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‘Time Will Tell’ If Young Gun Travis Egbert Isn’t Just on a Heater

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:15:10 +0000

It doesnt seem that long ago, in the midst of the explosion of online poker, that a swarm of new young poker pros invaded card rooms across the United States. On the World Poker Tour, at the World Series of Poker, on ESPN, fresh-faced players – many of whom grinded tens of thousands (maybe more) hands online, started making waves in a game in a game that had been dominated by veteran pros for decades.

Casey Sandretto Finds Validation in WPT Rolling Thunder Victory

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:15:01 +0000

Casey Sandretto couldnt stop smiling. Its understandable,he just topped a 458-entry field to capture the his first World Poker Tour title at WPT Rolling Thunder for a career-high $246,600 cash which includes a seat to the 2024 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in December.

But it was more than that. It was validation. Validation for taking a second chance at a poker career after having tried and walked away from it nearly a decade earlier.

Ben Ludlow Riding Wave of Momentum onto WPT Voyage

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:14:52 +0000

After hours spent patiently waiting for Virgin Voyages Valiat Lady to hit international waters on Sunday night, poker got underway on WPT Voyage in an explosion of action, all at once. As hundreds of players lined up for cash game action in the pajama Meet-Up Game, and a satellite for the $5,000 WPT Voyage Main Tour event, the first cards in the air were for a $2,500 turbo No Limit Holdem event.

Romulo Dorea Brazilian Vlogger is Anything But Lost in Translation

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:14:45 +0000

For centuries the Amazon rainforest has served as one of the worlds greatest gifts. The extremely dense jungle absorbs carbon dioxide nd releases new oxygen into the atmosphere. Quite literally a breath of fresh air.

It might have done the same for poker.

Romulo Dorea, a 29-year-old poker vlogger, grew up in Belem, Brazil, a small port town that sits atop the northern portion of Brazil and serves as an estuary of the Amazon River. It was in that environment that Doreas first childhood dream formed. Like many Brazilians, Dorea desperately wanted to be the next Pele or Ronaldo and shine on the world’s biggest stages for Seleo Canarinha – the Brazilian national soccer team.

Landon Tice Has No Beef With Becker, Just Wants To Make Him Pay

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:14:36 +0000

Two months out from another busy summer of poker in Las Vegas, theres a buzz building for the 2024 World Series of Poker. Its not about any of the 99 gold bracelet events in particular, but one major headline currently stands out among the rest.

Landon Tice vs. Jeremy Becker.

Its a proxy war between Matt Berkey (Tice) and Daniel Negreanu (Becker). Each player is backing their protg, with a crossbook bet of all of their action. The way a crossbook works is that two players compare their results, and the player with more money won gets paid an additional sum that typically represents the difference in their total winnings, with a variety of potential limits and conditions involved. When it comes to this particular bet, there are only a handful of conditions.

Meet the Final Table of WPT Voyage Championship

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:14:23 +0000

After two long days of battling it out deep into the night on Virgin Voyages Valiant Lady, the final nine players in the field have each locked down their seat at the WPT Voyage Championship final table.

There are some familiar faces coming back Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET to battle it out for the first ever WPT Voyage Championship title. Topping the chip counts is FaridJattin, who is at his fourth career WPT final table and first since making a pair of those appearances in 2016.

Aram Oganyan Chased Action onto WPT Voyage and Won His Major Title

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:14:15 +0000

Over the last few weeks, Aram Oganyan has hit a new peak in his poker career. He cashed for a hair shy of $1 million, a career-best, in Korea, and Oganyan was anxious to find another tournament and more action.

“I went to play poker at Triton in Jeju, Korea three, four weeks ago. I had a great time there, and I did really well. I suppose I was feeling hot, and I just wanted to keep it going. And I was like, ‘What’s the next poker thing going on?’”

Caitlin Comeskey Wraps Up WPT Voyage With One Shining Moment

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:14:07 +0000

You’d be hard-pressed to argue that womens sports isn’t enjoying a moment. Over the last month, Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers, Angel Reese and others have grabbed, controlled, and ultimately shined in the spotlight of NCAA Womens March Madness, elevating their own profiles and that of their sport.

