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08 Aug 2022
The World Series of Poker Europe is returning to the King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic from October 26 to November 15. The 2022 WSOP Europe will include 15 events with €12 million in guaranteed money available throughout. That is approximately $12.2 million US right now. Buy-ins at the WSOP Europe range from €350 to

23 Jul 2022
More than half a million in prizes is coming to BetOnline Poker later this month in the Mystery Series 2.0. The Mystery Series 2.0 runs from July 25 to 31 with 26 events. The schedule during five of the six days of the series includes four events each day. All four events have the same

14 Jul 2022
The 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event just came up just short of the record for the largest Main Event is WSOP history. The 2022 WSOP Main Event ended up with an 8,663-player field. That was 110 players less than the record 8,773 entries in the 2006 WSOP Main Event. The near-record field amassed

06 Jul 2022
GGPoker is teaming up with several poker series to launch the Poker Integrity Council. The goal of the new council is to stop what it calls rampant cheating in poker and inflict real consequences on those caught cheating. The founding council members include five well-known and respected poker pros. Those five include Jason Koon, Fedor

28 Jun 2022
A big pot went to the wrong player thanks to a glitch during a $1 million guaranteed tournament at GGPoker on Sunday night. The error occurred in a $10,300 Super High Roller tournament with a $1 million guarantee which was part of the GGPoker Super MILLION$ series. [ Check out online poker reviews of the

23 Jun 2022
Daniel Zack has become the first poker player to win two bracelets at the 2022 World Series Poker. Zack claimed his second win, and second WSOP bracelet at the 2022 WSOP in Event 40: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-LO 8 or Better Championship. Zack outlasted the rest of the 137-player field in the tournament to

07 Jun 2022
The first two World Series of Poker bracelets for online events have been awarded at the 2022 WSOP. The first two online events on the 2022 WSOP schedule were the $5,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Freezeout and the No-Limit Hold’em BIG $500. The Freezeout had 218 entries resulting in a $1,090,000 prize pool. The top

04 Jun 2022
Soon online poker players in the state of Michigan will finally be able to play against opponents from other states. Earlier this month Michigan officially signed on to a multi-state poker compact that will allow online poker sites in Michigan to share player pools with sites in other states that have signed on to the

13 May 2022
Your monthly shot a $1 million guaranteed prize pool returns to Bovada Poker on May 22. That’s the date for Bovada Poker’s Monthly Milly during the month of May. The tournament is exactly what is sounds like. A once a month tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million. [ Sign up at Bovada

08 May 2022
The start of a new month means the start of a new set of leaderboards at BetOnline Poker. During the month of May over $60,000 will be up for grabs on the BetOnline Poker leaderboards. Throughout the month players can earns points on three different daily leaderboards to have shot at daily cash tournaments. [

23 Apr 2022
888poker’s latest promotion will earn some lucky poker players a comped trip to Las Vegas. The 888poker Road to Las Vegas will setup winners with a $13,000 Vegas prize package. Included in the package are a $10,000 tournament buy-in to a major tournament to be held at the Horseshoe & Paris Hotel & Casino, $1,500

08 Apr 2022
Commercial online gambling officially launched in Ontario on April 4 and it included the launch of the 888 brands, including 888poker. Residents of Ontario now have access to 888poker’s enhanced mobile poker app. That gives them access to 888poker gift drops, and daily free roll tournaments worth $5,000. There is also a weekly $10,000 freeroll

01 Apr 2022
The World Series of Poker is coming online north of the border in Ontario. Online poker players located in the province of Ontario will have access to the newly launched WSOP.ca starting on April 4 as part of the new private iGaming expansion in the province. WSOP.ca is a partnership between the World Series of

30 Mar 2022
Online poker players in Michigan have another option available to them after WSOP.com launched in the state earlier this week. Following their launch in Michigan, WSOP.com is now available in four states. Michigan joins Pennsylvania, Nevada and New Jersey. WSOP.com currently has a deal to share online poker player pool in Nevada and New Jersey,

15 Mar 2022
In celebration of their 20 years in the poker business, 888poker is dialing back the clock with their new Retro Week Series. The Series will run from March 20 to 27 and include 26 events, some of which have been long retired from the regular 888poker rotation. The 26 events will have a combined $888,000

10 Mar 2022
PokerStars joined an increasing list of major companies that are pulling out of the Russian market. Earlier this week PokerStars issued a short tweet announcing their decision to suspend operation in Russia. The exact wording of the brief tweet was “Important update: we are suspending all our services in Russia.” The reactions to PokerStars suspends