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ACR Poker online meet up game set for Jan. 31
ACR Poker is bringing back its online meet-up game for a second chapter. The ACR Pro and Ambassador Meet-Up Game is scheduled for Jan. 31. While many meet-up games (MUGs) emanate from live poker rooms, the ACR MUG will take place online within the ACR Poker client. The lineup for this year's MUG includes ACR ambassadors Chris Moneymaker, Chris Moorman, Ebony Keeney, Rene Nezhoda, and several others.
Is Aria Las Vegas the best poker room in the world?
Aria Poker Room in Las Vegas is one of four nominees for Fans Choice - Best Poker Room at the upcoming 2024 Global Poker Awards. Aria is the only Las Vegas poker room among the nominees. The "Fans Choice" portion of the award title stems from the fact that four rooms in contention were decided by public vote. The Global Poker Awards put four categories in the hands of the fans this year, including the Best Poker Room award. Voters from around the world could write in any poker room.
Deuces wild: Lodge Wacky Weekend of Poker set for Jan. 31
The Lodge Card Club is known for some unique side games that take place during cash game action. If you've ever played at the Lodge, you've likely been part of a NIT Game or a double-board PLO bomb pot. Some of those side games will come to life in tournament format at the Wacky Weekend of Poker, set to run from the Lodge Austin location Jan. 31 through Feb. 2. The Wacky Weekend features six tournaments, all of which feature unique poker formats. Lodge Round Rock Wacky Weekend Schedule Jan.
WSOP Circuit returns to Tunica from Jan. 23-Feb 3
The next stop for the WSOP Circuit is the Horseshoe Casino Tunica in Mississippi. The WSOPC Horseshoe Tunica series runs from Jan. 23 through Feb. 3. Players can look forward to 18 Ring Events, many of which offer guaranteed prize pools. The biggest of those guarantees comes in the $1,700 Main Event, which runs from Jan. 31 through Feb. 3 and promises at least $500,000 in prize money.
Brad Owen and Andrew Neeme on their first Meet-Up Game (and the next one)
The originators of the modern meet-up game (aka the MUG) concept are back at it. The Lodge Card Club Round Rock hosts a President’s Day Meet-Up Game on February 17. The event will feature MUG pioneers Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen (pictured above with Doug Polk), along with Gary Blackwood, Drew 'BetOnDrew' Gonzalez, and Ebony Kenney. Lodge livestream commentators Skull Mike and Slick Rick will also make the rounds as part of the MUG lineup.
Venetian Poker Room to stream two final tables in February
The Venetian Las Vegas unveiled a new, improved, and relocated poker room last August, including a setup for livestreaming poker events. The first two live broadcasts from the Venetian poker room studio will happen in February, and both come in the form of final tables for $1 million guaranteed events. The $1,600 No-Limit Hold'em MSPT Poker Bowl IX final table will stream from the Venetian on February 10. The $1,600 Card Player Poker Tour final table will stream on February 16.
William 'Skip the Pirate' Ferguson passes away
The WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley series kicked off this past weekend, but there's one unforgettable presence that's missing. PokerOrg learned that WSOP Thunder Valley regular William 'Skip the Pirate' Ferguson passed away earlier this month. PokerOrg's Mike Patrick reported the news on Instant Live Friday after hearing of Ferguson's passing while reporting from the ongoing series. Ferguson was a fixture at Sacramento-area Thunder Valley Poker Room and surrounding areas over the past two decades.
APT Manila Classic to feature daily women's events
The first 2025 stop for the Asian Poker Tour includes a Main Event with a seven-figure USD guarantee, as well as daily women's events and several tournaments with unique poker formats. The APT Manila Classic Philippines runs February 7-16 at the Crown Plaza Manila Galleria in partnership with the Metro Card Club. Tournament buy-ins range from PHP 25,000 (~USD 425) to PHP 1.5 million (~USD 25,500).
Schedule announced for Triton Poker Super High Roller Jeju series
Triton Poker has announced the full schedule for its upcoming Jeju stop, and you can be sure that the world's top players will be in attendance for the series, which takes place inside Landing Casino at Jeju Shinwa World in South Korea. The 2025 Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju will play out from February 26 through March 15, with 20 high-stakes tournaments announced. The winter Jeju series will play out as the first of three stops for the Triton Super High Roller tour in 2025.