As WPT Voyage made its way through international waters Thursday night towards a beach party in Bimini, one of poker’s rising personalities had a moment of her own and ended up grabbing, controlling and shining in the spotlight of the WPT Voyage Ladies event.

Lukas Robinson Getting Taste of Celebrity Experience on WPT Voyage

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:13:59 +0000

Back in November, Poker After Dark: Game of Gold generated award-winning buzz in the poker industry with a fresh take on the poker TV format. The cast included some heavy hitters in the world of poker including Daniel Negreanu, Jason Koon, Maria Ho, and Fedor Holz among others. Big names with big poker fan bases to match.

But in the midst of its reality TV meets gameshow format, some up-and-coming players were put in the mix as well, and most of them took the opportunity to step into the poker spotlight.

Tom Dwan, Rampage Confirmed for HCLs 2024 Million Dollar Game

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:13:51 +0000

On Tuesda, Hustler Casino Live announced three more big-name confirmations for their upcoming 2024 Million Dollar Game, two of which are returning for the second year as undisputed stars of last years livestream.

Tom Dwan, Ethan Rampage Yau, and Daniel Jungleman Cates are the latest players to officially join the $500/$1K stakes, million-dollar minimum buy-in nosebleed cash game at the Hustler Casino in Los Angeles from May 28-31. The trio is added to the already announced cast of fan-favorite poker superstars that include Doug Polk, Tony G, Nik Airball Arcot, and Alan Keating among others.

Five Things You Might Have Missed from WPT Voyage

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:13:41 +0000

Sunshine, ocean adventures, top-notch food, non-stop entertainment, and parties galore. Plus, enough cash games and tournaments to satiate even the most voracious poker players appetite.

Bu enough about what you may have missed out on personally during WPT Voyage. Over the course of just five nights of tournament action, 20 trophies were awarded onboard Virgin Voyages Valiant Lady, including a brand new WPT Main Tour champion in Aram Oganyan and a new WPT Prime champion in Gregory De Faria.

Alex Jauregui’s Battles With Doug Polk Earns Him ‘Sicko’ Status

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 04:37:51 +0000

This guys a legend man. Hes on a crazy run-up. Hes crushed the games, hes played good, hes incredible TV. He will go all the way if he thinks youre weak, hell make big calls, talks a bunch. I think hes awesome for the show, said Doug Polk.

Hes a sicko, bro, Joey Ingram said.

Polk and Ingram were in the middle of one of their joint podcasts, talking about the livestream from Polks poker room, The Lodge. More specifically they were talking about Alex Jauregui (aka Alex), the 34-year-old emerging cash game star who has been making his mark on The Lodge’s livestream and, more specifically, how he recently won the shows largest-ever pot of more than $700,000.

What Sets Jesse Lonis Apart Is Something You Just Can’t Teach

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 22:03:00 +0000

Jesse Lonis made his way into the Thunder Valley poker room. Again. Ushered to his new seat, grinning ear to ear. Its been the same scene all morning on Day 2 of WPT Rolling Thunder, Lonis striding in, being escorted to a new table, playing a few hands, standing up, and heading back to the cage.

In total, Lonis is eight bullets into the $3,500 WPT Championship event.

Ive done every table, he laughed as he passed by. Its a personal record for him.

Rayo Kniep Uses Balance To Dodge Poker’s ‘Dark Side’

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 03:38:47 +0000

There have been plenty of players in poker who, after finding early success, have dived straight into the game. Going for broke. And it could have been forgiven if Rayo Kniep did just that.

After all, back in 2018, within two years of when Kniep first starting playing poker of any kind, he had a taste of the kind of success a lot of poker players only dream of. He picked up a pair of mid-five figure cashes to start 2018, nearly winning a WSOP Circuit ring before finishing in fifth place at WPT Rolling Thunder. He was on livestreams, and things were only looking up. It was a fast start for the German-born, Bay Area software engineer, and with poker dreams full of energy and enthusiasm, even bigger successes on the stage of the World Series of Poker were still to come.

