Allen Kessler surprised the poker world by saying no to a free opportunity to play for five figures. He preferred to stay focused on the WSOP rather than accept a heads-up match against the historic WPT tournament director.
The controversial Nik Airball closed an explosive session at Mega Cash Mania with US$995,000 in winnings and has already accumulated more than 1.2 million in just two days of play.
The president of the UFC, a historic ally of Donald Trump and a regular in the poker world, sent a letter to try to reverse the 90% limit on gambling loss deductions approved in the United States. The gambling industry fears severe consequences.
The Brazilian Yuri Martins, winner of five bracelets, will lead a unique experience in Boston: he will teach classes at Harvard and host a heads-up between students from two of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Professional poker player Jared Bleznick sold an NBA collectible card autographed by player Victor Wembanyama, for US$1,500,000.
GTO Wizard put its new Artificial Intelligence model to compete against other conventional models in a poker game and defeated them all.
The Czech player Katerina Lukina put the camera aside and took the title at Bestbet, achieving the biggest prize of her career.
Alejandro Papo MC Lococo thought he had won with a flush after the river, but he didn’t see his opponent’s four of a kind and was eliminated in the first hand of the final table of the 2 million dollar tournament.
The authorities keep the funds of Doug Polk’s club frozen despite the absence of formal complaints against The Lodge.
Neymar, the Brazilian star, experienced a Sunday full of sports: after winning in football, he came close to a poker payout in the most expensive event on PokerStars and then reached second place in another high-level tournament.