WSOP Finalizes $500 Million Sale to GGPoker Parent Company
Caesars Entertainment has finalized the $500 million sale of the biggest brand in poker to GGPoker’s parent company, according to an announcement on Tuesday.
In August, Caesars Entertainment shocked the poker world when it announced that it would be selling World Series of Poker (WSOP) to NSUS Group Inc, a leading investment group and operator GGPoker. The deal was solidified Tuesday and includes a $250 million cash transaction and a $250 million promissory note due in five years.
Luiz Yepez Credits the Lord for $112k Win at WSOPC Southern Indiana
Table Of Contents The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) festival at Caesars Southern Indiana came to a close with Luis Yepez taking first place in the Main Event.
The festival awarded eighteen WSOPC rings over the course of 12 action-packed days of poker.
A total of 338 players turned out for the WSOP Circuit Southern Indiana main event. With a buy-in of $1,700, there was over half-a-million dollars in play with $111,979 up top for first place.
WPT Global’s Patrick Egption Tardif at Playground: “The Players Know Im There to Dump Money”
Table Of Contents When it comes to Canadian poker players, Patrick Tardif has made quite a name for himself. Originally from Saskatchewan and now residing in Toronto, Tardif is known for his online poker prowess where he’s recorded more than $11 million in virtual felt earnings.
So, when WPT Global was looking to add to their Ambassador roster the man known as “Egption” was a natural fit. Since joining the team – which includes Phil Ivey, Brad Owen, Ethan Yau, Jon Van Fleet, Xuan Liu, Angel Guillen, and most recently NHL star Phil Kessel (more on that below) – Tardif has taken his ambassadorship seriously and has been doing a good amount of traveling, including to Montreal for the WPT Playground Championship.
Major Poker Room Launching First Texas-Based Online Poker Site; Is It Legit?
Table Of Contents Our recent visit to Texas included a stop at one of the premier places to play poker in the Lone Star State — Texas Card House Social in Austin. The brand-new card room not only featured more than 40 card tables and a delicious attached kitchen, the club is set to soon launch a Texas-based online poker site.
Hijack Poker is currently undergoing a soft launch/beta testing phase, and we gave it a shot while in town to see what it’s all about.
Hugo Girard Wins WPT Prime Paris Championship for $183294; Horrible Luck for Conor O’Driscoll
The World Poker Tour (WPT) has not only been busy with its CAD $5,300 WPT Playground Championship in Montreal, but across the pond, they wrapped their second edition of the €1,100 WPT Prime Paris Championship on Monday night.
That tournament attracted 1,242 entrants over five starting flights to Club Circus Paris and offered up a €1,192,320 (US $1,285,559) prize pool to the top 156 finishers. After three days of play, France’s Hugues “Hugo” Girard nearly went wire-to-wire at the final table to win the tournament for $183,294 and a seat into December’s 2024 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
PokerStars player Daniel Johnson Wins EPT Prague AND Live Spin & Go Championship Packages
Table Of Contents Top-tier professional poker players often dominate PokerNews’ headlines, but today, it is the lesser-known Daniel Johnson who finds himself thrust into the limelight. You see, Johnson may not be an established pro, but he recently pulled off a remarkable double by capturing packages for the upcoming PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague Main Event and the inaugural Live Spin & Go Championship!
Johnson is a proud 29-year-old Scotsman living in Strathaven, just south of Glasgow.
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.
10 Underrated Poker Tips in Less Than 2 Minutes
Benjamin “bencb789” Rolle is an elite-level professional poker player and founder of the RaiseYourEdge poker training site. Rolle is respected and feared by his peers in equal measure. Today, he gives away some trade secrets to PokerNews readers for free.
After playing poker for over 15 years, Ive learned some lessons that go far beyond the game itself. I started grinding $1 Sit & Gos (SNGs) and eventually worked my way up to playing $5,000 SNGs before transitioning to tournaments.
Alex Foxens $25k Six-Bet Jam: GTO Wizard Approved? Find Out!
The very best poker players of the world are in action at the 2024 World Series of Poker, and no more so than in the various High Roller tournaments.
