It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 15 years since the World Poker Tour first visited Cyprus, but the WPT returns later this month to the Mediterranean island for a $1,000,000 GTD WPT Prime event as part of its Season XXII schedule. This brand-new festival will run from Aug. 15-26 at the Chamada Prestige Hotel & Spa, which features 50 poker tables. Here we take a look at the long history of the WPT and Cyprus.
Hustler Casino Live co-owner Nick Vertucci, during Monday’s livestream, said NBA star Jimmy Butler is “not welcome back” on his poker cash game show due to “rude” behavior the last and only time he appeared. “Jimmy Buckets,” a 14-year NBA veteran and future Hall of Famer, competed on Hustler Casino Live June 22 in what was one of the most memorable streams in televised poker history. Social media playboy Dan Bilzerian, Twitch streaming legend Ninja, boxer Ryan Garcia, and HCL fan favorite Alan Keating were among those in on the action.
The 20-event World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) stop at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina has reached its conclusion. Donovan Dean, for the second time since 2022, wrapped the series by taking down the $1,700 buy-in Main Event, a $1.5 million guaranteed tournament, for $326,206 and a shiny gold ring. Susan Faber also made headlines during the series, having won two rings. She first defeated Maurice Hawkins heads-up to win Event #5: $600 No-Limit Hold’em for $33,493.
Season 13 of High Stakes Poker continued Monday night on PokerGO with Episode 3, which featured some new faces to the lineup including businessman Brandon Steven and 38-year-old Andrew Pacheco out of Chicago. They were joined by High Stakes Poker regulars like Andrew Robl and Jennifer Tilly, as well as returnees Sameh Elamawy, Sean Dempsey, Justin Gavri, Bo Brownstein, and Japanese poker vlogger Masato Yokosawa. The game was played $200/$400 no-limit hold’em with a $500 big blind ante.
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.
Do you need a summer getaway? How about throwing some poker into the mix as well? If that sounds like your cup of tea, you should seriously consider attending the Coolbet Open 7th Edition this month. From August 26 to September 1, the Chesterfield Poker Club in Tallinn, Estonia, opens its doors to card-playing aficionados for a poker extravaganza that is headlined by a €550 Main Event. This is a tournament series for every type of player, and there are plenty of opportunities for players to get in on the action without breaking the bank, thanks to a variety of affordable satellite tournaments.
The PokerStars UKIPT London £1,100 Main Event has been nothing less than a roaring success, packing out the Hippodrome Casino from floor to ceiling across four days of action. Out of 725 entries, 13 hopefuls returned for the final day to compete for the lion’s share of the £696,000 prize pool. In the end, after over 12 hours of action, Gaspare Sposato of Italy emerged as the outright winner. The 28-year-old Italian poker pro has only recently stepped onto the live circuit and has come close to winning titles on several occasions before finally locking up the first-place finish in the UKIPT Main Event.
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.
The 2024 SunBet Poker Tour Time Square Main Event has crowned a winner, and SPT regular Harold Brooks posed for the winner shots inside of the Time Square Casino in Pretoria after a short-lived day. Brooks cut a deal with four other dealers to claim the largest piece of the ZAR4,926,600 ($266,036) prize pool and essentially take home second-place money based on regular payouts without having to play any further hand.
The Venetian Las Vegas recently debuted its new poker room, which at 50 tables across 14,000 square feet became the largest on the Strip. Venetian’s card room had long been situated across from the Venetian sportsbook, just around the corner from the exit door to Las Vegas Boulevard. It is now in between the Venetian and Palazzo casino floors in the Grand Canal Shoppes on the second level (go up the escalator past the Louis Vuitton store and you can’t miss it).
The Celebrity Poker Tour (CPT) and its popular Game Night sit n’ go style poker event returns Monday night at 6 p.m. PT on PokerGO. PokerNews will be on-site to conduct interviews and provide other content. Game Night III is headlined by Hustler Casino Live player and social media personality Bryce Hall and popular podcaster Tana Mongeau. They’ll be joined at the table by an entertaining cast of celebrity opponents, including Ethan Klein and wife Hila Klein, JC Caylen, Zach Justice, Steiny, Makoa, and Sofie Dossie.
