The Muck: Patrick Leonard Blasts Poker Ambassadors And Sites
Leonard had some choice words for poker ambassadors and how they are failing to speak up game integrity and cheating scandals on poker sites
Leonard had some choice words for poker ambassadors and how they are failing to speak up game integrity and cheating scandals on poker sites
Nadya Magnus is giving away two 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event seats to two lucky women, and we have details on the contest.
Nick Schulman, Artur Martirosian & Dylan Destefano all nabbed PGT Last Chance titles this month inside the PokerGO Studio. Get all the details here.
Mohamed Mokrani has won the Merit Poker Western Series Main Event, topping a 672-entry field to take home the $342,500 first-place prize after beating Nichan Khorchidian at heads-up.
PokerStars, the leading online poker platform, has announced its schedule for the upcoming Carnival Series that offers huge guaranteed prize pools.
The 2024 GUKPT season kicks off with a busy London series running January 3-14, including a 1,250 buy-in Main Event.
Luke Porter was a 66/1 long-shot to win the 2024 GUKPT London Main Event when the final table commenced. He overcame those odds and is now a poker champion.
Take a look at some of the winners in the Global Poker Deepstack Series III that ran Jan. 8-21, including Team PokerNews streamer Kyle KAA17 Anderson.
PokerStars' first foray into the mystery bounty world was a resounding success, with the Sunday Million enjoying a $1,632,400 prize pool.
Pragmatic Play has strengthened its agreement with Kaizen Gaming, in a deal that will see it supply two verticals to the leading European group.
Konstantin Held won the first-ever WPT Cambodia Championship for $361,310 after a three-handed deal with Joshua McCully and Florent Remi. Find out more.
The 888poker XL Winter Series schedule, featuring over $2 million in combined guaranteed prize pools, including a $1 million guaranteed Main Event.
The 888poker and Grosvenor Casinos UK Poker League debuts in Coventry on January 16.
$1.5 million is guaranteed to be won in the 2024 PartyPoker Grand Prix Winter Edition, running January 18 through February 5.
Discover how you can win cash prizes worth up to $10,000 just for playing your favorite 888poker cash games.
Pragmatic Play has released its latest thrilling title with dynamic reels and up to 60 paylines, The Amazing Money Machine.
The World Poker Tour's Global Mid-Major Prime Tour held 14 events in 12 different countries in 2023, awarding over 20 million in prizes throughout the world
Play poker in the Alps at the THM Winter Championship by USDO, which will take place at Grand Casino Liechtenstein from Jan. 29-Feb. 5. Find out more.
Alex Queen defeated John Pannucci to win the Championship Event of the 2024 Borgata Winter Poker Open, part of a series that held 22 events.
Michigan poker player George Janssen alleges he is the victim of a $2 million extortion scheme dating back two years ago. Get the details here.
Head to Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham, from January 12-14 for the 2024 Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) UK Team Championship.
Miklos Zsuffa came out on top in the EAPT Bratislava Main Event and won 32,630. Read all about it here on PokerNews.
British player Max Deveson defeated Frenchman Antoine Delorme heads-up to win the WSOPC Marrakech Main Event for 200,000
Jack Solomon has won the second GGPoker UKPC Main Event after topping a massive field to win almost six-figures.
Poker champ Jamie Gold will host the 37th annual Leigh Steinberg Super Bowl party in Las Vegas Feb. 10, which helps benefit the Special Olympics.
Forteen years after listing on the London Stock Exchange, Flutter Entertainment joins the New York Stock Exchange.
Don't miss your chance to turn $93.50 into one of ten CAD$500,000 guaranteed WPT Global WInter Classic Main Event seats.
Elliot Roe's A-Game Poker helps you master the mental game, create a winning mindset and dominate the modern poker game
Simone Andrian defeated Abdullah Alajmi in heads-up play to win $165,000 in the Merit Poker Wester Poker Series $2,000 Warmup in Cyprus
Is an early start time the missing ingredient for success in MTTs? Lex Veldhuis' results in the PokerStars New Year Series seem to suggest so.
What started out as a game integrity Bot Challenge awarding $100,000 to the winner ended in calamity for ACR Poker as they walked back on the offer over the weekend
Pragmatic Play has partnered with leading LatAm operator Juega En Linea in a deal that will see it taking multiple verticals from the provider.
