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.
Table Of Contents The 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas $5,300 Main Event will play down to a winner this weekend, but there has been plenty of side event action throughout the past week. PokerNews has live reported several of those tournaments, and during that time our live reporting team has captured some big and game-changing hands. For example, we already published an article on Jeremy Becker getting his aces cracked by Jonathan Little early in the $25,000 Super High Roller.
On Thursday night, Ari Engel was at Resorts World Las Vegas competing in the PokerStars NAPT Las Vegas $550 Cardplayer Lifestyle H.E.R.O.S. event, which attracted 108 runners. However, it wasn’t the only tournament he was playing. Engel, who is the WSOP’s all-time Circuit ring winner with 18, was also grinding online in the current WSOP Online bracelet, a series that began back on Sept. 29 offering up a 33-bracelet-event schedule that’ll wrap early next week on Nov.
Daniel Negreanu is stepping outside the poker world to launch a non-poker podcast with his wife, Amanda Negreanu, called the Mania Podcast. The show will kick off Nov. 11 on YouTube and other podcast platforms. Negreanu previously co-hosted the popular DAT Poker Podcast, but he’s moving on to something new, and something that won’t have much, if anything, to do with poker. Many poker fans may recognize Amanda Negreanu (Leatherman) from Daniel Negreanu’s daily World Series of Poker (WSOP) vlogs in the summer.
Table Of Contents The Asian Poker Tour (APT) has achieved an exciting milestone with the APT Manila 2024 festival, now recognized as the largest and richest poker series ever held in the Philippines. Over 11 action-packed days at the stunning City of Dreams Manila, the festival attracted a remarkable 8,102 entries from 1,321 unique players across 53 countries. This year’s event generated a jaw-dropping total prize pool of PHP 349,691,602 (around USD 5,944,757), showcasing just how popular poker has become in the region.
Table Of Contents What’s the best feeling in poker? Flopping a set? Hitting a gutshot on the turn? Or maybe rivering a straight flush to beat your opponent’s quads? All three are definitely up there, but Jamie Dale might have a different perspective after delivering a masterclass in the GUKPT Blackpool £1,500 High Roller, where he secured his seat at the table for a fraction of the buy-in. On Wednesday, Dale entered a £180 satellite to Grosvenor Poker’s biggest buy-in event of the festival and was among the five players to earn a ticket to the target tournament.
World Poker Tour (WPT) fans can tune in to CBS Sports Network starting this month to watch upcoming WPT televised shows. The major cable network and the popular poker tour, according to a press release, have agreed to a multi-year television deal. Action will begin on CBS Sports Network with edited episodes of the WPT’s Season XXI. WPT Action on CBS Sports Network CBS Sports Network has been home to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) since 2021 (previously ESPN).
This Sunday, Nov. 10, the Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) Event #74: “Poker for Patriots” at the Fair Barn in Pinehurst, North Carolina. The $300 buy-in tournament will support the Veteran Golfers Association (VGA) and the V Foundation while awarding a $10,000 seat into the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event! Both organizations enhance lives through community and support: the VGA fosters camaraderie among veterans and their families by hosting over 1,500 tournaments for its 20,000 members, while the V Foundation has awarded over $353 million in cancer research grants, ensuring 100% of donations go directly to top scientists.
PokerStars, during a press conference at Resorts World Las Vegas on Thursday, revealed two new brand ambassadors, both with impeccable reputations within the poker community — Caitlin Comeskey and Jason Koon. The newest Team Pro members for the most prominent brand in online poker history come from different backgrounds and have different roles within the industry. Koon is a high-stakes legend, arguably the top tournament player in the world. Comeskey is a low-stakes player known for her comedic light-hearted poker player parody videos.
Table Of Contents This November, the poker community is buzzing with excitement as plenty of live events take center stage. The North American Poker Tour is making waves in Las Vegas, while the PLO Grand Slam and World Series of Poker Circuit in Sanremo are heating up in Europe. Also, sharing the spotlight is the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Monte Carlo, where a handful of players have already entered the winner’s circle.
Table Of Contents Poker players in New Jersey and Michigan are hitting it big with the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA)! Now, BetMGM Poker has joined the action, merging player pools across both states to create a larger, more competitive playing field. This latest expansion means more cash games, bigger tournaments and richer prizes with increased SPINS multipliers. For the first time, BetMGM Poker has merged player pools across state lines, becoming the third online poker room after PokerStars US and WSOP.
