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Whoever thought 888Poker was staying behind when it comes to online poker series in May, is absolute wrong! The XL Spring Series will kick off today and it’s once again a finger-licking tournament schedule. For the next two weeks, online poker players can expect a total of 41 unique events, being topped by the $25 and $888 Mystery Bounty Main Events!

If you haven’t found online tournament series which suit you the most, then the XL Spring Series at 888Poker is the one you might want to consider. With buy-ins varying from $8,80 to $888, events are running daily for the next two weeks. Guarantees of the event going from $5,000, up to the massive $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool of the $888 Mystery Bounty Main Event. Speaking of which, Mystery Bounty tournaments are the number one tournaments at this very moment, bringing that new dimension to the standard bounty format where everyone was waiting for. More excitement, more competition, more outrageous all-ins, it’s what we all want to see!

Saddle Up

The 888poker XL Spring Festival kicks off with a bang on May 12, introducing four grand opening mystery bounty tournaments. Players are buzzing with excitement as they realise Mystery Bounty tournaments are just so exciting, as mentioned before. With buy-ins ranging from $11 to $525 and a combined guarantee of $212,000, there’s something for everyone to enjoy today.

Among the opening events, the $109 Opening Event Mystery Bounty stands out with its impressive $120,000 prize pool guarantee and a guaranteed $12,000 jackpot mystery bounty waiting to be claimed. As the cherry on the cake, 888Poker is streaming the final table action live on their Official Twitch Channel on May 13th. 888Poker is doing well for themselves, and even more for their players, as the events are truly amazing in the upcoming two weeks.

The $25 Mystery Bounty Main Event ($100,000 GTD), and the $888 Mystery Bounty Main Event ($1,000,000 GTD), are the flagship tournaments of this online poker series. If you think these buy-ins are a bit out of your range, then don’t think twice and check out various satellite tournaments set up for this. Daily there are $50 satellites available for the $888 Main Event, giving 1-2 GTD tickets away.

Good luck at the tables of 888Poker!

Date	Time (GMT)	Event	Buy-In	Guarantee
12.05	4:00	XL Spring #01 – Opening Event Mystery Bounty 11	$11	$12,000
12.05	5:30	XL Spring #02 – Opening Event Mystery Bounty 55	$55	$40,000
12.05	6:00	XL Spring #03 – Opening Event Mystery Bounty	$109	$120,000
12.05	6:30	XL Spring #04 – Opening Event High Roller	$525	$40,000
13.05	4:00	XL Spring #05 – PKO Mini	$11	$10,000
13.05	6:00	XL Spring #06 – PKO	$55	$20,000
14.05	4:00	XL Spring #07 – PKO 6-Max	$11	$10,000
14.05	5:00	XL Spring #08 – PKO 6-Max High Roller	$320	$15,000
15.05	5:00	XL Spring #09 – DeepStack Mini	$8.80	$5,000
15.05	6:30	XP Spring #10 – DeepStack	$109	$10,000
16.05	5:00	XL Spring #11 – Super KO	$33	$10,000
16.05	5:00	XL Spring #12 – Super KO High Roller	$320	$15,000
17.05	4:00	XL Spring #13 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max Mini	$11	$10,000
17.05	6:00	XL Spring #14 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max	$109	$12,000
18.05	4:00	XL Spring #15 – DeepStack PKO Mini	$11	$10,000
18.05	5:30	XL Spring #16 – PLO Mystery Bounty	$11	$2,000
18.05	6:30	XL Spring #17 – DeepStack PKO	$109	$12,000
19.05	4:00	XL Spring #18 – Mystery Bounty Mini	$11	$12,000
19.05	5:30	XL Spring #19 – Mystery Bounty	$55	$40,000
19.05	6:00	XL Spring #20 – The PKO Tune Up Event	$109	$120,000
19.05	6:30	XL Spring #21 – The PKO Rumble High Roller	$525	$40,000
20.05	4:00	XL Spring #22 – Big Shot Mini	$16.50	$10,000
20.05	6:00	XL Spring #23 – Big Shot	$55	$20,000
21.05	5:00	XL Spring #24 – PKO High Roller	$320	$15,000
21.05	6:00	XL Spring #25 – PKO	$55	$20,000
22.05	4:00	XL Spring #26 – Mystery Bounty Big or Small Mini	$11	$10,000
22.05	6:00	XL Spring #27 – Mystery Bounty Big or Small	$22	$10,000
23.05	5:00	XL Spring #28 – DeepStack High Roller	$320	$15,000
23.05	6:00	XL Spring #29 – DeepStack	$33	$10,000
24.05	6:00	XL Spring #30 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max Mini	$22	$10,000
24.05	6:00	XL Spring #31 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max	$109	$10,000
25.05	6:00	XL Spring #32 – PKO	$55	$20,000
25.05	6:30	XL Spring #33 – PKO High	$109	$12,000
26.05	4:00	XL Spring #34 – Mystery Bounty Mini	$11	$12,000
26.05	5:30	XL Spring #35 – Mystery Bounty	$55	$40,000
26.05	6:00	XL Spring #36 – The PKO Rumble	$109	$30,000
26.05	6:30	XL Spring #37 – Big Shot High Roller	$525	$30,000
27.05	4:00	XL Spring #38 – Big Shot Mini	$16.50	$10,000
27.05	6:00	XL Spring #39 – Big Shot	$109	$10,000
27.05	8:00	XL Spring #40 – Mystery Bounty Mini Event Day 2	$25	$100,000
27.05	8:00	XL Spring #41 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 2	$888	$1,000,000
28.05	4:00	XL Spring #42 – Closing Event Mystery Bounty Mini	$16.50	$10,000
28.05	6:00	XL Spring #43 – Closing Event Mystery Bounty	$55	$20,000
28.05	7:00	XL Spring #41 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table		$1,000,000

Perhaps the most prestigious online tournament series in the world, are the COOP series on PokerStars. Various editions such as the Turbo series, World series, are a known given for every single poker player. Now, its time for SCOOP, also called Spring Championship Of Online Poker. The action has been truly amazing so far, with one guaranteed prize pool being crushed, after the other. We will take a closer look to the high roller versions of the tournaments.

