Table Of Contents The massive field at the $1,100 WPT Prime Championship thinned dramatically after a whirlwind Day 2 at Wynn Las Vegas. Over the course of 18 action-packed levels in the Encore Ballroom, chips flew back and forth as the initial 1,206 survivors dwindled to a pack of just 99 competitors by the time play concluded around 2 a.m. local time on Friday, December 13. The top of the leaderboard saw significant shifts as the race for the $1,162,350 grand prize hit its halfway mark after the final card of the night was dealt.

Table Of Contents It has been a memorable 2024 on and off the felt for British grinder Matthew Davenport. The Macclesfield native’s incredible performances at the felt saw him become the National Poker League (NPL) and UK Poker League (UKPL) Player of the Year, earning him a £75,000 sponsorship package from Grosvenor Poker and $10,000 worth of 888poker LIVE packages. Those who frequented Grosvenor Poker and 888poker UKPL events this year will almost certainly have bumped into Davenport.

Table Of Contents The festive period is a time for giving, and 888poker is getting well and truly into the Christmas spirit by running its popular Holiday Sale promotion. Running from December 16-23, the Holiday Sale sees 17 of 888poker’s most popular multi-table tournaments (MTTs) have their buy-ins slashed in half yet sees those MTTs’ guarantees remain the same. Whether you are looking to save a few bucks playing your usual tournaments or are looking to take a shot at an MTT that’s usual outside of your bankroll’s constraints, the 888poker Holiday Sale could be just what you are looking for.

Table Of Contents Of all the accolades, special moments, and career-defining achievements that have already marked Alex Foxen as one of poker’s best players, Thursday night at the final table of the $100,000 Triton Main Event at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise stands out. Foxen emerged victorious over a field of 182 of the game’s biggest stars, defeating Portuguese online legend Joao Vieira in a short heads-up match to win his third World Series of Poker bracelet and second Triton Series event in as many months.

Table Of Contents Alex Scott, WPT Global President, told PokerNews in an interview during the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship festival that he’s ecstatic with his online poker site’s growth, but anticipates even bigger things to come in 2025. The online poker market is competitive with longtime established brands such as PokerStars and partypoker continuing to have success, and then of course there’s GGPoker, a newer online giant that recently purchased the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and has major ambassadors patched up such as Daniel Negreanu and Fedor Holz.

Table Of Contents On Thursday, the final table of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise Event #6: $5,000 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em returned to action. The tournament attracted 363 entrants and awarded a $1,815,000 prize pool, and when play resumed China’s Lei Yu, part of the Red Dragon Poker Team, was the short stack with just nine big blinds. Thanks to a pair of early doubles right out of the gate, Yu found himself in position to make a run, and after five hours of play he had all the chips!

Kristen Foxen, Jeanne David, and Starla Brodie were officially inducted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame (WiPHOF) on Wednesday during a ceremony sponsored by PokerStars at the Plaza Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas. Brodie, a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, passed away in 2014. She was inducted as a pioneer in the game as she was one of the first women to have ever won an open WSOP event.

Table Of Contents Things are heating up at the World Poker Tour World Championships (WPTWC), with cards in the air for Day 2 of the WPT Prime Championship at Wynn, Las Vegas. The WPT Prime Championship, which smashed its $5 million guarantee, is set to pay out $9,379,900 to the 1,206 players who made it through to Day 2, with the eventual champion walking away with a $1,162,350. But that’s not the only seven-figure prize up for grabs this week.

What is a player to do when they love tournament poker, their mind allows them to compete against the best of the best, but their body doesn’t want to cooperate? That’s a question “Texas” Mike Moncek, who suffers from a heart condition, asked himself Wednesday night after playing in the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) ParadiseEvent #7: $100,000 Triton Main Event. The tournament, which is being live reported by PokerNews, attracted 182 entrants and offered up an $18,200,000 prize pool.

Table Of Contents Winning the first €20,000 High Roller of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague was already an impressive way to kick off the festival. Securing the €50,000 EPT Super High Roller title three days later was an even bigger feat. But claiming victory in the €25,000 Super High Roller Second Chance to lift a third High Roller trophy in a single week?! That seemed almost impossible. Yet, that’s precisely what Thomas Santerne achieved, as he was crowned the winner of Event #43 at Hilton Prague, earning €131,250.