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.
Table Of Contents Action has concluded in the $25,000 Super High Roller here at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) hosted by Resorts World Las Vegas. Stephen Song emerged victorious, dominating his way atop the podium to earn an impressive $439,400 payday. Song continues to excel at PokerStars events this year, as this victory comes on the heels of an even bigger one just a couple of months ago when he took down the 2024 EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event for €1,290,386.
Table Of Contents Off the back of the highly successful PokerNews Online Championships, two titans of poker, PokerNews and 888poker, have reunited once again to bring you another edition of the smash hit online poker series. From November 17-26, the second-ever PokerNews Online Championship steals the spotlight on the platform, where more than $1 million will be shared among 888poker players. The action-packed schedule includes over 40 events, headlined by the $300,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty Main Event.
Table Of Contents After a 15-hour day, Aaron Pahlawani came out victorious in the €5,200 PLO Opener, held as part of the PLO Grand Slam hosted by Diamon Poker Series at Arena Casino Tirana. Pahlawini bested 210 players, the largest-ever field for an Omaha tournament at this price point on European soil, and walked away with €176,100 after a heads-up deal with Pavel Izotov. When the deal was struck, Izotov had the largest stack and took home €194,400, the biggest share of the €1,000,000 prize pool.
Table Of Contents PokerStars Live is currently focused on a major North American series — North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas — but will soon be headed to South America for another festival. The PokerStars Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) Millions kicks off Nov. 15 and runs through Nov. 29. All the action will take place in Sao Paulo at the WTC Sheraton and it will be the biggest poker event in Latin American history.
Table Of Contents Sheila Stimson had a career day on Wednesday when she took down the Women’s Event at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas for more than just money. The poker player from North Carolina earned her biggest score — $11,380 — and defeated Christina Gollins, a World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring winner, heads-up for the title. But she earned a little something else on top as the victory came with a package to the upcoming £100,000 guaranteed PokerStars Women’s Winter Poker Festival at Hippodrome Casino in London.
Table Of Contents Big things are happening with the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) this month, and that includes an upcoming trip to Tunica, Mississippi. The mid-stakes poker series just concluded its first ever RunGood Open at the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) in Las Vegas. JACK Cleveland Casino in Ohio is currently playing host to an RGPS series that features a $400,000 guaranteed Main Event starting Nov. 7. The action will head to the Southeast when that series ends for another exciting event.
Table Of Contents When it comes to the 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas, most eyes may be on the Gold Pass winners in the $5,300 Main Event, but that’s just one of many tournaments on the schedule. We already recapped Will “The Thrill” Failla winning an event he didn’t even intend to enter, as well as Gregor Sverko taking down the $550 Mystery Bounty for $46,800 plus $19,500 in bounties.
Pot odds are a fundamental concept in poker that help players assess the value of a call by weighing risk against reward. Essentially, pot odds tell you what percentage of the pot you need to win to make a call worthwhile over the long term. Calculating pot odds is straightforward, yet mastering this skill can significantly improve your decision-making at the table. In this article, GTO Wizard tells you how you can get to grips with the basics.
Table Of Contents The World Poker Tour (WPT) has joined forces with PokerBaazi, the country’s leading poker platform in a landmark move for online poker in India. This exciting partnership brings the esteemed WPT experience to PokerBaazi players, creating incredible opportunities for Indian players to take part in the brand’s premier global events. What Does This Mean for WPT Fans in India? Thanks to this collaboration, Indian poker enthusiasts can now participate in WPT tournaments online, competing in world-class events from their own homes.
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is hosting a $5 million freeroll — the largest in poker history — next month at Wynn Las Vegas, and poker players everywhere will have a chance to earn a seat. ClubWPT Gold, the WPT’s newest online poker platform, is going to run a freeroll satellite frenzy weekend Nov. 16 and 17, and there will be 30 seats awarded to the 2,000-seat invitational at Wynn.
