He’s now approaching $7 million in lifetime poker tournament cash winnings Andrew Rodgers has emerged as the championship winner, taking the top prize at the 2024 Card Player Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em main event. He earns the $103,936 top prize after striking a heads-up deal with Ankush Mandavia ($95,149) to secure the
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Bin Weng scores another poker win with WSOPC victory
The GPI Player of the Year continues to make deep runs at the tables The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) recently wrapped up its latest event at Harrah’s Pompano Beach in Florida, as more than a dozen ring events were played between February 1 and 12. The WSOPC Pompano Beach event delivered several noteworthy
James Galloway ships Champions Club Winter Poker Open Mystery Bounty
$400 becomes over $34,000 as Galloway pulls off a major win at the tables James Galloway ended a wild day of Houston poker action after outlasting 1,276 players to win the Champions Club Winter Poker Open $400 Mystery Bounty championship. He would end the tournament in a heads-up battle with Jonathan Park after he flopped
Hamid Izadi added seventh WSOPC gold ring to his collection
The long-time grinder ships a WSOPC event in Pompano Beach, Florida, for over $245K The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) gold ring event at Harrah’s Pompano Beach has concluded, with Hamid Izadi taking the title and a respectable first-place prize of $245,225. He beat a field of 917 entrants to get there and continues
Jason Koon dumps GGPoker, signs with Poker Royalty
The high-stakes grinder joins Dnegs and others in promoting poker Poker Royalty has announced it has signed a representation deal with ten-time Triton champion and high stakes pro Jason Koon, just a few days after he ended his agreement with GGPoker. Koon joins an outstanding list of pros, including Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari
Poker pro and “the best bettor in the world” loses Super Bowl bet
Sean Perry allegedly lost a fortune backing the team he expected to win Caution: Super Bowl LVIII spoiler alert ahead. Poker player Sean Perry claims to be one of the world’s best sports bettors but lost a $1.1 million bet after his Super Bowl wager on the San Francisco 49ers. The Kansas City Chiefs beat
Poker player Anthony Zinno states his case following theft accusation
Zinno claims it’s nothing more than a simple misunderstanding of the facts Anthony Zinno has finally spoken up after being accused of swiping $19,000 from another player’s bag at the end of the WPT World Championship festival in December. Zinno posted a comment on X (formerly Twitter) Thursday morning, denying the allegations brought forward by
Jason Daly scores big PLO win, inches closer to $1 million in live poker cash
Daly beat Carson Wieland heads-up to win his latest score Play at the final table of the Champions Club Winter Poker Open $1,100 PLO Championship on Tuesday ended at almost 4 AM the following morning, with Jason Daly outlasting the final 26 players of the 199 entries to win the title after beating Carson Wieland
Phil Hellmuth doesn’t want poker players covering their faces at the tables
The Poker Brat calls out Isaac Haxton for wearing a facemask during a live event Phil Hellmuth says he’s fed up with Isaac Haxton wearing a facemask while playing, as the “Poker Brat” called him out by asserting that “no one should be able to cover their face,” except in rare cases. Hellmuth recently did
Soccer star Neymar celebrates birthday by winning poker tourney
The Brazilian soccer phenom is known for his penchant for poker Brazilian soccer star Neymar observed his 32nd birthday by taking first place in a poker tournament that was part of the celebration. He also picked up a trophy and a medal for the victory. The event was a cheerful celebration of the superstar’s birthday
David Peters picks up another 2024 PokerGO Cup title
The latest win puts the pro in the lead on the PokerGO leaderboard The 2024 PokerGO Cup is nearly wrapping up after completing the seventh of the eight events. David Peters is the only player to win multiple titles in the series after the 36-year-old won the $5,300 buy-in opening event for $141,525 and then
Maria Konnikova ships WSOPC Online Main Event on her first try
The long-time player and poker author continues to find success at the felt The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) resumed its 2024 schedule, with plenty of exciting action happening last weekend at the $525 WSOPC Online Main Event. Over 500 entries boosted the prize pool from the guaranteed $200,000 to $252,000, with Maria Konnikova