Table Of Contents In the world of poker, where superstition is rife and the saying “bad things come in threes” often holds true, Oliver Weis stands out as an exception. The German player, known as “sk2ll_m0dR” and a big winner in online poker circles, began an impressive 2024 with a victory in the €10,300 High Roller at EPT Paris, followed by an online bracelet win in the $5,000 Short Deck Championship.
Table Of Contents The 2024 Norwegian Poker Championship took place recently in Norway with nearly 4,000 participants and ten new national champions crowned. There were plenty of notable Norwegian players present, including high-stakes pro Kayhan Mokri, 13-time WCOOP champion Tobias Leknes and former WCOOP POY Mikal Blomile, who took down a Deepstack event for 360,000 NOK (around $32963 USD). A total of 3,693 players participated in the series, making for over 11,500 entries across 29 tournaments.
Table Of Contents It’s been a long and intense week of poker, but the crown jewel of the 2024 European Poker Tour Cyprus is now within grasp as just six of the original 1,284 entrants remain in the $5,300 Main Event. Tomorrow, they will return to the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Spa and battle on the felt for the trophy, $1,030,000 first-place prize, and title of EPT Main Event Champion.
The PokerStars Big Game on Tour cash game show is coming back in 2025, and you — yes, you — have an opportunity to get in on the high-stakes action even if you can’t afford to play. PokerStars, as the online poker giant did one year ago, will be hosting three free qualifiers to find the next “Loose Cannon” (details on how to enter below). All qualifying tournaments take place at Resorts World in Las Vegas during the upcoming North American Poker Tour (NAPT) series, which runs Nov.
Table Of Contents There’s plenty of action coming up on Global Poker as the social poker site as multiple festivals running this fall, including the Grand Prix Turbo Series Austin Edition that kicked off today and the Eagle Cup VIII that will run Oct. 21-Nov. 10 and feature nearly a billion in Gold Coins guarantees and 2.3 million in Sweeps Coins guarantees. Before that, the Grand Prix Turbo Series Austin Edition will run through Oct.
Table Of Contents The countdown has begun for the second annual PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) stop at Resorts World in Las Vegas, and this year’s edition comes with $4 million in guarantees. Action begins on the Strip Nov. 1, and the series runs through Nov. 10. There will be many similarities to the 2023 festival at Resorts. But also plenty of new tournaments on the schedule, which you can view below.
Table Of Contents Whittled down from an initial field of 894 entries, Guo Liang Wei was the last man standing in the 40th event of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus; the $3,000 Mystery Bounty. Among his rail in the auditorium of the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa, Wei lifted his first PokerStars silver Spadie, as well as claiming the first place prize of $265,972. Just a week prior, Wei narrowly missed out on his first major title on the EPT circuit, finishing sixth in the $1,100 Eureka Main Event for $78,770.
Table Of Contents In an announcement during EPT Cyprus, PokerStars revealed a groundbreaking addition to its brand new poker series, the Women’s Winter Festival. Set to debut in London this November, the festival will feature the brand’s first-ever women-only £1,100 High Roller event, kicking off on November 21 at The Hippodrome. This Women’s Winter Festival was first introduced back in September at EPT Barcelona, where PokerStars outlined its vision to “encourage women to participate in live poker games with aspirational outcomes.
Table Of Contents Everyone knows that backing a player on StakeKings who goes on to profit in their chosen tournament yields money; that’s the very nature of staking. But did you know that the best stakers receive cash bonuses into their StakeKings account every month? The StakeKings leaderboard awards cash bonuses to the top 25 backers each month it runs. You receive one leaderboard point for every $1 you receive back in winnings, plus an additional 250 points for every package where you are the last person to buy out the package.
Table Of Contents In the scorching heat of Cyprus, PokerStars Ambassador Elias Gutierrez stayed cool to claim his second high roller title of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus. Earlier in the week, at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa, Gutierrez banked $417,570 for winning the $25,000 Super High Roller Warm Up. A few days later, he emerged victorious in the $25,000 Super High Roller Second Chance, pocketing $390,200 and another Spadie trophy.
