Jim Collopy wasn’t among the 10 players who cashed in the 2024 Poker Masters Presented by PokerStars NAPT series finale. But it didn’t matter as he’d locked up the Purple Jacket, awarded to the top performer throughout the series, before the $25,200 No-Limit Hold’em final table concluded when Aram Zobian, his final challenger, busted in fifth place. Ben Tollerene, however, took down the eighth and final tournament of the PokerGO Tour series in Las Vegas for $510,000, beating out a field of 68 entrants at the PokerGO Studio.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas ended in July, but the chase for gold bracelets is never-ending these days. Poker players outside the United States are currently battling it out for some jewelry on GGPoker. American players can join in on the fun later this month on WSOP Online (formerly WSOP.com) for a separate series that runs Sept. 29 to November 12. There will be 33 gold bracelets up for grabs on the Michigan-New Jersey-Nevada network.

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that includes the poker tournament prize pools. Take, for example, the upcoming series at Champions Club in Houston — the Fall Poker Open — which features a $1 million guaranteed Main Event, along with 14 other juicy tournaments. Action begins at the Texas poker club Oct. 16, and it concludes Oct. 28. Fall Poker Open Series Highlights Champions Club, co-owned by 17-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) champion and Poker Hall of Famer Phil Hellmuth, is one of the top cardrooms in the Lone Star State.

The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) continues all this month on PokerStars, and there’s still time for players to get involved in this prestigious online poker festival. The best way to get involved is through online satellites that are now available in the PokerStars client. Almost two weeks into the festival, there has been some crazy return on investment (ROI) from satellite winners, including WCOOP champions and people winning tens of thousands of dollars in prize money.

We’re well into the second week of the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on PokerStars, and the action is really heating up. The WCOOP League race continues to be close, especially at the top, with PokerStars Ambassadors doing their best to lead from the front and earn points for their team. Tonkaaaa and Lex Set to Go Head to Head Just 18 players remain from a starting field of 251 in WCOOP 56-H: $1,050 NLHE (6-Max, PKO) and they include both Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot and Lex “L.

The 2024 Borgata Poker Open (BPO) ran from September 3-17 at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The 30-event series started with Event #1: $800 NLH Kickoff Deepstack, which saw Guan Huang top a 1,727-entry field ($1,208,900 prize pool) to capture a $192,236. Another six-figure winner was Joseph Molitor, who bested a 2,837-entry field ($1,191,540 prize pool) to win Event #17: $500 Almighty Million for $103,140.

The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) is heading back to “The Lou” next week for an exciting series that features a $200,000 guaranteed Main Event and 10 other ring events. Play inside Hollywood Casino St. Louis kicks off Sept. 24 and concludes with the Main Event final table and the last two ring tournaments on Sept. 29. PokerNews will be in attendance providing live reporting duties. Hollywood Casino, one of the top spots for poker in Missouri, is a popular RGPS destination.

The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) had its latest stop at Horseshoe Council Bluffs in Iowa that ran Sept. 4-16 and featured 15 ring events that generated $919,070 in prize money. The Circuit stop culminated with the WSOPC Council Bluffs Main Event, which saw Nebraska’s Scott Allacher defeating Iowa’s Tim Garles during heads-up play for a career-best $83,865 and his first Circuit ring. Allacher, whose previous biggest score came from a 467th-place finish in the 2021 WSOP Main Event for $26,700, topped a 259-player field in an event that created a prize pool of $392,385.

The PokerNews desktop and mobile browser websites are as feature-rich as ever, so our tech gurus have decided to call time on the PokerNews mobile app. Our mobile app was available to download from the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store, but is no longer the case having been removed. Don’t fret if you spend your time reading PokerNews articles and live tournament updates from your mobile device because adding PokerNews to your Android or iOS-powered device is simple.

