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.

If youre looking to crush the micros and take your low-stakes cash game to the next level, youre in the right place. In this episode of Made to Learn, 888poker ambassador Nick “eastyyy22” Eastwood shares five simple yet powerful tips to help you up your game and grow your bankroll. Whether youre just starting out or want to fine-tune your strategy, Eastwoods got the advice you need. Simplify Your Strategy If you’re playing high-stakes cash games, a complex strategy makes a lot of sense, but if you’re stuck at the micros, this isn’t necessary because you won’t be playing the most skilled players.

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.

Table Of Contents Despite the cold weather, the European Poker Tour Prague started to heat up with the introduction of the inaugural €25,000 Super High Roller Warm Up at the Hilton Prague. This one-day event saw 34 super high rollers cough up the eye-watering €25,000 buy-in to sit and compete, generating a prize pool of €807,500. The main beneficiary of this six-figure sum was eventual winner Espen Jorstad, whose dominating final table performance saw him lay claim to his first title on the EPT circuit, in addition to €277,500.

Table Of Contents Brett Reichard bagged the chip lead on Day 1a of the $1,110 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) St. Louis Main Event thanks in large part to a pot he won against his poker champ son, Josh Reichard, on the bubble. The first session of the $300,000 guaranteed tournament at Hollywood Casino attracted 67 entrants on Thursday. Seven players bagged chips, all of whom are officially in the money. There were still two Day 1 starting flights remaining, to take place on Friday and Saturday, before the tournament wraps up on Sunday in Missouri.

The World Series of Poker Paradise, which is in its second year, has partnered with the Triton Poker Series for the Triton Million, a unique tournament that paired either a businessman or businesswoman with a poker pro – each putting up a $500,000 buy-in – and then each competing in their respective fields on Day 1 before combining into one field on Day 2. One of the last pairs announced for the Triton Millions, which is being live reported by PokerNews, was that of businessman “Texas” Mike Moncek and poker pro Shaun Deeb.

The second edition of the World Series of Poker Paradise partnered with the Triton Poker Series for the Triton Million, a unique tournament that paired either a businessman or businesswoman with a poker pro – each putting up a $500,000 buy-in – and then competing in respective fields on Day 1. The tournament, which is being live reported by PokerNews, featured 74 players (37 pairs) and things kicked off with a bang as two players got their chips, each started with 1,000,000, all in on the very first hand of the tournament.

Table Of Contents The $1,100 buy-in, $5,000,000 GTD WPT Prime Championship will take place from Dec. 8-14 at the Wynn Las Vegas as a part of the WPT World Championship Festival (Dec. 3-23). Last year, Calvin Anderson topped a field of 10,512 entrants – nearly double that of 2022 – to win the 2023 WPT Prime Championship for $1,386,280. The WPT Prime proved so successful that it won the Global Poker Award for Best Mid-Major Tour/Circuit.

Table Of Contents When it comes to French poker royalty, names like Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier, Antoine Saout, David Benyamine, and Julien Martini ring out. But could the torch be passed to a new flag bearer for the tricolor? Enter Thomas Santerne, the meteoric talent who is taking the poker world by storm. Less than two years ago, Santerne was an unknown entity, with not a single recorded cash on The Hendon Mob.

Friday night’s Hustler Casino Live $25/$50 game has been cruel to future Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Adrian Peterson, especially after a bad beat he took from rapper Lil Pump, who doesn’t even know how to play. The hand took place about 90 minutes into the stream, and the game was still running at the time of publishing. Peterson, the NFL’s fifth all-time leading rusher, retired from football in 2021, and he just might want to retire from poker before this game ends.

Table Of Contents The second edition of World Series of Poker Paradise (WSOPP) kicks off later today in The Bahamas, with the $2,500 WSOP Mini Main Event launching the festivities. This Mini Main Event is the first of 15 bracelet events hosted at Atlantis Paradise Island, and PokerNews is on-site providing live coverage and the latest news from one of December’s Big Three. Our award-winning live updates get underway for the 2024 WSOPP on December 7, and the highly anticipated Triton Million is the first event that we have boots on the ground for.