Table Of Contents Dusk Till Dawn plays host to the PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) from November 8-18, which features, among its many tournaments, a £1 million guaranteed UKIPT Nottingham Main Event. UKIPT Nottingham first featured back in 2010 during the tour’s debut season. The Nottingham leg has always proven popular despite a five-year hiatus between 2016 and 2021. Indeed, some of the largest top prizes the UKIPT has awarded have been in Nottingham’s Main Event.
Table Of Contents Federal investigators have a mountain of evidence against Dan Bilzerian’s father, Paul Bilzerian, and the cannabis company the poker player runs in a high-profile wire fraud case. Paul Bilzerian and Ignite International Brands, Ltd. were charged last month with defrauding the United States by allegedly falsifying who controls the business and misleading investors. PokerNews has obtained a 40-page complaint filed in the United States District Court Southern District of New York that lays out the evidence, which includes email exchanges and a timeline of the alleged illegal activity.
Table Of Contents The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) continues on into the fall and will festival at JACK Cleveland Casino in Ohio. The RGPS Cleveland stop, which gets underway on Halloween and runs through Nov. 11, will feature more than a dozen events and plenty of satellite opportunities. The stop will culminate with a $1,000 buy-in Main Event with a $400,000 guarantee attached. Additionally, the series will award a Golden Player of the Series, who will receive a $10,000 Gold Pass package to NAPT Las Vegas and a chance to win a spot in the PokerGO Dream Seat Invitational.
PokerStars ambassador and author Maria Konnikova won her first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet earlier this week. But the victory was surrounded by a bit of criticism from Norman Chad, who opposes unlimited reentry/rebuys. Chad was none too thrilled with Konnikova buying in four times en route to winning the $888 buy-in online poker tournament. Despite Chad’s comments, the popular poker ambassador does in fact own a gold WSOP bracelet.
PokerStars’ generosity is there for all to see during the upcoming Stars Season, with the online poker giant giving away thousands of dollars in tournament tickets between October 27 and December 1. Boosted guaranteed prize pools are expected, too, adding even more value to PokerStars tournament grinders’ schedules. The Season features dozens of multi-table tournaments across 30 Episodes, running from October 27 to December 1. Throughout the Stars Season, some $350,000 worth of tickets will be awarded, including a quarter of a million dollars worth via the popular Ticket Machine promotion.
Table Of Contents Coventry has again proved a happy hunting ground for 888poker ambassador Ian Simpson. At the 2023 edition of the 888poker LIVE Coventry festival, Simpson won the £550 Dragon tournament for £21,360. Fast forward to today, Simpson has emerged victoriously from the £200 Dragon Rumble, a result worth £4,380. Everyone knows that although Simpson takes his poker seriously, he plays with a smile on his face and loves a joke.
Table Of Contents Jim Weger rode in the Pawn Stars Poker Run in Las Vegas every year and wasn’t going to make an exception for last weekend’s 10th-anniversary event. However, he didn’t make it to the annual gathering of Las Vegas bikers. The night before the poker run, Weger died in a motorcycle accident on his way home from work in Pahrump, a small town on the Nevada-California border. He had been registered for the Oct.
Table Of Contents An online World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet event was canceled on Tuesday after it didn’t draw enough entrants to start. The $5,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller was part of a fall bracelet series on WSOP Online running Sept. 29-Nov. 12 and was open to players on the Michigan-New Jersey-Nevada network. It needed eight players to begin and only had four entrants before the tournament’s 7 p.m. Eastern start time.
Table Of Contents The Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma will host its second million-dollar WSOPC event of the year in November. The event will be part of the World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant which kicks off thirteen days of poker starting on Oct. 30. The WSOP Choctaw Durant is one of the bigger stops on the circuit with 18 ring events and over $2 million in guarantees.
Table Of Contents The 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour is in full swing at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Spa, with the $5,300 Main Event currently midway through Day 2. After late registration closed earlier, the series showstopper recorded 1,284 entries and generated a $6,227,400 prize pool, of which more than $1 million awaits the eventual champion. One player looking to do all it takes to become the next EPT Champion is Peter Tschernigg.