After a successful inaugural event last year, the France Poker Series (FPS) once again turns to the Casino Grand Cercle Aix-les-Bains for one of the most beautiful poker festivals around. The festival kicks off later this month, with the €330 FPS Cup getting things underway with three starting flights from September 27. The biggest buy-in event on the schedule is the €2,200 FPS High Roller on October 1, before the FPS Main Event gets underway, with four starting flights running from October 2.

Sebastian Huber’s “teampeace&loove” has retaken the WCOOP League after “FAL1st” enjoyed an incredible time at the PokerStars tables. Although “FAL1st” did not add to his four World Championship Of Online Poker victories, they came close with a trio of final table appearances. “FAL1st”’s valiant performances helped Team peace&loove amass 770 points, catapulting them from third into first place. Not only that, Huber’s grinders now have a 220-point advantage over Fintan Hand’s Team easywithaces.

Isaac Haxton continued his dominance of the toughest tournaments in the world with a Poker Masters Presented by PokerStars NAPT victory on Tuesday. Event #6: $15,100 No-Limit Hold’em played down to six on Monday, and the remaining players returned to the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas for Day 2, which saw the legend of Jeremy Becker grow. But the local grinder would lose a bad beat to bust shortly after he bluffed off half his stack.

The Olympic Casino Lietuva is set to host the largest poker festival held in Lithuania when the OlyBet Kings of Vilnius heads into town on November 15. The festival features more than 30 events and satellites, including a €1,100 Main Event boasting an impressive €250,000 guaranteed prize pool. November 15 is when the Kings of Vilnius festival shuffles up and deals, ironically, with a €555 buy-in event called the Kings of Vilnius Championship.

The WPT Prime tour was at Dusk Till Dawn, the home of British poker, and was a club regular who captured the £1,100 WPT Prime UK Championship title, £57,660 in prize money, and a £10,000 package to the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. Timothy Chung has history with Dusk Till Dawn. Back in August 2012, Chung won his first live event, the DTD £150 Deepstack for £15,373. Five years later, he banked £78,700 for his victory in the DTD 1000 before helping himself to a £97,065 prize for a third-place finish in the £1,100 WSOP Circuit UK Main Event.

The 888poker player known as “IOwnU888” warmed up for the XL Autumn Series in style on the evening of September 16 with an impressive double-whammy. The online tournament specialist not only chopped the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event but also pulled out over $12,000 worth of mystery bounties along the way, including the jackpot of $10,000. Their total haul of $19,103 is one of the largest prizes awarded in this event in recent times and arms them with plenty of ammunition for the XL Autumn Series.

It’s all change at the top of the WCOOP League standings after an incredible night of action. Sunday saw Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot score his second WCOOP title in four days, earning valuable WCOOP League points after leading home a Team tonkaaaa 1-2-3. Finishing third in that event was Niklas “Lena900” Astedt and, perhaps reminded of his third-place finish this summer, he duly went out and went two places better — twice!

The 2024 Poker Masters Presented by PokerStars NAPT continues on this week inside the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas after several players picked up trophies and seven-figure scores during the first half of the series. The series kicked off with two qualifiers battling it out in Event #1: $5,100 No-Limit Hold’em as Spencer Champlin came out on top for $160,475.. Later winners in the series included rising prodigy Jeremy Becker and poker coach Jonathan Little, who continued his PokerGO Studio domination with his third PGT title of the year.

Hustler Casino Live is facing some challenges thanks to a one-week YouTube suspension that is forcing the poker livestream to adjust its plans for the coming days. The most popular livestream in poker history shared an “important announcement” on X to advise its followers what the plan will be for this week. More Than Just a Short Suspension? Ryan Feldman, co-owner of Hustler Casino Live, told PokerNews the suspension “has to do with advertisers they don’t like,” referring to YouTube.

What is the proper amount for a wealthy poker player to tip a cocktail server for a bottle of water? That is the debate that transpired on X thanks to a critical tweet from Daniel Negreanu, who called out an unnamed “millionaire” high-stakes pro for being a bit of a tightwad. Las Vegas Tipping Culture The tipping culture in the United States differs greatly from Europe and other parts of the word.