These include the $250,000 Super High Roller which gets underway later this month (June 21), but there was still plenty of $25,000 High Roller action on display.
In the latest GTO Wizard Hand Analysis we take a look at a massive pot that saw Alex Foxen dust off the six-bet with three tables remaining.
How ICM Boosts Your Tournament Equity and Minimizes Risk
ICM is an essential tool for understanding tournament strategy, particularly the value of survival.
Although players cannot run ICM calculations like the ones on GTO Wizard during play, studying it off the table helps develop intuition for key decisions. In tournaments, maximizing your tournament equity is far more important than simply accumulating chips.
Learning to use ICM effectively means knowing when to play tight and when to exploit survival pressure for an edge over opponents.
The Fake All-In; Why Do Players Do It?
Action is on a player, and they move all in. Or do they? In fact, they’ve left 1-2 big blinds behind, or sometimes a solitary chip.
It’s becoming increasingly more popular but why?
In a GTO Wizard video, they take a look at this “Fake All-In” trend and analyze why players do it and what difference it can make to your play.
GTO Wizard: How to Play Pocket Jacks
Is it Stalling?
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.
Virginia Online Poker
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.
North Carolina Online Poker
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.
Winamax Live Festivals
Web: https://www.winamax.fr/les-tournois_les-evenements
7 - 10 February 2024 Spain Winamax Poker Tour - Gran Final, Madrid (17) 12 - 17 March 2024 France Winamax Poker Tour - Grande Finale, Paris (19) 29 May - 2 June 2024 Morocco Winamax SISMIX - Marrakech, Marrakech (23) 25 - 29 September 2024 Slovakia Winamax Poker Open - WPO Bratislava, Bratislava (22) Tournament Spotlight 21 Oct -3 Nov 2024 England Aspers Autumnfest, London 25 Oct -4 Nov 2024 Taiwan Taiwan Millions Tournament (TMT) Championship by Natural8, Taipei City 27 Oct -3 Nov 2024 Belgium Spirits Fest 2024 - €200k GTD, Namur 28 Oct -4 Nov 2024 Malta 2024 Malta Poker Festival (MPF) (THMC), St.
U Series of Poker
Web: https://useriespoker.com/
14 January 2024 Taiwan U Series of Poker - USOP Taiwan 2024, Taipei City (44) 28 March - 1 April 2024 Vietnam U Series of Poker - USOP Da Nang Part 1, Da Nang (71) 19 - 23 September 2024 Vietnam U Series of Poker - USOP Hai Phong, Hai Phong (65) Tournament Spotlight 21 Oct -3 Nov 2024 England Aspers Autumnfest, London 25 Oct -4 Nov 2024 Taiwan Taiwan Millions Tournament (TMT) Championship by Natural8, Taipei City 27 Oct -3 Nov 2024 Belgium Spirits Fest 2024 - €200k GTD, Namur 28 Oct -4 Nov 2024 Malta 2024 Malta Poker Festival (MPF) (THMC), St.