Table Of Contents The award-winning WPT Prime has established itself as the premier mid-stakes entry point for the World Poker Tour. Since its debut in 2022, the WPT Prime series has captured the attention of a new demographic of grinders, offering world-class poker at accessible buy-ins. At the inaugural WPT World Championships, the WPT Prime Championship drew an impressive 5,430 entrants. Stephen Song claimed victory, taking home $712,650 from the $1,100 buy-in event.

Table Of Contents PokerStars and Club Barrière have announced the cancellation of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris 2025, which was originally scheduled to run from February 12-23 at Le Palais des Congrès. The cancellation is part of a broader uncertainty surrounding Paris’s gaming landscape. Recent developments indicate that gaming clubs in the city, which have operated under strict regulations since 2019, are at risk of closure by the end of the year.

Table Of Contents PokerStars Italy is about to get a whole lot busier thanks to the online poker giant starting to migrate players from Sisal onto its platform. Currently, Sisal’s online poker operations are on the iPoker Network, but they will be part of a Sisal-branded PokerStars Italy Platform. The migration is expected to be completed in time for the €12 million guaranteed Winter Series, which runs from December 25 through to January 21.

Table Of Contents Uncertainty looms over Paris’s table game and poker establishments following a meeting held this Monday at the Central Service for Racing and Gaming. The Judicial Police unit confirmed an administrative fear: the closure of gaming clubs by December 31. Since casinos were banned in Paris due to a 1919 law, “gaming circles” operated in the capital as associations for years. These were shut down in 2017, only to reopen two years later as “Clubs de Jeux,” or gaming clubs under strict regulation allowing only “table games”—excluding roulette and slot machines.

Table Of Contents The 888poker UK Poker League (UKPL) returns in 2025 following an impressive debut season. The first of six scheduled stops around the United Kingdom takes place at the Grosvenor Portsmouth Gunwharf between January 20-26. Portsmouth is a new addition to the UKPL schedule, and it promises to kick off the new season in style. The casino at Gunwharf Quays is always packed to the rafters whenever the Grosvenor 25/50, a £250 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event, runs there.

Table Of Contents There is a short list of players who are considered to be the best in the world without a World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Today, one of those names can be crossed off after Eric Wasserson cemented his mark in poker history by winning Event #5: $25,000 Dealers Choice Championship here at the World Series of Poker Paradise, along with $353,340 in prize money. “It is a monkey off of my back for sure,” Wasserson explained to PokerNews after claiming the most important title of his career.

Table Of Contents The $2,500 Mini Main Event at the World Series of Poker Paradise (WSOPP) has concluded. Following the exciting Day 1 flights, the event attracted a total of 2,031 entries, surpassing the substantial $5 million guarantee and culminating in an impressive total prize pool of $5,077,000. A total of 306 players advanced to Day 2, securing a minimum payout of $5,360. Only 17 players returned for Day 3, all competing for the coveted top prize of $575,050.

Table Of Contents Registration has officially closed in the $1,100 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Championship. One record has been set with a second one almost falling. Day 1d on Wednesday at Wynn Las Vegas had 3,866 entries, bringing the tournament’s total up to 9,691. The event is officially the second largest $1,000 buy-in or higher tournament in live poker history outside of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). The largest?

Table Of Contents The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise, which is taking place on Paradise Island in The Bahamas, got off to a big start with the $500,000 buy-in Triton Million, which marked the WSOP’s first partnership with Triton Poker. It was a unique tournament that paired an invitee with a poker pro – each putting up a $500,000 buy-in – and then competing in respective fields on Day 1 before combining on Day 2.

Table Of Contents When Spanish pro Lautaro Guerra saw Event #3: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Super High Roller on the schedule at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise series, he began to visualize taking down the prestigious title. As the tournament progressed, those visions became clearer until the final cards were dealt. “During the whole tournament, I had that feeling like I was going to win it, even before coming here,” Guerra told PokerNews moments after claiming the biggest title of his career.

Getting a Royal Flush in poker doesn’t happen all that often, and to flop one is even rarer. However, one well-known poker pro did just that for the first time in his storied career while at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise in Event #5: $25,000 Dealers Choice Championship. The player in question has more than $21.5 million in lifetime earnings dating back to 2005 according to the Hendon Mob, which included a career-best $3,445,807 for finishing runner-up in the 2023 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Event #7: $200,000 NLH 8-Handed.