Last Thursday, Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot clinched his fifth World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) title with a win in the HORSE Championship. His stay in the five-time winner’s club was brief—lasting just four days—before Talbot captured yet another WCOOP victory. The WCOOP League captain had even more reasons to celebrate as teammates “ShipitFTW911” and Niklas “Lena900” Astedt joined him on the podium in WCOOP 32-H: $1,050 NLHE Progressive KO, Saturday KO.

After four days of action, only one player remained to become the 2024 €1,000 French Championship Main Event winner, here at Pasino Grand in Aix-en-Provence. And after a long battle, Heni Mokni emerged as the winner from a field of 553 entrants, taking home the first-place prize of €75,000 and a €11,000 package for the next WSOP Main Event. In the lead almost from the start to finish, Mokni only needed one hand in heads-up play to win against Hugues Girard, who finishes second again after he took the silver medal in the €1,000 Heads-Up Event earlier in the week.

The EA Poker Tour (EAPT) found its way to the shores of Batumi, Georgia, for the first time in its eleven-year history and smashed guarantees all over the place in a spectacular series of poker that took place in the Eclipse Poker Club. After four live starting flights and an online Day 1 that together totaled 741 entries, the second and final day of the $500 EAPT Main Event played out on Sunday, September 15, and after some shocking twists and turns, it was Armenia’s Hayk Manasyan who hoisted the trophy and claimed $53,880 for his win.

The weather in many parts of the world is cooling down but the heat at the 888poker tables is increasing and will reach boiling point between September 22 and October 1 when the XL Autumn Series springs into action. Featuring 29 No-Limit Hold’em events with combined guaranteed prize pools worth over $1 million, the 888poker XL Autumn Series must not be missed. Buy-ins range from $8.80 to $525, with most events pitched at the more affordable end of the scale.

As the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on PokerStars resumed yesterday after a brief pause on Friday, the competition in the WCOOP League stepped up a notch. With the latest points added, the standings at the top are incredibly close. Team peace&loove retains the lead with a narrow advantage, climbing to 1,880 points after a significant 530-point gain. Team easywithaces is just 50 points behind, closing the gap with a strong Saturday performance.

Never assume victory until the river card is dealt, which one player learned in a wild all-in hand during Friday night’s Hustler Casino Live stream. The $50/$100 ($100 big blind ante) no-limit hold’em cash game featured actor Emile Hirsch, star of the new poker movie, Dead Money, which came out in select theaters and streaming apps the same day. Hirsch showed that his performance in the movie wasn’t just an act as he displayed some poker chops on Hustler Casino Live, booking a $17,000 profit over the six-hour session.

Over the past century, poker has permeated pop culture, especially when it comes to motion pictures. Long before the “Poker Boom”, and even before the World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a thing, poker had already made its big screen debut. Over the decades, poker fans have been treated to a plethora of poker movies, some good and others not so much. Some well-received poker films include the western comedy Maverick (1994), Survivor host Jeff Probst’s debut film Finder’s Fee (2001), the improv-inspired The Grand (2007) and indie comedy darling Hitting the Nuts (2010).

Kerryjane Craigie, a PokerStars Ambassador and Director of Poker at the Hippodrome Casino, is leading the charge with the upcoming Women’s Winter Festival. This event aims to elevate inclusivity in poker and create new opportunities for women in the game. In this blog, Craigie shares her vision and the reasons behind the festival’s importance. When I talk about the Women’s Winter Festival, it’s unsurprising to see reactions of interest. Given my platform and my view on women’s events, my involvement in such an initiative is expected.

Thursday was a monumental day for Team tonkaaaa in the 2024 PokerStars WCOOP League, with team captain Parker Talbot leading by example. The Canadian, whose roster is stacked with Swedish talent, played a pivotal role in propelling his team into third place. Talbot’s heroics came during the WCOOP $1,050 World Championship of HORSE, where his winning performance contributed significantly to the team’s rise. Adding to the team’s success, “ShipitFTW911” secured a solid fifth-place finish in WCOOP 20-L: $109 NLHE Mini Bounty Builder HR.