It’s the one tournament series where every pure online poker grinder is looking out for. A tournament series always during the month prior to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, for fifteen years now! Up until just a couple years ago, the COOP-events on PokerStars had been truly unique, as every tournament was available in different buy-in levels (Low-Medium-High). Since the last few years, every other operator is doing the same, or more different tiers.

PokerStars might not be the current market leader when it comes to player traffic. The prestige of the COOP-events will always be remembered by every single online poker player, unless they committed themselves to other purposes such as ambassadorships with other operators. Online crushers such as Adrian ‘Amadi_017’ Mateos, Simon ‘€urop€an’ Vousden, Patrick ‘pads1161’ Leonard, Simon ‘C.Darwin2’ Mattsson, roo_400, Aleksejs ‘APonakov’ Ponakovs, Dimitar ‘KuuL’Danchev, Niklas ‘Lena900’ Astedt, Bert ‘Girafganger7’ Stevens, Benny Glaser, Jon Kyte, and Christian ‘WATnlos’ Rudolph, are the furniture of these series and taking home most of the titles. Put all of these in one tournament, and you will have the best poker at the online tables which you have ever witnessed.

To add to this, it’s Adrian Mateos who seems to have been running extremely efficient these days, resulting already in a title and many honourable scores. For example, he did not win the Mystery Bounty event, but managed to take the biggest bounty of $100,000, and second place in the end.

Team PokerStars Pro

Of course, the sponsored players of PokerStars, including Barny Boatman and recently added member Kenny Hallaert, cannot be missed in any of the events. The army of top-notch online players, and above all great entertainers which are wisely chosen, have even got their own leader board during this SCOOP series. In fact, four of the ambassadors going by the likes of Lex Veldhuis, Fintan Hand, Benjaming Spragg, and Parket Talbot, all had the privilege of selecting their own ‘Dream Team’ for this SCOOP series. Currently, Lex Veldhuis is leading, closely followed by Benjamin Spragg.

Both of the leaders already had been super close to one of the prestigious titles, coming short in completing the mission. Perhaps it won’t take long before they can add their names to the Winner’s list below!

Date	Tournament	Winner	Prize
May 5	$530 SCOOP 02-H	Simon ‘€urop€an’ Vousden	$38,443.96
May 5	$2,100 Sunday Warm-Up 03-H	DingeBrinker	$79,351.60
May 5	$5,200 Titans PSKO Event 04-H	Adrian ‘Amadi_017’ Mateos	$144,622.30
May 5	$1,050 PLO 05-H	Oldejan	$38,096.00
May 5	$1,050 NLHE 06-H	Sintoras	$59,207.64
May 5	$530 PSKO Sunday Cooldown 07-H	luisdono	$45,782.65
May 6	$1,050 NLHE 08-H	.COM??LOL	$72,366.28
May 6	$1,050 HORSE 09-H	Renan ‘Internett93o’ Bruschi	$16,733.40
May 6	$530 NLHE PSKO 10-H	zelvavegas	$47,141.66
May 6	$320 Fenomeno HR 11-H	BigM_King17	$32,804.02
May 6	$1,050 Daily Cooldown 12-H	Jonathan ‘x_zola25’ Skovsen	$44,687.28
May 7	$320 Action Starter 13-H	goranfrasveriga	$10,950.21
May 7	$215 NLHE 14-H	EzBirdie	$39,976.88
May 7	$530 NL 5-Card Draw PSKO 15-H	Niv-Mizzet D	$9,011.91
May 7	$10,300 Super Tuesday HR 16-H	Simon ‘C.Darwin2’ Mattsson	$186,237.73
May 7	$1,050 PLO 17-H	Imbajimbaa	$30,199.68
May 7	$2,100 NLHE PSKO 18-H	Ceis25	$49,246.89
May 7	$530 NLHE PSKO 19-H	Vop4444	$38,654.28
May 8	$215 Action Starter 20-H	slabinson66	$20,922.22
May 8	$320 NLHE PSKO 21-H	VincentFirst	$35,446.28
May 8	$5,200 Wednesday Mystery 22-H	Jans ‘Graftekkel’ Arends	$49,538.25
May 8	$1,050 NLO8 PSKO 23-H	dlampard	$23,623.36
May 8	$1,050 NLHE PSKO 24-H	aferrao147	$45,031.75
May 8	$530 Fenomeno HR 25-H	chubb10	$30,571.62
May 9	$530 NLHE Deep Stacks 26-H	hellzito	$43,380.17
May 9	$1,050 FLO8 27-H	JanStenbeck	$15,811.14

If you haven’t been living under a rock (and have been following our news updates regularly), you already know the Banco Casino Masters is right around the corner. The 39th edition of the festival (yes, you read that right) is returning to Banco Casino this May, from the 13th to the 20th to be exact.

The overall guarantee of a quarter of a million Euros is by itself monumental but there’s more to the event than just its GTD. Today, we’re breaking down the 39th edition of the Banco Masters while giving you a bit of detail on the capital venue as well!

What You Need to Know About the Banco Masters

Around since 2016, the Banco Masters is currently the longest ongoing live poker series in Slovakia. In this edition, the entrance fee has been set to just 170€, meaning the future Banco poker champion could turn their pocket money into tens of thousands of Euros.

But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. After all, the first events haven’t even kicked off yet – and lucky for players, this means that there’s still time to secure the special qualifying bonus* at Banco Casino.

Players who manage to qualify twice will receive a 500€ bonus from the casino. Those who pull this off a third time are going to be looking at a 1,500€ bonus. Talk about starting off the festival on the right foot!

*please check the banco casino website for further information

The Main Event

What’s a poker tournament without a main event and at the Banco Masters it’s one for the history books. Kicking off the second day of the festival, May 14th, the Main Event will have a 170€ buy-in and a 250,000€ guarantee. The suspense will end only on the last day when the 39th Banco Masters champion will be crowned!

Bratislava – The New Poker Capital

Being the biggest poker tournament in the country, it makes sense that the Banco Masters is taking place at no other location that the Slovakian capital, Bratislava. But what do the players coming in really know about this historic venue?

For one, the capital is uniquely situated at the crossroads of Slovakia, Austria, and Hungary, making it the only capital in the world to border two countries. On a less geographical note, Bratislava is also a city of many firsts and records — it hosts the iconic UFO Bridge, renowned for its futuristic design, and claims Europe’s narrowest house.

