The third bracelet was awarded at the King's Casino in RozVegas on Wednesday night. The TURBO event attracted 387 players. Mykhailo Gutyi picked off Florian Sarnow heads up to win Event #4 €1,100 NL Turbo Bounty Hunter, plus the bracelet and €61,299 in cash.

Back-to-back bracelets for Israel at the King's Casino in RozVegas. The second event of the WSOP Europe was a €1,650 buy-in NL Deep Stack affair. Asi Moshe faded a field of 221 to win €82K and his second-career bracelet. Tamir Segal from Israel won Event #1 Colossus the previous night. Meanwhile, Shaun Deeb padded his Player of the Year lead when he finished in 11^th place.

It took a week to determine a winner, but the first event of the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe is in the books. Tamir Segal from Israel outlasted the massive field of 2,992 runners in Event #1 €550 Colossus to win €203,820.

Matt Damon appeared on the Bill Simmons podcast. The actor discussed numerous topics including two films – Rounders and Good Will Hunting. Damon dished on the making of Rounders, Hollywood home games, Ben Affleck's poker skills, playing against Doyle Brunson, and a potential Rounders sequel.

In February 2018, Micah Raskin was arrested by Nassau County, New York prosecutors on five drugs and weapons-related charges for dealing marijuana to associates in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Raskin, a poker pro with approximately $2 million in cashes, was swept up in Long Island's largest weed bust according to the District Attorney. Raskin's home in Westbury, NY and storage unit in a nearby town were raided by law enforcement. Police seized over 350 pounds of marijuana and hash oil with a street value estimated at $500,000. According to the Baltimore Sun, Raskin was also charged in U.S. District Court with distributing 100 kilograms or more of marijuana.

The World Series of Poker Europe began in 2007. It's only a decade old, but has a deep history already. The WSOPE has been played out at some of the coolest spots in Europe including London, Cannes, Berlin, and now in RozVegas! The Main Event was won by some of the biggest names in poker including Phil Hellmuth, Annete Obrestad, John Juanda, and Adrian Mateos.

The 2018 World Series of Europe starts on Tuesday, October 9 at the Kings Casino in Rozvadov. This year's WSOPE runs through November 2 and will feature 10 bracelet events including the €10,350 buy-in Main Event championship. There will be a WSOPE-version of the COLOSSUS that has 8 opening flights. The MONSTER STACK will also make an appearance in Europe. There's a pair of High Rollers with the €25,500 Super High Roller and €100,000 King's Super High Roller. In total, there will be €13 million in guaranteed prize pools, including a €5M guarantee Main Event and High Roller.

The 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK is finally over. After a week of action at the Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, we have a winner in the £5,300 buy-in Main Event Championship. Ioannis Angelou-Konstas faded a field of 1,015 players to win £940,000. Angelou-Konstas knocked out Alex Foxen in second place. They made a heads-up deal. Foxen banked £720,000 for a runner-up finish.

D&B Poker Publishing announced they are publishing new titles in 2019 including a long-awaited strategy book by 2004 WSOP Main Event Champion Greg Raymer. Fossilman's Winning Tournament Strategies will be released in July 2019. D&B Poker is also publishing a book on poker and popular culture by Martin Harris. The veteran poker reporter and college professor authored Poker and Popular Culture: Telling the Story of America's Favorite Card Game, scheduled for release in June 2019.

Former sports bettor and high-stakes poker pro Haralabos Voulgaris is joining the Dallas Mavericks according to a report by ESPN. Voulgaris, also known as Bob or by his Twitter handle @Haralabob, is finally getting his dream job: running the analytics department of an actual NBA team. Since the early 2000s, Voulgaris was known in gambling circles as the premier bettor in the NBA. Haralabob utlized his proprietary algorithm, Ewing, nicknamed after former NBA star Patrick Ewing, to predict game totals. Haralabob wagered up to a $1 million on the over/under of a single game.

Ship it to Steve O'Dwyer. Again. This isn't a rerun. It's real life. The American online exile who lives out of his suitcase wandering the global circuit shipped another big-time event. O'Dwyer binked the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK £25,000 Super High Roller for £450,000 or approximately $592K. O'Dwyer outlasted 31 high-ballers en route to his victory at the Dusk Till Dawn Poker & Casino in Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Is it better to be lucky than good? Poker pro Liv Boeree tackles the subject in a recent Ted Talk where she discussed three things poker taught her about everyday decision making.

The 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is only 4 months away. PokerStars released the 2019 PCA schedule of events that includes 41 tournaments. PokerStars also released details behind the first-ever $25,000 buy-in PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC). PokerStars let the players decide on key elements to the PSPC like selecting the length of each day, a dinner break, big blind antes, shot clocks, and even the price of a min-cash.

Doug Polk might be retired from poker, but he's still generating content for his active YouTube channel. In his most recent episode, Polk takes on the ins and outs of staking players.