Poker player Jon Letzkus is accused of firing his gun from an MGM Signature Tower suite on New Year's Eve in Las Vegas and has been taken into custody.
The Celebrity Poker Tour Invitational II will take place on Thurs. Feb. 8 at PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. TikTok star Griffin Johnson is slated to compete.
Bin Weng won the Global Poker Index Player of the Year Award and Kristen Foxen won her fourth Women's POY award, while Nick Pupillo won the mid-major title.
Find out how you can turn $5 into a $12,400 WPT Voyage passport online at WPT Global this weekend.
Phil Hellmuth gave the most candid and honest interview ever with PokerGO's Natalie Bode when he discussed his status within the game of poker.
Check out all the winners from the 2023 Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza IV including Jeremy Becker, David Larson, Wendy Nguyen, and Haven Werner. Recap here
The 2nd Annual Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) Awards & Charity Poker Event will take place on Tuesday, January 16 at Via Brazil Steakhouse in Las Vegas, NV.
The PokerStars New Year Series concluded on January 16 with the crowning of the three No-Limit Hold'em champions. Check out the size of the payouts.
The Casino de Marrakech will host the WSOPC International Circuit from January 12-21 with 13 rings events and a 1,500 WSOP Circuit Main Event
The second leg of the 2024 GUKPT sees the tour head to Manchester for the 18th consecutive year. The 1,250 Main Event is expected to be huge.
Svarozhits warmed up for the 888poker XL Winter Series in style, taking down the $109 Mystery Bounty Main Event for $8,183.
Poker fans have the opportunity to qualify for the WPT Global Winter Classic on WPT Global for less than $10. The final qualifier guarantees ten seats to the Main Event.
For the third year in a row, a patron of Billy's Corner Bar & Grill in Minnesota has won the Free Poker Network (FPN) Championship. Get the details here.
A poker player proposed to a poker dealer at The Lodge Card Club in Austin, Texas recently, and we have a cool video of the wholesome goodness fun.
Rising poker content star Brantzen Wong, known as Brantzen Poker, will join Boston Rob Mariano on NBC's Deal or No Deal Island, premiering on February 26
Daniel Negreanu had a brutal year as a poker tournament player in 2023, losing $2.2 million, and now he says he's going to make some major changes.
The Nash Bankroll app is the latest tool for poker players to track their wins and losses. The app is easy to use and has plenty of features that make it great for poker players in 2024.
Gal Yifrach, a poker player accused of running an illegal gambling operation, is facing a mountain of evidence against him by the US government.
Online poker players in several US states may soon have another site they can play on as Phil Galfond's Run It Once (RIO) approaches a US launch. Read more.
Arden Cho was the top performer at the final table of the PGT Championship, a PokerGO Tour season-ending $1 million freeroll poker tournament.
After vowing to make changes following a rough year, Daniel Negreanu came within inches of winning his second title of 2024 before falling to Kristen Foxen.
The Lodge poker stream in Texas was truly epic Sunday night, with Doug Polk and Bill Perkins, along with Nik Airball, playing some massive pots.
Umut Ozturk won the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Season 14 Player of the Year while Eric Baldwin went back-to-back in the MSPT Venetian for a $90,692 payday
Interview with PokerStars Associate Director of Live Events Operations Cedric Billot about the return to EPT Paris, as well as the rest of the 2024 schedule
The latest WSOP Circuit stop at Horseshoe Tunica was an exciting one, as Maurice Hawkins and Daniel Lowery were both denied rings. Get the details here.
Phil Galfond joins David Tuchman for a trip around Las Vegas in the 888Ride series, where he opens up on playing the biggest games, content creation & The Galfond Challenge.
The Lodge Card Club in Austin, Texas hosted one of the best promotions in poker history, handing out $100,000 to a lucky random player at the club.
Mo Nuwwarah, a former PokerNews editor and live reporter, is the latest Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) champion, and he earned a career-best score.
One of online poker's biggest mystery bounty events took place at 888poker, and Cosmin1812 emerged as a massive winner. Find out more at PokerNews.