PokerStars recently announced the return of The Big Game on Tour for another season, with new episodes set to be filmed during the NAPT Las Vegas festival. As the show prepares to wrap up its first season, one player remains in the spotlight: Lily Newhouse, the latest Loose Cannon chasing a life-changing payday. However, Newhouse’s journey is about more than just poker. In the latest episode, she opened up about her battle with breast cancer, revealing how her experience shaped her outlook on life.
WPT Global has just unveiled two game-changing promotions that are set to transform your poker experience: the Table Starter Boost and the Global Spins Jackpots. Whether you’re a table starter looking to rake in rewards or a spin player dreaming of life-changing jackpots, the site has something for everyone to keep the blood pumping. Table Starter Boost Gets You Paid for Sparking the Action Ever wish you could earn just for getting the game going?
After years of hearing my poker friends rave about it, I finally attended the Grosvenor Goliath in Coventry, UK, last week. I’m excited to share my first-hand experience with you! What is the Grosvenor Goliath Poker Tournament? The Grosvenor Goliath first launched in the UK in 2011 with the mission of offering a low buy-in event with a massive field. Since its inception, the Goliath has lived up to its promise, with the 2023 event setting a record of 11,493 entries and a staggering £1.
Tiffany Wong was mostly just a recreational poker player with a passion for the game a few months back. Now she’s one of the hottest mid-stakes tournament players in the US, and has quite a story to tell. The New Yorker who lives in Manhattan spoke with PokerNews to explain how she came out of nowhere to win three big poker tournaments since March. How She Got into Poker Wong, who also spent some time growing up in Hong Kong, sort of accidentally began playing poker a little over five years ago.
The poker world received sad news on Friday morning as news surfaced that poker player Mark Dickstein, a noted mixed game enthusiast, had passed away. The news was shared by Ari Engel on social media: “Sad news to report: my friend Mark B. Dickstein has passed away. Many of you especially mixed game players will have played with him over the years. I only became friends with him over the last year when he was already sick but even in that short time we had some really interesting talks – he had a very different perspective to many issues – which made for some long (and occasionally heated) back and forth and a number of prop bets.
Is the next great poker movie weeks away from being released? That’s hard to say, but the trailer is out for Dead Money, a poker related crime thriller starring Emile Hirsch. Movie review sites claim the film will be heading straight to Video on Demand (VOD) on September 13, along with select US theaters. Dead Money, a Samuel Goldwyn Films creation, is about a down-on-his-luck poker player named Andy (Hirsch) who, along with his girlfriend Chloe (India Eisley), gets into trouble with the wrong people following their response to a poker home game robbery.
We’re almost at the halfway stage of WCOOP Bootcamp — a two-week warm-up for players who are looking to win their way into the World Championship of Online Poker next month. One of those players looking to the Bootcamp to aid his preparation is PokerStars Team Pro Lasse Jagd Lauritsen aka Wistern who, after streaming over 200 hours of SCOOP action earlier this year, is getting ready for another big grind in the most prestigious online festival in all of online poker
Ethan “Rampage” Yau is a 15.5 handicap golfer, but he’s willing to bet he can become a scratch golfer by the end of next year. The poker vlogger tweeted out an offer to anyone willing to take his action. But actually winning that bet won’t be easy, assuming he isn’t better on the golf course than he’s leading on potential bettors. What are the Odds? Yau is an avid gambler, but it appears the odds are stacked against him to win this prop bet.
The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise schedule is out, and it includes 15 gold bracelet events highlighted by the largest guaranteed poker tournament prize pool ever. All the action takes place at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas from Dec. 3-13. The series will, for the second straight year, compete directly with the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship festival at Wynn Las Vegas. Breaking Records Tournament poker saw its largest guaranteed event last December at Wynn with the WPT World Championship promising at least $40 million in the pot.