Brett Murray Embraces His Role as “The God of Thunder”

Sat, 23 Mar 2024 23:39:30 +0000

When it comes to playing poker at Thunder Valley, Santa Rosa tournament pro Brett Murray likely has an edge.

Or perhaps its a target.

When your nickname is The God of Thunder, a title bestowed upon Murray for all of the success hes achieved in a decade of playing at Thunder Valley, your opponents will likely feel some way about playing against you. But for Murray, its a title that brings a smile to his face.

Here’s Everything You May Have Missed from Triton Jeju

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:40:41 +0000

After 17 days of action at South Korea’s Jeju Shinhwa World and over $100 million in payouts, the opening Triton Super High Roller Series of 2024 officially came to a close on Thursday.

There were big winners, as there are at any festival, but the themes that came to bear over 17 events were balance and parity. Nobody left Jeju with more than one trophy. Seven of the 17 winners were first-time Triton champions and only three players Mikita Badziakouski (5), Fedor Holz (4), and Mike Watson (3) won more than their second Triton title. Nobody made more than three final tables.

WPT Rolling Thunder Poised for Even More Poker History Moments

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:38:58 +0000

When J.C. Tran won the inaugural WPT Rolling Thunder event at Thunder Valley Casino Resort back in 2013, everyone on hand that night knew they had witnessed something special. Tran was Sacramento’s poker superstar and he clinched his second career WPT title in his own backyard. But what nobody could have known at the time is that Trans victory on the felt was just the start of something else, equally as special: a partnership between World Poker Tour and Thunder Valley that, this year, is celebrating 10 years of tournament history.

Meet the Final (Two) Tables of Massive Triton Jeju Main Event

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:38:58 +0000

The $100,000 buy-in Triton High Roller Series Jeju Main Event drew a record-breaking 216 entrants, hitting such a large number, in fact, that the field was unable to reach a final table as scheduled for Saturday

Instead, 15 players return for Day 3 of the tournament, each of them looking to take home the most coveted title of a Triton series in Jeju that has broken records from the start. Through 11 days of action, more than a dozen players have banked seven-figure prizes through nine events – and the Main Event only continues that trend.

High Stakes on the High Seas Has Always Been Part of WPT DNA

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:04:17 +0000

In the early 2000s, the poker world was on the precipice of exploding in popularity in a way few could have imagined. Online poker and hole card cameras would completely change the game, as risk-takers and visionaries explored their dreams of what poker could be.

Even in such an environment, the thought that a major poker tournament aboard a cruise ship could be successful seems incredible in retrospect. Holding a televised event with all of the production concerns that come with a brand new show on a ship actively at sea seems farfetched.

The Comprehensive 2024 World Series of Poker Player’s Guide

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 19:03:55 +0000

There are less than 100 days until the 2024 World Series of Poker kicks off, and as the poker calendar ramps up toward the busiest time of the year, the full schedule of live events has landed. Every poker player with a dream will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of 2023 WSOP Main Event champion Daniel Weinman in poker’s most famous tournament, but there will at least 98 other opportunities to clai m a WSOP gold bracelet this summer at Horseshoe Las Vegas.

David Kaufmann Shines in the City of Light Ahead of EPT Paris Main Event Finale

Sun, 25 Feb 2024 11:01:37 +0000

David Kaufmann already knows what its like to capture a prestigious PokerStars title.

In 2013, Kaufmann won the WCOOP Main Event to earn nearly $1.5 million. He then finished in 41st place at EPT Barcelona that year. But then came a long hiatus when Kaufmann didnt cash in any poker tournament for more than eight years as he focused on earning a degree in economics.

When Kaufmann finally returned to the live felt within the last few months, it was like he never left. He cashed in the EPT Cyprus Main Event. He finished 44th in the FPS Main Event this week at Le Palais des Congres. And, at the final table of the record-breaking 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris Main Event, Kaufmann is the man to beat as six players return to chase the trophy and 1,287,800 top prize.