During the WPT World Championship, WPT ambassador Brad Owen attended the Meet-Up game where battled members of the public along with Phil Ivey and Gus Hansen
In 2023, 888poker refunded $362,893 to 4,068 players who fell victim to opponents using AI software in the form of bots or RTA.
1 million is guaranteed across the inaugural London Poker Festival, including a 700 buy-in, 500,000 guaranteed Main Event.
Bin Weng dominated Seasion XXI of the World Poker Tour with back-to-back final tables and his first victory at WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
The WPT Voyage will take place on Virgin Voyages' Valiant Lady March 31-April 6, 2024. Learn about some of the folks who work in the WPT at Sea Poker Room.
Shaun joins David Tuchman in 888ride, and the two chat about multi-tabling, the Jeff Platt curse, what can be done to improve the poker industry and more.
Take a look at the best way to turn a small investment into a PokerStars New Year Series Main Event seat.
Poker star Shaun Deeb is making some serious ground in his quest to beat Bill Perkins in a body fat loss prop bet that would pay him $1 million.
Maksim Shornikau outlasted 153 entries and defeated Shuang Luo in heads-up play to win the Merit Poker Western Poker Series $5,300 High Roller for $177,500
The PokerStars Sunday Million Anniversary returns this April with a $8m GTD prize pool and the chance for players to write their name into online poker history
High school math teacher Todd Tucker won the RunGood Poker Series $800 Main Event in Tulsa. This is the first stop of the 2024 season for RGPS and quadrupled its guarantee.
The first-ever 888poker and Grosvenor Casinos UK Poker League (UKPL) is in the bag, with Jamie Le taking down the Main Event for 37,605.
Poker Players are gearing up for the much-anticipated EA Poker Tour (EAPT) in Bratislava, where a week of exciting poker tournaments awaits.
Daniel Negreanu won over $200,000 for taking down a poker tournament in Las Vegas on Tuesday, shaving off 10% of his 2023 poker tournament losses.
Get the details on the upcoming Global Poker Monsterstack Series III that will be running Jan. 8-21 with plenty of great prizes up for grabs. Find out more.
Mike BrockLesnar Holtz, a Nevada online poker legend, has taken down the 2023 WSOP.com Player of the Year award, and he won it easily.
The WPT Global Winter Classic at Playground Montreal combines online and live poker with a diverse lineup of events, featuring a $500K GTD Main Event and a unique MeetUpGame with WPT Global Ambassadors.
With Alex Foxen taking down a high roller event in the Lucky Hearts Poker Open, the Foxens now have two poker tournament wins already in 2024.
GGPoker is giving its players some impressive rewards with a brand new 50% rakeback deal. The promotion is available until February 14 and open to all GGPoker accounts.
Pokerstars have announced the dates for Eureka Rozvadov and Estrellas Poker Tour Madrid taking place this month along with how to win our way through the Power Path
The 888poker XL Winter Series Mystery Bounty Main Event has reached its final table, and one of the eight finalists has a $100,000 bounty on their head!
The WPT Winter Festival is in full swing online at WPT Global. Will you become a poker champion before the final event on January 14?
Kasey Lyn Mills won two Circuit rings and a career-best score of $66,009 at WSOPC Choctaw, while Jonathan Glendinning won the Main Event for $231,832.
Pragmatic Play has launched a new Live Casino hit, Dragon Tiger. The objective of the game is to bet on which of the two cards has the highest value.
American Idol contestant William Hung says he's addicted to gambling after betting on sports and playing poker professionally for the past few years.
The epic PokerStars US Winter Series across three states wrapped on January 29, and the entire series was a huge success. Find out the final results here.
The Power Path is up and running for 2024 with a whole host of different Passes for you to win on PokerStars including options for both live and online tournaments
PokerNews chats with PokerStars Head of Game Integrity Francis Lincoln to discuss what his team does to combat online poker cheaters
Pragmatic Play invites players to check out its latest take on a returning classic, Buffalo King Megaways.
Details have been announced for the 2024 edition of the Mediterranean Poker Party including a Mystery Bounty event along with the EAPT Grand Final.
The 2024 UK Poker Championships feature a 560 buy-in Main Event carrying a 500,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Pragmatic Play continues to expand its footprint in Brazil through a new commercial deal with the famous operator, Jogos da Sorte.