Borgata: Noemi Saleh leads list of Winter Poker Open winners
The 2025 Borgata Winter Poker Open winds down to its conclusion this week. The Main Event of the series, the $3,500 No-Limit Hold'em Championship, crowned dual winners on Thursday night, but that was just one of the many tournaments from throughout the last two weeks. The BWPO schedule included 32 primary events overall. Here's a look at some of the biggest winners from the series.
PokerGO: 'No involvement or affiliation' with NGNF crypto coin
PokerGO released a statement Thursday aiming to clarify that the brand has no connection with the recently launched NGNFCoin cryptocurrency. NGNFCoin has appeared on various crypto exchanges, with the name of the coin bearing more than just a coincidental resemblance to the No Gamble, No Future television show produced by PokerGO.
Borgata WPO Leaderboard: Stavrakis clinches Mixed Games title
The Borgata Winter Poker Open winds down to a finish this weekend, with the $2 million guaranteed Main Event of the series scheudled to play down to the final table Wednesday night. The series features two leaderboards: the Mixed Games Mini-Series Leaderboard and the $50,000 BWPO Leaderboard. The Mixed Games Leaderboard, predictably, covers various mixed-game events througout the two-week series. That leaderboard now has an official winner, and it's Filippos Stavrakis taking the first-place spot.
Negreanus turn detectives in latest Mania podcast episode
Daniel and Amanda Negreanu dropped hints on Twitter/X throughout the week, teasing a 'HUGE' episode of the Mania podcast, and when episode 10 of the podcast released yesterday it explored the topic of the OJ Simpson case. Guest Alex Tome appeared on the podcast with an alternative view on the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
Watch: Brad Owen deals with a heckler at the ClubWPT Gold freeroll
Brad Owen is eight years and more than 300 episodes into his journey as a poker vlogger. He’s become one of poker’s biggest stars in that stretch, beloved by many in the poker community. Owen introduced the latest edition of the vlog to his base of 763,000 subscribers on Monday, and he says it’s one of his favorite episodes he’s ever produced.
WSOP Circuit returns to Thunder Valley Jan. 16-27
A longtime World Series of Poker Circuit tradition resumes this weekend with the tour making its annual January stop at Northern California’s Thunder Valley Casino. The Circuit returns to the Sacramento area poker room Jan. 16-27, with 16 Ring Events on the schedule. The centerpiece of the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley schedule comes in the form of the $1,700 Main Event, which plays out Jan. 24-27. The Main Event will feature two opening flights, with Flight A on January 24 and Flight B on January 25.
Phil Hellmuth joins BetRivers as brand ambassador
One of poker’s most recognizable personalities now represents the BetRivers brand. BetRivers announced a partnership with Phil Hellmuth on Monday, with Hellmuth joining the team as a brand ambassador and content partner. The agreement brings one of poker’s biggest stars to BetRivers, which recently entered the regulated U.S. online poker market with the launch of BetRivers Poker Pennsylvania.
"A great opportunity" – Derrick Yamada rides Dream Seat to PokerGO Studio
Derrick Yamada did a lot of winning to get himself into the field at the PGT Championship. The San Diego resident and part-time poker player took the first step of that journey by winning the RunGood Poker Series Jamul Main Event in February. That win (his second consecutive RGPS Jamul Main Event victory) qualified Yamada for the $300 Dream Seat Invitational at Thunder Valley Casino in December.
'Palpably different' – Brandon Wilson on the vibe at the PGT Championship
The vibe at PokerGO Studio was a bit different than normal for Brandon Wilson as he walked in for the PGT Championship today. The high-roller tournament grinder knows the space as well as anybody, having played here for six straight days in the lead-up to the PGT Championship. He qualified for the event by finishing in the top three in the PGT Last Chance Series leaderboard, which appropriately awarded the final three seats into this weekend’s $1 million prize pool freeroll.
David Jackson tallies ring #2 in WSOPC Vegas Main Event
Want all of the stories, photos, and results from every WSOP Circuit stop? Sign up for The Circuit newsletter and we'll drop it in your inbox. After battling heads-up for the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Main Event championship for two hours, David Jackson and Yaniv Livnat saw a flop that neither player could get away from. The hand involved a rare 4-bet flop shove from Jackson, followed by a call from Livnat.
'Over in a flash' - Nick Marchington slams door on NAPT Main Event
Nick Marchington came back from break at The NAPT Las Vegas Main Event ready to battle heads-up for hours. Two minutes later, he stood on center stage in disbelief as the newly-crowned champion. Marchington topped Joel Micka in a heads-up duel that lasted just one hand, and the English poker pro clinched the Main Event trophy and the $765,200 first-place prize. The final two players took a 20-minute break before resuming play in the $5,300 buy-in centerpiece of the NAPT Las Vegas festival.