Table Of Contents WPT Global President Alex Scott made an appearance on Daniel “Jungleman” Cates’ podcast “Saving Online Poker” and delved into the current state and future of online poker. It focused heavily on WPT Global and what it’s done since launching in April 2022, to rival established giants such as GGPoker and PokerStars. Scott explains that the platform is focused on creating an environment where experienced players can excel, offering high-action games that differ from more traditional formats.
Table Of Contents It seems like the Asian Poker Tour (APT) breaks records each time it runs a festival, and there’s every chance that trend continues in November when APT Phu Quoc 2024 takes place in Vietnam. The Corona Resort & Casino is putting together final preparations for the festival, which runs from November 8-17. At least 44 billion Vietnamese dong ($1.7 million) will be awarded during this time. APT Phu Quoc 2024 features 82 tournaments and satellites, with the APT Main Event being the festival’s crown jewel.
Table Of Contents The $800 Main Event of the RunGood Poker Series at the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel Tulsa has concluded. This event attracted 472 entrants across three Day 1 flights, generating a prize pool of $330,400. The 56 players who returned for Day 2 secured a minimum cash of $1,248, with the grand prize set at $65,829. That top prize was awarded to Eric Bunch, who triumphed over Harold Harvey in heads-up play, claiming his first RunGood Poker Series ring.
Table Of Contents For the third time, the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) made its way to the Reno’s Atlantis Casino and Resort to run its $600 Main Event. Overlay was nowhere to be found this time around as 301 entrants made their way into the tournament, ensuring that 39 players would be getting a piece of the $153,510 prize pool. After a relatively short Day 2, the field was reduced to just one player whose name was Dustin Cavanaugh, who won $33,450 and his first RunGood ring.
Table Of Contents Every poker player has a different reason for why they play the game. Some do it exclusively for the money and to make a living. Others like the social aspect and how poker helps bring people together. Still others enjoy the competition and the thrill of winning. Mikalai Vaskaboinikau has no doubt about which category he falls under. He wants to win and lift the trophy at the end.
A former poker pro with over $2.4 million in lifetime earnings recently became a champion. No, he didn’t win a World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet, though he’s come close on several occasions including a 13th-place finish in the 2005 WSOP Main Event for a career-high $400,000. Instead, this player has ascended to the top of the Pickleball world! Here are some other hints as to who it is: He has written a Sunday poker column for the Boston Herald, penned two books, hosted a long-running poker radio show, and co-hosted ESPN Inside Deal.
Table Of Contents After a grueling 16-hour Day 2, four players returned to the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa for an unscheduled third day of the $2,200 Eureka High Roller at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus. With the biggest prizes of the $2,610,600 prize pool still on the line, it took less than two hours for Portugal’s Diogo Coelho to emerge as the champion, besting a field of 1,374 entries.
Table Of Contents I don’t play as much poker as I used to. Like many members of the poker media, I got my start in a playing capacity, usually £0.10/0.20 while at university. Over time, I eventually moved up to where they respected my raises - £35 tournaments at my local casino in Reading, United Kingdom. And that’s where I found myself earlier this month on a quiet Monday night, back in the first cardroom I ever played in, unaware of the massive pot I was about to play.
Table Of Contents Every player wants to head into a major online poker tournament festival in hot form and with an ample bankroll to fall back on. 888poker has unveiled the schedule for the popular KO Games, and Ukbekistan’s “PokerKron” has warmed up for the series in some style. “PokerKron” was one of 1,045 entrants in the latest installment of the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event at 888poker. That sizable crowd ensured the guarantee was surpassed by $4,500, and “PokerKron” was the main beneficiary of the juicy prize pool.
Table Of Contents The 2024 Irish Poker Festival is heading to the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, and bringing with it €1 million in guaranteed prizes pools, helped by a €700,000 guaranteed Main Event. PokerNews’ live reporting team will be on the ground throughout the €3,000 buy-in Main Event, from the moment the dealers pitch the first cards until the last player standing claims the Irish Poker Festival title. October 29 is when the 2024 Irish Poker Festival kicks off, doing so with the LuxonPay-sponsored €500 No-Limit Hold’em Mystery Bounty event.