Ethan Rampage Yau had a brutal session on Hustler Casino Live Friday night, losing nearly $500,000 in what was the biggest loss of his poker career.
RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) returns to Hard Rock Tulsa for the first stop of 2024 from January 16-21 with an $800 Main Event that offers a $100K guarantee.
A poker player named Jeff Lennon was seemingly drunk on stream during Day 1 of the PGT Championship $1 million freeroll, and he may have crossed the line.
PokerNews is bringing you live updates from three of the biggest Merit Poker Western Series tournaments, including the $1.5 million guaranteed Main Event.
PokerStars has today unveiled a brand new Rewards scheme that offers up to 60% rakeback
Thomas Muehloecker took down the first $5,200 buy-in mystery bounty tournament PokerStars has run, and saw his bankroll increase by $113,963.
Pragmatic Play has donated 21,000 to a project backed by The Metropolis Philanthropic Foundation, a leading NGO in Romania.
The 2024 APAT UK Team Championship took place at Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham, with Talk Club walking away with the top honors.
Find out more about the $1 million guaranteed mystery bounty tournament PokerStars is hosting on January 7, part of the New Year Series.
Head to the Lithuanian capital city, Vilnius, from January 27 for the OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker; you will not be disappointed.
The nominees for the 5th Annual Global Poker Awards have been released. The ceremony will take place on PokerGO on February 24 and poker fans can vote in four categories.
The Tropicana in Las Vegas will officially close in April to prepare for the buildout of the new Las Vegas A's stadium, a bittersweet day for the city.
Michael Addamo and Niklas Astedt won more than $120,000 between them by becoming champions at PokerStars this weekend.
Manuel Ledesma has won the 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event after outlasting a field of 435 entries. He beat Juan Lyons in heads-up play to seal the victory.
Check out the schedule for the 2024 Wynn Millions Poker Series in Las Vegas w/ $8M in guarantees, including the $3M guaranteed Wynn Millions Main Event.
Independent film producer Tom Baldinger of 624 Productions is working to make and distribute the first season his poker tv show Un$uited. Find out more.
Brazil's doga10 outlasted more than 1,100 opponents to become the 888poker XL WInter Series $200,000 Mystery Bounty champion.
Pragmatic Play sets off on another adventure to find mystical riches in its latest hit Phoenix Forge.
Win your way into WPT Prime and to the WPT Voyage from only $5 thanks to WPT Global.
Get the details on the Global Poker Grizzly Games VII series, which will take place Jan. 29-Feb. 18 and feature hundreds of Gold and Sweeps Coin events.
January 14 was a good day for Team PokerStars' Sam Grafton and Lex Veldhuis, as both secured large pries and put together deep runs in the Main Events.
The first 888poker LIVE stop of 2024 takes place in Madrid, Spain, from January 22-29, and PokerNews is reporting from the 888 buy-in Main Event.
Arden Cho finished second in the 2023 PGT Championship she speaks to PokerNews about her experience as well as what her future in poker could hold
Maria Konnikova defeated Jason Pew in heads-up play to win the World Series of Poker Online Circuit Main Event for $57,532 and her first WSOP gold ring
Nik Airball pulled off a sick bluff on Friday night's Hustler Casino Live show in a six-figure pot and then proceeded to talk some trash.
The $162 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed XL Winter Series Mystery Bounty at 888poker looks incredible value, with a potential large overlay on the cards.
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is giving players on ClubWPT and WPT Global the opportunity of a lifetime to win a free poker cruise thig coming Spring.
The WPT Global Winter Festival concludes on January 14, and what better way to round it off than by taking down one of the three biggest events?
World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and Tiltboy founder Perry Friedman passed away at the age of 55 on Sunday, January 21, 2024.
The 888poker XL Winter Series is underway, and Ian Simpson came close to taking down the $120,000 guaranteed Opening Event.
PokerNews' Chad Holloway is a thrift, and throughout 2023 he found some cool poker items while hitting the secondhand stores in Vegas. Check them out here.
Terminally ill poker player Cody Daniels made the final table of Event #1 of the PokerGO Cup and is chasing the top prize of $141,525. Find out more.
Derek Baker came out on top in the 600 Galway Poker Festival Main Event, banking a career-best 83,500 for his efforts.