We’ve left just a few cultural breadcrumbs here, hopefully just enough to see players taking advantage of this breathtaking European capital and not just the poker tables within it!

Good luck to all the players! The team here at PokerListings can’t wait to see what Bratislava has in store for you!

The full schedule for the 39th edition of the Banco Casino Masters is available below!

The second weekend of the GGPoker World Festival is about to ignite with poker players from around the world ready to take their chances and aim for one thing only, the title!

The GGPoker World Festival 2024 has a massive guaranteed prize pool of $250,000,000, with a slice already handed out within the first week of world’s biggest online poker series at the moment.

Tournaments are available in four different buy-in levels, making it an accessible tournament series for everyone’s budget. Here are some of the highlights of upcoming weekend’s action in the low- to mid stakes section:

Zodiac Bounty MILLION$ Special Edition [Final Day]: With a Buy-in of ¥215 (~$30), it’s safe to say that it belongs to the lower buy-in events. But when you consider the total guaranteed prize pool tops a whopping ¥2,024,000 (~$280K), it is even more realistic that several players will make this a score of their lives.
Short Deck MILLION$ [Final Stage]: Short-Deck is a poker format which became extremely popular among the high stakes players in the world within a very short timeframe. GGPoker offers the popular format for the lower stakes as well, resulting in a buy-in of $50 and going with a guaranteed prize pool of $200,000!
Omaholic Mystery MILLION$ [Final Stage]: The Omaholic tournament is already carved into online poker history as it’s incredibly popular among all players on GGPoker. By having a Mystery version available during the GGPoker World Festival, and having a $400,000 GTD, we can expect big pay outs on the final day of the event.
Global MILLION$ World Festival [Day 2]: One of the top tier tournaments of this weekend, and going by its legendary status, the Global MILLION$ gives us a GTD prize pool of $2,024,000! Is the buy-in of $50 too much for you? Check out the tremendous amount of qualifiers towards this event now, as you don’t want to miss out on this one.

Good luck to all the players on GGPoker, May the Force be with You!

Date	Time (UTC)	Tournament	Buy-In	GTD Prize Pool
May 10	0:30	57-S: $1,050 Bounty Very Big Game Americas	$1,050	$40,000
May 10	0:30	57-H: $108 Bounty Big Game Americas	$108	$40,000
May 10	0:30	57-M: $15 Bounty Big Game Americas	$15	$20,000
May 10	0:30	57-L: $5.40 Bounty Mini Big Game Americas	$5	$10,000
May 10	13:00	58-S: $1,050 Friday Fastlane HR [Turbo]	$1,050	$50,000
May 10	13:00	58-H: $150 Friday Fastlane [Turbo]	$150	$50,000
May 10	13:00	58-M: $25 Friday Fastlane [Turbo]	$25	$40,000
May 10	13:00	58-L: $2.50 Friday Mini Fastlane [Turbo]	$3	$10,000
May 10	16:30	59-S: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Super High Roller	$5,250	$100,000
May 10	16:30	59-H: $525 Bounty Hunters HR [Ultradeep Turbo]	$525	$250,000
May 10	16:30	59-M: $54 Bounty Hunters Daily Main [Ultradeep Turbo]	$54	$200,000
May 10	16:30	59-L: $5.40 Bounty Hunters Mini Main [Ultradeep Turbo]	$5	$40,000
May 10	18:00	60-S: $1,500 Friday Night Fight HR [Bounty 6-Max]	$1,500	$175,000
May 10	18:00	60-H: $150 Friday Night Fight [Bounty 6-Max]	$150	$200,000
May 10	18:00	60-M: $25 Friday Night Fight [Bounty 6-Max]	$25	$100,000
May 10	18:00	60-L: $2.50 Friday Night Mini Fight [Bounty 6-Max]	$3	$15,000
May 10	21:30	61-S: $1,050 TGIF Hyper Special HR [6-Max]	$1,050	$50,000
May 10	21:30	61-H: $320 TGIF Hyper Special [6-Max]	$320	$50,000
May 10	21:30	61-M: $30 TGIF Hyper Special [6-Max]	$30	$30,000
May 10	21:30	61-L: $5 TGIF Mini Hyper Special [6-Max]	$5	$10,000
May 11	11:00	62-S: $2,024 Zodiac GOAT High Roller	$2,024	$75,000
May 11	11:00	62-H: $250 Zodiac GOAT High Roller	$250	$50,000
May 11	11:00	62-M: $50 Zodiac GOAT Mini High Roller	$50	$50,000
May 11	11:00	62-L: $5 Zodiac GOAT Mini High Roller	$5	$12,500
May 11	13:00	63-S: $1,050 Bounty HOT POT HR [7-Max]	$1,050	$50,000
May 11	13:00	63-H: $150 Bounty HOT POT [7-Max]	$150	$75,000
May 11	13:00	63-M: $25 Bounty HOT POT [7-Max]	$25	$50,000
May 11	13:00	63-L: $2.50 Bounty Mini HOT POT [7-Max]	$3	$10,000
May 11	14:00	64-S: $1,500 Bounty Hunters Fifty Stack HR	$1,500	$75,000
May 11	14:00	64-H: $525 Bounty Hunters Fifty Stack HR	$525	$75,000
May 11	14:00	64-M: $54 Bounty Hunters Fifty Stack	$54	$100,000
May 11	14:00	64-L: $5.40 Bounty Hunters Mini Fifty Stack	$5	$25,000
May 11	15:00	65-S: $2,625 Daily Warm-Up HR	$2,625	$100,000
May 11	15:00	65-H: $250 Daily Warm-Up	$250	$75,000
May 11	15:00	65-M: $25 Daily Warm-Up	$25	$50,000
May 11	15:00	65-L: $2.50 Daily Mini Warm-Up	$3	$10,000
May 11	16:00	66-S: $2,625 Short Deck Bounty Bash HR	$2,625	$40,000
May 11	16:00	66-H: $525 Short Deck Bounty Bash HR	$525	$20,000
May 11	16:00	66-M: $88 Short Deck Bounty Bash	$88	$15,000
May 11	16:00	66-L: $8.88 Short Deck Bounty Bash	$9	$8,888
May 11	16:30	67-S: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Super High Roller	$5,250	$100,000
May 11	16:30	67-H: $525 Bounty Hunters HR [Big Bounties]	$525	$500,000
May 11	16:30	67-M: $54 Bounty Hunters Daily Main [Big Bounties]	$54	$300,000
May 11	16:30	67-L: $5.40 Bounty Hunters Mini Main [Big Bounties]	$5	$50,000
May 11	18:00	68-S: $10,300 Saturday Secret KO SHR [Mystery Bounty]	$10,300	$500,000
May 11	18:00	68-H: $1,050 Saturday Secret KO HR [Mystery Bounty]	$1,050	$600,000
May 11	18:00	68-M: $150 Saturday Secret KO [Mystery Bounty]	$150	$500,000
May 11	18:00	68-L: $25 Saturday Mini Secret KO [Mystery Bounty]	$25	$250,000
May 11	18:30	69-S: $2,625 Omaholic Bounty King HR	$2,625	$50,000
May 11	18:30	69-H: $250 Omaholic Bounty King	$250	$40,000
May 11	18:30	69-M: $25 Omaholic Bounty King	$25	$25,000
May 11	18:30	69-L: $5.40 Omaholic Bounty King Baby	$5	$10,000
May 11	19:00	70-S: $1,500 Saturday Superstack HR	$1,500	$100,000
May 11	19:00	70-H: $320 Saturday Superstack	$320	$100,000
May 11	19:00	70-M: $30 Saturday Superstack	$30	$75,000
May 11	19:00	70-L: $3 Saturday Mini Superstack	$3	$10,000
May 11	21:30	71-S: $1,050 Saturday Speed Zone HR [Hyper 4-Max]	$1,050	$75,000
May 11	21:30	71-H: $250 Saturday Speed Zone [Hyper 4-Max]	$250	$50,000
May 11	21:30	71-M: $50 Saturday Speed Zone [Hyper 4-Max]	$50	$30,000
May 11	21:30	71-L: $5 Saturday Mini Speed Zone [Hyper 4-Max]	$5	$10,000
May 12	0:30	72-S: $1,050 Bounty Very Big Game Americas	$1,050	$40,000
May 12	0:30	72-H: $108 Bounty Big Game Americas	$108	$40,000
May 12	0:30	72-M: $15 Bounty Big Game Americas	$15	$20,000
May 12	0:30	72-L: $5.40 Bounty Mini Big Game Americas	$5	$10,000

