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WPT Championship at Wynn Las Vegas returns December

After the over-the-top success of the December 2022 WPT World Championship, there was almost no doubt we’d see the event return this year. Today, the WPT confirmed it is returning to the Wynn in December and released the dates for…

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Zang and Greenwood capture Short Deck trophies to close out Triton Vietnam

After the No-Limit Hold ‘Em events had come and gone, a special breed of poker players took their seats at the Triton tables this week. Continuing with tradition, the exciting Short Deck events took over in the latter half of…

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Is Nik Airball poker’s new super-villain?

It’s hard to believe now, but there was a time when Nikhil ‘Nik Airball’ Arcot didn’t make a lot of noise. Arcot arrived on the poker live stream scene in a relatively quiet fashion. His first few appearances on Hustler…

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888, Rush Street among finalists in Delaware online-gaming vendor renewal

888 Holdings and Rush Street Interactive are among the finalists to be chosen as Delaware’s online-gambling software provider as Delaware prepares to enter its second decade of regulated online gaming. In January, the Delaware Lottery announced that it would accept…

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America’s Cardroom charity tournament raises $17,110 for UBCF

America’s Cardroom will be sending more than $17,000 to support breast cancer charity efforts. Last week in recognition of International Women’s Day, ACR ran a charity tournament in support of the United Breast Cancer Foundation. The tournament pulled in 344…

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Amateur Player Daniyal Iqbal Wins Record-Breaking PokerGo Tour PLO Event

The PokerGo Tour set a new attendance record over the weekend and, for once, it wasn’t a Texas Hold’em tournament that brought out the masses. Daniyal Iqbal, an engineer from the US, has beaten some of poker’s best players in…

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Pennsylvania Receives No New Online Poker Room Applications, Rush Street Makes Move in Delaware

Pennsylvania’s Gambling Control Board did not receive any applications from online poker sites in its most recent round of of iGaming licensing. The deadline to apply to operate an online poker room came and went on March 3 with no…

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Almighty Million Poker Tournament Coming to Borgata in May with Qualifiers Available on BetMGM

After a very successful plunge back into the world of big buy-in poker tournaments with the aptly-named The Return, which brought in 1,142 $5,300 entries, the Boragta poker room is keeping the momentum going with the Almighty Million poker event…

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Texas hold’em Poker: 5 do’s and 5 Dont’s

know the basics, play smart, manage your $, observe other players, and don’t be afraid to fold. Avoid playing too many hands, playing aggressively,

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