It seems only two minutes ago since PokerNews announced 888poker LIVE was launching the UK Poker League (UKPL), yet here we are writing about the fledgling tour’s penultimate stop of 2024. Reading, the British town that gave the world authors like Jane Austen and Michael Bond, and comedian Ricky Gervais, will host the 888poker LIVE UKPL at the Grosvenor G Casino on Rose Kiln Lane from September 23-29. Hundreds of poker players will be hoping to do some writing of their own, their name into 888poker LIVE’s history books, that is, by the time the seven-day festival concludes.

A Texas man was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing a player accused of cheating a poker game on Sept. 8, according to Austin’s ABC affiliate (KVUE). The Austin Police Department (APD) say Martin Tovar, 26, shot and killed 25-year-old Steve Gonzalez, the player accused of cheating, following an altercation at a residence on the 2500 block of Teri Road in the Texas capital city while throwing dice, per a press release.

The 2024 Poker Masters Presented by PokerStars NAPT is underway at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, and the first event — $5,100 No-Limit Hold’em — came down to a pair of satellite entries on Wednesday. Spencer Champlin and Jessica Vierling battled it out for the title, and the former came out victorious. Both players gained entry into the mid-stakes poker tournament via a $560 buy-in satellite at Aria. Poker Masters Event #1 Final Table Results Place Player Prize 1 Spencer Champlin $160,475 2 Jessica Vierling $98,250 3 Dylan Linde $72,050 4 Dan Shak $52,400 5 Zachary Grech $39,300 6 Nicholas Seward $32,750 Vierling Nearly Does it Again Vierling, a German-born poker pro who resides in Las Vegas, took down the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Main Event at Commerce Casino in May for a career-best $328,273 score.

One of the most entertaining shows in poker is stepping it up a notch as PokerStars announced that the next season of Big Game on Tour will feature four-time Super Bowl champion and NFL star Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski. Gronkowski, who spent 11 seasons as a tight end in the NFL and is now a sports analyst, will compete on the upcoming The Big Game on Tour season alongside the pros, Loose Cannons and sports media personality Nick Wright, whose appearance was also confirmed on Thursday.

The Global Poker Bounty Series VI is in full swing as the sixth edition of the series prepares to culminate with the GC 200,000,000 and SC 20,000 Mystery Bounty Freeroll Finales on September 15. The Bounty Series VI is the first major series to take place since Global Poker announced its expanded partnership with Michael Phelps and offers multiple chances for players to qualify for the Mystery Bounty Freeroll Finales.

The 2024 PokerStars WCOOP League has new leaders following some impressive results on September 11. After starting the day in second place, 25 points behind Fintan Hand’s Team easywithaces, Sebastian Huber’s Team peace&loove accumulated 235 points, propelling them to the top of the league; they also became the first team to break through 1,000 points. Team peace&loove’s huge points tally mainly stemmed from a pair of results in the $55 NLHE Deep Stack and the $320 NLHE Deep Stack.

Poker is booming, with major festivals happening worldwide at any given time, and now Winamax is back with another edition of its hugely popular Winamax Poker Open Bratislava. This six-max tournament extravaganza is a highlight of the French poker calendar, drawing thousands of players to the stunning city of Bratislava. Running from September 23-29 at the Crowne Plaza Bratislava, the series features 35 exciting events, headlined by the €500 Main Event, where a massive turnout is expected.

A can of worms was opened in the poker world a few weeks ago when a clipped video featuring Ludwig Ahgren called out unregulated poker site ACR Poker for allegedly refusing to pay him out. Ludwig later clarified his comments that he had been paid for his services but had issues cashing out funds on the unlicensed site. However, the fallout revealed that several other streamers hadn’t been paid by End Game Talent, a third-party company hired by ACR to find influencers.