Another week gone, another poker recap ready. While April draws to a close, the poker world is showing no sign of slowing down. Just the opposite, it’s kicking into high gear – and we’re here ready to report on its every move. From the Tana delle Tigri champion to 888poker live under the Spanish sun – we’re covered all the latest in our PokerListings Recap for week #18!

Let’s see what went down!

Banco Masters Gears Up as Tana delle Tigri Crowns Champion

If you’ve been following along, you may have heard that Banco Casino was the place to be last weekend (April 27th – April 28th), as the legendary Tana delle Tigri crowned its main event champion. This year, the highest honor went to Italian Alessio Liscia after a 3-way deal and a highly successful finish during the final table.

Banco Casino Tana delle Tigri Final Table.

Still, the Main Event wasn’t the only one worthy of mention. Over the same weekend, the live poker tournament also crowned its champions in both the Tana delle Tigri Masters and its Mystery Bounty. Champions.

Just as any seasoned player would come to expect, Banco Casino isn’t slowing down when it comes to live poker events. Next on the roster is the 39th edition of the Banco Casino Masters €250,000 GTD, taking place from May 13th to May 20th, 2024.

Special qualifying bonuses are already up for grabs at Banco Casino, meaning you should probably check out the full article below to learn the how, what, when and where of these bonuses!

Full Article: Tana delle Tigri and Banco Masters

Backing: A Guide for Online Poker in 2024

If you’ve been in the live or even online poker industry for a hot minute, you’ve probably come across the notion of backing – a poker deal in which a person provides a player with a bankroll in exchange for a share of their profit. In other words, a bit of a shortcut to achieving your poker dream.

However, there’s a lot more to backing in online poker than just making a deal. For one, there’s the notion of stacking. There are also online resources that provided backing (and stacking) services. And there’s also a bit of history on the subject.

So, to find out everything and anything you can about backing in poker, check out the full article below!

Full Article: Backing in Online Poker 2024

The Mediterranean Poker Party Sets Sail

As of May 2nd, the Mediterranean Poker Party has officially began under the Cyprus sun. The entire series kicked off with $1,100 Mystery Bounty Event and doesn’t plan on halting the poker action until the final day, May 12th.

This time around, the MPP is not alone in Cyprus, as the event is sharing the poker lime light with EAPT Series, which is taking place simultaneously. As online qualifiers for the live event have been available for quite some time over at GGPoker, it’s no wonder that most of the players secured their MPP packages online.

In last weeks’ article, we not only looked at some of the MPP schedule highlights but also gave brief introductions for some of the most prominent online qualifiers expected to make a splash in Cyprus this week. For the details, you’ll have to check out the full article below!

Full Article: The Mediterranean Poker Party

888poker Live in Barcelona

888poker live is once again heading under the Spanish sun, this time to the dreamy beaches of Barcelona. Between May 8th and May 20th, 888poker live will make itself at home at Hotel Barcelona, bringing along a jampacked schedule and it’s crown jewel – the Main Event with an €888 buy-in.

Online satellites are already available on the 888poker platform for both the low- and mid-stakes grinders. The major satellite (a.k.a. those you should look out for) hosts a buy-in of just $109. For a break-down of the tournament schedule, satellites, and their packages, go to the full article below!

Our Top Five Dan Cates Podcasts

Last week, our very own Vasilisa Zyryanova set out to complete a seemingly impossible task – watch every one of the 97 videos of Dat Cates’ Winning the Game of Life podcast and find the top five just for you.

As a result of her efforts, we’ve gotten a list that includes episodes that will break our hearts as well as those that will have us laughing belly-flat on the floor. From poker legends like Fedor Holtz to poker software developers such as Oleg Ostroumov, this list truly has it all.

For a complete breakdown as well as link to all the episodes, go to the article below!