Antanas ‘Tony G’ Guoga had a brutal session in Wednesday’s Triton Poker Montenegro Cash Game Invitational, losing two seven-figure pots in quick succession. The two hands sent the poker legend ‘on his bike’ before coming back to the table with a fresh stack of $1.5 million. Upon his return, Guoga showed some patented ‘heart and commitment’ with an ambitious bluff in a $2 million pot that helped him recoup some of his losses on the day.
It’s All-Star Week on Hustler Casino Live, and the star of the first show was the show’s co-owner, Ryan Feldman, whose massive win was so unlikely it surprised even the announcer. The first of two All-Star Games took place on livestream Wednesday night, and a second one is scheduled for Friday night, a game that will feature Alan Keating and potentially Tom Dwan as a late entry. Dwan also competed in the first game, and left Hustler Casino in Los Angeles $87,725 in the red.
The 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) kicked off at the end of July and is slated to run until August 13. During that time 102 events will take place including the $5,300 buy-in, $3,000,000 GTD SHRPO Championship that will take place August 9-13. More than two dozen tournaments are already in the books with some big names capturing titles including Darryll Fish (Event #3: $600 Deep Stack Big O for $16,830), Ari Engel (Event #8: $600 Eight-Game Mix for $12,875), Phil Hui (Event #12: $600 Mixed PLO for $18,495), Javier Zarco (Event #25: $600 Deep Stack Six-Max NLH for $19,740), and Nick Yunis (Event #29: $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH for $15,580).
The PokerStars United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) jaunt to London may have begun on August 4, but the festival in England’s capital turned up a notch on Tuesday with the PokerStars Ambassador Meet-Up Game (MUG). Hundreds descended on The Hippodrome Casino to battle against the faces of the Spadie brand, where plenty of prizes were up for grabs. A plethora of Power Path Passes were dished out in the poker fiesta, with smiles, excitement and camaraderie filling the room as UKIPT London shifted into fifth gear.
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.
The WPT Global Summer Festival is in full swing, and from now until August 18, you can still compete for your share of over $8 million in total guarantees. And in addition to the cash prizes handed out across the extensive schedule, WPT Global is hosting freerolls where there are some incredible rewards, including a package to the prestigious WPT World Championship this December at Wynn Las Vegas. Festival Freeroll: Secure Your Spot for August 25 One of the festival highlights is the $75,000 Freeroll on August 25.
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.
The Summer Poker Open is in full swing at Champions Club Texas in Houston with the series running July 31-Aug. 20. The series consists of dozens of events and is offering more than $1.8 million in guaranteed prize money. The bulk of that will be in the $1 million guaranteed event, a $1,500 buy-in event that gets underway on July 12 and will give players several starting flights to choose from.
Controversial poker pro Maurice Hawkins sought a record-tying 17th World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring on Monday at Harrah’s Cherokee. But he was denied during heads-up play by Susan Faber in the $600 No-Limit Hold’em event. Event #5 attracted 305 entrants, creating a prize pool of $157,075 at the Cherokee, North Carolina casino. In the end, it came down to a bracelet winner against a longtime pro with a history of unpaid debts accusations.
Via a six-way chop, Karl Creazzo took down the first event of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open — $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em for $146,829 — and he isn’t even old enough to play in most US card rooms. The 19-year-old primarily cash game player not only won all that money, but he did so playing in his first ever live poker tournament. And he beat out a field that included many grizzled poker veterans.
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.
The Destination RunGood Season Finale began with an over-the-top kickoff of its third-annual $1,000,000 guaranteed RGPS Main Event, a $2,500 buy-in tournament that attracted 455 entrants and offered up a $1,015,105. It concluded with another celebration atmosphere as Terrance Reid stood atop the heap after a three-way ICM chop, with him taking the lion’s share of $192,755! On his road to victory, Reid navigated through a field filled with some of the toughest players and then capped it off with a dominating final table performance that included World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker champions.
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.