Table Of Contents On Monday morning, Evan Sandberg had a pair of WSOP online bracelets in his trophy cabinet. By the end of the day, he had a World Series of Poker Circuit ring to dust around as well. After collecting his $133,841 for first place in the Event #13: $1,700 Main Event at the WSOP Circuit Lake Tahoe festival, Sandberg now has a little over $1.4 million in live cashes.
On Monday night, the 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas Event #6: $360 NLH Unlimited Re-Entry attracted 89 players who rebought 17 times. The 106-entry field generated a prize pool of $26,700, and it was a familiar face coming out on top on Will “The Thrill” Failla, who claimed the Spadie trophy and $7,130 in prize money. The real thrill of it all though was that Failla didn’t even mean to play the tournament.
On Monday night, 2024 NAPT Las Vegas Gold Pass winners were treated to a special event at Jalisco Underground here at Resorts World — welcome drinks and a comedy show featuring Joe Stapleton and Morgan Jay, a musician and comedian based in Los Angeles. Jay has appeared on MTV’s Wild’N’Out, NBC, and Comedy Central and “has carved out his own genre of performance art and comedy creating a show built on imperfection, authenticity, relatability, shared experience and connection.
Table Of Contents Domenico Lando brought balance to the felt at the Malta Poker Festival Grand Event, navigating his way through a talented final table to emerge victorious and claim the title, trophy and €140,000 prize. Lando picked his spots wisely in the final stages en route to topping the record-breaking 2,045 entry field, where the €941,568 prize pool was paid out to the top 306 players. Lando’s triumph in the biggest MPF Grand Event was somewhat of an underdog story.
Table Of Contents Caitlin Comeskey, Donovan Dean, Denise Pratt, Wolfgang Poker, and The Lodge YouTube Channel are just some of the nominees across a half dozen categories at the 5th Annual Gulf Coast Poker Awards. The PokerNews Podcast is also nominated for “Content Provider of the Year”, an award they won back in 2020. The awards were created in 2019 to offer regional recognition to players and industry professionals from the southern part of the United States.
Table Of Contents For Patrik Antonius, poker has always been about the passion, not the plan. Now, nearly four months on from his induction into the Poker Hall of Fame, Antonius is preparing for the next challenge of his poker career — the High Stakes Duel. Antonius is scheduled to face off against Jared Bleznick for $100,000 on November 12. Fans can watch the action on PokerGO at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.
Table Of Contents Two key moments at the final table of the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas $550 Mystery Bounty were all it took for Gregor Sverko to start off his festival with a bang. Sverko was all in for 2,575,000 against Daniel Samson and a card away from elimination as Samson turned trips, but Sverko caught a miracle straight on the river to double up. Then, in what proved to be his shining moment, Sverko flopped a full house to put an end to Samson and earn the trophy and $46,800 first prize.
Las Vegas low-stakes legend Jeremy Becker ran into a brutal situation early in a high roller event on Monday at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas (NAPT). The $25,000 Super High Roller, which had 42 entrants at the time of publishing, featured some of the best players in the world competing for an NAPT title at Resorts World Las Vegas. World-class players such as Scott Seiver, Erik Seidel, and Jeremy Ausmus all showed up on Day 1 to battle it out in the high roller.
Table Of Contents On Saturday night, the Charity Series of Poker (CSOP)“All In For Impact”, which benefitted the Williams-Marshall Cares Leadership Program. The $250 buy-in event took place at Hattie Marie’s Texas BBQ – a new restaurant venue on S. Las Vegas Blvd– and players competed for a $5,000 cash prize pool plus more than $9,000 in donated prizes. When the dust settled, Ethan “WPT123 Poker” Yau was the last player standing and he added a CSOP trophy to his long list of accomplishments.
Table Of Contents PokerStars brought back the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) last year, and the online poker giant needed the prime location to host its major series. Resorts World Las Vegas ended up becoming the chosen destination, which turned out to be a wise decision. Poker players raved about the venue during the 2023 NAPT, and we’re already hearing similar sentiments this year. The 2024 North American Poker Tour Las Vegas series began Friday with the $550 Mystery Bounty event, which drew drew over 1,100 entrants across five Day 1 starting flights.
