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On Monday night, word spread throughout the poker world that six-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Layne Flack, 52, was found dead at his home. A cause of death is not known at this time. Born May 18, 1969, Flack hailed from Rapid City, South Dakota before working as a poker dealer in small card clubs in Montana. Eventually, he found his way to Nevada and learned under poker greats like Johnny Chan and Ted Forrest. "At 24, he and his girlfriend moved to Reno, Nevada and by 19...

1999 World Series Of Poker Main Event Champion Noel Furlong Passes Away Irish Businessman And Poker Player Died Sunday At Age 83 World Series of Poker main event champion, died Sunday at the age of 83 from natural causes. Nicknamed ‘Noel’ because he was born on Christmas Day, Furlong was a part-time poker player, splitting his time between the tables and a successful carpet manufacturing business based out of his hometown of Dublin, Ireland. Furlong started playing poker in 1984, and won th...

$3,942 Veteran player “BonBon” Weitzel made her trip to Las Vegas for the LIPS Ladies Poker Week pay off early, claiming the title in one of the week’s first events, which are spread across four different Vegas casinos. Weitzel, a native of Texarkana, Texas, had a commanding chip lead when players at the final table decided to chop. The unusual part of the chop was that while Weitzel claimed first-place money, the other seven remaining players agreed to equally chop the remaining prize mo...

Phil Hellmuth is said to be a tight poker player, but that claim is greatly exaggerated as he's proven in his past six heads-up matches.

The 2021 World Series of Poker is 100 Days Away 4 Min read In exactly 100 days, the 52nd annual World Series of Poker will begin, and some think this year could be bigger than ever. The 2021 World Series of Poker begins in exactly 100 days. (Image: awfulannouncing.com) In most years, the WSOP in Las Vegas takes place during the summer, but these are unusual times, so the event is being moved to the fall. The 2021 WSOP kicks off Sept. 30 from the Rio, the series’ home casino since 2004. This...

McKeehen Runs Deep Again, Negreanu Cashes, Weissman Wins at US Poker Open 4 Min read Joe McKeehen continued to crush it at the US Poker Open, while Joey Weissman mounted an epic comeback to win a USPO title. Daniel Negreanu also picked up a much needed cash in $10,000 8-Game. Joey Weismann is the most recent US Poker Open Champion after having won the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em event for $204,000. (Image: PokerGO) McKeehen won Event #3, $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $200,200, beating out 77 p...

This hand between Phil Hellmuth in Round 1 of their High Stakes Duel II match was a great one to analyze due to the number of interesting decision points from both players. I decided to get out the PIO solver for this one and use some node locking on Hellmuth’s strategy to see what differences that would make to how Negreanu should approach the hand. When Hellmuth’s hand turns into a very strong made hand by the river can he find a way to get paid? Let’s dive into it. With th...

Jake Daniels took down the first event of the 2021 US Poker Open at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas on Friday afternoon.

The 2021 US Poker Open starts Thursday in Las Vegas, and the series is huge for Daniel Negreanu, who desperately needs a win.

Where is Tony G now? – Discover what happened to poker legend Antanas Guoga, from a career in politics to crypto and NFTs.