cash injection but also because each champion receives a coveted gold APAT medal and a commemorative WCOAP bracelet. The 2024 WCOAP is still in its infancy, but three events have concluded, crowned their champions, and dished out their much sought-after APAT hardware.

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.

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.

Irish Poker Tour Gears Up for €150K GTD Lúnasa Lunacy Festival From August 23-25 €150000 is guaranteed across the nine-event festival and is headlined by the €250 Main Event which promises to pay out no less than €100000.

The partnership between the Irish Poker Tour (IPO) and PaddyPower Poker continues on, and the tour’s next stop at The Green Isle Hotel, Dublin, is fast approaching. From August 23-25, €150,000 is guaranteed across the nine-event festival and is headlined by the €250 Main Event, which promises to pay out no less than €100,000 to those who make the money. There’s also plenty of extra value over the weekend poker fiesta as PaddyPower has added ten IPO Killarney packages as well as €5,000!

Hone Your Skills and Play Like the Pros with PokerStars WCOOP Boot Camp PokerStars is running a WCOOP Boot Camp from August 4-19. Receive free poker training from BBZ Poker alongside 160 tournaments.

The PokerStars World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) is online poker’s premier tournament series. Every player, from those just cutting their teeth in the poker world to elite-level professionals, dreams of becoming a WCOOP champion, thanks to the prestige of the series and, of course, the massive top prizes offered. The 2024 PokerStars WCOOP is scheduled to run from September 8 through October 2, and although the schedule is not yet finalized, PokerNews can provide details of something exciting to warm you up and prepare you for it.

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Omaha Poker Omaha Poker is a community card poker game similar to Texas Hold ’em, Each Omaha poker player is dealt four hole cards and five community cards. They aim to make an Omaha poker hand with two hole and three community cards. The player who has the best five-card poker hand is the winner. Like Texas Hold ’em, Omaha Poker is a group card game with flop, turn, and river betting rounds. Pot-Limit Omaha or PLO Poker has been popular in Europe for years, and it has piqued the curiosity of online poker players all over the globe, from novices to pros like Patrick Antonius, who often compete on Pot Limit tables.

Counting Cards in Poker - How It Works and Is It Legal? Card counting is a controversial technique in blackjack, but can you card count in poker and is it legal? Heres everything you need to know about counting cards in poker.

Card counting is one way players might train to find an edge in the casino. With enough studying and preparation, players can take advantage of a significant change in the odds of winning. Card counting is a controversial technique in other card games such as blackjack, but players can find a significant edge if done correctly. You can count cards in blackjack, but can you card count in poker games, and is it legal?

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Wondering what popular poker games you need to learn? Now is the ideal moment to explore fresh poker experiences, from online poker for beginners to real money games. Discover the perfect poker game you’d like to play from these five popular options! Online Poker: Play the Best Online Poker Sites 1. Learn and Play Texas Hold’em Poker Texas Hold’em is the most popular poker game in the world. If you want to learn the rules and play online poker games, this is a great place to start.