The Venetian Resort Las Vegas played host to the first series of high roller tournaments in 2022, with four high-stakes events running from Jan. 5-8. Rising star Punnat Punsri took down both of the $10,000 buy-in events, winning on back-to-back days to come away with $251,237 in total prize money.Continue Reading
January 10, 2022 Matt Hansen It’s time once again for PokerNews to predict a few of the major plot points in this highly anticipated 2022 poker season. This year’s list of predictions comes with more clarity than a tumultuous 2021 that began with widespread uncertainty and ended with the WorldContinue Reading
January 6, 2022 Tournaments & Cash Games Putting the “global” in Global Poker Index, the GPI awarded Player of the Year honors to rounders from 56 countries around the world based on their performances in various poker tournaments throughout 2021. Daniel Negreanu is GPI’s Player of the Year for CanadaContinue Reading
08:3009 Jan A poker and blackjack player has accused the Massachusetts MGM Springfield hotel and casino of theft, claiming more than $20,000 went missing from his room safe while he watched the New England Patriots play… Richard Angelica, who describes himself as a semi-pro, was on a two-day trip toContinue Reading
On Friday, the attorney general of the state of Florida asked the state’s high court to look at a proposed casino expansion plan. Attorney General Ashley Moody requested the Florida Supreme Court to look at a proposed constitutional amendment that if enacted would lead to Las Vegas-style casino gaming inContinue Reading
January 07, 2022 Matthew Pitt We are only a week into 2022 but there are already opportunities to turn a few dollars into a potentially life-changing score at both PokerStars and GGPoker. Both online poker giants have some massive tournaments taking place this weekend, tournaments that have dozens of budgetContinue Reading
January 8, 2022 Tournaments & Cash Games Online poker players in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Nevada have the chance to win and bunch of money and WSOP Circuit rings in January. The WSOP is holding two different Circuit Series in Pennsylvania and New Jersey/Nevada. (Image: WSOP.com) Players in the twoContinue Reading
09:2508 Jan Letting out a New York apartment has gone from being a lucrative investment opportunity to a complete nightmare for one man after he discovered it was being used for illegal poker games, sex trafficking, prostitution and parties… Mitch Spaiser bought the $6.9million Murray Hill townhouse back in 2012Continue Reading
Jake Ferro has won the World Poker Tour Season XIX Player of the Year award thanks to a deep run in the final WPT main event of the year. Ferro was already a top contender heading into the 2021 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic, but the 300 rankings pointsContinue Reading
January 07, 2022 Jon Sofen Move over Ali Imsirovic, Alex Foxen, and Stephen Chidwick, there’s a new sheriff in town and his name is Punnat Punsri, a poker player from Thailand who shipped back-to-back high rollers to start the new year. The Venetian in Las Vegas is currently hosting aContinue Reading