Table Of Contents The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) international tour is in full swing and currently running at Casino Sanremo via Texapoker. PokerNews is will be on-site live reporting the upcoming Main Event, a no-limit hold’em tournament that begins Nov. 5. Sanremo is a poker hotspot and is already proving to be a great destination for the international Circuit. Two events in the eight-tournament series, which began Nov. 1, have already ended, meaning two players have secured gold rings.
Table Of Contents The poker scene in Cyprus has reached new heights in 2024, and the fun keeps on coming from Merit Poker. From November 19 to December 1, the Merit Resort will once again become a haven for poker players as its Gatsby Gala Series promises to bring glitz and glamour to the poker table. More than $4,500,000 is guaranteed across the action-packed schedule and serves as a great precursor and training ground to the stacked December poker offering.
Table Of Contents The first week of the PokerStars Stars Season is in the bag, but there is no rest for the wicked because the next set of episodes hit the online poker giant on November 3. The trio of episodes on November 3 are billed as Super Sunday; it is easy to see why when you look at their guaranteed prize pools. Episode 09-L: $11 Super Sunday shuffles up and deals at 6:05 p.
Table Of Contents After Michel Molenaar’s victory in 2023, the Irish Poker Festival has its 2024 winner! The new €3,000 Main Event title belongs to Irish player Mark Buckley, who patiently claimed the first-place prize of €177,000. Buckley took first place from a field of 285 entrants, which generated a total prize pool of €753,330, slightly exceeding the €700,000 guarantee. Winning the tournament wasn’t easy, due to the nearly nine-hour final table and the strong competition from players like Joni Rantamaki, who finished as the runner-up for €113,000, and Conor O’Rourke, who took third place for €70,000.
Table Of Contents Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Monte-Carlo started off in memorable fashion with one player busting on the stone bubble in a cruel manner in a $25,000 buy-in tournament. The no-limit hold’em event, dubbed the WPT Global Ultimate Slam, attracted 170 entrants, paying 27 players at least $43,000. The 28th place finisher, however, went home with nothing but memories and a $25,000 loss. Jeremy Zouari left the Salle de Etoiles Monte Carlo on Sunday with some really bad memories.
Table Of Contents It’s just under two weeks until the World Series of Poker Circuit heads to the Commerce Casino for one of the biggest stops on the WSOP Circuit’s calendar. The WSOP Circuit Commerce festival will kick off on November 13 with the $400 No Limit Hold’em Opener. The festival then runs until the $400 No Limit Hold’em Closer on November 26. In between, there will be a total of 18 ring events including a $1 million guaranteed $1,700 buy in Main Event, a $130,000 guaranteed $400 buy in No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack, and a $75,000 guaranteed $1,100 buy in Mystery Bounty.
Table Of Contents Doug Polk, Brad Owen, and Andrew Neeme purchased a Texas-sized poker room — The Lodge Card Club — in January 2022, and the club is continuing to expand as it faces some stiff competition. PokerNews visited the Austin area (Round Rock) card room two months after the poker-pro trio took possession of the business. We stopped by for a second visit last week to find out how the largest poker club in the Lone Star State has changed in the past two years.
Table Of Contents The hype leading up to the 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas festival was high. Two days into the series and it’s easy to see why. Event #1: $550 Mystery Bounty at Resorts World Las Vegas featured a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool. Play kicked off Friday with the first two Day 1 starting flights, followed by additional ones on Saturday. At the time of publishing, with registration still open for a few more hours on Day 1d, the tournament had over 700 entrants, creating a prize pool exceeding the guarantee.
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.
Learn How to Calculate Pot Odds with GTO Wizard
Pot odds are a fundamental concept in poker that help players assess the value of a call by weighing risk against reward. Essentially, pot odds tell you what percentage of the pot you need to win to make a call worthwhile over the long term. Calculating pot odds is straightforward, yet mastering this skill can significantly improve your decision-making at the table. In this article, GTO Wizard tells you how you can get to grips with the basics.
888poker: Use This Overbetting Strategy to Get Max Value
Overbets are a powerful tool in No Limit Hold’em that you can use to punish your opponents, both to get value and as a bluff. How and when to use them is an important skill to master if you want to be a great poker player. In this Made to Play tutorial from 888poker, ambassador Ian Simpson shares tips on how to apply overbetting when at the tables. The Scenario In the following scenario, the button opens to 120 with AA and the big blind calls.
