Following its success in its debut year, the PokerStars European Poker Tour is returning to Paris for its first stop of the 2024 season. A 12-day poker party awaits those who will make the journey to the new-and-improved venue of Palais des Congres, a state-of-the-art conference center in the heart of the French capital. The change of location will be a welcome addition. It has an increased capacity for tables and more space overall and promises a quicker check-in and registration process.

Lithuania may not be the first country that springs to mind when you think about prestigious live poker tournaments, but the country’s capital, Vilnius, was awash with poker talent during the past week, who were all in town for the OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker festival. The 555 buy-in Main Event was the showpiece of the festival. It saw 371 players buy-in and create a 178,080 prize pool. Over three days of intense poker action, the 371-strong crowd was whittled to a more manageable 14 players.

Many poker players are getting ready to embark on the $1.5 million guaranteed WPT Voyage, a six-day poker festival on the open seas with stops in the Cayman Islands and The Bahamas. Those who haven’t booked their WPT Voyage trip yet are in luck thanks to a Valentine’s Flash Sale. The Valentine’s Flash Sale, running now until Feb. 15, gives players an opportunity to book their cabins for the legendary poker experience at a 25% discount.

WPT Global hosts many excellent multi-table tournaments that attract players from all over the world. Boasting excellent blind structures and juicy guaranteed prize pools, WPT Global’s tournament offering has something for everyone. As if playing in some superbly crafted events wasn’t enough to have you clambering for your mouse and creating a WPT Global account, the rising star of the online poker world offers $14,000 worth of prizes to the best-performing tournament players each week!

Hermann Schweiger of Germany has taken the title at The Hendon Mob Winter Championships Main Event at the Grand Casino, Liechtenstein, after overcoming a 4:1 chip deficit in his heads-up battle against Nicola Diaco. Diaco had led the field as chip leader from Day 1a and almost took a wire-to-wire victory, having laid waste to most of the final table, but ultimately came up just short. Schweiger outlasted the 506 runner field and, for his victory, took home the sum of 30,900 CHF and a package to The Hendon Mob Championship Event in Cape Town in November 2024, along with the trophy and belt.

A trio of mystery bounty Main Events rounded off the PokerStars Carnival Series on February 5, paying out a combined $2,348,610. Mystery bounty tournaments may be still in their infancy at PokerStars, but it is evident the online poker giant is taking them deadly seriously and footing substantial guarantees. Patrick “JaegsPL” Lauber came out on top of an all-star cast in the $1,050 Carnival Series NLHE Mystery Bounty Main Event. A field of 835 entrants ensured the $750,000 guarantee was smashed and a $59,904 top prize created.

Sometimes, the stars align when you are playing in a poker tournament, and you can seemingly do nothing wrong. It seems that happened to Brazil’s “DSM09” in the 888poker $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event. The Brazilian sat down second in chips at the eight-handed final table before eliminating six of their seven opponents and taking down the tournament with a thrilling double elimination! Here’s how “DSM09” got the job done.

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.

Phil Hellmuth’s had enough of Isaac Haxton wearing a facemask at the poker table, and the “Poker Brat” called out his fellow high-stakes pro, arguing that “no one should be able to cover their face,” except for rare instances. The 17-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner spoke with poker journalist Craig Tapscott of PokerOrg in a two-hour interview about a variety of topics, one of them being facemasks. He then retweeted a short from content creator “Casino King,” and further explained why facemasks don’t belong in live poker.

In a thrilling final filled with twists and turns, Ukrainian player Yakiv Syzghanov emerged victorious, securing the coveted WPT Prime Aix-en-Provence title and a substantial 133,000 in prize money. The event attracted an impressive field of 758 entrants, contributing to a total prize pool of 727,680. Initially holding the chip leader position, Laurent Michot faced a determined Syzghanov who turned the tide in his favor. Syzghanov had to battle until the end, ultimately clinching victory with a full house in the final hand of heads-up.

It turned into a war of attrition, ending at nearly 4 a.m. local time, but Jason Daly outlasted Tuesdays final 26 players from a total field of 199 to claim victory in the Champions Club Winter Poker Open $1,100 PLO Championship. Daly completed his night with a heads-up win over runner-up Carson Wieland, when his flopped top pair held up against Wielands wrap. For the win, Daly claimed $41,635 and the champions trophy, while Wieland took home $35,070 for his second-place finish.

High-stakes poker player and GGPoker ambassador Jason Koon announced on Wednesday that he had parted ways with GGPoker as fellow high-stakes ambassador Fedor Holz announced a new role with the popular poker site. “GGPoker and I have gone our separate ways,” Koon wrote on X on Wednesday morning. “I wish them continued success.” Koon, who sits third on the all-time money list and is widely regarded as one of the most respected players in the community, joined GGPoker in 2021 as an Integrity Ambassador.

