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Vince Van Patten, an announcer for the World Poker Tour, who co-wrote and starred in an upcoming poker film.

After the movie Molly's Game that was released last year, poker fans have a new movie coming their way very soon and its main cast is the World Poker Tour's Vince Van Patten. According to IMDb.com, "Walk to Vegas" is based on a true story about Hollywood big shots who will bet on anything.

Read more » WPT Announcer to Star in Upcoming Film ‘Walk to Vegas'

The Borgata may have been successful in winning their court dispute against poker pro Phil Ivey over the baccarat winnings he earned by using a technique called edge sorting at the casino, but another obstacle reared its head up, and this time it is when exactly the poker pro will be able to pay that money.

Read more » Phil Ivey attempts to Delay $10.1M Payment to Borgata from Edge Sorting Dispute

An online casino based in Malta was robbed a whopping amount of €250,000 by a tech-savvy Finnish teenager. His parents are also in hot water for sharing in on his ill-gotten wealth.

On Tuesday, YLE, a media outlet in Finland, reported the teen's case as that of aggravated fraud currently going on its way through the Häme District Court. The teen is a resident of the town of Forssa who apparently discovered a glitch in the software of an unnamed Malta-based online casino.

Read more » Finnish Teenager Steals €250,000 From Maltese Online Casino

The week-long high roller tournament series expands to seven events. This is the second edition of the annual high-stakes tournament series, to be aired by the PokerGO Studio and the venue would be at the ARIA Resort & Casino.

Read more » 2018 Poker Masters High Roller Tournament to Kick Off September 8 to 15

On August 17 Friday, the Bicycle Casino made poker history by becoming the first casino venue to use an action clock in a live-streamed cash game.

The Live at the Bike $100/$200 NLHE with a $200 big blind ante game featured players such as Dan Zack, Garrett Adelstein, Gary Raina and Nick Vertucci.

Read more » Bicycle Casino tries out Action Clock in Cash Game for the First Time Ever

In March, a 26-year-old poker player from England won the 2018 Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour Manchester Main Event for £68,930 (around $95,000). However, something he did in the past will take all of his winnings, leaving his pockets completely empty.

Read more » Poker Player wins $95,000 in UK Tournament, Lost it all Back to Government

After just one day of play, the Arizona State Poker Championship was declared over because of a massive flooding due to a storm.

The Arizona State Poker Championship was suddenly cancelled when a strong monsoon storm caused the main and back-up generators to break down early Saturday morning (August 11) at around 2am.

Read more » Arizona State Poker Championship Canceled due to Storm

There were 1,364 player entries that participated in the APPT Manila Main Event ₱20 Million Guaranteed located at the City of Dreams Manila Resort and Casino. On Day 3 of the event, there were 41 remaining, and it was Wilson Lim who defeated everyone to claim the coveted APPT Main Event trophy, whopping first place prize money worth ₱12,970,000, and a PSPC Platinum Pass worth US$30,000!

Read more » APPT Manila Main Event won by Wilson Lim for $243,324

Unfold Hold'em is the newest poker game released by PokerStars, allowing players to ante up for a side "Unfold pot" and then get back into the game right after seeing the flop. This poker variant is actually geared more towards the rec (recreational) players. As for the reg (regular) players, they find that it's not a good game at all and criticize PokerStars for continuing to release games that no longer involve one's skills in order to win.

Read more » "Don't play new games if you don't like them" - Daniel Negreanu on PokerStars New Poker Variant Unfold Hold'em

Tom Dwan explains in his own way what's wrong with playing Texas Hold'em live these days. In the interview he wishes to keep recreational players active in the game and shares his insights on what else is wrong with poker tournaments.

Read more » Why Tom Dwan Quit Playing Texas No-Limit Hold'em Live

Fernando Habegger, or otherwise known as JNandez87 (his username when playing online poker), has created a video documentary featuring the Swedish sensation of the poker world Viktor ‘Isildur1' Blom.

Habegger has won more than a million dollars playing Pot Limit Omaha cash games with consistent wins since 2011, and he's one of the most sought out poker coaches in the game.

Read more » Video Documentary: The Making of Viktor ‘Isildur1' Blom

Back in June, we reported this story about Nicky Palma.

If you have a poker debt to someone, make sure to pay it off or risk public shame. In the case of Nick Palma, he learned it the hard way after fellow poker pro Tim Reilly bared it all out on Twitter, accusing Palma of refusing to pay off his debts that came from their backing deal.

Read more » Nicky Palma pays back Tim Reilly after getting called out on Scamming Backers

And he says he's gonna do it again.

Poker pro Scott Seiver shared on Twitter about his hardcore grind session at the cash game tables.

Seiver had been successful so far in his quest during this year's WSOP. He defeated a field of 114 entries and won Event #52: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship for $296,222, getting himself his second career bracelet in the process. He also cashed three times more at the WSOP.

Read more » Scott Seiver Grinds 32 Hours Straight at Cash Game Tables

Gus Hansen is one of the few high-stakes poker pros that gives us a glimpse of what goes on behind the doors of Bobby's Room at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Last week, he shared yet another session of a high-stakes poker cash game called The Big Game.

Read more » Brunson & Rast win BIG against Gus Hansen at Bobby's Room

The Brunson father-and-son tandem has launched an all-new online training course valued at $149.

Of course, there are plenty of online poker courses available, but only a few of them have the impressive poker background that the Brunsons have. The price isn't as expensive as one would expect considering the caliber of the people behind it, and the great thing about this course is that players will be able to obtain unique insight from the various strategies used by the Brunson's along with their years of professional poker experience.

Read more » Doyle Brunson teams up with son Todd on New Poker Training Course

Antonio Esfandiari sure has made many knockouts at the poker table, but when it comes to the boxing ring, he may have a difficult time landing his punches against comedian Kevin Hart.

Read more » Antonio Esfandiari vs Kevin Hart in Boxing Match scheduled March 2019

Throughout the years, charity poker events have proven to be something that works in raising money for good causes, and this one event in California managed to get an extremely famous host on Sunday night.

It's quite an unusual crossover of ESPN's World Series of Poker meets E!'s Keeping Up With The Kardashians in this charity poker tournament.

Read more » Phil Hellmuth and the Kardashians Raise Dollars and Bitcoins for Charity Poker

Kenneth Kee came so close in taking down the first event of the 2018 Triton Poker High Roller Series Jeju on July 25, and he only finished as runner-up when he lost in a heads-up match against Nick Schulman in the HK$100,000 short-deck NLHE event. However, Kee didn't lose hope, because a week later he found himself in the same spot again, this time against Cary Katz at the HK$1,000,000 Short Deck NLHE event, and this one was truly meant for him as he won to take home the colossal first-place cash prize worth HK$22,500,000 (or around USD 2,925,000).

Read more » 2018 Triton Poker SHR HK$1M Short Deck NLHE won by Kenneth Kee for $2,925,000

The epic lawsuit between two poker pros that started since May 2017 has now finally come to an end, and the final verdict possibly does not bode well for one of them.

Read more » Judge Dismisses ‘Matt Kirk versus Leon Tsoukernik' Poker Lawsuit

Last week, King's Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik made a rather tough decision as he opted to forfeit his $50,000 deposit and skip the $1M Big One for One Drop at the WSOP, in exchange for participating instead in the €25,750 Super High Roller event at the EM European Poker Championship held at Casino Velden in Austria. However, the sacrifice was absolutely worth it for the controversial casino owner as he took down the event and won the top cash prize of €370,000!

Read more » EM European Poker Championship SHR Event won by Leon Tsoukernik for €370,000