Full Article: Our Top Five Dan Cates Podcasts

WSOP 1971 – The Second Year and the First Tournament Series

At the start of last week, we took a trip down memory lane, all the way back to 1971 – the year of the second ever World Series of Poker. For the second year in a row, the best of the best had gathered at the Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas.

Unlike the previous year, the WSOP in 1971 saw the introduction of a freezeout tournament, served to replace the cash game held the previous year. Just like the year before, Johnny Moss dominated the game, taking home the entire prize of $30,000. But what about the runner up?

You’ll have to check out the article to find out what happened there!

Full Article: WSOP 1971

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It’s the month of online poker tournament series, WPT Global continues their popular trend of giving back value to its players. The Spring Festival officially kicked off last night, and it’s promised non-stop action, massive guarantees, and the opportunity to take a share of the $7 million total guarantee. On top of all this, WPT Montreal is just around the corner, with online qualifiers already running!

Spring Festival Highlights

The first highlight of the festival season has to be the Sunday Slams. With four Sundays in the Spring Festival, you have options to compete in the $110 Sunday Slam, $330 Grand Slam, and $11 Mini Slam. Each of the tournaments boasts massive guarantees, great competition, and lucrative awards.

The second thing to look forward to is, of course, the 100% Rakeback*. Here, players are going to experience unparalleled value with 100% rakeback on all Festival events. After allocating substantial prizes to the Spring Festival Leaderboard and Champion of Champions Freeroll, the remaining rake generated by tournaments will be returned to players through Rakeback Freerolls.

Rakeback Freerolls Details

Tier 1: Bronze – $100,000 Guarantee: Qualify by playing at least 25 Spring Festival tournaments or spending $500-$2,499 on Festival entries. Top 100 finishers receive $25 Global Spins Ticket.
Tier 2: Silver – $160,000 Guarantee: Qualify by playing at least 50 Spring Festival tournaments or spending $2,500-$9,999 in Festival entries. Top 100 finishers receive $50 Global Spins Ticket.
Tier 3: Gold – $225,000 Guarantee: Qualify by playing 100 or more Spring Festival MTTs or spending at least $10,000 on Spring Festival tournament entries. Top 100 finishers receive $100 Global Spins Ticket.

Leaderboards and Champion of Champions

Players can earn Leaderboard points by participating in Spring Festival tournaments. At the end of the series, the top 500 players win a share of $100,000 in cash and prizes. You need to win any of the Spring Festival tournaments to secure entry into the Champion of Champions Freeroll on Sunday, June 2, with a chance to win a $12,400 WPT Passport package.

On top of the Spring Festival leaderboard, and the freerolls, you can also accumulate points in numerous Spring Festival tournaments towards the Player of the Year leaderboard. The overall leader receives four $12,400 WPT Passports, $25,000 in tournament dollars, and $25,400 cash.

Casino Promotion

The casino department over at WPT Global is also hosting a massive casino promotion during the Spring Festival. There are exclusive casino bonuses available for participants of the event. Once you register and play in one of the Spring Festival events, you are able to unlock special casino bonuses. Based on your performance, you will be structured into different tiers, which will decide the value of the bonuses.

Play Online Towards WPT Montreal

Want to play poker with the best of the best of WPT Global? Online qualifiers are running already for the WPT Montreal live event. You can even qualify for Day 2 of certain events already! There is $3,5 million CAD on the line, so it’s a must check!

WPT Global Montreal Championship 2024 Qualifiers

What’s Happening

WPT500 Online Day One: May 8, 19:45 CDT, $440 USD buy-in, $500,000 CAD guarantee.
WPT Prime Online Day One: May 12, 19:25 CDT, $850 USD buy-in.
WPT Montreal Championship Satellite: May 12, 20:25 CDT, $220 USD buy-in, win a seat to the $3,500 CAD Championship with $2 million CAD guarantee.

Special Features:

The Ultimate Montreal Experience: Exclusive event on May 14 for qualifiers.
WPT Global Last Longers: Deposit $100 (USD) in May and compete for extra prizes.
WPT Montreal Championship Festival Meet-Up Game: Join famous players for fun games and prizes on May 14, where you will have the chance of going for a dinner with the likes of WPT Global ambassadors and influencers. There are cool prizes to be won as well, such as a coaching session of Tony Dunst, or being involved in the vlog of Brad Owen.

NB: You must be eligible to participate in online poker events and thus must be 18 years and over. Terms and conditions will apply.

Date	Time	Event Name	Buy-In	Guaranteed Prize Pool
Sunday 5th May	18:14	WPT500 Feeder	22	3
Sunday 5th May	19:14	WPT Prime Feeder	55	3
Tuesday 7th May	19:14	WPT Prime Feeder	55	3
Tuesday 7th May	20:14	Feeder To Championship Satellite		5 X $220 Satellite Ticket
Wednesday 8th May	18:45	WPT500 Feeder	22	5
Wednesday 8th May	19:45	WPT500 OD1	440	N/A
Sunday 12th May	17:25	WPT Prime Feeder	55	4
Sunday 12th May	18:25	Feeder To Championship Satellite		10 X $220 Satellite Ticket
Sunday 12th May	19:25	WPT Prime OD1	880	N/A
Sunday 12th May	20:25	WPT Championship Satellite	220	3 X $3500 WPT Championship

For its next stop, the 888poker Live Series is heading to Barcelona, Spain between May 8th and May 20th. Combine great poker action with the sun, the sea, and La Rambla, and you know that a total poker package is just about guaranteed!

It’s not the Spanish weather alone that’s draws poker players to the South of Europe every year. The rapidly expanding live poker scene also has something to do with it.

888poker Live will once again head to the legendary Casino Barcelona, located just next to the seaside. With a dream location for just about every player and a fully-packed schedule, the series is promising a lot of poker action. The Main Event will have the familiar €888 buy-in, while the High Roller goes with a buy-in of €2,000.

