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The 2019 Aussie Millions AU$100,000 (approx. US$72,799) Challenge NLHE Super High Roller event attracted a player field of 42 entrants. The turnout built a prize pool of US$2,963,520 which was given away as rewards to the top six players.

Read more » 2019 Aussie Millions AU$100K Challenge won by Cary Katz for AU$1,481,760

There's a saying when life knocks you down, then you get back up. But how does a poker player recover from a series of bad beats? This one knew what to do. Read on to find out what happened and tell us what you think.

Last week at the Bicycle Casino located just outside of Los Angeles, a low-stakes poker player named Matthew ‘Weez' Szewczyk apparently lost two huge pots ($3,000 and the last of his money worth $915) that rendered him totally felted in a $5-$5 NLHE cash game with a $5 ante. The session was livestreamed by the casino's Live at the Bike!

Read more » Watch How Poker Player turned $50 into almost $10,000 at Bicycle Casino

After poker pro Ali Fazeli pleaded guilty 6 months ago (July 2018) to one count of wire fraud, he has now been sentenced to a period of 18 months in jail.

In March 2018, federal officials indicted Seyed Reza Ali Fazeli on multiple charges of wire fraud after orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that duped three poker pros and many other investors.

Read more » Ali Fazeli faces 18 Months in Jail over Super Bowl & World Cup Ticket Scam

After winning LIVE MILLIONS Russia Main Event in August last year, partypoker ambassador Anatoly Filatov begins 2019 with yet another first-place achievement to add to his impressive poker resumé.

Read more » WPT Russia High Roller event won by Anatoly Filatov for $119,730

Phil Hellmuth finally obtains his first title since winning his record 15th WSOP bracelet last year.

The Poker Brat beat six players in heads-up showdowns to win the 2019 Borgata Winter Poker Open heads-up event held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was the last man standing in a player field of 64 in Event #16: $1,590 NLHE Heads-Up and bagged $37,248. This is actually Phil Hellmuth's very first Borgata Poker Open trophy.

Read more » Borgata Winter Poker Open Heads-Up Event won by Phil Hellmuth

A non-profit organization has made a terminally ill man's dream come true.

Zachary Butler, age 33 and lives in the town of Trezevant in Carroll County, Tennessee, is getting a super special meet-and-greet schedule with his favorite poker player of all time, Daniel Negreanu. The Dream Foundation, a non-profit organization that grants wishes of those with terminal illnesses, is sending not only him, but his entire family to Las Vegas. They were scheduled to visit Las Vegas on (January 28) Monday and come back home on Thursday.

Read more » Poker Fan with Terminal Illness Gets Dream Wish - Meet and Play Poker with Daniel Negreanu

888poker is proud to offer an amazing treat to their players - get to join in the 2019 WSOP Main Event by participating in qualifiers to their $12,600 prize package in as little as 1 cent!

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is considered as one of the most prestigious series of poker tournaments in the world. Many people, especially the amateur poker players, dream of getting a seat to this event as it is often the place where amazing poker dreams come true.

Read more » 888poker offers 2019 WSOP Main Event Seats for only 1 Cent

Natural8 is one of the major player in Asia and Europe, offering poker, casino and sports. It prides itself as the best poker room on the GGNetwork, as well as the best online poker in Asia, where poker is booming.

Read more » Introducing Natural8

In 2017, an A.I. bot called Libratus, made headlines as it managed to beat some of the most accomplished poker players in the world in a game of no-limit Texas hold'em. Recently, the A.I. bot is making headlines again as it had been signed-up and the team that manages it to work for the military.

Read more » A.I. Libratus that beat poker pros will be tested by the Pentagon for Military Applications

On Thursday night (January 17), Television Hall of Fame member Betty White celebrated her 97th birthday with cake and played poker with her buddies. Betty, who has the longest television career of any female entertainer, regularly plays poker with her friends in Los Angeles.

