Political polling guru Nate Silver and 2023 WPT Prime Championship winner Calvin Anderson are among the 299 players who bagged chips on Day 2 of the $10,400 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship Tuesday night. Malcolm Trayner bagged the chip lead. Ernest Bush went out in 300th place, otherwise known as the bubble. The tournament at Wynn Las Vegas, which saw 2,392 entrants register, all vying for the $3,138,900 first place prize, attracted some of the biggest names in the game.

Table Of Contents The second Diamond Poker Series PLO Grand Slam at Albania’s Arena Casino Tirana is set to take place in 2025 after a successful event in November that produced some of the biggest PLO fields in European history. PokerNews will be on-site for the €5 million guaranteed festival running Jan. 23-30 and will be providing live updates for the €5,000 Opener and €10,000 PLO Grand Slam Championship. The PLO Grand Slam festival follows a series last month that included a €10,300 PLO Grand Slam Championship that produced a prize pool of €1.

The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise $25,000 Super Main Event attracted 1,978 entrants, and along with 90 online qualifiers joining the field, 297 players returned for Day 3 action. One of those was GGPoker Ambassador Daniel Negreanu, who was sitting pretty with 5,795,000 in chips. That put him in 39th place among the returning players. Negreanu had good reason to feel happy as his Day 2 experience went well, as shown in his latest vlog.

Poker content creator extraordinaire Joey Ingram is rebuilding a stack after losing a cooler monster pot on Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at Wynn. The $10,400 buy-in tournament attracted 2,392 players and is scheduled to play five 90-minute levels on Tuesday. It’s unlikely the tournament will hit the money before the session concludes. But at the time of publishing there were nearly 700 players remaining, all dreaming of winning the $3,138,900 first place prize.

Table Of Contents Montenegro’s “la.creme” is the latest 888poker player to emerge victoriously from the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event. The latest champion outlasted 933 opponents and saw $8,993 land in his 888poker account, the perfect end to 2024. The 934 starters were reduced to only eight on Day 1 on December 15. All the big mystery bounty amounts had already been claimed. “Popoj33” of the United Kingdom pulled a $3,000 bounty before crashing out in 13th, as did “niilasson” who navigated to the final table.

Table Of Contents As the clock struck 8 p.m. on Monday at Wynn Las Vegas, late registration for the $10,400 WPT World Championship officially closed, locking in the final numbers for the series showstopper of the World Poker Tour World Championships (WPTWC). Before the start of the third starting flight, Day 1C, 1,432 entries had already been recorded, pushing the prize pool to $14,033,600. Once the last-minute entries were confirmed, the final tally was 2,392 after 960 more entries.

Table Of Contents The World Poker Tour World Championship has swiftly cemented its place as one of the most prestigious events on the poker calendar in just three short years. Hosted at the Wynn Las Vegas, the atmosphere has nothing short of electric, with the likes of the WPT Prime Championship continuing to build its reputation as the Super Bowl of mid-stakes poker along with the historic ClubWPT Gold $5M Freeroll Invitational.

Phil Hellmuth stone bubbled the largest guaranteed event in poker history this evening in the Bahamas, an exciting exclamation point on an action-packed Day 2 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise Super Main Event. Hellmuth was short with four players remaining in the $25,000 buy-in event and folded ace-high in the big blind to survive another orbit. After a few eliminations, he decided to gamble with his last 200,000 against Alex Keating with a better ace-high.

Table Of Contents Alongside the ClubWPT Gold $5M Freeroll Finale and the 2025 McLaren GTS Prize Draw, poker action at the World Poker Tour World Championships was in full swing with Day 1B of the WPT World Championship and the final day of the WPT Ladies Championship. The Ladies Championship shattered its $250,000 guarantee, amassing an impressive $470,450 prize pool from 485 entries. After a fiercely contested final table, Tirza Sanders reigned supreme, defeating Jana De La Cerra heads-up to claim the title and a $90,432 payday.

Phil Hellmuth has a reputation for being on the tighter side of things, but that wasn’t the case in the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise $25,000 Super Main Event when he called off preflop with queen-deuce after starting the hand with 26 big blinds. The hand took place on Day 2 in Level 12 (15,000/30,000/30,000), which is when reporter Adam Lamers saw Corey Kempson open to 75,000 on the button and Samuel Chartier called from the small blind.

