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NewsWSOP Online: Sang Lee, Martin Zamani, Allen Chang, Justin Lapka, James Gilbert win blingSang 'youngkoi' Lee won his first bracelet with a big score in WSOP Online Event #20 $3,200 NL High Roller and banked $241,768. Martin 'bathroomline' Zamani took down Event #19 $888 PLO Crazy Eights for a $92K score. Event #18 was also known as the $1,000 North American Open and James 'Danfriel' Gilbert denied Landon Tice a bracelet when Gilbert shipped the tournament for $137,570. Twitch streamer Justin 'LappyPoker' Lapka shipped Event #17 $400 NL for $75,371. Allen 'Acnyc718' Chang took down 2021 WSOP Event #16 $600 PLO8 6-Handed for a #61K score. [...] Read more…

NewsWSOP Online schedule at GGPoker released, 33 bracelet events starting Aug 1International players finally have a chance to win a bracelet through the 2021 World Series of Poker Online. For a second summer in a row, GGPoker will host bracelet events for the WSOP. The global version of the WSOP Online starts August 1 and runs daily through September 12. The $5,000 Main Event has a $20 million guaranteed prize pool . Plus, there's the $25,000 Super High Roller Championship for the global high rollers. [...] Read more…

NewsRIP Layne Flack, 6 WSOP bracelets for Back-to-Back FlackPoker pro Layne Flack, a former poker dealer in Deadwood, South Dakota, reportedly passed away on Monday. Flack won six bracelets at the World Series of Poker and banked $5 million in tournaments during his storied career. In 1999, Flack earned the nickname "Back-to-Back Flack" after winning tournaments two days in a row at the Legends in Poker in LA. Flack was a former red pro at Full Tilt Poker and one of the top players in the world at the start of the glorious poker boom nearly 20 years ago. [...] Read more…

News2021 WSOP Online: Gionni Demers, Ryan Leng, Bryan Piccioli, Justin Saliba ship braceletsThe 2021 World Series of Poker Online continued this week at WSOP.com with a few more bracelet winners. Bryan 'Pellepelle' Piccioli won his second career bracelet with a victory in Event #12 $500 NL Turbo Deepstack. Ryan 'Adopt_aDogg0' Leng also added a second bracelet to his collection with a victory in Event #13 $1,000 NL Freezeout. Gionni 'COLDWARKID' Demers shipped Event #14 $500 NL and denied David Williams a chance from winning another bracelet. Meanwhile, Justin 'Jsaliba2' Saliba banked $253,800 for a victory in Event #15 $5,300 NL High Roller. [...] Read more… Ryan Leng with a win at the 2018 WSOP.

NewsDaniel Negreanu wins inaugural PokerGO CupThe 2021 PokerGO Cup is in the books with the first-ever high roller tournament concluding at the Aria Casino in Las Vegas and Daniel Negreanu was crowned the first champion. KidPoker won Event #7 $50K NL for a $700,000 score. Cary Katz won Event #8 $100,000 NL for a score worth a little over $1 million and Negreanu finished fourth overall, but snagged enough points in the final two events to lock up the overall title. [...] Read more…

NewsJason Koon, Ali Imsirovic, Jake Schindler, Dylan Linde, Alex Foxen win 2021 PokerGO Cup eventsAfter the first week of action at the first-ever PokerGO Cup at the Aria Casino in Las Vegas, six events are in the books for the high roller series. Ali Imsirovic made headlines with two victories already in Event #2 $10,000 NL and Event #4 $15,000 NL. Other winners so far include Alex Foxen in Event #1 $10,000 NL, Dylan Linde in Event #2 $10,000 NL, Jake Schindler in Event #5 $25,000 NL, and Jason Koon in Event #6 $25,000 NL. [...] Read more…

NewsMaing Loeser wins first bracelet in 2021 WSOP Online SeriesThe 2021 WSOP Online Series is underway at WSOP.com and 11 players were awarded online bracelets already including Maing Loeser, who finally won his first-career bracelet. Loeser, playing under the moniker Ohio77, shipped Event #2 Monster Stack for $104,313, but he really wanted the bling. Other bracelet winners in the WSOP Online Series included Jose 'deposit' Noboa, Donnell 'Spreezy52' Dais, Jeffery 'Steelvikes7' Hoops, Jeremiah 'freestylerr' Williams, Michael 'stiltwalk' Mercaldo, Carlos Welch, Phil 'wingsuiter' Beck, Michael 'njnj17' Leib, and Vijay 'Eclypzed' Para [...] Read more…

