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BetOnline Poker is giving players a chance to battle for $10,000 in cash and prizes every week through their new Weekly Powerball Shootout promotion. As the name suggests the Weekly Power Ball Shootout is a weekly tournament with a $10,000 prize pool. To earn free entry into the weekly tournament you must complete weekly missions

The World Series of Poker has announced some rules changes for the upcoming WSOP Paradise, scheduled for Dec 6-19 in the Bahamas. The rule changes focus on players at the poker table receiving outside help and using electronic devices for assistance. It is believed this stems from controversy surrounding Jonathan Tamayo win in this year

UFC Hall of Famer Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone delivered plenty of knockouts in the octagon during his fighting days and now he’s bringing those knockouts to the virtual poker felt at BetOnline Poker. Donald Cerrone’ Poker Knockouts Challenge promotion runs at BetOnline Poker until December 29. Throughout the promotion poker players at BetOnline Poker can collect

BetMGM Poker has officially merged its online player pools in Michigan and New Jersey becoming the third online poker site to share players between the two states. BetMGM filed a request for shared player liquidity with the Michigan Gaming Control Board earlier this year and was granted approval under the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement this

The winner of a World Series of Poker Online event in September has had his win cancelled and payout and WSOP bracelet denied after being disqualified. In September, Francesco Garofalo (aka forzaitalia) was a surprise winner of the star-studded World Series of Poker Online $25,000 GGMillion$ Super High Roller Championship. He outlasted a 230-entry field

Poker players in Pennsylvania have a new place to play following the launch of Rush Street Interactive’s BetRivers Poker in the state. An online poker site from Rush Street has been expected for awhile now after they purchased Run It Once Poker from Phil Galfon back in 2022. After their initially launch of the rebranded

BetOnline Poker is getting in on the fun of spooky season with the introduction of Trick or Treat Mystery Bounty Jackpot Tournaments. From now until November 3, through the promotion, BetOnline Poker is offering special tournaments that reward some major tricks and treats. The promotion features two tournaments; the Trick of Treat $30 Sit &

It appears the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA) could soon have a new member. Regulators from Pennsylvania have begun negotiations to join the agreement following a directive from Governor Josh Shapiro to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. In a letter to the Control Board the Governor directed the board to “begin the process of negotiating

Poker players in Pennsylvania may soon have two new online poker options. It has been reported that DraftKings is looking into launching their Electric Poker platform in Pennsylvania. DraftKings is new to the poker game and just launched for the first time in Michigan in August. Electric Poker offers only fast-paced no-limit hold’em sit and

More than $2.5 million in guaranteed prize pools will be up for grabs at BetOnline Poker during the $2.5 Million Championship Series. The series runs from September 22 to October 6 with over 150 events on the schedule. There are events for every poker budget with buy-in starting at $11, and satellite tournaments to the

BetOnline Poker will be delivering a ton of tournaments at the end of August with the 50/50 Poker Series. The series runs from August 25 to September 1 with 55 events on the schedule. All these events in the series have a $55 buy-in, except two events2, one at the beginning and one at the

If you have any vacation time saved up, you may want to use it this week to take advantage of 888poker Summer Sale Week. From August 12-19 888poker has cut the buy-in to several of their popular tournaments in half. Making this deal even more lucrative is while the buy-ins are half price, the guaranteed

Jonathan Tamayo has won the largest World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event evert ever. Tamayo outlasted a massive 10,112-player field to win the $10 million top prize, his first WSOP bracelet, and the title of world champion. Tamayo previously won four WSOP Circuit rings and placed in the Top 10 in WSOP events four

BetOnline Poker is giving loyal customers a chance to enter weekly freeroll tournaments through their new Customer Appreciation Freerolls promotion. The freerolls tournaments are offered every week on Monday and the size of the freeroll depends on how often you played cash games at BetOnline Poker the previous week from Monday through Sunday. Each Monday

The 2024 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event is the largest main event in WSOP history. The 2024 WSOP Main Event drew 10,112 entries which surpassed the old record of 10,043 set during the 2023 WSOP Main Event. The prize pool for the 2024 WSOP Main Event was also a record-setter at $94,041,600. The

Phil Ivey has claimed sole possession of second place on the all-time World Series of Poker bracelet list after winning his 11th career bracelet this week in Las Vegas. Ivey recorded his 11th WSOP win in the 2024 WSOP $10,000 Triple Draw Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Championship. Along with the bracelet Ivey also cashed $347,440 for the