If you play enough poker, you'll never have a shortage of WTF moments. PokerStars TV spliced together a new compilation video of their favorite WTF Moments. Some of the players involved in these baffling moments included Theo Jorgensen, Dzmitry Urbanovich, Prahlad Friedman, and Vanessa Selbst.
A first-place prize worth $1 million is up for grabs on PokerStars. The Sunday Million turns 11-years old! This weekend's Sunday Million, starting at 14:00 ET on the 2nd of April, is a triple-entry event with a special $10 million guaranteed prize pool. A cool $1 million will be set aside for the champion. Plenty of time left to win a seat via satellite and through $5 Spin&Go qualifiers.
Russia has no love for Tony G. Vladimir Putin doesn't like tricycles and he certainly loathes Tony G's shtick. Antanas Guoga, better known in poker circles as Tony G, got himself blacklisted from Russia. Tony G wanted to play a tournament at the recent partypoker Million event in Sochi, Russia, but he could not enter the country. Tony G is persona non grata in Mother Russia. Tony G, currently a member of the EU Parliament representing Lithuania, got himself listed with other politicians that Russia blackballed for speaking up about democracy and freedom.
Daniel Negreanu posted two more videos in the last week. His quick poker tip of the week focused on what to do with a big stack… should you press it or conserve your chips? In the hand breakdown video of the week, Negreanu discusses a hand in the Shark Cage that Jen Shahade played against the legendary Phil Ivey.
The debut of the PokerStars Championship Macau is only days away. Starting March 30 and lasting 11 days at the City of Dreams Casino, the PokerStars Championship Macau will feature 52 tournaments including PokerStars National Championship (which has a HK$2 million guarantee), Super High Roller, PokerStars Cup, PokerStars Open, PLO High Roller, and the Main Event.
Sochi, Russia is trying to become the biggest poker hotspot in Eastern Europe. The partypoker Million final table is being live streamed as we speak. The #1 million guarantee has a first-place prize worth $200K. Watch the stream in Russian here. And for an English commentary, watch the Twitch stream here.
The PokerStars Championship stop in Panama is officially over. Two Americans won the final two events. Kenny Smaron shipped the Panama Main Event for a $294K score. Meanwhile, Steve O'Dwyer won another high roller event. It's like deja vu all over again! O'Dwyer chopped with Sam Greewood and took down $240K.
The Main Event at the PokerStars Championship in Panama is down to the final table. With five to go, Denis Timofeev from Russia is the big stack with 3.9M. Also at the final table... Robin Wozniczek, Kenneth Smaron, Belgium's Jonathan Abdellatif, Harpreet Gill, and Anthony Diotte. $294K is at stake for the winner. The final table will be live streamed with cards up on Monday afternoon.
The World Poker Tour completed its three-event California swing. Tough final table at the WPT Rolling Thunder. The $3,500 main event attracted 421 runners. First place paid out $285K. Mike Del Vecchio survived the difficult final table to win his first-ever WPT crown. He beat Sorrel Mizzi heads-up for the win. Also, making the final table were Connor Drinan, Olivier Busquet, and John Hadley.
The WPT Rolling Thunder outside Sacramento, CA attracted 421 runners. They are down to a final table of six. Mike Del Vecchio is the chip leader with 4.2M. Also at the final table are... Sorel Mizzi, Connor Drinan, John Hadley, Steve Tabb, and short-stacked Olivier Busquet. First place pays out nearly $285K. Watch the final table live stream here.
Daniel Negreanu, the hardest-working man in poker, released two more videos. In his weekly tip video, Negreanu delved into the question that amateurs asked him the most: what is a proper-sized bankroll? In Negreanu's weekly hand breakdown video, he discussed a hand between Phil Hellmuth and Dan Smith at the Super High Roller Bowl.
Everyone has a list of players they never want to see at the poker table. Whether it's a dangerous pro, a drunken idiot, a habitual tanker, or an insufferable psychopath... we're all aware of players that could be the worst possible nightmare scenario. The crew at PokerStars TV spliced together a new compilation video. This one covers the Top 5 Poker Table Nightmares featuring Phil Hellmuth, Will Kassouf, and Magnus Petersson involved in hands against Phil Ivey, Vanessa Selbst, and Elky.
Chino Rheem denied! Rheem, in hot pursuit his fourth WPT title, got stiff-armed by Sam Panzica. Rheem settled on a third-place finish and a $521K score. Panzica faded a field of 806 runners to win the 2017 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star. The record setting in San Jose, CA field boasted a prize pool worth $5.7 million, and Panzica shipped $1,373,000 for first place. Panzica now has two WPT titles.
Chino Rheem made another final table on the World Poker Tour. He's the chip leader at the WPT Shooting Star at Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, CA. Rheem holds three WPT titles and he's tied with Gus Hansen, Carlos Mortensen, and Darren Elias for most career WPT wins. Can he pull off a fourth crown? Also at the final table are... Rainer Kempe, Paul Volpe, Sam Panzica, Tony Spinella, and Dennis Stevemer. First plays pays out $1,373,000.
Tom Dwan is making tidal waves on the poker rumor mill this week. The superstar emerged from a Twitter hiatus with a tweet storm about the CIA and Wikileaks. In a recent video, Doug Polk shared his opinion of the infamous Durrrr Challenge with Dwan and Jungleman, plus the recent rumors that Dwan got involved in a sportsbetting scam for seven figures.
Daniel Negreanu posted two new videos in the last week or so on his YouTube channel. Negreanu offered up a tip and discussed an in-depth hand. The Tip of the Week video focused on how to deal with bad beats, which is worthy advice for both amateurs and pros. The hand discussion covered aggressive betting, or drawing a free card based on a heads-up hand in the Bahamas.
Phil Hellmuth appeared as himself in the Showtime series Billions. The show, about a powerful hedge fund manager on Wall Street, was created by Rounders co-writers Brian Koppelman and David Levien. The episode featured a fictitious Alpha Cup, a high-stakes charity tournament played by various Wall Street gurus. Hellmuth emceed the event and got to utter "Shuffle up and deal!" Plus, there was a minor reference to Black Friday and online poker getting shut down in America.
Sochi, Russia will play host to the largest tournament series in all of Russia for eleven days in May. PokerStars announced that they are sponsoring a brand new PokerStars Championship event at the Sochi Casino from May 20-31. Sochi hosted the Winter Olympics a few years ago and the Sochi Casino is one of the swankiest properties in all of Eastern Europe. The Main Event will have a guarantee of at least 150 million Rubles (equivalent of $2.6 million USD), which would make it the largest guaranteed tournament in the history of organized Russian tournament poker.
The crew at PokerStars TV assembled their latest Top 5 video. This one focuses on the Top 5 Biggest Poker Mistakes in different televised events. Some of these hands featured notable players such as Niall Farrell, WSOP Martin Jacobson, and Hollywood actress and Oscar nominee Jennifer Tilly.
Daniel 'deoxyribo' Strelitz won the 2017 L.A. Poker Classic main event at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, CA. The 2017 LAPC was also a stop on the World Poker Tour. Strelitz won $1 million and faded a field of 521 players. WPT announcer Mike Sexton made the final table and finished in fourth place. Other players at the final table included Jesse Martin, Richard Tuhrim, Jared Griener, and Simeon Naydenov.
PokerStars launched a newly themed-series of tournaments called MEGASTACK that will cater to low-stakes players with day jobs. The first batch of MEGASTACK events will take place at PokerStars LIVE at The Hippodrome Casino in the West End of London. For a modest buy-in of £175, players will get three opening flights of action and 50,000 in starting stacks. The first MEGASTACK is scheduled for April 7-9 and the second one is slated for May 5-7. More MEGASTACK events in various European locations will be announced soon.