Table Of Contents The World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas is going strong. While the $10,400 WPT World Championship is happening now, several other tournaments on the schedule are in the books. That includes the $1,100 buy-in WPT Prime Championship attracted a massive field of 9,670 runners (down slightly from the 10,512 entries the year before), and after four grueling days of play, it was Zak VanKeuren defeating Jim Casement in heads-up play to win the tournament for $1,162,350.

Table Of Contents When it comes to hitting jump shots, getting to the rim and setting his teammates up to score, retired San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker is in a league of his own. This week in the Bahamas, the four-time NBA champion proved he also has some moves at the poker table as he made today’s Day 2 of the $25,000 buy-in Super Main Event at World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise.

Table Of Contents On Sunday night, Chase Bricker became the newest poker millionaire at the World Poker Tour World Championships (WPTWC) by winning the largest freeroll in poker history, the ClubWPT Gold $5M Freeroll Invitational. The 36-year-old businessman from Texas claimed every last chip at the table, defeating runner-up Jason Christopher in a swift, one-hand heads-up showdown. The tournament’s final hand was a cooler: both players picked up Broadway aces (an ace paired with any card from a king to a ten), but Bricker’s bigger kicker gave him the edge.

Table Of Contents PokerStars ran the inaugural live Spin & Go Championship during the European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague festival, and Spain’s Carlos Gurdiel will forever be known as the competition’s first-ever champion. Gurdiel fought his way through the 81-strong crowd and helped himself to the €25,000 top prize. Spin & Go tournaments are immensely popular at PokerStars but they had only been played in an online poker setting until the recent EPT Prague stop.

Table Of Contents The 2024 European Poker Tour (WPT) Prague ran from December 4-15, and PokerNews was there throughout capturing all the action. That included in the €5,300 EPT Main Event, which saw Portugal’s Pedro Marquez top a record-breaking field of 1,458 entries to win the tournament for €963,450 after a heads-up deal with Romania’s Paul Runcan. Other side event winners from the series included Paul Tedeschi, Andras Nemeth, and Thomas Santerne, who won an incredible three titles!

Table Of Contents The Grosvenor Behemoth Main Event crowned its champion on December 15 after an impressive turnout for the inaugural event. A field of 1,347 entrants created a £336,210 prize pool that the top 168 finishers shared. Cristinel Costin came out on top and reeled in a £43,700 prize after a three-way deal, the largest haul of his career. Costin’s previously best live poker tournament result came in December 2021 when he finished 30th in the €10,350 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event for €35,709.

Table Of Contents The largest freeroll in poker history has reached its conclusion with Chase Bricker beating Jason Christopher heads-up in one hand to take down the $1 million first place prize. ClubWPT Gold boldly hosted a $5 million Invitational Freeroll at Wynn Las Vegas as part of the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship festival. The tournament had 1,457 players, all of whom won free seats (Golden Passports) via satellite tournaments on ClubWPT Gold, social media contests, or were invited as content creators.

Table Of Contents When Richard Lord arrived at Wynn Las Vegas for the ClubWPT Gold $5M Invitational Freeroll, his eyes were fixed on one goal: the coveted $1,000,000 winner’s prize. Despite putting on his best performance at the World Poker Tour World Championships, the professional magician’s tricks weren’t enough to get him past the money bubble. He was eliminated before reaching the payout stages, but Lord’s journey didn’t end there—he still had one last card up his sleeve.

The $5 million ClubWPT Gold Invitational Freeroll final table kicked off Sunday afternoon at Wynn Las Vegas, and the winner will take home $1 million. One of the final nine players still in contention is StakeKings CEO Tyler Hancock, who spoke with PokerNews prior to the start of play. Hancock lives in the Phoenix, Arizona area and has plenty of experience playing poker. He’s produced nearly $470,000 in live tournament cashes, according to The Hendon Mob, which includes a 63rd place finish for $116,963 in the 2016 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.

Table Of Contents For the second year in a row, 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ Jamie Gold made his way to The Bahamas for WSOP Paradise. It was an easy decision for the bracelet winner, who won $12 million for winning the Main Event, a record that stood until Daniel Weinman won $12.1 million in 2023. “It’s so beautiful and there are so many things to do,” Gold told PokerNews.

