New Chest-Based PokerStars Rewards Program Set for Release
Are you ready to crack open some virtual chests?PokerStars is hoping the answer is yes because its new chest-based rewards program is set to go live world-wide today. The rewards program rolled out...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: DNegs+$1.4m, Poker Nikita, KK>AA>AA>QQ
The PokerListings Daily 3-Bet is a faked death, a secret gov't program and a new life as an elite assassin honed by years of afternoon poker news training.Got a hot tip for a future 3-Bet? Tweet us...
View ArticleHow to Turn the Power of Sleep into Better Poker Results
Jason Bourne called it a weapon.The Dalai Lama called it the best form of meditation. Daniel Negreanu and Fedor Holz believe it’s the key to becoming the very best poker player you can be. They're all...
View ArticleDaniel Negreanu Leads Final 6 of $50k PPC, Eyes 7th WSOP Bracelet
Mix game advocate Daniel Negreanu helped invent the $50,000 Poker Players Championship.Now he's within five players of winning his seventh WSOP bracelet in the event. Negreanu leads the six-player...
View ArticlePokerStars Steps in to Reimburse PKR Players’ Balance
Several years ago PokerStars played the white knight by acquiring Full Tilt Poker and reimbursing all poker players who had money trapped on the site.Today the company announced it’s doing it again...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Big Pot Jungle, PAD Back, DNegs Greatest Win?
The PokerListings Daily 3-Bet is a battery of cameras, a fern-filled backdrop and a short walk to the open bar on the afternoon poker news TV set.Have a bit you'd like to see in a future 3-Bet? Drop a...
View ArticleNegreanu Thwarted, Elior Sion Takes Down $50k PPC for $1.4m
U.K. high-stakes pro Elior “Crazy Elior” Sion overshadowed Daniel Negreanu to win his first WSOP bracelet in the prestigious $50,000 Poker Players Championship for $1.4 million last night.All eyes...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Ladies > Men, Farah v. JRB, POY Tall Poppy
The PokerListings Daily 3-Bet is a big field, a tall flower and the strong roots you need to avoid getting lopped off by the afternoon poker news thresher.Have a hot tip for a future 3-Bet? Tweet us...
View ArticleLaplante: "I'm So Openly Gay Because We Still Have So Far to Go"
Poker pro Ryan Laplante says at least 2,000 people have approached him to say thanks for the impassioned speech he made at last year's WSOP.One year ago Ryan Laplante won his first World Series of...
View ArticlePokerStars Takes Sunday Million Live for €1m-GTD Event in Rozvadov
It’s arguably the most famous tournament in the history of online poker but PokerStars is taking the Sunday Million on the road.The first-ever Sunday Million Live will take place Aug. 24-Sept. 4,...
View ArticleNorway's Silje Nilsen Can't Wait for 2017 Battle of Malta
Norway's Silje Nilsen is at the World Series of Poker but she's already looking forward to the Battle of Malta in November.Right now Nilsen is on a five-week poker trip to Las Vegas that will include...
View Article2017 WSOP Main Event Begins w/o November Nine Final Table
The 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event begins today, bringing thousands of the world's best poker players to the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.And for the first time since 2008, the tournament...
View ArticleWSOP, Gaming Giant Tencent Sign 10-Year Deal for WSOP China
The World Series of Poker announced a new partnership with Chinese mobile gaming and social media giant Tencent with the goal of growing poker in Asia.The deal will see the WSOP brand appear on...
View ArticleMatusow Makes Comeback After “Worst Three Years” Of His Life
After a crippling injury that led to "the worst three years of his life," Mike Matusow is fighting back and rebuilding one of the greatest careers in poker history.Matusow suffered from a thoracic...
View ArticleBig Day for Brits as Crowds Clash on WSOP Main Event Day 1A
The first starting flight of the 2017 WSOP Main Event drew a crowd today and British poker players topped the leaderboard for most of it.795 players bought in. That's more than the 764 who played Day...
View ArticleNFL Champ Richard Seymour: “I Want a Legitimate Shot in WSOP”
Richard Seymour won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots but he says he had no business even playing in his first World Series of Poker Main Event.That was in 2014 and he's been at every...
View ArticleEpic Cooler Busts Selbst in First Level of WSOP Main Event Day 1B
Vanessa Selbst's Main Event didn't even last one level thanks to what might be the most memorable hand of the 2017 World Series of Poker.Selbst played the second Day 1 flight of the $10,000 buy-in...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Triple Gimbel, Stars Signs Jeff Gross, Sick Hand-Palooza
The PokerListings Daily 3-Bet will always be there for you with engrossing mid-afternoon poker news no matter how fast you bust out of the WSOP Main Event.You can always make your own suggestions for...
View ArticleCharity Series of Poker Raises $28k for Three Square Food Bank
The 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off this weekend but there was another renowned tournament that attracted poker pros and celebs from around the globe.That would be the annual Charity...
View ArticleFarah Galfond Acted in Soaps, Now Beats Ultra High-Stakes Poker
When Farah Galfond started playing poker 10 years ago as an actor in New York she never thought she'd end up playing in one of the biggest cash games in Las Vegas.Galfond had long-running parts on the...
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