JRB Needs to Fade a Flush vs. Jennifer Tilly or Lose Big on High Stakes Poker Season 12 Opener

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 03:36:26 +0000

High Stakes Poker returned to PokerGO for the first episode of Season 12 on Monday, and a pair of regulars on the show Jennifer Tilly and Jean-Robert Bellande fought for the biggest pot of the night.

Tilly and Bellande have played on the iconic poker show about as many times as anyone since the show first launched on the Game Show Network in 2006. During Episode 1, both players were active and had to battle for some pots against high-stakes crusher Andrew Robl, along with some new faces on the show such as Vivian Yang and Andrew Pacheco.

Jay Patel Goes From the $5 Online Grind to London Poker Festival Champion

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:36:21 +0000

The decision Jay Patel made to invest in some poker coaching has reaped the rewards, and substantial rewards at that. Patel was grinding $5 online poker tournaments only a few months ago but can now call himself the 2024 London Poker Festival Main Event champion, an accolade that came with 79,370 in prize money.

Patel, possibly frustrated with the online poker grind, contacted Jamie Nixon, a member of Team Grosvenor Poker, and hired him as his poker coach. Whatever Nixon taught Patel worked wonders, as the student became the master and raked in a career-best score by some distance.

A Guide to Different Poker Games at WPT Global

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 16:05:10 +0000

A Guide to Different Poker Games at WPT Global

Poker is a fascinating card game that offers a wide variety of games with unique rules and strategies. While Texas Hold’em may be the most well-known variant, WPT Global provides an extensive selection of poker games to cater to every player’s preferences. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore and explain in detail the various poker games available on the wpt global app platform.

New York Online Poker: Could the Empire State finally get legal, regulated online poker?

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 20:40:16 +0000

Could the Empire State finally get legal, regulated online poker? It’s been a decade of futility, but the legislature has a bill it could pass between now and June 2024. Could we see PokerStars, BetMGM, or WSOP online poker sites in New York soon? In this guide, you’ll find everything you need to know about the state of gaming in the Empire State.

Online poker enthusiasts in the Empire State have been through a decade of disappointment, but the political landscape is moving in the right direction, and there is a sense of optimism that lawmakers will be able to pass a bill legalizing the vertical in the coming years.

Strip Poker: How to Make A Memorable Night of Fun and Adventure

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 05:40:08 +0000

Poker has a lot to offer for every fan there is. You can find cash games, tournaments, sit and go’s, and then you have all sorts of different variations, from the five-card draw, over Texas Hold’em, and a bunch in between.

Then, there is strip poker.

Strip poker game has become a part of pop culture, and you almost certainly seen it mentioned in movies and TV shows.

Maybe the thought had crossed your mind that it would be fun to organize a strip poker game, but you just didn’t know how?

5 Card Omaha: Master 5 Card PLO Fundamentals

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 18:38:19 +0000

5 Card Omaha

At WPT Global Poker, we strive to ride the trending tides. Whatever you see grossing high in the world of poker, you are sure to find on WPT Poker. Being India’s Largest Platform for online poker, we take immense pride in sharing our passion for the game of cards with you. One such game is the 5 Card PLO. We bring exciting poker tournaments every month, which is fit for beginners just as much as it is for veterans. You’ll find all sorts of poker tournaments that fit your BRM, and that are of different poker variations so that you can play the game you are most familiar with.

Play Pot Limit Omaha Poker Game Daily

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:03:45 +0000

Omaha Poker

Omaha Poker is a community card poker game similar to Texas Hold ’em, Each Omaha poker player is dealt four hole cards and five community cards. They aim to make an Omaha poker hand with two hole and three community cards. The player who has the best five-card poker hand is the winner.

Like Texas Hold ’em, Omaha Poker is a group card game with flop, turn, and river betting rounds. Pot-Limit Omaha or PLO Poker has been popular in Europe for years, and it has piqued the curiosity of online poker players all over the globe, from novices to pros like Patrick Antonius, who often compete on Pot Limit tables.