'Life goes on': Robbie Strazynski balances poker and the war at home
Robbie Strazynski is quite possibly poker’s busiest man. He’s the owner of his own poker media site, Cardplayer Lifestyle, and he frequently travels to the U.S. and abroad as the organizer and host for the Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Games Festival series. Mixed Game Festival IX just wrapped up at the NAPT, and the series also included three different Cardplayer Lifestyle-sponsored mixed-game tournaments. At home, Strazynski is married and a father of three.
'I just feel unleashed' - Lex Veldhuis' big year is no coincidence
Lex Veldhuis' poker career spans two decades, starting with a $10 deposit on PokerStars in 2005 as a 21-year-old transplant from the world of competitive Starcraft. With 2025 approaching, Veldhuis has 20 years of poker experience behind him, and he's perhaps the most popular poker streamer in the world. Veldhuis achieved some of the biggest successes of his career at the poker table in 2024, and according to him, that's no coincidence.
Bin Weng the man to beat on Day 2
Three opening flights are now out of the way in the $5,300 Main Event at the 2024 NAPT Las Vegas and 287 players punched a ticket for Day 2 after 841 entries went through the window. Registration remained open through the beginning of Day 2 and 60 players threw their hat in the ring for a shot at a prize pool that is over $4 million. Bin Weng is the clubhouse leader on Day 2 after a stellar Day 1A. Michael Lavenberg follows him in second and Ryan Hughes is in third.
Bubble bursts, Day 2 nears an end
The Main Event field is off to the last break of the night. The remaining 91 players will return for Level 17, the final 90-minute level for Day 2. Players that put chips in a bag tonight will return for Day 3, which restars at noon Friday.
Konnikova climbing on Day 3
Main Event Day 3 is upon us at NAPT Las Vegas. A field of 77 players return to Resorts World today for a noon restart. All players remaining are guaranteed at least $11,300. The money bubble burst around the halfway point of Day 2, with 127 places paid among the original file of 895 entries. Japanese poker star Masato Yokosawa (845,000) enters Day 3 as the chip leader, with Andrew Voor (836,000), Andre Abreu (795,000), Brent Hart (735,000) and Manuel Fritz (732,000) also among the top five in chips.
NAPT Las Vegas: Final 3 — Big lead for Marchington
Ghost Peppurr is here in support of Nick Marchington. We spotted Landon Tice and his girlfriend Mallory on the rail at the NAPT Main Event final table. They're here to support Nick Marchington, and they brought a special guest - Ghost Peppurr the cat. We've been asking around trying to determine if the handsome feline is making poker history as the first-ever Main Even railcat. "He's probably not the first one, but it's rare," Tice told PokerOrg. People bring dogs all the time.
Bubble bursts, Main Event field in the money
The game formerly known as PokerStars VR has a new name and a significantly expanded universe. The revamped version of the game is now known as Vegas Infinite by PokerStars, and it was on display for a demo in the NAPT Las Vegas Player's Lounge on Wednesday and Thursday. In its original form, PokerStars VR presented poker in virtual reality form. Vegas Infinite expands on the concept by introducing slots, roulette, blackjack, arcade-style games, and a whole lot more.
Main Event highlights week of action
The award-winning RunGood Poker Series is making its presence felt at the 2024 NAPT Las Vegas, in the form of the $1,100 RunGood Open. The event drew 480 total entries, with the field playing down to 72 before today's final day restart. RunGood Open at NAPT Las Vegas The tournament is down to the final 20 competitors, each of whom is vying for the $90,080 first-place prize.
Final three tables
The Main Event field has returned from dinner, presumably well-fed, refreshed, and ready to play on as Day 3 continues to wind down. We're down to the final 30 players, with many well-accomplished poker pros still in the hunt.
'Win or lose, I don't really care' - Little well rested and ready to play
In the midst of one of the best years of his poker career, Jonathan Little jumped out to another fast start in his first tournament at the 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas festival. The PokerCoaching.com founder emerged from the field in the $25,000 Super High Roller as the chip leader going into the first break. He spoke with PokerOrg about his plans and ambitions for the NAPT Las Vegas stop while casually munching on a protein bar during the pause.
