This Week

New poker vlog from Brad Owen is here.

Brad Owen is back with another vlog, featuring exciting action and big pots from Talking Stick Casino. This is the first time that Owen was given a permission to film here, so check it out.

The Gold Million has crushed its guarantee.

Wow. The Gold Million on ClubWPT Gold (CWG) absolutely smashed expectations.

With a 218 buy-in and a guaranteed 1,000,000 Gold Chips (equivalent to $1M USD), it was already one of the biggest tournaments ever hosted on the platform. And despite running just a single flight, after weeks of qualifiers, the turnout was massive.

The final numbers? A staggering 11,392 entries, generating a total prize pool of 2,278,400 Gold Chips.

By all accounts, this looks to be the largest tournament ever held on CWG.

And of course, the operator couldn’t resist having a little fun on social, cheekily tweeting:

“Up next: Gold Billion.”

SCOOP kicks off on PokerStars with $3.6 million awarded on Day 1.

The prestigious Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) got underway last Sunday on PokerStars, generating more than $3.6 million in prize money across 18 SCOOP events right out of the gate.

A few tournaments saw overlays, including the iconic Sunday Million with its traditional $215 buy-in. The event drew 4,780 entries, resulting in an overlay of more than $40,000.

SCOOP action resumes today with Day 2 play as the series continues to build momentum.

WSOP Europe teases Golden Egg re-entry promo for €10M Main Event.

The World Series of Poker is already building buzz for this year’s WSOP Europe festival in Prague, teasing a new promotion tied to the Main Event.

WSOP isn’t letting this year’s WSOP Europe fly under the radar. Players who re-enter the Main Event will get a shot at redemption through a special “Golden Egg” promotion. Draw a Golden Egg and they instantly win your buy-in back, what WSOP is calling a “Golden Re-Entry.”

More details are expected to be announced soon.

The WSOP Europe Main Event runs April 3–10 at King’s Casino Prague and will feature a €10 million guarantee, the largest ever for a tournament held in Europe.

Mixed Game Festival XIII has been cancelled due to the ongoing Middle East crisis.

Oh no. The ongoing Middle East crisis is impacting the poker community as well.

Robbie Strazynski has announced that Mixed Game Festival XIII, which was scheduled to take place this month at Resorts World Las Vegas, has been cancelled.

It’s a hard and personal decision. Robbie lives in Israel, where flights have been cancelled, making it impossible for him to travel and properly host the event.

The good news? Mixed Game Festival XIV is still set to go ahead from May 31 to June 11 at Bellagio Las Vegas this summer.

Wishing Robbie and everyone affected safety during this challenging time.

What an insane hero call.

It’s not every day that we see river calls with ten-high, but it looks like Kudinov woke up that day with the decision he won’t be pushed around.

888poker brings out rakeless Sunday Main Events throughout March.

Great news for all tournament players: during the month of March, 888poker won’t be taking any rake for their Sunday Mystery Bounty Main Events. All the money paid by the players is going straight into the prize pool!