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Maria Ho defeated one of the best female players in the game Kristen Bicknell to win the $25K High Roller at the La Poker Classic.

It’s definitely a great moment for Maria because when she won the event she turned 36 years old, and the $276,690 prize is absolutely a perfect gift for the 2018 Women in Poker Hall of Fame member.Read more » LAPC $25K High Roller won by Maria Ho for $276,690

‘If you can’t win at the poker tables, then try your luck at the video poker machines.’ – This worked really well for one poker player not only once, but five times now!

On his WSOP profile, American poker pro Kyle Cartwright has a total of eight WSOP Circuit rings and one WSOP bracelet. Currently he has a total of $2.1 million for playing the game, and even if he’s doing well on the live poker scene, he’s actually also becoming known as incredibly lucky on playing video poker machines.Read more » After Busting WSOP Circuit event, Poker Pro wins $100k for hitting Royal Flush on Video Poker Machine

A retired dentist bested the young ones at the WSOP Circuit Main Event this week, outlasting a field of 1,050 players to win his very first WSOP gold circuit ring and the cash prize worth $294,290, and the best thing about it – he got in via a $220 satellite seat!

The 72-year-old from Ukraine also gets a free seat to the 2019 Global Casino Championship scheduled in August at Harrah’s Cherokee.Read more » WSOPC Main Event at Horseshoe Hammond won by Retired Dentist Elik Vodovoz for $294K from $220 Satellite Seat

Triton Poker SHR Series Jeju HKD250K Short Deck Event won by Justin Bonomo for $586K

The opening event of the 2019 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series has been won by none other than the current number 1 player in the All-Time Money List, Justin Bonomo.

Short Deck Poker, also called 6-Plus Hold’em, is a card poker game based on Texas Hold’em. While the rules are mostly the same, short deck poker is played with a 36-card deck instead of 52. The deck is reduced by removing all cards 2 through 5. This game type became popular in the East Asian high-stakes cash game circuit. Check out the hand rankings here.

Read more » Triton Poker SHR Series Jeju HKD250K Short Deck Event won by Justin Bonomo for $586K

This year's World Series of Poker is the celebration of their 50th anniversary, and they have formulated a poker festival jam-packed with the usual favorites as well as many additions such as nine online bracelet events, more affordable buy-in tournaments, and there's even a Short Deck Championship.

Oh, and there's one more thing for this year's WSOP, they have added more value which means more chips!

Read more » Bigger Stacks and Added Value featured in All 2019 WSOP Structures

In partnership with King's Resort, partypoker.cz has now officially become the second international online poker company to enter the country, right after PokerStars.

GVC Holdings' brand partypoker has now officially landed in the Czech Republic online poker market via a partnership with regional casino operator King's Resort in Rozvadov.

Read more » partypoker goes live in Czech Republic via King's Resort

Jon Jonsson, a poker player from Iceland who traveled to Dublin, Ireland has gone missing since February 9. The 41-year-old father was last seen in the Whitehall area of Dublin and has been the focus of an intense two-week long search operation by the authorities.

Read more » CCTV Footage of Missing Icelandic Poker Player Jon Jonsson in Dublin Released

Willie Nelson is an 85-year-old American musician, singer and songwriter whose critical success of the albums ‘Shotgun Willie' (1973), ‘Red Headed Stranger' (1975), and ‘Stardust' (1978) made him one of the most recognized artists in country music.

Read more » Musician Willie Nelson tagged as ‘Ruthless' Shark as He Makes Players ‘High' and Bleed Them Dry in High-Stakes Poker

The Ivey Room, a private poker room that poker players have known for nine years where some of the biggest nosebleed cash games occur, is no more, at least in name.

The Ivey Room, a high-stakes poker room in Aria named after legendary yet controversial Phil Ivey that opened in May 2010, has now been renamed to simply "Table 1". This comes amidst his recent legal battle after Atlantic City's Borgata casino was given the go signal by a federal court to chase after him and take the $10.1 million he owed them for the edge-sorting case.

