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Kristen Bicknell Steps Down from Team Partypoker

Kristen Bicknell Steps Down from Team Partypoker

After four years together, Kristen Bicknell announced that she would be moving away from partypoker The decision appeared to be mutual, with both parties praising each other on social media  Bicknell has announced no further plans regarding a new sponsor, but the poker pro will surely get some tempting offers down the road   Kristen Bicknell […]

Matt Marafioti Story Ends Tragically with Suicide

Matt Marafioti Story Ends Tragically with Suicide

Charismatic poker professional Matt Marafioti has died after jumping from the 28th floor in New Jersey The player was deeply troubled in the final weeks leading up to the tragedy and professed his love for his one-year-old son on social media Marafioti was caught in a custodial battle for his son and was saddened by […]

PokerStars to Run $100m GTD WCOOP Series in August

PokerStars to Run $100m GTD WCOOP Series in August

PokerStars to host $100m GTD World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), as the biggest tournament yet The event has allocated over $970 million since it first launched in 2001, and has been running for over 20 years now PokerStars will offer various incentives that complement its tournament offer and add more opportunity for players of […]

WSOP PA Launches Path to WSOP Main Event in Pennsylvania

WSOP PA Launches Path to WSOP Main Event in Pennsylvania

WSOP PA announces a $50K Depositor’s Freeroll The event can qualify players to the $10,000 WSOP Main Event  There are three tickets up for grabs available  Poker in Pennsylvania has just got more interesting with WSOP PA launching the Poker 8 platform and announcing a new WSOP Main Event qualifier. From Pennsylvania to WSOP’s Main […]

Planet Hollywood Bows out of Las Vegas Poker Scene

Planet Hollywood Bows out of Las Vegas Poker Scene

Planet Hollywood is reportedly the latest poker room to shut down in Las Vegas The cardroom employees have joined social media discussion confirming the news This makes for a total of five cardrooms closed so far in Las Vegas following the pandemic The Planet Hollywood poker room will be shutting down operations as social media […]

Brill Wins Anti-SLAPP Case against Mike Postle

Brill Wins Anti-SLAPP Case against Mike Postle

Veronica Brill has won her anti-SLAPP case against Mike Postle The poker pro failed to show up in court for the final hearing He will now have to pay $27,745 to Brill  Victoria Brill has won an anti-SLAPP lawsuit against Mike Postle, who will now have to pay her $27,745 after dismissing the defamation lawsuit […]

Billy Joe Taylor in $88m Hot Mess with Department of Justice

Billy Joe Taylor in $88m Hot Mess with Department of Justice

Upcoming streaming poker professional Billy Joe Taylor has been indicted in court over large-scale Medicare fraud According to the Department of Justice, Taylor has defrauded Medicare out of $88 million in COVID-19 relief funds and general medical expenses If convicted, Taylor may end up in jail for up to five years and face millions in […]

Chris Moneymaker to Sue PayPal over $12K in Confiscated Funds

Chris Moneymaker to Sue PayPal over $12K in Confiscated Funds

Chris Moneymaker is bringing a lawsuit against PayPal for confiscating $12,000 from his account  The player has described the payment provider’s practices as “bullying,” and he is now urging other gamblers to join in Moneymaker obtained the money through serving as a care-taker for a fantasy sports league during the 2021 NFL Season  Chris Moneymaker […]

Suspect Who Broke into Chad Power’s Home Finally Arrested

Suspect Who Broke into Chad Power’s Home Finally Arrested

Brock Brewer has been arrested and faces multiple felony charges for allegedly burglarizing Chad Power’s home Brewer reportedly broke into Brewer’s house back in February and left with close to $1 million in cash and chips He had an accomplice who has still not been charged and who is a known associate of Brewer’s Brock […]

Poker Players Can Ditch the Masks in Las Vegas – If Vaccinated

Poker Players Can Ditch the Masks in Las Vegas – If Vaccinated

Las Vegas welcome players without the masks if they are fully vaccinated Nevada gaming regulators agree that each property can self-regulate mask usage Las Vegas is just a few months away from the restart of mass live poker As Las Vegas prepares to welcome back multi-million poker tournaments, some of the restrictions regarding face masks […]

Wynn Signature Series to Feature a $10M GTD ‘Wynn Millions’

Wynn Signature Series to Feature a $10M GTD ‘Wynn Millions’

The Wynn Signature Series running from June 25 through July 2 will feature a $10 million GTD Wynn Millions.  Wynn Resorts to Step in and Host $16m Poker Series  Wynn Resorts is hosting an outstanding event that promises to not just make up for the postponed World Series of Poker (WSOP) but completely steal the Holy Grail of […]

Neymar Jr Steps in as Cultural Ambassador for PokerStars

Neymar Jr Steps in as Cultural Ambassador for PokerStars

PokerStars has coined a new role for Neymar Jr, appointing the soccer ace to a Cultural Ambassador for the platform The pair will work on a number of “creative projects” details about which will be provided at a later date Neymar and PokerStars have worked together successfully since 2015 minus a few minor hiccups Neymar […]