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Daniel Negreanu Wins PokerGO Cup after Sam Soverel’s Heads-Up Meltdown Vs. Cary Katz 4 Min read Daniel Negreanu nearly took two bad beats in one hand with pocket aces in the final event of the inaugural PokerGO Cup on Wednesday. But Sam Soverel’s late collapse bailed him out, allowing Negreanu to take home the namesake trophy going to the overall series winner. Sam Soverel laid a brutal bad beat on Daniel Negreanu, cracking aces when he hit is two-outer on the turn. (Image: PokerGO) Just one day removed from his first tournament win since 2013, Negreanu reached the five-player final tabl...

WSOP Europe Schedule Guarantees at Least €11.5 Million in Prize Money 2 Min read The 2021 WSOP Europe schedule is out and it features 15 gold bracelet events from Nov. 19 to Dec. 8, with at least €11,500,000 up for grabs. Poker players will pack King’s Resort this coming fall like they did in 2019. (Image: WSOP.com) Last year’s series, like most major poker events in 2020, was canceled due to the pandemic. The Las Vegas WSOP, normally in the summer, has been moved to the fall — Sept. 30 to Nov. 23. As soon as that series concludes, play will shift to King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Cz...

Chad Eveslage Outlasts Historic Final Table to Win WPT Venetian for $910K 3 Min read Three women reached a World Poker Tour final table for the first time in history on Wednesday. But it was the men who dominated play at the WPT Venetian, with Chad Eveslage taking down the $5,000 DeepStack Poker Championship Series event for $910,370. Chad Eveslage won his first WPT title and nearly $1 million. (Image: World Poker Tour) Still, it was a historic achievement and a potentially important one for the growth of the game. “If we consider the percentage of women who entered this field, three makin...

Landon Tice Waves the White Flag: Bill Perkins Tougher than Expected 3 Min read Landon Tice called it quits less than 25% of the way into his heads-up poker match against Bill Perkins, as he determined victory was more improbable than anticipated. Beating Bill Perkins wasn’t as easy as Landon Tice thought. (Image: Twitch) The poker players planned to play 20,000 hands at $200/$400 stakes on Americas Cardroom. Given that Perkins is an amateur, although he plays frequently, Tice agreed to pay back nine big blinds per 100 hands dealt as sort of a handicap, which comes out to $720,000 if the m...

Stars Fall on Day 4 at Wynn Millions $10 Million Guaranteed Tournament 3 Min read Kristen Bicknell, Alex Foxen, Maria Ho, and Cliff Josephy all ran out of chips on Day 4 at the $10,000 buy-in Wynn Millions poker tournament. Clayton Maguire, however, bagged the biggest stack with 18 players remaining. Action moved into the Wynn poker room on Thursday. (Image: CardsChat News) It wasn’t a good day for some of poker’s brightest stars. Early in the session, Foxen and WPT champ Art Papazyan busted in the same hand, in 57th and 56th place, respectively, for $46,406. Foxen’s long-time girlfrie...