Aussie Millions Poker Championship
Tournament Spotlight 21 Oct -3 Nov 2024 England Aspers Autumnfest, London 25 Oct -4 Nov 2024 Taiwan Taiwan Millions Tournament (TMT) Championship by Natural8, Taipei City 27 Oct -3 Nov 2024 Belgium Spirits Fest 2024 - €200k GTD, Namur 28 Oct -4 Nov 2024 Malta 2024 Malta Poker Festival (MPF) (THMC), St. Julian’s 28 Oct -7 Nov 2024 Philippines Asian Poker Tour - APT Manila, Manila 29 Oct -3 Nov 2024 Ireland Irish Poker Festival, Dublin 29 Oct -6 Nov 2024 Malta Battle of Malta 2024 - Autumn Edition, St Julian’s 30 Oct -10 Nov 2024 England Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT Blackpool Leg 9, Blackpool 31 Oct -10 Nov 2024 Cyprus Chamada Autumn Festival, Chamada 1 - 11Nov 2024 Italy WSOP International Circuit - WSOPC Italy, Sanremo 3 - 11Nov 2024 Slovakia Polish Poker Championship, Bratislava 4 - 10Nov 2024 Albania Diamond Poker Series - PLO Grand Slam Tirana, Tirana 8 - 17Nov 2024 Vietnam Asian Poker Tour - APT Phu Quoc, Phu Quoc 8 - 18Nov 2024 England UK & Ireland Poker Tour - UKIPT Nottingham, Nottingham 12 - 18Nov 2024 Slovakia Card Casino Royal, Šamorín 14 - 25Nov 2024 Spain Circuito Nacional de Poker - CNP888 Madrid, Madrid 15 - 17Nov 2024 Ireland Irish Poker Tour - Dublin Winter Festival, Dublin 15 - 24Nov 2024 Lithuania Kings of Vilnius, Vilnius 18 - 24Nov 2024 Slovakia The Festival in Bratislava, Bratislava 18 - 25Nov 2024 Liechtenstein Euro Poker Million - EPM Liechtenstein, Gamprin-Bendern 19 - 25Nov 2024 Czech Republic EA Poker Tour - EAPT Rozvadov, Rozvadov 19 Nov -1 Dec 2024 Cyprus Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series, Kyrenia 20 Nov -1 Dec 2024 South Africa SunBet Poker Tour by MJPT & THMC Cape Town Million, Cape Town 21 - 24Nov 2024 England The Women’s Winter Festival - by PokerStars, London 21 Nov -1 Dec 2024 England Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GUKPT Grand Final, Luton 21 Nov -2 Dec 2024 Austria Casinos Austria Poker Tour - CAPT Million, Baden 27 Nov -8 Dec 2024 Belgium CPS - Circus Poker Series - €2m GTD, Namur 3 - 8Dec 2024 England The Hendon Mob Championship - THMC London by UDSO, London 4 - 15Dec 2024 Czech Republic European Poker Tour - EPT Prague, Prague 5 - 8Dec 2024 Ireland Irish Poker Tour - Galway Winter Festival, Galway 27 - 29Dec 2024 Ireland Irish Poker Tour Final, Dublin
UK Poker League
Web: https://www.888poker.com/888live-events/uk-pokerleague-january-2024/
18 - 21 January 2024 England UK Poker League by 888poker - Coventry, Coventry (7) 15 - 18 February 2024 Scotland UK Poker League by 888poker - UKPL Edinburgh, Edinburgh (6) 7 - 10 March 2024 England UK Poker League by 888poker - UKPL Luton, Luton (8) 29 August - 1 September 2024 England UK Poker League by 888poker - Leeds, Leeds (8) 26 - 29 September 2024 England UK Poker League by 888poker - UKPL Reading, Reading (8) 11 - 13 October 2024 England 888poker LIVE - Coventry, Coventry (18) Tournament Spotlight 21 Oct -3 Nov 2024 England Aspers Autumnfest, London 25 Oct -4 Nov 2024 Taiwan Taiwan Millions Tournament (TMT) Championship by Natural8, Taipei City 27 Oct -3 Nov 2024 Belgium Spirits Fest 2024 - €200k GTD, Namur 28 Oct -4 Nov 2024 Malta 2024 Malta Poker Festival (MPF) (THMC), St.
Celebrity Poker Tour
15 March 2024 United States Celebrity Poker Tour - CPT Game Night I, Las Vegas (1) 19 April 2024 United States Celebrity Poker Tour - CPT Game Night II, Las Vegas (1) 4 May 2024 United States Celebrity Poker Tour - CPT Invitational III, Las Vegas (1) 12 August 2024 United States Celebrity Poker Tour - CPT Game Night III, Las Vegas (1) 31 August 2024 United States Celebrity Poker Tour - CPT Invitational IV, Las Vegas (1) 7 October 2024 United States Celebtity Poker Tour - CPT Game Night IV The H3 Game, Las Vegas (1) Tournament Spotlight 21 Oct -3 Nov 2024 England Aspers Autumnfest, London 25 Oct -4 Nov 2024 Taiwan Taiwan Millions Tournament (TMT) Championship by Natural8, Taipei City 27 Oct -3 Nov 2024 Belgium Spirits Fest 2024 - €200k GTD, Namur 28 Oct -4 Nov 2024 Malta 2024 Malta Poker Festival (MPF) (THMC), St.
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.