Read more » Aria's ‘Ivey Room' renamed to ‘Table 1'

David Peters emerged triumphant in a player field of 33 to claim the prize of $1,320,000 in the U.S. Poker Open Event #10: $100,000 Main Event.

The 2019 U.S. Poker Open ended its 10-event series on Saturday evening after one out of 33 players won in Event #10: $100,000 Main Event. Not only did 31-year-old David Peters managed to win the Main Event title for a whopping $1.32 million, but he also rose above the leaderboard to win the overall US Poker Open Championship title for an extra $100,000 prize!

Read more » 2019 US Poker Open Main Event and Championship Title won by David Peters

There will be a total of nine online bracelet events to be held for this year’s World Series of Poker, though it’s not yet confirmed whether players from New Jersey can join the poker festival.

The World Series of Poker held its very first gold bracelet online event back in 2015. Since then, there’s a total of nine bracelets and over $10M in prize money that have been awarded to players on WSOP.com. It was announced yesterday (February 21) that there will be nine bracelets up for grabs this 2019 WSOP.

Read more » Nine Online Bracelet Events set for 2019 WSOP

For those who have known and heard of Phil Hellmuth, people will mostly remember him via his nickname Poker Brat because of his temperamental personality, usually melting down at times when he loses huge amounts in high-stakes poker games.

Read more » Phil Hellmuth Loses $95K in NLHE Aria Cash Game, but Happy for his NBA Friend Winning

Due to insistent popular demand and seeing that the first launch of the series (on February 3) was a success, 888poker brings back RakeLESS Sunday on February 17, 2019. There will be seven rake-free events that are designed to suit any bankroll level.

Read more » 888poker to host Seven Rake-Free Tournaments once again on Sunday

Natalie Teh, a 28-year-old ex-foosball player from Malaysia, started playing poker seven months ago. Now, she's already the 25th-ranked female poker player in the world after leaving her full-time job at iflix, the counterpart of Netflix in Asia.

Read more » Malaysian Natalie Teh becomes a Top Female Poker Pro in 7 Months after Quitting Job

The Atlantic City casino is still on the prowl for its $10.16M owed since 2016 by the controversial edge-sorting poker pro.

A New Jersey federal judge has given the green light to the Borgata Hotel and Casino to chase down Phil Ivey's assets located in Nevada.

Read more » Borgata gets Green Light to chase after Phil Ivey's Assets in Nevada

On February 7 to 10, 888poker LIVE is back starting with their Kickoff Event in London.

The very first live event of the 888poker LIVE in 2019 would be held once more at the Aspers Casino in Stratford, London. Players can expect to see again the 888 Shot Clock being used and the comeback of the Big Blind Ante that speeds up the game and enables players to see more hands.

The series runs from February 7 to 10, featuring a £440 buy-in single event with an incredible £120,000 guarantee. Not only that, 888poker is also giving away a 2019 WSOP package as an extra prize for the top winner! Check out the 888LIVE London Kickoff 2019 schedule here.

All 888poker players have the chance to participate and win a seat to the 2019 WSOP Main Event via satellites, for as low as 1 cent!

Get $88 cash bonus when joining 888poker - no deposit required! Players residing in the UK will receive a £20 Bonus Package instead.

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Super Bowl LIII was held on Sunday, February 3, in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. While the venue is typically home to the Atlanta Falcons, it has been chosen to host the most significant NFL game of the season - the Super Bowl 2019: New England Patriots versus Los Angeles Rams.

Read more » Super Bowl 2019 Fun Facts

An American poker pro outlasted a record player field of 822 to win the top prize worth AU$1,272,598 (approx. $923,269) in the 2019 Aussie Millions Main Event.

Read more » 2019 Aussie Millions Main Event won by Bryn Kenney for AU$1,272,598