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Katerina Lukina is a photographer for PokerNews. Lukina won first place at BestBet Jacksonville’s tournament. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A familiar face in the poker media space walked away as the winner of a tournament in Jacksonville. PokerNews photographer, Katerina Lukina, came out as the winner of the winner of the $500 No-Limit Hold’em event at … Read more
A poker player in California won close to $400k. He won the jackpot on a 777 Diamonds Poker Mega progressive jackpot. SACRAMENTO, Calif. – There was some major action in Northern California recently as one poker player claimed nearly a $400k jackpot thanks to the progressive at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino at Fire … Read more
Gilbert Arenas is linked to an illegal poker operation in Los Angeles. Yevgeni Gershman is the man who pleaded guilty to running the operations. LOS ANGELES – Gilbert Arenas has been linked to an illegal poker operation in Los Angeles with ties to an Israeli organized crime group. A Woodland Hills man, Yevgeni Gershman, pleaded … Read more
FanDuel and PokerStars launched their partnership on April 1st. Online poker on FanDuel is available in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. PHILADELPHIA – On Wednesday, the agreed on partnership between FanDuel and PokerStars officially launched with their new brand, “PokerStars exclusively on FanDuel,” as the two sides merge together. As a part of the partnership, … Read more
WPT is gifting its users a total of $5 million in giveaways. Users can earn these giveaways by making different tiered deposits. LAS VEGAS – Gift giving season is in full swing at the World Poker Tour as they’re gifting a total of $5 million to their users who make different deposits into their accounts. … Read more
The WPT Prime Championship guarantees $5 million in total prizes. The final table for the WPT World Championship is on December 21. LAS VEGAS – It will be a busy December at the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas as the World Poker Tour is headed there way with two tournaments taking place this month. It … Read more
BetOnline is offering a $15k Let It Ride Tournament. The top-50 players will be paid out between $10 and $120. LAS VEGAS – BetOnline is offering a nice Let It Ride tournament for all of their users to enter and join. In total, there are $1,500 in total prizes being offered and split amongst the … Read more