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The artificial intelligence research department of Facebook has recently published a paper detailing the creation and successful testing of the newest poker bot called ReBel. According to the developers, its algorithms are more powerful and efficient than the ones used in Libratus, the only known bot that was able to beat poker pros.

Read more » Newest AI ReBel by Facebook can Beat even Poker Pros

- Win Cash or Poker tickets daily for three weeks in the Summer Freeroll Series of Unibet Poker!

Unibet Poker €15,000 Poker Summer Freeroll Series

• Duration: July 26 to August 15, 2020
• Prize pool: €15,000 worth of cash and poker tickets

Every player gets a daily Freeroll ticket from Sunday to Friday to play for €500 cash, the top 100 players every day also win tickets to the exclusive €2,000 Saturday Freeroll.

In all, Unibet Poker is giving away €15,000 in Cash and Poker Tickets!

Read more » Unibet Poker Promo - €15,000 Poker Summer Freeroll Series

After the PLO tournaments, the first big NLH events within the WPT World Online Championships schedule start this week, with an extra $150,000 in value set to be given away to players, as the first of five Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup events started on Saturday, August 1.

There are 12 Championship events included within the WPT World Online Championships, and five of these are WPT Champions Cup events. The champs will win a $15,000 added value ticket to the next WPT Tournament of Champions (TOC), presented by Baccarat Crystal. Their name shall be engraved on the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup trophy and they will also get a replica version. They will also join the exclusive WPT Champions Club!

Read more » WPT World Online Championships offer Extra $150K via Mike Sexton Champions Cup Events

Weekends get even better at 888poker, as they have launched a brand new event called "A Good Tournament", boasting a $20,000 guaranteed event with two starting flights and a $215 buy-in.

A lot of online tournaments out there have a very long late registration period, unlimited entries and several Day 1 flights.

If you're one of those who believe that such tournaments are detrimental to the online poker ecosystem, then this weekendtournament is for you!

Read more » 888poker's Latest Promo - Weekends Get Even Better with ‘A Good Tournament'

Canadian poker pro Daniel Negreanu has gotten his account banned from streaming on Twitch after he spurted out some profane expletives over the weekend.

The 6-time WSOP bracelet winner got his account suspended on Sunday (July 26), after an incident that happened on Friday - while streaming a WSOP event on WSOP.com, he fiercely responded via stream chat to someone who said a rude comment about his wife.

Read more » 2020 WSOP: Daniel Negreanu's Violent Meltdown gets him Banned from Twitch

How would it feel like to play against some of the most recognizable faces in poker and other stars, and win $500 extra just by beating them? Well, here's another exciting event coming up on partypoker!

The WPT World Online Championships, designed to replicate an authentic live poker experience, will run from July 17 (Friday) to September 8 (Tuesday), paying out a minimum guarantee of $100 million.

Read more » partypoker WPT Shooting Star for Charity Event has $500K Guaranteed

The World Poker Tour has renamed the WPT Champions Cup, their main tour trophy, after long-time WPT commentator Mike Sexton.

Mike Sexton served as lead commentator for the first 15 seasons, and won the WPT title himself in Montreal in 2016. The trophy, which bears the names of every WPT main tour winner etched on the base, shall now be called the "Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup".

Read more » WPT renames its Trophy to Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup

It has been almost four years since Sam Trickett has signed a sponsorship deal with partypoker.

The poker site has recently launched a special promotion involving aspiring players to challenge Sam in his own club game with a free $1,000.

Now that the WPT World Online Championships is currently ongoing, and there is a PLO Championship Event involved, Sam is happy to share a few tips on how to improve your PLO game.

Read more » Sam Trickett's 3 Tips to Improve your PLO Game

All the final tables of 12 championship events will be streamed live at partypoker!

The WPT World Online Championships, designed to replicate an authentic live poker experience, is scheduled from July 17 (Friday) to September 8 (Tuesday), paying out a minimum guarantee of $100 million.

The inaugural championship event will present a new level of online tournament streaming to fans, with final table sessions being shown live on:

• partypoker's Twitch channel
• partypoker's website
• YouTube
• Facebook

History was made on GGNetwork this past Sunday, with the crowning of the very first online World Series of Poker bracelet winner outside American soil. This honour went to Shoma "pp_syon" Ishikiwa, who is only the third player from Japan to ever win a coveted gold bracelet, following in the footsteps of Naoya Kihara (in 2012) and Takahiro Nakai (in 2015).

Read more » Shoma "pp_syon" Ishikawa Makes History with WSOP 2020 Online Bracelet