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Clubs Poker Announces the Summer Series – 400,000 SC Guaranteed Across 190 Events

The sweepstakes poker platform is running the largest tournament festival since its launch, with 20 different poker variations, 22 Championship events, and 15,000 SC given away via leaderboards.

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Negreanu is having fun at the WSOP!

Despite things not exactly going his way this series, Daniel is still in a great mood, firing in tournaments, having fun with people on the rail, and clearly enjoying his time at the green felt.

From the football pitch to the mixed game tables.

Once a Bundesliga star, Max Kruse has now turned his attention to poker, and, unlike many sports-stars-turned-poker-players, he is not focusing on Texas Hold’em. Instead, Kruse is attracted to mixed games, so much so that he put up $50k to play in the Players Championship, one of the toughest tournaments of the summer.

Martin Kabrhel is now using props as well.

Let’s just sit down and play some poker in silence – is something Martin Kabrhel has never uttered. He seemingly never runs out of new ideas to throw his opponents off balance. Don’t be surprised if we see “no rhinos at the tables” rule for the next year’s WSOP.

Yukon Brad is back!

We have a Brad Booth sighting in Las Vegas. This man has been involved in some of the biggest moments on High Stakes Poker, he’s been at the center of many controversies, and then, for a while, he pretty much disappeared from the public eye. But is seems like he’s back in the mix now.

Not all card protectors are fine…

It may look like a spade from a distance, but it’s not… People sometimes bring the weirdest things to the table.

Some card protectors just shouldn’t see the light of day.

Andrew Martin found himself in a sticky situation at the WSOP when staff told him to put away his X-rated card protector. Apparently, a sex toy on the felt is not what the organizers had in mind for table accessories, and he was issued a warning.

Tuesday’s action at the $50,000 Poker Players Championship brought out the big names (Ivey, Hellmuth & more) and even bigger drama.

PokerOrg reports that Benny Glaser is leading the final 15, looking to finally add this elusive title to his resume after multiple close calls.

Phil Ivey and Phil Hellmuth are both in the mix, though neither has managed to win this event before. Ivey ended Day 3 with a healthy stack, while Hellmuth is hanging on by a thread near the bottom of the counts. Their combined 28 bracelets might not be enough to get them over the line this time, but they’re still in contention.

Well, one paragraph in and I am totally hooked on Jonathan Jaffe’s writing.

I was completely hooked. The centerpiece was Chris Moneymaker, the 27-year-old accountant from Tennessee who had qualified for the Main Event via an online satellite for just $86. One moment he’d be sitting at the table with his sunglasses on, bluffing players who were touted as legends of the game, and the next he’d be on the rail telling his father how close he’d just come to shitting his pants. Chris was the ultimate Everyman, the hero in whom we all saw ourselves.

Welcome to Octopi Poker: where $1 a day buys you poker enlightenment… maybe.

Octopi Poker is making a play for new users with its 90 Days for $90 offer. New signups get access to a bunch of resources: live onboarding, basic Academy courses, detailed lessons, coaching sessions, and the full Octopi platform. There is even a Discord community, so you can discuss your bad beats in real time.

The WSOP’s $1,500 Millionaire Maker has reached Day 4, and the stakes are as high as the field is massive.

According to the official WSOP channel, every pot could be the one that changes someone’s life, though for most, it just means another bust-out story.

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