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Phil Hellmuth stirred controversy this week by calling Shaun Deeb’s WSOP Player of the Year win undeserved and slamming the scoring system as “flawed”.

Doug Polk’s run in the WSOP Main Event ended late on Day 3 when his aces were cracked by kings just before the money, while Michael Mizrachi also hit trouble.

Shaun Deeb claimed his seventh WSOP bracelet on Thursday after beating Isaac Haxton and winning Event #79: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller for a hefty $3 million in cash.

Popular poker vlogger Brad Owen is stepping up to the big leagues with his debut in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship at the 2025 WSOP.

A brutal cooler rocked the $50,000 High Roller at the WSOP when Ben Tollerene flopped a set of aces against Joey Weissman’s set of kings, resulting in the tournament’s biggest pot so far.

Poker legend Phil Ivey fell heartbreakingly short of a massive $6.18 million prize, busting on the bubble of the Triton Montenegro Super High Roller.

A poker tournament that took place at bestbet St. Augustine in Florida came to an unexpected end with a rare 15-way split.

Scott Seiver finishes a historic summer with a prestigious WSOP Player of the Year award, seeing his prophecy in May fulfilled.

Bally’s Twin River will be rebranding its poker room the Bally’s Maverick Poker Room due to the new agreement inked with gaming operator Maverick Gaming.

Chris Moneymaker won Triton Montenegro’s Event #1: $25,000 GGMillion$ Live, grabbing an impressive high-roller win of over $900,000.

Dustin Melanson has won Event #8: $1,700 No Limit Hold'em Main Event, doubling his career live earnings with a cash prize of $339,770 after defeating a field of 1,660 players.

Nick Yunis unexpectedly quits SHRPO Stack in the middle of a $500,000 guaranteed tournament due to the birth of his first child.

Dimas Martinez Jr. has won over $100,000 in the RunGood Poker Series Bestbet Jacksonville Main Event after besting a 520-entry field.

The Spring Championship of Online Poker will make a comeback between May 5-29, with further schedule details to be announced by PokerStars.

During the 300th celebratory episode of the “Poker in the Ears” podcast that was recorded live, Hartigan and Stapleton made a surprising announcement.

The PokerGO Tour series has ended with the completion of the PGT Mixed Games 2024 with Alex Livingston in the lead and Daniel Negreanu making four final tables.

888poker Poker League’s Leg 3 will be hosted in Luton and feature seven tournaments, including a £560 Main Event and a £1,100 High Roller.

Dutch poker pro player Mateusz Moolhuizen has won the EPT Paris 2024 €1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event title, taking home a whopping top prize of $508,496.

Now, there’s one more reason to play at WPT Global as the platform is giving away $14,000 in extra prizes each week via its tournament leaderboards.

The inaugural WPT Cambodia Championship ended successfully on January 30, with Konstantin Held claiming the title for $361,310.