Table Of Contents The race for World Poker Tour (WPT) Season 22 Player of the Year, with two events remaining, is much tighter than a year ago when Bin Weng had things pretty much locked up heading into the festivities at Wynn Las Vegas. Yunkyu Song, however, is currently in the lead entering the WPT Prime Championship, which began on Sunday. But he’ll need to hold off close competition from a handful of skilled pros, including Landon Tice and three-time WPT champion Eric Afriat.

Table Of Contents The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) event at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina was a big success. One of the more notable victories went to Cherish Andrews who won Event #9, giving her a fourth WSOPC ring and tightening up the race to be the 2024 Global Poker Index’s Female Player of the Year. The WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee’s main event also attracted an impressive turnout of 1,288 entries for a prize pool of $1,951,320.

Phil Ivey is going to drop down in stakes to play in the Wynn Las Vegas poker room on Dec. 17. No, he isn’t trying to rebuild his bankroll. The WPT Global ambassador, along with many others from the World Poker Tour (WPT) crew, will compete in a Christmas Meet-Up Game (MUG) starting at 9 a.m. The Poker Hall of Famer will be joined by numerous other prominent members of the poker community, including Jamie Kerstetter, Matt Savage, Tony Dunst, Jesse Sylvia, Xuan Liu, and numerous content creators and vloggers such as Jaman Burton, Frankie C, and Mariano Grandoli.

Table Of Contents You are following the World Series of Poker Paradise (WSOPP) and WPT World Championship live update and reports on PokerNews, and tuning into high-definition streams from both festivals, but something feels like it is missing. What do you do? You head to StakeKings and by a piece of your favorite players’ action, that’s what! The marketplace at StakeKings, poker’s premier staking company, is busier than ever thanks to the aforementioned festivals taking place in The Bahamas and Las Vegas, respectively.

Table Of Contents A field of 987 competed in the latest edition of the 888poker$100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event, and the United Kingdom’s “JurgenFIop” outlasted them all. The British champion sat down at the eight-handed final table third in chips and eventually found themselves heads-up against New Zealand’s “QuadFisher” for the title. “JurgenFIop” got the job done and their hands on $8,984. Day 1 of the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event ended with only eight players in contention for the title.

Table Of Contents “I’ve never won a big live tournament like this,” announced John Germano of the Eastern Poker Tour as he stomped through the 396 player field to become the 2024 Bar Poker Open Florida World Championship victor. A wild day of play was expected as the final day, and it more than lived up to those expectations. After an exciting final table, Germano bested Pierre Agenor in heads-up play.

Table Of Contents PokerStars is wrapping up 2024 and setting the tone for the coming 12 months with the massive New Year Series. The online poker giant is hosting a an action-packed festival between December 22 and January 14 that has a quite astonishing $35 million in combined guaranteed prize pools. The New Year Series follows in the footsteps of the Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) and World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) in that most of the 160 numbered events have low, medium, and high buy-in tiers.

Table Of Contents After two starting flights and 14 hours of play on Day 2, a new champion emerged in the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €2,200 Eureka High Roller at the Hilton Prague. Piotr Sztenkiel claimed the prestigious Shard Trophy and a career-defining payday of €491,040, conquering a massive field of 1,652 entrants and securing the lion’s share of the €3,171,840 prize pool. This victory marks the pinnacle of Sztenkiel’s poker journey, eclipsing his previous recorded cash of just €6,720 in the €2,200 FPS High Roller at EPT Monte Carlo in 2023.

Table Of Contents Bulgaria’s Martin Tsvetanov emerged victorious in the record-breaking €1,100 Eureka Main Event at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague, taking home the sum of €449,034 from the €4,542,720 prize pool, after a heads-up deal with the runner-up, Austrian Gerald Karlic (€396,086). Although cash game specialist Tsvetanov came into the final day as the chip leader, he did not have it all his own way, and at three-handed, he was down to ten big blinds.

Who says all the exciting poker action in Las Vegas this month is limited to tournaments? The World Poker Tour (WPT) Cash Game livestream has featured some epic hands, two of which Matt Berkey benefited from greatly. Wynn Las Vegas is currently hosting the WPT World Championship festival, with Day 1b action of the $1,100 WPT Prime Championship taking place on Monday. More than 3,000 players had already entered the $5 million guaranteed tournament with two days of registration remaining.