Table Of Contents As the curtains came down at the Hilton Prague on another wonderful year of PokerStars European Poker Tour events, local hero Patrik Jaros emerged victorious in the final event of EPT Prague, the €10,300 EPT High Roller. Jaros secured a precious victory on home soil and €573,500, smashing his previous best career score of $443,783, a fifth-place finish in the Main Event at EPT Barcelona in 2022.

Table Of Contents The stage was set for an epic battle inside the Hilton Prague, and it delivered in every way possible. Six players returned, and only one walked away a champion. In the end, it was Pedro Marques who outlasted a record-breaking field of 1,458 and toppled the seemingly unstoppable Paul Runcan to claim the 2024 €5,300 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague Main Event title. For Marques, the victory was more than just another tournament win.

Table Of Contents On Saturday, the highly anticipated World Poker Tour World Championship kicked off with the first of three Day 1 flights at Wynn Las Vegas. Despite an absence of a guarantee for this year’s $10,400 buy-in event, players flocked to the felt, eager for one last shot at a monumental payday before 2024 draws to a close. When late registration closed at the start of Level 8, the field had swelled to 751 entries—a remarkable 23.

Table Of Contents Event #10: $10,000 Paradise Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise officially concluded Saturday night. The one-day event, held with a turbo-style structure and 20-minute levels, featured plenty of action right from the start at Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas. The event attracted 200 entrants and created a prize pool of $2,000,000. Thirty players made the money, with a minimum cash of $20,860, but all eyes were on the grand prize of $393,250.

Table Of Contents Paul Tedeschi has won the inaugural Mixed Game Main Event held at European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague. The very first 10-game championship held as part of the EPT schedule saw Tedeschi overcome a field of 83 players and defeat Ali Abdulzahra heads up to take home €44,884. EPT Prague Mixed Game Main Event Final Table Reults Place Player Country Payout (EUR) 1 Paul Tedeschi France €44,884 2 Ali Abdulzahra Germany €28,956 3 Jeremy Trojand Germany €20,685 4 Patrick Bueno France €15,912 5 Lee Horton United Kingdom €12,239 6 Sami Bechahed France €9,729 7 Alexander Freund Austria €7,785 Winner’s Reaction Tedeschi told PokerNews about how much fun he’s had playing in the tournament over the three-day event.

Table Of Contents The PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague at the Hitlon Prague continued today with the final high-stakes event on the roster; the €10,200 No Limit Hold’em. Teun Mulder reigned supreme over the total field size of nine players, laying claim to the lion’s share of the €87,210 prize pool. Mulder took €56,710 in his final attempt to book a win here in Prague. After dispatching Enrico Camosci in heads-up play, Mulder confirmed that this result was his first cash of this EPT stop as he claimed the final five-figure buy-in PokerStars Silver Spadie of the series

Table Of Contents The $1,100 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Championship has reached its conclusion with Zak VanKeuren taking it down for $1,162,350. He defeated Jim Casement heads-up at the end to close out a hard-fought victory. Nine of the initial 9,670 players returned to Wynn Las Vegas at 5 p.m. on Saturday to play it down to a winner, and it was a grueling battle. There were multiple big stacks at the start of play, and only two short stacks.

Table Of Contents As the dust settled on the penultimate day of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,300 Main Event, only six players remained from the record-breaking field of 1,458 entries. With nearly €7 million in the prize pool, the remaining contenders are just one step away from claiming the prestigious EPT trophy and the life-changing €1,146,500 first-place prize. The journey to the final table was anything but easy, as the largest Main Event field in EPT Prague’s history saw the best and brightest fall by the wayside over the past five thrilling days.

Dan Sepiol has taken his seat in the $10,400 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship, one year after his life-changing victory in the historic event. The Indiana native had already produced impressive tournament results prior to December 2023 when he won $5.3 million in the largest guaranteed prize pool in poker history at the time ($40 million). PokerNews caught up with the defending champion on a Day 1a break at Wynn Las Vegas to find out how winning the major tournament has impacted his life in the past year.

