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.

Last week, PokerNews told you that Dave Krosky would be a star in this instalment of The Big Game on Tour, and from the latest episode, you’ll surely see why. The Las Vegas Entrepreneur brought the heat and made some out-of-the-box plays that will surely raise a few eyebrows. But despite his inexperience under the bright lights of the PokerStars feature table, Krosky showed no fear against the shiver of sharks looking to take a chunk out of his stack.

The Royal Card Club in Austin, Texas has a unique poker room concept that just might help bring more women into the game of poker. Lisa Pickell, VP of Operations and Business Development for the poker club, which opened in April, explained some of the challenges her business faces, and shared an optimistic view of the good it could do for the poker community. Bringing More Women into Poker Pickell, originally from New Jersey, is a longtime poker player.

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.

With the PokerStars2024 Maryland State Poker Championship underway, excitement is already building for the first-ever Pennsylvania State Poker Championship taking place Aug. 21-Sept. 8. The series, taking place at Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia, will feature over $1.1 million in guarantees and will culminate with a $2,200 buy-in Main Event with a $500,000 guarantee. PokerNews will be on-site covering the Main Event and will also be providing updates from other events including a $550 buy-in event with six starting flights and a $200,000 guarantee attached and a $1,100 guaranteed four-flight event with a $300,000 guarantee.

One of the top poker rooms in Las Vegas is gone, but only because it moved to another, more convenient location at Venetian. Poker pros, recreational players, casino executives, and even rapper Nelly were in attendance Thursday afternoon for the card room’s grand opening. Matt Berkey, Jamie Kerstetter, Maria Konnikova, and 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Scott Blumstein stopped by to catch a glimpse of the new location.

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!

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.

Caesars Entertainment has today announced that they will be selling the iconic World Series of Poker Brand will be sold to NSUS Group Inc, a leading investment group and operators of leading online poker room GGPoker. According to a press release, the deal is set to be worth $500 million — $250 million in cash and a $250 million promissory note “due five years after the transaction’s closing date. The release also states that Caesars have secured the rights to continue hosting the WSOP’s flagship live tournament series at its Las Vegas properties for the next twenty years.

Poker content creator Frank “Frankie” Cucchiara had an eventful summer in Las Vegas that saw him running deep in World Series of Poker (WSOP) events and batting in big pots worth thousands of dollars in cash games across the Strip. The highs of the summer for Cucchiara, a PokerStarsambassador and member of the NextGen Poker crew, included a $7,000 cash game win and a run at a WSOP bracelet, while the lows included runner-runner bad beats and a $13,000 downswing.

In 2015, Felix Stephenson won the first legal Norwegian Poker Championships Main Event. The event in Norway, which kicks off Sept. 28, has become a huge deal and for more reasons than you might realize. The entire series runs through Oct. 2, and eight of the 29 events are open to international players. Last year’s festival had over 3,300 unique players, with 2,046 registered for the Main Event, a freezeout tournament.

The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) may be done and dusted but that doesn’t mean the Las Vegas poker action has to stop. That’s because 888poker sent a team of pros and ambassadors to “Sin City” to play in the $10,000 Main Event, and a camera crew to follow their progress in poker’s most prestigious event. The 888poker docuseries is divided into five parts, with new episodes published on YouTube every Saturday for the next few weeks.

Over the last two weeks, King’s Resort continued to play host as the home of European poker and welcomed the 2024 Euro Poker Millions (EPM) to its site. The tour, which boasted a €2 million guarantee for its €590 Main Event, journeyed to Rozvadov, Czechia, and thousands followed in search of big wins and unforgettable moments. For the operator and the players, the festival was a huge success, with the Main Event drawing 6,237 entries.