The cards were back in the air Monday night on PokerGO for Episode 2 of the newest High Stakes Poker season. Jennifer Tilly spent much of the session in some tough spots facing difficult decisions. When the episode began, picking up where the show left off last week, nosebleed cash game legend Andrew Robl had added on $150,000 in chips to match his initial starting stack. The previously mentioned players were joined in the game by Sameh Elamawy, Sean Dempsey, Justin Gavri, Bo Brownstein, and Japanese poker vlogger Masato Yokosawa.
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.
The Global Poker GOAT VI Main Event had a familiar champion in the Sweeps Coins (SC) tournament. A name Global Poker players are certainly becoming familiar with — Ryan “MrGoldenPair” Smoot. You might be thinking to yourself, didn’t this same player just win a major event on the social poker site just weeks ago? And your instinct would be correct. Smoot took down the Global Poker x PokerNews Cup last month for SC 30,000, and he’s done it again as the GOAT VI series, which began July 15, has come to an end.
Out of the 215 entrants recorded in the 2024 Marrakech Poker Open Main Event, nine players returned on Day 3 to compete at the final table. Four of the finalists were Spanish, dominating the top positions. Orey Canarinho emerged victorious, defeating his friend Aitor Cruz to claim the first-place prize of 348,500 MAD and the trophy. Germany’s Eduard Rau secured the third spot on the podium, earning 195,000 MAD. 2024 Marrakech Poker Open Main Event Results Place Player Country Prize (MAD) Prize (EUR) 1 Orey Canarinho Spain 348,500 MAD* €32,759 2 Aitor Cruz Spain 285,500 MAD* €26,837 3 Eduard Rau Germany 195,000 MAD €18,330 4 Juan Antonio Spain 150,000 MAD €14,100 5 Jesus Spain 115,000 MAD €10,810 6 Sonny Franco France 90,500 MAD €8,507 7 Abilio Silva Portugal 71,000 MAD €6,674 8 Kamal Jbirane France 55,000 MAD €5,170 9 Fabian Rolli Switzerland 43,000 MAD €4,042 *denotes a deal
Action has concluded in the $600 Kickoff Event here at the Maryland State Poker Championship hosted by Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland and sponsored by PokerStars. Nick Kocman has emerged victorious, earning his biggest score to date with a massive payout of $77,869. The six Day 1 starting flights saw a total 892 entries, 115 of which returned for Day 2. Kocman navigated through the sizable field on his path to capture a majority of the $456,704 prize pool, along with the two trophies to place on his mantle.
While the buy-in for the Grosvenor Poker Goliath may be a humble £200, it’s arguably the centrepiece of the United Kingdom’s poker scene. Each year, players from all over the UK and the world travel to Coventry, England, for one of the best-value tournaments around. Despite a £50 increase on the buy-in, a record-breaking field of 11,749 entries created a £1,879,840 prize pool, making this year’s instalment the biggest Goliath ever.
Federico Fellini’s classic 1960 film La Dolce Vita is a commentary on the “good life” of Italian cafe society and the flamboyant excess of Italy’s postwar elite. Today at the final table of the Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series $2,200 La Notte Degli Assi Main Event, it seemed like an Italian party in that same mould as four made it to the final five players. Then came an Israeli known only as “Dashinka” who spoiled all the fun and walked away with the trophy and $355,000 top prize.
Bar Poker Open Gears Up for 2024 Florida World Championship
Table Of Contents The 2024 Bar Poker Open (BPO) Florida World Championship is shaping up to be an unforgettable experience. From December 5-9, nearly 1,000 players will gather at the Poker Room at PBKC in beautiful West Palm Beach for a five-day festival packed with camaraderie, competition, and incredible poker action. BPO Florida World Championship Full Schedule Date Time Buy-In Event GTD Dec 5 11 a.m. $300 Day 1A Monster $100,000 Dec 5 4 p.
Is WPT Global the Future of Fair Play in Online Poker?
Table Of Contents In a recent podcast, Alex Scott, President of WPT Global, outlined his vision for the platform’s future while addressing key challenges facing the online poker industry. Joined by John Andress, head of security solutions at A5 Labs, the duo provided insights to Mobius Poker into how WPT Global is enhancing player experience, ensuring game integrity, and differentiating itself in a competitive market. Combating Cheating with Advanced Technology One of the central topics was WPT Global’s approach to maintaining a fair and secure gaming environment.