Full Schedule for the 888poker Live Barcelona

Date	Time (CET)	Tournament Name	Buy-in
8/05	17:00	The Super Knockout [50 EUR Bounty]	€100+50+15
8/05	20:00	Turbo Satellite to Opening Event 1A	€45+5
9/05	17:00	Opening Event Day 1A	€200+20
9/05	19:00	The Mini Shot	€80+8
9/05	20:00	Turbo Satellite to Opening Event 1B	€45+5
10/05	15:00	The Rumble 6-Max	€150+15
10/05	17:00	Opening Event Day 1B	€200+20
10/05	20:00	Turbo Satellite to Opening Event 1C	€45+5
11/05	14:00	Turbo Satellite to Opening Event	€45+5
11/05	15:00	Opening Event Day 1C	€200+20
11/05	22:00	Opening Event Day 1D Turbo	€200+20
12/05	11:00	Opening Event Day 1E Turbo	€200+20
12/05	16:00	Opening Event Final Day	€200+20
12/05	18:00	The Dragon	€180+20
13/05	17:00	The Mid Shot	€150+15
13/05	20:00	Turbo Dash	€90+10
14/05	17:00	Mystery Bounty Day 1 [150 EUR Bounty]	€150+150+30
14/05	21:00	Super Satellite to Main Event	€80+8
15/05	15:00	Satellite High Roller	€370+30
15/05	17:00	Mystery Bounty Final Day [150 EUR Bounty]	–
15/05	18:00	The Voyage	€180+20
15/05	20:00	High Roller Day 1	€1888+112
15/05	21:00	Super Satellite to Main Event 1A	€80+8
16/05	15:00	888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event Day 1A	€808+80
16/05	17:00	High Roller Day 2	€1888+112
16/05	20:00	Omaha Pot Limit	€100+10
16/05	21:00	Super Satellite to Main Event 1B	€80+8
17/05	15:00	888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event Day 1B	€808+80
17/05	18:00	The Mayhem	€150+15
17/05	21:00	Super Satellite to Main Event 1C	€80+8
18/05	15:00	888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event Day 1C	€808+80
18/05	19:00	The Mega Knockout [100 EUR Bounty]	€200+100+30
19/05	12:00	888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event Day 1D Turbo	€808+80
19/05	17:00	888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event Day 2	€808+80
19/05	18:00	The Big Shot	€300+30
19/05	18:00	The Ladies Event	€50+5
20/05	16:00	888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event Final Day	–
20/05	17:00	Closer	€150+15

Qualify Online on 888poker

What is a live event without online satellites these days? 888poker is a great place to be for the low- to mid stakes grinders, and with online satellites available, player from across the world can qualify to save a buck toward the event. The major satellite hosts a buy-in of just $109, where you can secure a package of $1,800 which includes accommodation, travel expenses, merchandise, and a Main Event ticket.

The full package includes:

$970 (€888) buy-in to the Main Event
$500 for accommodation
$330 for travel expenses
888poker LIVE kit

If you haven’t made up your mind yet about which live tournament to visit during the upcoming week, we strongly recommend checking out the Live Series of 888poker. The Main Events of the tour are always packed, awarding the top spots quality prizes. Additionally, if you haven’t got an account yet at 888poker, then perhaps the Exclusive Freeroll of PokerListings is the perfect first step to take, to get used to the software of 888poker.

Head over to our social media channels to not miss out on any of the live- and online poker action!

The Mediterranean Poker Party 2024 has officially started with the $1,100 Mystery Bounty Event. For this event, the MPP joined forces with the EAPT Series. This time around, it’s being held at the gorgeous Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Casino in Northern Cyprus.

From May 2nd till May 12th, players from all around the globe will try to their luck in events ranging from $1,100 up to $51,000!

With the previous MPP played over two years ago, we’ve all been waiting with for this years edition. Online qualifiers have been available on GGPoker, where the vast majority of package holders secured their trip to the sunny shores of Cyprus.

At this very moment, the $1,100 has kicked off. With a $1M GTD prize pool and a total of four openings flights across the coming days, the biggest question now is who will come out on top. Let see the schedule for the Mediterranean Poker Party 2024 once again and check out some well known players taking part in the massive live tournament!

Photography Credits: Merit Poker / Oleg Novrazov

Date	Buy-in	Tournament Name	GTD Prize Pool
Thu 2 – Sat 4 May	$1,100	NLHE – Luxon Pay Mystery Bounty	$1,000,000
Sat 4 – Tue 7 May	$2,200	NLHE – EAPT Grand Final	$2,000,000
Sun 5 – Mon 6 May	$10,400	NLHE – MPP High Roller*	$500,000
Mon 6 – Tue 7 May	$25,500	NLHE – MPP Super High Roller*	$1,000,000
Mon 6 – Sun 12 May	$5,300	NLHE – MPP Main Event	$5,000,000
Tue 7 – Wed 8 May	$25,500	NLHE – MPP Super High Roller*	$1,000,000
Wed 8 – Thu 9 May	$51,000	NLHE – MPP Super High Roller*	$2,000,000
Thu 9 – Sun 12 May	$1,100	NLHE – EAPT Cyprus	$500,000
Fri 10 – Sat 11 May	$10,400	NLHE – MPP High Roller	$1,000,000
Sun 12 May	$10,400	NLHE – MPP 6-Max High Roller	$500,000

Tom Talboom – The Netherlands

Tom Talboom has come a long way in his poker career, even though he’s still a very young poker soul. He started streaming his games online to great success, despite facing challenges with changing regulations in The Netherlands. Recently, he moved to Austria to continue playing professionally, and never looked back.

Now, he’s heading to the Mediterranean Poker Party/EA Poker Tour event in Cyprus. With past wins in high roller events, Tom is more than ready to take on the competition once again. His main aim seems to be either to match or even exceed his previous achievements in Cyprus, when he finished 25th in the $5,300 Main Event of the MPP 2022.

Interesting fact: Tom Talboom is an online streamer, so he’ll make sure his audience won’t miss any of the action by sharing vlogs on his social media channels. Worth to follow!

Event Name	Result
14-Nov 2023 – MCOP Main Event (Amsterdam)	2nd – €145,603
20-Aug 2022 – EPT Deepstack (Barcelona)	1st – €126,450
21-June 2022 – Merit Poker Party (Cyprus)	1st – $84.455
1-Apr 2022 – WPTDS HR (Amsterdam)	2nd – €55,010

Source: The Hendon Mob

Brandon Sheils – England

Brandon Sheils recently shook up the UK poker scene by grabbing two MPP Live packages worth $10K each during a Mystery Bounty tournament at the Dusk Till Dawn Pokerclub in Nottingham. One of those, was courtesy of his best poker buddy.