Read more » TV Star Betty White Celebrated 97th Birthday with Cake and Poker

Gavin Smith, age 50, passed away while he was sleeping last Monday (January 14). The cause of his death is still not determined. He is survived by his two young sons.

The next day after he was found dead, one of his close friends Josh Arieh opened up a GoFundMe page so that the poker community could help support Gavin Smith's children. In just 4 short days, 445 people donated to the cause, raising $67,504 out of the $100,000 goal.

Read more » Doyle Brunson gets flak for questioning Fundraiser for late Gavin Smith

Canadian poker pro Gavin Smith, who possesses a pleasant, friendly and energetic personality and is highly popular especially during the poker boom era, has passed away unexpectedly whilst sleeping on Monday, January 14. The cause of death is still unknown. He was 50 years old.

Read more » Poker Pro Gavin Smith Passes Away at 50

The second $25,000 Single-Day High Roller event of the 2019 PCA was held last Sunday, January 13, which attracted a total of 47 player entries that garnered a prize pool worth $1,128,470.

Read more » 2019 PCA $25,000 Single-Day High Roller II won by Justin Bonomo for $383,650

SwC Poker is a well established, low rake, highly trusted Bitcoin poker room. Launched from the ashes of SealsWithClubs in early 2015, SwC Poker is one of the few "Pure Bitcoin" poker sites, which means all deposits, play, and withdrawals are in Bitcoin. "No banking, only Bitcoin" is the slogan. Each Bitcoin is divided into 1,000,000 chips so the site can spread a wide range of table limits. SwC Poker boasts that it has the lowest rake in the industry, something they say is made possible because they only use Bitcoin and don't pay any banking fees.

Read more » Introducing SwC Poker

After three grueling days of high-stakes poker gaming, the 30-year-old Canadian poker pro Sam Greenwood managed to outlast a player field of 61 to win the trophy and a sweet first place cash prize worth $1,775,460.

Since introducing the tournament back in 2011, the annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) hosted the Super High Roller NLHE event with a $100,000 buy-in and this year it attracted a total of 61 entrants, which accumulated a $5,918,220 prize pool. The biggest player field for this particular event was 66 entries back in 2015, so this makes it the second-biggest turnout in PCA history.

Read more » 2019 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller won by Sam Greenwood for $1,775,460

On January 9 Wednesday evening, poker player Maria Ho returned to mainstream TV on the game show Deal or No Deal on CNBC.

Her appearance in the Deal or No Deal show was not as a contestant, but instead she came there to support the contestant.

Read more » Maria Ho appeared in Deal or No Deal as Special Guest to Help Poker Fan Contestant

This year we continued the Lottery tradition from previous years, where you could win MobPoints, MobDraw tickets and MobSafe shots. The way to get tickets to the lottery, would be if you won a prize in the Christmas Calendar that you were unable to use/accept, for one reason or another (for example country restrictions).

Example: If you won a freeroll entry worth $15 you would get 15 tickets for the lottery if you decided to claim lottery tickets, instead of the actual prize. 

The lottery in 2018 had the following prizes available:

• 2 x 4,000 MobPoints
• 3 x 3,000 MobPoints
• 5 x 2,000 MobPoints
• 15 x 500 MobDraw tickets
• 10 x 100 MobSafe "shots"
• 15 x 50 MobSafe "shots"

And today, we ran the "randomizer" and found the winners to the prizes above. Basically, the more tickets you had, the bigger chances of winning.Read more » Christmas Calendar 2018: Lottery Winners and '50+ door' freeroll info

The 85-year-old poker legend Doyle Brunson shall make his comeback to the screens as the host who other poker players must beat in a new show named Dolly's Game, a mixed-game show created by Poker Central.

Shot at the PokerGo Studio located inside the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, viewers could expect to see a group of interesting high-stakes challengers vying to defeat the most influential force in the poker world. The first episode has already been aired on January 7 on the PokerGO streaming service.

Read more » Doyle Brunson to Host New Mixed Game Show "Dolly's Game" on PokerGo