Table Of Contents After a quick-fire Day 2 at the Hilton Prague, Hungary’s Andras Nemeth emerged victorious in the €10,200 Mystery Bounty at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour, defeating Michail Manolakis in a back-and-forth heads-up battle. Nemeth took home a total of €132,980 (inclusive of bounties) after besting the 42-entry field, which generated an overall prize pool of €406,980. This victory represents Nemeth’s fifth triumph at an EPT event, a remarkable record which cements his status as one of the most accomplished tournament players in the world.

Table Of Contents After the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague kicked off on December 4, and the €12,300 Cuatro Knockout offered players their second chance after the €10,200 Mystery Bounty to join the action in a high buy-in event ahead of this week’s High Rollers. An intimate 11 entries were recorded—far fewer than the 62 registrations in the inaugural edition last August in Barcelona. In Catalonia, Steve O’Dwyer claimed the spade trophy and came close to achieving back-to-back wins by reaching the heads-up stage here at the Hilton Prague.

Ethan “WPT123” Yau will play his biggest poker game in months ($50/$100) on Hustler Casino Live Thursday night, and don’t expect him to play tighter than in the past. Hustler Casino Live has two epic games scheduled to close out the week, both starting at 5 p.m. PT on YouTube and Kick. Thursday’s lineup includes the aforementioned poker vlogger, Eshaan “Brownballa” Bhalla, and poker vlogger Mariano Grandoli. Friday’s lineup figures to be one of the most entertaining in the show’s history, with WPT123 coming back to join two major non-poker celebrities — rapper Lil Pump and former NFL superstar running back Adrian Peterson.

Table Of Contents The 2024 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) crowned its Grand Final Main Event champion on December 1, and the tour has wasted no time in announcing the stops for the 2025 GUKPT. Now in its 19th season, the 2025 GUKPT features 12 stops plus two 888poker LIVE events, starting and ending in Coventry. 2025 GUKPT Schedule Make sure you don’t overdo it over the Holidays because the first leg of the 2025 GUKPT runs from January 9-19 in Coventry.

Allow us to set the scene. With three players left in this year’s EPT Barcelona 100,000 Super High Roller, with millions of euros in prize money on the line, Sean Winter runs an audacious triple-barrel bluff right into Seth Davies. Both players went for it without hesitation in this hand, but was it actually GTO? Lets have a brief look at preflop and what optimal play looks like with the help of GTO Wizard.

Table Of Contents Jeju has cemented its status as a premier poker destination, playing host to an unprecedented trifecta of tournaments: the World Poker Tour (WPT) Korea, Korea Poker Cup (KPC), and Red Dragon Poker Tour (RDPT). This powerhouse collaboration delivered a festival of poker, unlike anything the region has ever seen. The combined series drew 5,471 entries across 65 events, generating a hefty KRW 15,093,174,000 ($10.7 million) in prize pools.

President-elect Donald Trump (R) has spent the past few weeks putting together his cabinet and other roles within government, one of which happens to be an avid poker player. Billy Long (R-Missouri) is Trump’s pick to head the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after the incoming republican president takes office Jan. 20, 2025, four years after he was removed from the position following a defeat at the hands of Joe Biden (D).

Table Of Contents Dylan Smith was razor-focused on Day 5 of the 2024 WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship with one thought in mind: to best his fifth-place finish in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown earlier this year. “It was disappointing coming in with the major chip lead and then going out fifth," he told PokerNews yesterday. “I feel very lucky to be able to potentially get redemption this quickly.

Table Of Contents The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) was back in Vegas for two weeks of poker at the Horseshoe Las Vegas where 18 WSOPC rings found their way onto as many fingers. The WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Las Vegas kicked off on November 21 with the $400 Race to a Ring event. The festival closed out with Eric Baldwin’s victory in the $3,300 High Roller event on December 3.

Cory Zeidman, who told PokerNews he wouldn’t plead guilty, entered a guilty plea on Thursday for his role in a $25 million sports betting fraud case. The longtime poker player pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud more than two years after his arrest. He issued a statement shortly after his 2022 indictment, quoting a German philosopher in the process. “In the words of (German philosopher Friedrich) Nietzsche, ‘Everything the state says is a lie and everything it has it has stolen.