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The 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event final table (also known as November 9) is finally underway! The first day was dominated by Las Vegas resident Qui Nguyen (originally from Vietnam) who managed to accumulate 128 million in chips with a super aggressive style and thanks to taking down the biggest pot of the day...

Read more » 2016 WSOP Main Event: 5 Players Remain After First Day

Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn, two movie stars who probably don't need any introduction, are two of the hosts for the upcoming Four Kings and an Ace charity poker tournament organised by the World Poker Tour Foundation, which raises money for Mending Kids charity that helps providing surgery and medical care to children in 57 countries around the world.

Read more » Hollywood Stars To Host WPT Foundation Event

The last day of the 2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza had a big cash game and a €100,000 freeze-out tournament on the schedule. There had been cash games (up to €1,000/€2,000) running the previous three days but on the final day it was canceled due to lack of interest.

Read more » Paul Phua Wins €100,000 High Roller! (€752,700)

The 2016 Big One for One Drop (€1,000,000 buy-in and no pros allowed for the first time) kicked off last Friday at luxurious Casino de Monte Carlo in Monaco. With 28 entries (26 players and 2 re-entries), a prize pool of €24,888,892 was generated and €3,111,108 was raised for charity!

Read more » Elton Tsang Wins Big One For One Drop For €11 Million!

On Thursday, it was announced that Todd Brunson and Carlos Mortensen become the 51st and 52nd individuals to be inducted into Poker's most exclusive club! The two poker pros were nominated by the public and voted in by a 44-person panel made up of existing Poker Hall of Famers and a Blue Ribbon Media Panel.

Read more » Todd Brunson & Carlos Mortensen Chosen For Poker Hall Of Fame!

Over 30 marked decks were confiscated by police when a man claimed he got cheated from a poker game in China. The idea of cheating in a card game using contact lenses is not new as portrayed in the Chinese film "God of Gamblers."

Read more » Cheaters Used Special Contact Lenses to View Marked Cards

Poker professional Daniel Negreanu is not afraid to express his views over the GOP presidential candidate, Donald Trump. It wasn't long when the poker player became a United States citizen and is now eager to vote against Trump come election time.

Read more » Negreanu Offers $100,000 To Anyone Leaking Trump’s Apprentice Tapes

Natalie Hof, a well-known TV presenter and accomplished poker player from Germany, is Team888's latest member! Hof will represent 888poker both live and online together with fellow ambassadors Dominik Nitsche, Chris Moorman, and Sofia Lövgren, just to mention few, and hopefully bring many more players to 888poker!

Read more » 888poker Signs Natalie Hof

Daniel "KidPoker" Negreanu will be coaching billionare Guy Laliberte, the founder of Cirque Du Soleil and the One Drop Foundation, before and during the €1,000,000 buy-in Big One For One Drop Invitational event (no poker pros allowed to enter this time) on October 14th, 2016.

Read more » Daniel Negreanu To Coach Billionaire For €1M Big One For One Drop

During the 2016 WSOP event back in July, One Drop founder Guy Laliberté had announced that the Big One for One Drop shall have a comeback, and this time with a whopping €1 million buy-in, making it one of the biggest poker tournaments of all time!

Read more » 35 Players Confirmed For €1M Buy-in Big One For One Drop

As the US Election draws near, it is the norm that people's opinions will tend to clash, but this online argument between two highly-recognized personalities in the pro poker community is really something else - a politically-driven discussion on Twitter last September 22 has quickly escalated into a personal one between three-time WSOP bracelet winner Vanessa Selbst and Poker Hall of Famer Doyle Brunson.

Read more » Brunson vs Selbst On Twitter Over US Election

Two people were killed in Wyoming, including himself, over a poker game. The shooter, an elderly man named Larry Rosenberg, is a resident of Heritage Court Apartments, an apartment complex for seniors in Cheyenne.

Read more » Senior Went On Rampage Over A Poker Game He Wanted Shut Down

Who knew that WSOP bracelet winner David Williams could make it to the finale of the MasterChef Season 7 competition? British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay pointed out that it was the first time in MasterChef history that there will be a three-way battle for the coveted MasterChef title for this season.

Read more » Poker Pro Competed In MasterChef Season 7 Final

Nigel Williams won a jackpot prize worth $2.7 million while playing Texas Hold'em Poker, but it wasn't against any high-stakes pro poker player. It was actually against the house (Crown Perth casino) in a standard table game and not the traditional poker played in card rooms. This type of poker game requires very little skill, but the one thing that you need here in order to win is huge amounts of luck.

Read more » Man Wins $2.7M After $10 Bet At Crown Perth Casino

Poker Mira will throw a $1000 Freeroll this Sunday (18.09.2016) at 18:00 (UTC). To gain access to the freeroll, you only need to make a deposit of $10 with promo-code "SF09".

Good luck!

A ruffian has patiently observed an elderly woman with a walker win at the pokies, decided to follow her and violently pushed her over to rob her winnings. The 88-year-old from Ferntree Gully was walking towards Dorset Rd on Maryville Way last Wednesday (September 7) at 12:30pm after winning at the poker machines at Zagame's in Boronia.

Read more » Crook Robs Elderly Woman Of Her Poker Machine Winnings

Following a vetting of nominations by the PHOF Governing Council and a public nomination process, the 10 finalists for the 2016 Poker Hall Of Fame were announced last Friday. The finalists are: Chris Bjorin, Humberto Brenes, Todd Brunson, Eli Elezra, Bruno Fitoussi, Chris Moneymaker, Carlos Mortensen, Max Pescatori, Matt Savage and last but not least David 'Devilfish' Ulliott, who passed away in April last year after losing a short battle with cancer.

Read more » 2016 Poker Hall Of Fame: Here Are The 10 Finalists