For those who don’t know him, Brandon has been active on the live poker scene from the first moment he was of a legal age. With great results along the road to becoming one of England’s most feared live players, he also regularly streams his online poker action on Twitch, and creates content for his YouTube channel. On top of this all, we had the pleasure of conducting an interview with England’s hope in live poker.

Interesting fact: Brandon Sheils’s first live poker result dates back to February 2013. Ever since, he has accumulated a whopping amount of 228 wins all around the world. We’re certain it won’t take long for him to capture a new personal record, perhaps even at this event!

Event Name	Result
2-Dec 2023 – GUKPT Grand Final (London)	1st – $38,915
23-Aug 2023 – GUKPT High Roller (London)	1st – $77,902
17-Nov 2019 – NLHE Warm-Up (Bahamas)	1st – $75,000

Source: The Hendon Mob

Niall ‘Firaldo’ Farrell – Scotland

Does Niall Farrell still need an introduction? We believe that this Scottish phenomenon reached a point in his career that it’s hard to miss him at any live event in Europe. Being the #1 seeded in Scotland in terms of All-Time Cashes in live events, Niall is a player who always secures deep runs wherever he goes.

We’ve been told he will be heading to Cyprus for the MPP/EAPT event, and certainly Niall will fire some bullets in the Main Events. The ‘Triple-Crown Winner’

Interesting fact: While in second place for the all-time money ranking in Scotland, Niall mentioned that he would like to end up having $15M in live cash. Seven years later, today, he has already accumulated $6,7M of thats um, leaving Vamplew behind with a $3M margin!

Event Name	Result
31-Aug 2018 – EPT High Roller (Barcelona)	8th – €97,100
4-Nov 2017 – WSOPE Main Event (Rozvadov)	5th – €239,639
1-Nov 2017 – WSOPE High Roller (Rozvadov)	1st – €745,287

Source: The Hendon Mob

Everything else you need to know about the Mediterranean Poker Party as well as anything and everything poker, will be in or links below!

The Tana delle Tigri Main Event finished strong over the weekend, crowning Italian Alessio Liscia as its new champion. After defeating a total of 964 entries, Liscia emerged victorious turning his starting €250 into a more than respectable €27,000! Coming in second to the final table of eight players, the Italian emerged victorious after a 3-way deal and a highly successful finish.

As we’ve told you time and time again, Banco Casino is all about high-quality live tournaments and Tana delle Tigri was no different. With the Main Event guarantee managing to resist the pressure of domestic and foreign players alike, it was off to the tables. Out of the 964 entries, a total only 234 players advanced to Day 2, with just 40 making it to the Final Day on Sunday, April 28th.

Banco Casino: Tana delle Tigri 2024 Final Tigri

Securing his seat at the final table, Frenchmen Noah Alem came in as the chip lead with Liscia trailing closely behind in second position. In the end, Alessio Liscia managed to provide some poker tournament magic, going home with a whopping €27,000 prize!

Position	Player Name	Prize
1	Liscia Alessio	€27,000
2	Skobelev Alexander Georgiev	€20,000
3	Maceják Matej	€20,000
4	Luca Bizzozero	€11,400
5	Giampaolo Cecamore	€9,300

Still, the Main Event wasn’t the only one played over the course of the ten day tournament. During the week, Tana delle Tigri also crowned the winners of both the TdT Masters and Mystery Bounty Champions.

On Sunday, April 28th, the Tana delle Tigri Masters kicked off with a buy-in with an entry fee of €450 + €50. With a total of 84 registered entries, it was Alexey Mishuk taking home the first place prize that fell just short of €10,000.

Tanna delle Tigri Alexey Mishuk — Alexey Mishuk

Mystery Bounty Final Table — Alexey Mishuk

The entire tournament finished with a bang of a last event, the player-all-time-favorite Mystery Bounty. Even though there were countless nationalities among the 273 entries, the trophy ended up back in Italy, in the hands of no other than Davide Di Fazio.

If you’re more of a visual player, you can catch all the action on the Banco live poker stream, available just below!

Get Ready for the 39th Banco Masters

Just as one even draws to a close, Banco Casino has another up its sleeve. This time, it’s the 39th edition of the Banco Casino Masters €250,000 GTD, taking place in just under two weeks time, from May 13th to May 20th, 2024.

Keeping us on our toes, the 39th edition of the Banco comes with special qualifying bonuses at Banco Casino. For those a bit newer to the tournament, this means that players who manage to qualify twice will start the tournament with a €500 bonus from the casino. Then again, those who pull it off three times will be looking at €1,500 bonus.

As you may have deduced from the picture, this time around the overall guarantee is 250,000€, while the buy-in remains at 170€. While we can’t cover the entire jampacked schedule, we can tell you that the Main Event kicks off Tuesday, May 14th and runs all the way to the final day, May 20th when the ultimate winner will be decided.

You can check the full Banco Masters schedule here!

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As we draw the prior week to a close (already the 17th of the year by the way) it’s time for another poker recap. Just as you’d expect from the poker world, this week has been packed with action around the clock. From online schedules to MPP paradise under the Cyprus sun, we’re recapping all the biggest poker news of the week for you! Let’s go!

MPP/EAPT Grand Final Cyprus!

There’s only a couple days left before the Mediterranean Poker Party lands in Cyprus for its grand live poker series (May 2-12). With its absence from the live poker calendar last year, the Mediterranean Poker Party is coming back with a bang! Buy-ins are going from $1,100 all the way up to $51,000 for the flagship events, where the guaranteed prize pools are insane.

Online qualifiers are running on GGPoker, while live qualifiers are available at various locations, including the Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club in Nottingham (UK). A couple weeks back, it was online poker streamer and player Brandon Sheils who drew two packages worth $10K during a special organized Mystery Bounty event.

Even though one of these packages was drawn for one of his poker buddies, the packages is went to Brandon all the way! We will definitely be following Brandon during the MPP/EAPT event in Cyprus. I

n this article we already looked ahead of the event together with Brandon and asked him about his experience in the Mystery Bounty event.