Table Of Contents Poker has been just a pastime for Victor Avallone for two decades, but on Sunday, December 15, the stakes become life-changing. As the Bristol, Connecticut native gets ready to take his seat at the final table of the ClubWPT Gold $5M Freeroll Invitational during the World Poker Tour World Championships (WPTWC), it’s not just the $1,000,000 first-place prize on the line—it’s a chance to rewrite his family’s future.

Daniel Negreanu is in contention for his eighth gold bracelet and the second of the year. On Friday night at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise, the GGPoker Ambassador took a break from live play and instead took time to play chess, stock up on groceries – he was still steaming from paying room service $25 for four small tomatoes the day before – and to play some online poker from the comfort of his hotel bed.

Table Of Contents The death of musician, recording engineer and poker player Steve Albini hit the music world with a force like that of the incendiary device aimed at Earth pictured on Big Black’s 1986 debut album Atomizer. It may have hit one group of Chicago poker players the hardest. Albini, a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner who recorded landmark works by bands like Nirvana and Pixies and who The New York Timesdescribed as “one of the most admired, and most divisive, figures in rock,” was a key figure in a friend group that bonded, joked and supported one another over the poker table.

Table Of Contents Five years ago, Stephen Chidwick captured his maiden WSOP bracelet in the 2019 $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller. Today, he adorned his wrist with his second piece of gold after claiming victory in Event #8: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at the 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise. The star-studded field attracted 122 entries, with only seven players returning on Day 3 at Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas to battle it out for the $1,357,080 up top.

Who says that begging a dealer to give you the card you need to win a hand doesn’t work? “Mike X” made an odd plea on Hustler Casino Live Thursday night during an $80,000 pot, promising to kiss the dealer if a four-outer on the river came through. And it did, and he held true to his word. The pot in question took place on the final hand of a six-hour livestream in a $100/$200 no-limit hold’em cash game, a memorable way to end the show.

Table Of Contents If you’re in Las Vegas and not at the Wynn for the World Poker Tour World Championships (WPTWC), what are you even doing? The WPT’s flagship festival, and one of December’s “Big Three,” has moved into fifth gear, with the WPT Prime Championship playing down to its final six players. Also adding to the buzz is the groundbreaking ClubWPT Gold $5M Invitational Freeroll, which kicked off at 10 a.

Table Of Contents Friday the thirteenth is known as the unluckiest date on the calendar, but for Mats Ullereng, it proved to be the exact opposite. Ullereng bested a field of 835 over three days of play to take home €265,560 in the €3,000 Mystery Bounty at the 2024 PokerStars European Tour Prague. The Norwegian grinder also pulled €2,000 in bounties from the chest at the Hilton Prague for a total score of €267,560.

On Thursday night, before the action kicked off in the highly-anticipated ClubWPT Gold $5,000,000 Freeroll, players were invited to special event. For the third year in a row, the WPT World Championship hosted an epic players party at AREA15. Complete with a world-class DJ, DJ LEFIH, and complimentary food and drink, the party proved an entertaining affair. There were also acrobats and dancers, retro arcade games, and an immersive event space known for its 360-degree projection mapping technology, creating an otherworldly, interactive environment.

The $5 million ClubWPT Gold Invitational Freeroll kicked off Friday at Wynn Las Vegas with some fireworks that involved a former Halo champion. Aaron Elam’s nickname in the gaming world is, fittingly, “Ace,” and he used an ace to win a wild hand right off the bat to secure an early double up. ClubWPT Gold, the newest online poker platform from the World Poker Tour (WPT), is hosting the largest freeroll in poker history as part of the WPT World Championship festival.

Table Of Contents The WPT Prime Championship and Friday’s $5 million ClubWPT Gold Invitational Freeroll will get most of the headlines at Wynn Las Vegas this week. But there are many other intriguing events taking place during the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship festival that are seeing some big name pros such as Joe McKeehen taking down events. McKeehen, the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event winner, continues to crush it on the tournament circuit since becoming world champion nine years ago.

Table Of Contents The European Championship Of Poker (ECOP) Paris festival, scheduled for January 2-13, 2025, has been postponed until further notice. The postponement comes only 24 hours after PokerStars announced it was canceling the European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris festival that was scheduled for mid-February. The ECOP Paris 2025 postponement is due to the uncertainty surrounding Paris’ gaming landscape. Casinos were banned in Paris in 1919 but several “gaming circles” operated in the French capital for years.