Table Of Contents Episode 10 of High Stakes Poker Season 13 aired Monday night on PokerGO, and it was a continuation of the $500/$1,000 no-limit hold’em cash game from recent weeks at PokerGO Studio featuring Andrew Robl, Jennifer Tilly, Stanley Tang, Brandon Steven, Justin Gavri, Humboldt Mike, and Nik Airball. Sameh Elamawy, the billionaire CEO of Scratch, was also back and fresh off an episode where he made one of the most epic bluffs in the iconic poker show’s history.
Table Of Contents After a failed bill, social media campaign and months of advocacy from players, Pennsylvania is set to enter the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA). That means The Keystone State will soon join a shared playing pool with others states in the compact, including Nevada, Delaware, Michigan and New Jersey. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro last week directed the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) to begin negotiating the state into MSIGA, PlayPennsylvania first reported.
Table Of Contents The World Series of Poker Circuit will be stopping at Harveys Lake Tahoe from October 24 to November 4. This stop is the last chance to win a WSOPC ring before Halloween. The series will culminate in a $1,700 buyin Main Event, with plenty of side action available in the 17 other ring events and on the Harveys Lake Tahoe casino floor. Win a Circuit Ring in Lake Tahoe Day one of the WSOPC Lake Tahoe will see two events to get things rolling.
Table Of Contents Psychology author Maria Konnikova burst into the poker world six years ago when she won a PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) event for $84,600 while researching her next book. Now, the Biggest Bluff author is a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner. Konnikova took down an $888 buy-in Crazy 8’s event early Monday morning on WSOP.com for $68,477 and her first bracelet. The tournament drew 468 players from Nevada, New Jersey and Michigan for a prize pool of $374,400.
Table Of Contents The PokerStars European Poker Tour $1,100 Eureka Main Event saw 2,803 entries try their hand at winning a piece of silverware here at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa. All who entered wanted to get their hands on a coveted Shard trophy, but only one could. Seven flights and three days later, It was player Leo Worthington-Leese who took home the trophy, as well as $314,030 from the $2,662,850 prizepool for his efforts.
Table Of Contents The 888poker LIVE Coventry double-header is off to a flying start, with the £560 UK Poker League (UKPL) Main Event crowning its champion over the weekend. Some 224 players bought in, creating a £106,390 prize pool, and Jamie Morris came out on top, capturing £19,831 after a three-way deal, the largest score of his career to date. Thirty-five of the entrants saw a return on their investment. National Poker League (NPL) Player of the Year contenders Calogero Morreale and Callum Gordon were among the first to cash.
Table Of Contents Many consider WPT Global’s multi-table tournaments to represent the best value in the online poker world. Soft fields and juicy prize pools attract players from far and wide, and that’s before they learn that WPT Global awards over $14,000 worth of prizes every week via its MTT Leaderboards promotion. Leaderboard run from 12:00 a.m. on Monday through 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday. During those times, you are awarded leaderboard points based on several factors, including the tournament’s buy-in, the number of entrants you face, and your finishing position.
Table Of Contents On Saturday night, Resorts World Las Vegas played host to the PokerNews Podcast & Life Outside Poker Meet-Up Game (MUG) inside the poker room. Not only were hosts Kyna England, Mike Holtz, Connor Richards, and Chad Holloway in attendance, but friends and fans joined them for an action-packed and highly entertaining $200 Nightly Tournament. Among those to compete were 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year Jeff Madsen, poker personalities Joey Ingram and Jesse Fullen, and grinders Christina Gollins, Brandon Sunshine, Dave Oppenheim, Jake Mendelsohn, Tyler Saucin, and Lori Persinger.
The break came at just the right time for Elias Gutierrez. The Team PokerStars Pro could feel the tournament slipping from his grasp. Gutierrez began his heads-up match with Russia’s Alexander Zubov with a massive chip lead, but Zubov steadily wore him down until he moved atop the leaderboard. Then came a 15-minute break, a chance for Gutierrez to regroup and refocus on capturing the biggest title of his poker title.