The inaugural season of the 888poker UK Poker League (UKPL) got off to a flying start in late-January with an impressive turnout in Coventry. The fledgling tour is heading to Bonny, Scotland from February 12 and will call the Grosvenor Maybury Casino in Edinburgh home until February 18. Event #1 of 888poker UKPL Edinburgh is a 250 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Opening Voyage tournament on February 13. However, you may want to head to the casino the night before because a 90 cashout satellite awarding seats to the Opening Voyage and Main Event takes place at 7:00 p.

When is a quarter not a quarter? When PartyPoker is involved, so it seems. Head to the PartyPoker tournament lobby and you’ll see a blue tab with “BIG QUARTER” written inside. Click this to reveal an $11 buy-in $200,000 guaranteed tournament called, The Big Quarter. It is a strange name for a tournament that looks, on the surface, to have nothing to do with quarters. The $11 buy-in isn’t a quarter of any standard monetary or poker-related amount, nor is the $200,000 guaranteed prize pool, which is a fifth of $1 million.

Surveillance footage indicates Anthony Zinno did pick up a bag that another poker player alleges had $20,000 in cash inside, according to a police report obtained by PokerNews provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). But the case isn’t as cut and dry as it might seem on the surface. Zinno, a four-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, has been accused of stealing money out of a bag belonging to Corel Theuma at Wynn Las Vegas last December during the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship series.

In a recent tweet, gaming icon Ninja, known for his prowess in the world of esports and streaming, hinted at a potential return to the poker scene after a year-long hiatus. With an invitation to tag favorite poker players and creators, he teased the possibility of organizing a cash game in Las Vegas. As soon as the post went out, a shiver of (card) sharks jumped at the opportunity to get one of the seats at the table.

Super Bowl Sunday is all about the football, the partying, the food … and the gambling. Billions of dollars are wagered on the NFL’s championship game annually, and not just on the point spread or the over/under. There are hundreds of various wagers available at certain online sportsbooks or local gambling establishments. You can bet on the color of the Gatorade used to douse the winning coach after the game, the outcome of the pregame coin toss, and a new one for 2024 involving America’s most polarizing and popular couple Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce (see below).

It’s time to start getting ready for the kick-off of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT). In just over a week, thousands will descend on Paris for a 12-day poker extravaganza. After a successful kick-off last year, PokerStars have picked up some valuable lessons, ensuring an even better player experience this time around. And here’s the exciting news the off-the-felt activities are making a comeback, promising a ton of fun beyond the poker tables.

Euan McNicholas got the job done in a Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) event once again, taking down the 1,650 High Roller in Manchester. With the 1,250 GUKPT Manchester Main Event underway, McNicholas will enter the fray confident of adding that title to his 2021 GUKPT London Main Event trophy. The top 15 finishers from a field of 110 shared the 158,400 prize pool. Reigning Irish Open championDavid Docherty was the first player to cash, with the likes of Thomas Clack, Andrew Hulme, and Endrit Geci banking some prize money but falling short of a final table appearance.

The 2024 January DeepStack Showdown series kicked off on January 18 at Venetian Las Vegas and wrapped up back on January 28. The 33-event series catered to a combined 3,310 entrants and awarded $932,117 in prize money. Among those to claim titles were Daniyal Gheba (Event #7: $300 NLH Ultimate Stack for $29,354), Matthew Land (Event #19: $300 NLH Ultimate Stack for $7,056), and Bryan Allen (Event #29: $600 NLH Ultimate Stack for $35,000).

If you haven’t signed up to WSOP.com yet in either Nevada/New Jersey, Pennsylvania or Michigan, now is the time to do so. Throughout every weekend in February, the online platform is giving players the chance to win their way to the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event through online satellites that feature buy-ins of $215 and $320. Two satellites will run each weekend for those in NJ/NV player pool while one qualifier will be available to players in MI and PA.

The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is right around the corner, and the poker world is once again crying out for the annual schedule release. Unlike some heavy hints in recent years, this one provides little information to work with, other than the overall May 28-July 17 window. We know the Main Event will run from July 3-17. We know there will be four opening flights from July 3-6, and the traditional buy-in of $10,000 will remain.

Poker pro and two-time World Series of Circuit (WSOP) ring winner Justin Brown passed away on February 2 from what his family says was a brief battle with an aggressive form of cancer. Brown was just shy of $400,000 in career earnings, according to The Hendon Mob. He was regularly seen on stops of the Mid-States Poker Tour, Heartland Poker Tour, and WSOP Circuit events throughout the Midwest where he won rings in Tunica and at Horseshoe Hammond in Indiana.

The PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas transformed into a spectacle of lights, cameras and open-bar drinks on Thursday as dozens of celebrities, athletes and content creators packed in for a night of poker action that served as the perfect kickoff for Super Bowl weekend in Sin City. The Celebrity Poker Tour Invitational II consisted of a 73-entrant invite-only field and saw reality television star Princess Love coming out on top to win $20,000 and a custom engraved bottle of LOUIS XIII cognac alongside two engraved Baccarat crystal glasses.