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Ryan Leng Wins Event #23: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed for $137,969
October 14, 2021 Geoff Fisk Ryan Leng didn’t consider himself among the best players in this star-studded field, or even when they got down to the final table of six. But, in the end, it was the Wheeling, Indiana, native who walked away with the bracelet in Event #23: $1,500 Eight-Game Mix. Leng defeated Connor Drinan after a long heads-up match that featured many reversals of fortune to become a three-time WSOP bracelet winner.
The Bernard Lee Poker Show (10/5/21): Jeremy Ausmus and Robbie Strazynski - Cardplayer Lifestyle
Jeremy Ausmus wins his 2nd WSOP bracelet, 2021 Covid-19 Relief No-Limit Hold’em Charity Event Robbie Strazynski discusses the Inaugural Mixed Game Festival during the 2021 WSOP NOTE: PLEASE SUBSCRIBE To Bernard’s YouTube page AND LIKE any videos that you enjoy Jeremy Ausmus and Robbie Strazynski In this episode of The Bernard Lee Poker Show on the Cardplayer Lifestyle Podcast Family, Bernard Lee first interviews 2021 WSOP Covid-19 Relief No-Limit Hold’em Charity Event champion, Jeremy Ausmus.
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Day 2 of the Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival allowed me the opportunity to participate in the incredible game of Omajack. I now hope we get to see this game in some future year at the World Series of Poker. Omajack involves elements of both Omaha and blackjack. Each player gets five hole cards, and the “Omaha” part of the game plays just like Big O. You must make your best possible Omaha Hi hand using exactly two of your hole cards, along with three community cards.
Las Vegas Poker Tournament Guide Beyond the Rio During the 2021 WSOP
October 02, 2021 Jon SofenGeoff Fisk The 2021 World Series of Poker began September 30, but that isn't the only major fall series in Las Vegas. Card rooms such as Aria, Venetian, Orleans, and more will offer an alternative to the WSOP, which should come in handy for the unvaccinated poker players, or those who aren't interested in chasing bracelets. All players will be required to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to compete in the upcoming WSOP.
Guinness World Record-Breaking Chip Collection on Display in Las Vegas
October 01, 2021 Geoff Fisk Gregg Fisher already stands as the world’s most prolific collector of casino chips. The Las Vegas resident holds a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest assemblage of casino chips and tokens. Fisher achieved that mark with an authenticated collection of 818 chips. As per Guinness standards, each of those chips comes from a different casino.
WSOP 2021: Five WSOP Regulars Looking to Break Bracelet Droughts
September 30, 2021 Geoff Fisk World Series of Poker bracelets aren’t easy to win. Even with the number of bracelet events at an all-time high for the 2021 series, many of poker’s biggest names will go away without a WSOP victory this fall. For many in the poker community, the WSOP bracelet still stands as the game’s ultimate accomplishment.
Matt Paten Wins the 2021 MSPT United States Poker Championship For $94,782
September 27, 2021 Geoff Fisk Matt Paten rode the final table rollercoaster at the 2021 MSPT United States Poker Championship $1,100 Main Event final table, but his steady play and endurance in the final hours of Day 2 paid off. Paten took down the tournament championship at San Diego's Sycuan Casino on Sunday night, pocketing $94,782 in the win.
Orson "Borchata" Young Wins WPT Online Borgata Poker Open Main Event for $195,748
September 22, 2021 Geoff Fisk The latest online stop for the WPT Main Tour crowned a trio of six-figure winners on Tuesday night. The WPT Online Borgata Poker Open powered by partypoker US Network played to its conclusion, with Orson "Borchata" Young emerging as the latest player to join the WPT Champions Club. Young finished up as the winner at Tuesday's eight-handed final table, securing a $195,748 payday for the victory.
PokerNews to Live Report at the Colorado Poker Championship Main Event Sept. 23-27
September 21, 2021 Geoff Fisk Live poker tournament action rolls on at Bally's Black Hawk West this month, as the Bally's Colorado Poker Championship hits the home stretch. The 26-event series began Sept. 8, and culminates in a pair of big tournaments in the final week of the festival, both of which will be live reported by PokerNews. The $1,450 Colorado Poker Championship Main Event runs Sept. 23-27 and offers three starting flights, including Day 1A (Thursday, Sept. 23), Day 1B (Friday, Sept.
Autumn at Aria Set to Run Alongside WSOP October 5-November 14
September 19, 2021 Geoff FiskChad Holloway The 2021 World Series of Poker isn't the only live tournament series offering big money guarantees this fall. The Las Vegas poker tournament schedule hits the prime part of the calendar this October and November, with festivals running at several venues throughout the city. Aria is one of the premier poker rooms in Las Vegas and all around the world.
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