The upcoming Big Deal for One Drop at Resorts World Las Vegas will feature some big names, including Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and inaugural Big One for One Drop champion Antonio Esfandiari. The $10,000 buy-in poker tournament, a partnership between the World Poker Tour (WPT) and One Drop Foundation, will take place on Nov. 22 during Formula 1 weekend in Las Vegas. “The Magician” and Cirque du Soleil founder will be joined by racing legends David Coulthard, Martin Brundle and Alex Wurz, WPT announced on Friday.
Fish Bags Chip Lead Over Final 16 in WPT RRPO Championship in South Florida
Table Of Contents The most eventful day so far of the 2024 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood wrapped up Monday night with Darryll Fish leading the 16 remaining players as the 2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open champion looks for a second WPT title. Fish will have his work cut out for him on Day 4 as he faces a table that includes Landon Tice and Dylan Smith, both of whom ran deep in this same venue earlier this year with final table finishes in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.
Poker Coach & Former WPT POY Wins RRPO $10000 Deep Stack for $313495
Table Of Contents Poker coach Faraz Jaka demonstrated his short-handed poker prowess last year as he won the $1,500 Shootout for his first bracelet and again this summer with a runner-up finish in the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship. The Jaka Coaching founder and former World Poker Tour (WPT) Player of the Year once again demonstrated his short-handed skillset by winning a Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open $10,000 Deep Stack for $313,495 after a grueling heads-up battle against Phillip Krnyaich that lasted several hours.
Pocket Kings Twice in Heads-Up Hands Niall Campbell GUKPT Grand Final Title
Table Of Contents In October, a one-outer from Vitalijs Polukejevs dashed Niall Campbell’s hopes of victory in the 2024 IPO Main Event. Despite the heartbreak, Campbell didn’t dwell on the loss for long. Just weeks later, he reinvested a small portion of his €28,900 winnings to journey from Ireland to the United Kingdom and enter the GUKPT Grand Final Main Event. The decision paid off handsomely, as Campbell topped a 395-entry field to secure the lion’s share of the £415,620 prize pool.
Has This Poker Player Played Their Final Hand After $307K Merit Poker Win?
Table Of Contents After previously walking away from the 2024 Merit Poker Western Series $3,300 Main Event title on his own terms earlier this year, Nichan Khorchidian has now claimed victory at the 2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series Main Event. Battling through a competitive 614-entry field inside the stunning Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino, Khorchidian emerged triumphant, earning a career-best score of $307,700 and proving that this time, the trophy was his to take home.
Gulati Edges Walker & Chamani in Record-Breaking SPT GrandWest Main Event
The biggest live poker event of the year in South Africa and in the history of the SunBet Poker Tour (SPT) has come to an end. Mauritius based Saurabh Gulati has taken down the 504-entry strong 2024 SPT GrandWest Main Event after a three-way deal. He took home the biggest slice of the ZAR 6,350,400 ($351,395) prize pool and denied a home victory for several fierce local competitors at the GrandWest Casino outside of Cape Town on the southern cusp of the African continent.
Poker Vlogger Brad Owen Busts in Brutal Fashion in WPT RRPO Championship
Popular poker vlogger Brad Owen busted the 2024 World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood in sickening fashion as he ran pockets kings into aces. The “brutal cooler,” documented in the WPT live updates, took place on Day 2 inside of the money after starting the day short and battling back from under five big blinds. To make it even sicker, Owen’s opponent, Roman Korenev, flopped a set of aces as Owen turned a set of kings before failing to hit a miracle one-outer.
Are You Playing Ace-King Like a GTO Wizard?
Peeling back your hole cards to reveal an ace and a king can be a rollercoaster moment for any poker player. On one hand, there’s the rush of excitementBig Slick is a premium hand with the potential to dominate the table. On the other, there’s a flicker of unease as memories of busted tournaments and bad beats resurface like unwelcome ghosts. Ace-King is one of the most debated hands in poker, celebrated for its power yet notorious for its pitfalls.
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.
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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