NewsMicroMillions returns to PokerStars on July 15-25 with 122 eventsIt's back! The 2021 MicroMillions features 122 events spread out over 12 days on PokerStars beginning July 15 and running through July 25 with buy-ins as low as $1.10. This latest version of MicroMillions offers $4.7 million guaranteed prize pools. The $22 buy-in Main Event has a $1 million guarantee. PokerStars added three freerolls awarding $200K in MicroMillions tickets. There's also Spin & Gos are running as we speak for $0.50 for seats into the MicroMillions Main Event. [...] Read more…

NewsChad Eveslage wins history 2021 WPT VenetianIn the latest stop on the World Poker Tour, Chad Eveslage banked $910,370 for outlast 1,119 runners to win the 2021 WPT Venetian. The final table included three women -- Kyna England, Daniela Rodriguez, Kitty Kuo - -along with Tim McDermott, and Mike Liang. Eveslage knocked out Nike Liang heads-up for the title and freeroll into the season-ending Tournament of Champions. [...] Read more… Kyna England, Daniela Rodriguez, Kitty Kuo at the WPT Venetian Final Table (Pic by WPT/Joe Giron)

NewsPlanet Hollywood poker room on Las Vegas Strip to close July 11This is the final week of poker at the Planet Hollywood on the Las Vegas Strip because the property is shutting down the poker room on Sunday, July 11, so it's your last chance to get your poker fix at Planet Ho, which had become a low-stakes fixture for tourists and locals over the years. Caesars Entertainment said they were shuttering the 10-table poker room at Planet Ho after re-opening last October. [...] Read more…

NewsRIP Noel Furlong, 1999 WSOP Champion only Irish player to winNoel Furlong, the only player from Ireland to ever win the World Series of Poker Main Event, passed away at the age of 83 due to natural causes. Furlong made millions in the flooring business but also was a renown horse trainer, although he made a name for himself at the poker tables with two Irish Poker Open wins and a pair of WSOP Main Event final tables including 1989 and a victory at the 1999 WSOP Main Event. [...] Read more…

NewsBrazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) returns to PokerStars on July 7Get ready for some stellar action at the virtual tables if you live in Brazil with the fifth incarnation of the insanely popular Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) series returns online to PokerStars with 25 events starting July 7 and running through July 12 with $1.6 million in guaranteed prize pools. The champions will be awarded a coveted BSOP trophy for their excellence. [...] Read more…

NewsPhil Hellmuth sweeps Daniel Negreanu in High Stakes DuelPhil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu met for third and final match in the High Stakes Duel, which was played out at the PokerGo Studios at the Aria Casino in Las Vegas. Hellmuth won the first two matches then completed a three-game sweep with a victory in the third heads-up battle on Wednesday to win $350,000 in total. Negreanu went 0-3 against Hellmuth in HSD shortly after he lost $1.2 million against Doug Polk in their high-stakes challenge. [...] Read more…

NewsBrian Altman Binks WPT Seminole Hard Rock Tampa for $613KBrian Altman took down his third-career World Poker Tour title with a tremendous victory at the 2021 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Tampa. Altman outlasted a field of 1,165 runners and a tough final table that included Zachary Smiley and Jonathan Jaffe to bank a first-place prize worth $613,225. Altman previous shipped WPT titles with two victories at the Lucky Hearts Poker Open at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood in 2015 and 2020. [...] Read more… Pic by @WPT

NewsPhil Ivey wins 2021 WPT Heads Up ChampionshipPoker fans around the world were treated with a fun finale in the $25,000 buy-in 2021 WPT Heads Up Championship with Phil Ivey squaring off against Patrik Antonius on Poker King. The two legends used to slug it out at the virtual tables during the apex of the online poker boom in the 2000s, where Antonius made a name of himself as one of the most feared players in Europe. Their best-of-five heads-up joust went quick. Ivey defeated Antonius with a 3-0 sweep to win the 2021 WPT Heads Up Championship, which paid out $400,000. [...] Read more… Pic by WPT