TAJJMAKKHAL and vitaliy_bud Lead the 888poker PokerNews Online Championships Main Events
Table Of Contents The second edition of the PokerNews Online Championships at 888poker is at the halfway stage, meaning it won’t be long until we discover the Mystery Bounty Mini Main and Main Event champions. Several Day 1s have been completed in both events, with more flights running up to and including November 25, when Day 2 shuffles up and deals. The Mystery Bounty Main Event is the biggest tournament on the PokerNews Online Championships schedule.
Can Marta Porter Defend Her Queens of Tallinn Main Event Title in 2024?
Table Of Contents The Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel is again hosting the Queens of Tallinn festival, with the 2024 edition running from November 28 through to December 1. The Queens of Tallinn festival is a celebration of women in poker, and continues OlyBet’s dedication to inclusiveness. In 2023, the Queens of Tallinn schedule featured seven events, including a €350 buy-in Main Event. Following its successful debut 12 months ago, the 2024 edition has grown to 11 tournaments, with the eagerly anticipated Main Event seeing its total buy-in reduced to a more affordable €250.
Big Deal for One Drop Charity Event Kicks Off F1 Race Week in Las Vegas; Hellmuth to Emcee
Big Deal for One Drop will take place at Resorts World Las Vegas this week in the middle of Formula 1 race week and will feature some of the biggest names in poker and entertainment. Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte is set to headline the $10,000 buy-in charity event alongside racing legends David Coulthard, Martin Brundle, Otmar Szafnaeur and Alex Wurz and F1 photographer Kim Illman and F1 artist Paul Oz.
The Hendon Mob Championship Returns to London After a Five-Year Hiatus
Table Of Contents The ever-popular Hendon Mob Championship (THMC) returns to the hustle-bustle of London for the first time in five years, and it is going to be a blast. THMC London by Unibet DeepStack Open (USDO) calls Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford home from December 3-8, during which time 15 tournaments and satellite will pack out the vast poker room. If you can get down to Aspers by 1:00 p.m. GMT on December 3, you could find yourself playing in the THMC Main Event by USDO for free!
Vision: A User-Friendly Revolution in PLO Training
For poker enthusiasts, particularly fans of Pot Limit Omaha (PLO), the creation of Vision marks a significant shift in how players approach studying the game. The training tool was designed by Austrian poker player and software creator Matthias Pum, a former competitive gamer turned professional poker, who spoke with PokerNews about the challenges he faced in creating a user-friendly alternative to traditional solvers From Gaming to Poker: Matthias Pums Journey Matthias Pums introduction to poker was unconventional.
Gambledore Throws GTO Out the Window at Triton Poker Super High Roller
The poker community was captivated by the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Monte Carlo this month, with Vladimir Korzinin stealing the spotlight on the glamorous French Riviera. The 69-year-old Estonian, a fresh face on the high roller scene, quickly became a fan favorite thanks to his unorthodox and daring style of play against the worlds most elite competitors. Dubbed “Gambledore” during the series, Korzinin fell just short of claiming his first Triton title after a heads-up clash with Patrik Antonius in the $200K Triton Invitational.
888poker: The Keys to Poker Game Selection
Game selection should be important to every poker player. It can be the difference between someone being a winning or losing player. Consider the factors outlined in this article presented by 888poker ambassador Alexandre “Cavalito” Mantovani before your next session to give yourself the greatest chance of success at the tables. Be Honest About Your Goals Do you play to win the most money you possibly can? Or to challenge yourself against the best players in the world?
888poker: Understanding Poker Ranges
In this Made to Play tutorial from 888poker, ambassador Ian Simpson gives some beginner tips on understanding poker ranges and how you should start thinking in ranges instead of specific hands. Ranges vs. Specific Hands Nowadays, poker players often discuss ranges instead of specific hands, and Simpson explains exactly what this means. When a player raises on the button, we don’t have enough information to put them on one exact hand.