Table Of Contents As a battle rapper, Argentina’s Alejandro Lococo is used to performing under pressure in front of large crowds with glory on the line. Tonight in the Bahamas, Lococo used that competitive drive to take down Event #2: $1,000,000 Triton Million at World Series of Poker Paradise for $12,070,000 and his first bracelet. The unique collaboration between WSOP and Triton, which drew 96 entrants for a $44,603,000 prize pool, paired the best high-stakes players in the world like Alex Foxen (6th - $2,795,000) and runner-up Benjamin Heath ($8,160,000) with deep-pocketed VIPs like David Einhorn (14th - $865,000) and Sosia Jiang ($1,605,000).

The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise is comprised of 15 bracelet events, and two of those are online events at GGPoker. On Sunday, Dec. 8, the $2,750 buy-in Event #4: GGMasters Online Championship featured a $2,500,000 guarantee, but with only 813 entrants the field enjoyed a juicy $467,500 overlay. The two-day tournament ended with Brazil’s Matheus Cardoso Machado as the last player standing to claim a $432,623 first-place prize and his first WSOP online gold bracelet.

Table Of Contents If something’s worth doing, then it’s worth doing twice. Tell that to Thomas Santerne who, ten months after his victory in the EPT Paris €50,000 Super High Roller has grabbed another €50,000 Super High Roller title at the European Poker Tour Prague. Santerne defeated Niklas Astedt heads-up to win €385,725 after a heads-up deal with the Swede, topping a 25-player field in the biggest buy-in event of the festival just days after winning the €20,000 High Roller.

Just last month, Jason Koon was revealed alongside Caitlin Comeskey as a PokerStars US Ambassador. “It’s awesome. I’m thrilled,” Koon told PokerNews while wearing a PokerStars patch at the World Series of Poker Paradise, his first stop since the announcement. “It’s the perfect match for me, there’s no doubt.” PokerNews caught up with Koon on Saturday before the start of the Triton Million, the first collaboration between the Triton Poker Series and the “new” WSOP now owned by GGPoker.

Table Of Contents It is often high-stakes poker tournaments that the poker community and media focus their attention on, leaving low-to-mid-stakes grinders’ achievements unknown to the masses. That will change today because PokerNews is shouting from the rooftops about Ireland’s Paul Carr whose brace of titles at the recent Irish Poker Tour Galway Winter Festival capped off an impressive 2024. Those PokerNews readers of a certain age may remember Carr was the runner-up to James Mitchell in the 2010 edition of the Irish Open Main Event.

Table Of Contents Day 2 of the Triton Million at the World Series of Poker Paradise has concluded. Day 1 saw a total of 95 entries, with 67 players returning for Day 2 at Atlantis Paradise Island. Late registration remained open until the start of play on Day 2, and only one player chose to pony up an additional $500,000 today, bringing the prize pool to $48,000,000. The players quickly learned on Day 2 that 17 would make the money, with a minimum cash worth $755,000.

Table Of Contents ‘Tis the season for major poker tournament action at Wynn Las Vegas — more specifically, the 2024 World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship festival. This year’s festivities kicked off Dec. 3 with Sunday being the start of the $1,100 WPT Prime Championship, a $5 million guaranteed tournament. The 2023 edition of this event had an almost unimaginable 10,512 entrants. Poker pro Calvin Anderson won it for nearly $1.

Table Of Contents When it comes to poker content, Daniel Negreanu’s daily vlogs during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) have proven tremendously popular. The good news is that poker fans don’t have to wait until the 2025 WSOP in Las Vegas for them to return as the GGPoker Ambassador has revived his vlog for the WSOP Paradise, and the first episode is out now! In it, Negreanu picks up where his summer vlogs left off – at his home in Las Vegas (you can even see his completed gym).

World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise is in full swing at Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas and saw the WSOP’s first partnership with Triton with Event #2: $1,000,000 Triton Million, a unique event pairing VIPs with the world’s best high-stakes poker pros. The day wrapped up with 67 players remaining and two fan-favorites among them in Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu. Both Poker Hall of Famers are after their second bracelets of the year after Ivey won his 11th this summer in the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship and Negreanu won his seventh in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship.