Mark it four, Dude! Darren Elias won the first-ever WPT Bobby Baldwin Classic at the Aria Casino in Las Vegas, which marked his fourth-career win on the World Poker Tour. Ellias faded a field of 162 players and defeated Kitty Kuo heads up to win $387,580. Joe McKeehen, Dietrich Fast, Jon Little, and Sam Panzica were also at the final table. Phil Hellmuth bubbled the final table in seventh place.

It's back! The 2018 World Series of Poker kicks off at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas on May 30. The 49^th running of the WSOP features 78 bracelet events, which expanded from 74 the previous year. The $10,000 Main Event starts on July 2 and they'll crown a champion on July 14. The Big One for One Drop has a $1 million buy-in and runs July 15-17. We have a week-to-week breakdown of the 2018 WSOP schedule to give you a better picture of what's going down in Las Vegas this summer.

PokerStars introduced Showtime Hold'em, a twist on no-limit Texas Hold'em in which folded hole cards are exposed face-up for everyone to view throughout the duration of the hand. Showtime Hold'em tables have gone live and real money stakes start as low as $0.02/$0.05 and range as high as $5/$10 NL.

At the Triton Super High Roller Series in Montenegro, two Americans – Jason Koon and Kane Kalas – jousted in one of the largest pots ever recorded in televised poker history. The €1.8 million pot (or $2 million USD) occurred during the live stream of nosebleed cash game session with blinds at 2K/4K and 10K ante. Doug Polk posted a great video where he broke down the action in the $2 million pot.

The Triton Super High Roller series in Montenegro has been producing some big headlines over the previous week of action. Phil Ivey won his first tournament in a few years when he took down a short deck event last weekend. Last night, Jason Koon survived a 15-hour final table marathon to win the $1,000,000 HKD buy-in for a score worth approximately $3.6M USD.

Split Hold'em is never more. After a trial version lasting six weeks, PokerStars pulled the plug on Split Hold'em. Plenty of speculation about what's coming down the pipe with a potential cross promotion with the World Cup, along with some buzz about something new called Showtime.

Check out the latest episode of Club Poker Radio from our big brother site. This week's guests for S11E34 are Benjo and Jerome Schmidt, two pioneers in the French poker world. The second half of the show includes an interview with 2-time WSOP bracelet winner Kristen Bicknell.

Phil Ivey returned to the winner's circle for the first time in a couple of years. Ivey won the 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro for approximately $605,000 USD. Ivey defeated Dan" Jungleman" Cates heads-up for the cash and title in short-deck poker.

The dispute: $692,460. The crux: America or Canada? 2016 WSOP Main Event Runner-Up Gordon Vayo provided proof he was in Montreal, Canada during the duration of his SCOOP victory last year. The security squad claimed he violated TOS by connecting to the site using a VPN. Vayo responded with a lawsuit against the biggest online poker operator on the planet.

Author Maria Konnikova announced her new book was going to be delayed because she's been too busy crushing the poker tables! Maria Konnikova appeared on the Poker Life Podcast with Joey Ingram to discuss her recent rise on the tournament scene.

A driving instructor from Paris won the return of the EPT Monte Carlo. Nicolas Dumont faded a field of 777 runners at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Casino to win €712,000. Dumont outlasted a shark-infested final table that included David Peters, Patrik Antonius, and Ole Schemion. Dumont edged out New Zealand's Honglin Jiang heads-up for the title and €712K in cash. Dumont also shipped a Platinum Pass to the 2019 PSPC in the Bahamas.

Taylor Black defeated Darryll Fish heads-up to win the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America Main Event Championship in Montreal, Canada. Black outlasted a field of 1.954 runners and earned $1,400,000 CAD for his first-place finish. Fish took home $1.2 million CAD as a consolation prize. Anthony Ruberto raked a cool million for third place.

The largest tournament in the history of Canada is on the cusp of its conclusion at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal, Canada, which hosted the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America. Only nine players are still alive and in the hunt for $1.4 million CAD. A total of 1,954 players took a shot at the $5,300 CAD buy-in Main Event championship. Anthony Ruberto is the chip leader. Also still alive... Taylor Black, Darryll Fish, Tommy Nguyen, George Lagos, Markus Prinz, Guillaume Nolet, Demosthenes Kiriopoulos and Charles La Boissonniere.

The swank Playground Poker Club in Montreal, Quebec, Canada is hosting the latest stop on the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS global tour. Chris Kruk won the $25K Super High Roller last week and we're currently in the middle of the partypoker LIVE Millions North America Main Event Championship. Only 280 players remain out of 1,954 entrants in the $5,300 buy-in anchor event. Brain Yoon bagged up the most chips at the end of Day 2A. Follow the action for Day 3 with the money bubble looming at 250.

A WSOP Circuit ring was up for grabs in Cherokee, NC. The $1,675 buy-in Main Event at the Harrah's Cherokee attracted 1,060 players. The prize pool was nearly $1.6 million. Dylan Wilkerson defeated Erick Lindgren heads-up for the bling. Lindgren banked approximately $182K for second place, while Wilkerson won $294,152. This marked a second-career WSOP Circuit win for Wilkerson, who binked the WSOP Circuit Los Angeles at the Bicycle Casino in March 2017.

An online player from the Netherlands and Game of Thrones fan outlasted 56,310 players to win the Sunday Million 12^th Anniversary: Take 2. Yes, ship it to the Mother of Dragons. Daenarys T earned a first-place payday worth $1 million for two days of work. Daenarys T defeated the U.K.'s ThEcLaiMEer heads-up for the victory. ThEcLaiMEer banked $715K for second-place. No overlay this time around. The Take 2 had a $10 million guarantee, which did not kick in because the total prize pool topped $11.2 million.

PokerCentral produced a mini-documentary on the legendary Johnny Chan. Hear the 10-time WSOP bracelet winner give the Cliff Notes behind his storied life from working in his family's restaurant in Houston to his entry into the world of high-stakes poker. Chan won the WSOP Main Event twice and was the last person to win it in consecutive years (1987-88).