Did Dimovs Donk Bet Do Damage? Or Did ODwyer Play It Perfectly? GTO Wizard Decides
The PokerStars European Poker Tour sees some of the best poker players around the world battle it out on the felt, especially when an action-packer high-roller offering is on the schedule. In the latest GTO Wizard Hand Analysis, we examine an enthralling hand between Ognyan Dimov and Steve O’Dwyer, in which the former attempted an ambitious triple-barrel bluff. The Hand Early on in Day 2 of the $50,000 Super High Roller at EPT Cyprus, Ognyan Dimov took an interesting line in a three-bet pot against Steve O’Dwyer in the biggest buy-in event of the series.
Learn How to Calculate Pot Odds with GTO Wizard
Pot odds are a fundamental concept in poker that help players assess the value of a call by weighing risk against reward. Essentially, pot odds tell you what percentage of the pot you need to win to make a call worthwhile over the long term. Calculating pot odds is straightforward, yet mastering this skill can significantly improve your decision-making at the table. In this article, GTO Wizard tells you how you can get to grips with the basics.
WPT Championship Awakens Spirit of Aussie Poker Legend James Obst
James Obsts WPT Australia Championship victory had all the hallmarks of a storybook triumph. The 34-year-old from Melbourne tore through the competition to secure a title on Australian soil, hopping on a two-hour northbound flight to attend the event at Star Gold Coast, where he would go on to win AUD $585,359 ($398,488) and the third major live poker title of his career. Obst is more than 15 years removed from his explosion into the poker consciousness, as a teenage crusher of online poker.
Everything You Need To Know About the ClubWPT Gold $5M Freeroll
World Poker Tour is making poker history once again this December at the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. This time it comes as a record-setting, first-of-its-kind $5,000,000 freeroll in support of the launch of the latest sweepstakes poker offering: ClubWPT Gold. Roughly 2,000 players will make their way to Las Vegas for the biggest live freeroll of all time all in hopes of walking away with the $1,000,000 life-changing first-place prize.
Regulated online poker hasn’t yet arrived in Virginia, but aspiring grinders still have options for playing online poker legally in the Old Dominion. Sweepstakes poker sites offer the best legal alternative to real-money online poker in Virginia. Platforms like ClubWPT award substantial sweepstakes prizes, including sweepstakes credits redeemable for cash. This guide to Virginia online poker aims to clarify the legal status of sweepstakes poker rooms, as well as direct Virginia poker players to the best legal poker sites available in the state.
World Poker Tour Is Where Millionaires Are Made
When Alan Goehring topped the WPT World Championship back in 2003 it was a poker dream come true. Not only did he outlast a final table that featured some all-time poker legends including Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, and Ted Forrest but he made poker history by officially becoming the first-ever million-dollar winner on the World Poker Tour . Twenty-two years later making millionaires, is part of the World Poker Tour DNA.
From Shot Takers to Survivors: $1M Paydays Are a Dream Scenario
In April 1993, a then 23-year-old office supply salesman was plucked form the audience at halftime of a Michael Jordan-era Chicago Bulls game and given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If he could make a 75-foot basket from across the court he could win $1 million dollars. So, from the foul line at the opposite end of the court Don Calhoun took the ball, loaded up, and took his shot. Nothing but net.
Real-money online poker isn’t currently legal in North Carolina. While you can find a couple of live poker rooms running at tribal casinos in the state, you won’t find any full-scale, real-money online poker sites operating legally in NC. If you’re a North Carolina poker player, sweepstakes poker sites are your best bet for legal online poker. ClubWPT is the best sweepstakes poker room currently available in the Tarheel State.
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How to download WPTGO and Get Started
How to Download WPTGO and Get Started with Online Poker Getting started with WPTGO, the online poker platform associated with the World Poker Tour, is simple and quick. Follow these easy steps to download the software and set up your account. Step 1: Download the WPTGO App To begin, click the Download Now button on the WPTGO website. This action will initiate the download of the poker software to your computer.
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