888pokers Nick eastyyy22 Eastwood Reveals How to Crush Live Cash Games
Every Friday, as we head into the weekend, a member of 888poker’s stable of incredible poker players publishes a video on the 888poker YouTube channel entitled “Focus Fridays.” The most recent episode features Nick “eastyyy22” Eastwood delving deep into the world of live cash games. Eastwood starts by explaining the key differences between live and online poker. How Should Your Live Cash Game Strategy Change? Considering all of the above differences, how should you change your cash game strategy when battling in the live arena?
Should You Straddle? According to GTO Wizard No Is The Short Answer
Many poker games allow straddles. You only have to watch an episode of High Stakes Poker or a Hustler Casino Live cash game stream to see straddles in action. A straddle is where a player voluntarily posts a blind bet when they are not in the small or big blind. Straddles tend to be twice the size of the big blind, with an under-the-gun staddle being the most common. The boffins, or should that be wizards, behind GTO Wizard recently delved deep into whether or not you should straddle under the gun.
NAPT Hands of the Week: A Miracle Double Cooler Flops and Dream Spots for Song & Winter
Table Of Contents The 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas $5,300 Main Event will play down to a winner this weekend, but there has been plenty of side event action throughout the past week. PokerNews has live reported several of those tournaments, and during that time our live reporting team has captured some big and game-changing hands. For example, we already published an article on Jeremy Becker getting his aces cracked by Jonathan Little early in the $25,000 Super High Roller.
Ari Engel Ships 4th WSOP Gold Bracelet While Playing at PokerStars NAPT
On Thursday night, Ari Engel was at Resorts World Las Vegas competing in the PokerStars NAPT Las Vegas $550 Cardplayer Lifestyle H.E.R.O.S. event, which attracted 108 runners. However, it wasn’t the only tournament he was playing. Engel, who is the WSOP’s all-time Circuit ring winner with 18, was also grinding online in the current WSOP Online bracelet, a series that began back on Sept. 29 offering up a 33-bracelet-event schedule that’ll wrap early next week on Nov.
Daniel Negreanu Wife Amanda Launch Non-Poker Podcast; Heres What itll Be About
Daniel Negreanu is stepping outside the poker world to launch a non-poker podcast with his wife, Amanda Negreanu, called the Mania Podcast. The show will kick off Nov. 11 on YouTube and other podcast platforms. Negreanu previously co-hosted the popular DAT Poker Podcast, but he’s moving on to something new, and something that won’t have much, if anything, to do with poker. Many poker fans may recognize Amanda Negreanu (Leatherman) from Daniel Negreanu’s daily World Series of Poker (WSOP) vlogs in the summer.
Daniel Lee Triumphs in Main Event as APT Manila Achieves Unprecedented Success
Table Of Contents The Asian Poker Tour (APT) has achieved an exciting milestone with the APT Manila 2024 festival, now recognized as the largest and richest poker series ever held in the Philippines. Over 11 action-packed days at the stunning City of Dreams Manila, the festival attracted a remarkable 8,102 entries from 1,321 unique players across 53 countries. This year’s event generated a jaw-dropping total prize pool of PHP 349,691,602 (around USD 5,944,757), showcasing just how popular poker has become in the region.
Jamie Dale Satellites His Way to £33K and GUKPT High Roller Title
Table Of Contents What’s the best feeling in poker? Flopping a set? Hitting a gutshot on the turn? Or maybe rivering a straight flush to beat your opponent’s quads? All three are definitely up there, but Jamie Dale might have a different perspective after delivering a masterclass in the GUKPT Blackpool £1,500 High Roller, where he secured his seat at the table for a fraction of the buy-in. On Wednesday, Dale entered a £180 satellite to Grosvenor Poker’s biggest buy-in event of the festival and was among the five players to earn a ticket to the target tournament.
Televised World Poker Tour Action is Coming to CBS Sports Network
World Poker Tour (WPT) fans can tune in to CBS Sports Network starting this month to watch upcoming WPT televised shows. The major cable network and the popular poker tour, according to a press release, have agreed to a multi-year television deal. Action will begin on CBS Sports Network with edited episodes of the WPT’s Season XXI. WPT Action on CBS Sports Network CBS Sports Network has been home to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) since 2021 (previously ESPN).
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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