Full Article: MPP/EAPT Grand Final Cyprus

Eric Seidel: The Legendary Journey

To be called one of the legend’s of poker is a title not given to many poker players. Eric Seidel, in the game for more than 35 years, is still playing on the highest tournament levels. It doesn’t matter if it’s a $1K Main Event, or a $50K Dealer’s Choice WSOP event, Seidel is often responsible for at least one of the entries in those tournaments.

But what do we know about Eric Seidel? What path did he follow to become as successful as he is now? In this article, we’ve taken a closer look on his achievements, especially the ones during his WSOP career.

Full Article: Eric Seidel

The World Festival 2024 Schedule Is Out!

Online poker players have eagerly been awaiting more details about GGPoker’s upcoming World Festival 2024 series. After reveling the dates, May 5 – June 11, players were curious to see what GGPoker still had up its sleeve.

Having already confirmed the guaranteed prize pool would increase to $50,000,000 compared to the last year, all eyes were set on April 25th, when GGPoker had promised to reveal more about the events.

GGPoker has thought about every single poker player this time around. With four tiers, multiple buy-in levels, there are tournaments in the schedule for every type of poker player. From what we know now, there will be three tournaments with a guaranteed prize pool of $10,000,000.

Read more about the recently released schedule of GGPoker’s World Festival here.

Full Article: World Festival 2024 Schedule

From Cards to Crowns: Triumph at the WPT Global Spring Festival

WPT Global started off the year with introducing their new President Alex Scott and promising to make a difference to the poker eco-system. One thing poker players around the world often tend to forget and/or simply don’t know, is the rake from tournaments and cash games.

So, have you ever thought about giving it back to the community? At WPT Global they are big fans of their loyal members, and organized a promotion in March to give back the rake through freerolls. In April, they made it even more interesting as all the gross from their tournaments didn’t count any rake.

In May, they are continuing this trend by giving back the value of the rake to its players. Alongside the recently introduced Spring Festival series, the impact of such ‘promotions’ is extreme. Check out what WPT Global has in store for you, and follow the link for this article.

Full Article: WPT Global Spring Festival

How to Boost Your Poker Mindset?

The right mindset in poker is a vital component for poker success. Some of the most outspoken professional players have recently weighted in on the importance of a poker player’s mindset. Whether if it was during a podcast, on their social media, or in front of the camera, we can see that the key factor of success is definitely your mindset.

We have gathered stories from Daniel Negreanu, Rene Kuhlman, Jonathan Little, Benjamin Rolle, and Phil Galfond, to show you the significance of this topic. Read more about it in this article, and maybe you’ll start creating the right mindset and get on their poker level!

Full Article: The Poker Player Mindset

Jonathan Little Shares Three Secrets for Crushing Online Poker

One of world’s leading poker course communities is in the hands of Jonathan Little. Pokercoaching.com offers a wide range of courses for just about any type of player. In recent streams, Jonathan Little elaborates more about these courses and the importance of certain poker topics, including exploiting situations at the poker tables, gaining as much experience as possible, and the importance of game selection.

Read it all here and find out what Jonathan has revealed in his recent streams.

Full Article: Three Secrets for Crushing Online Poker

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WPT Global is on the verge of firing up one of their biggest online series with the $7M GTD Spring Festival, available from May 5-26. If you have ever dreamed of winning a WPT title, then here’s your chance to win your way to a live WPT Championship.

What’s the story with WPT Global these days? If you’d ask us, it is definitely their April Promotion, at least when it comes to RAKE-FREE tournaments. Now, with their Spring Festival coming up, they have even more in store!

Unprecedented Rakeback Bonanza: Prepare for yet another massive gesture towards poker players with an unparalleled offer of 100% rakeback across all tournaments, including feeder and satellite events. It’s not a dream – it’s the reality that WPT Global wants to maximize value for all of their players, just like President of WPT Global, Alex Scott, has mentioned to us before in an exclusive interview.
Major Events Galore: Dive into the heart of the action with highlights such as the $500,000 GTD Spring Festival Championship, featuring a modest $220 buy-in. For those seeking affordability without compromising on excitement, there’s the accessible $150,000 GTD Mini Championship, priced at just $22. And of course, don’t miss out on the headline event, the $1,000,000 GTD WPT Championship, where your chance relies of getting your name carved in WPT history.
Extra Value Alert: Beyond the colossal prize pools, poker players can embark on a journey to claim the top spot on our $100,000 Spring Festival Leader board. In this competition, you can secure extra value and compete in the Champion of Champions Freeroll, offering coveted rewards including a $12,400 WPT Passport package.

Become a WPT Champion During the Spring Festival

WPT Global is one of those online poker operators who is making big moves in 2024. With the Spring Festival coming up, yet another important chapter in is heating up for them. As we know, online players often tend to stay within their comfort zone. Well, WPT Global is becoming an operator who is nudging players to step out of their comfort zone.

After all, where can you find rake-free tournaments, going from feeder ones into satellite events? There is no operator at the moment giving away as much value as WPT Global at the moment.

Spring Festival Highlights

One of the highlights of this online poker series is, without a doubt, the $500,000 GTD Spring Festival Championship Event. Starting with a buy-in of $220, this is one of those make it or break it tournaments. If that buy-in is a little above your paygrade, numerous online satellites are also available. Another option would be to participate in the $22 buy-in Mini Championship, going with a guaranteed prize pool of $150,000.

Still, the real eye-catcher of the series is the $1,000,000 GTD WPT Championship Event. While the buy-in of $3,500 might be on the higher end, satellites and other promotions for this event will be running around the clock.

Value Alert

Any Spring Festival Champion will automatically be awarded with a seat to the Champion of Champions Freeroll. Here, players will fight for a WPT Passport worth $12,400, with a total of $50,000 up for grabs in this extra value event.

WPT Global Spring Festival Champion of Champions Freeroll

What is an online series without a leaderboard? WPT Global will be awarding points during the series and if you end up on top at the end of the series, you will get a share of the $100,000 in cash prizes, MTT tickets, and live Passport packages.

‘Rake-Free’ Tournaments

An important thing to take with you is that the rake-free tournaments structure will be handled in the same way as their previous promotion for rake-free tournaments in March 2024. All paid rake by players will be given back by the matter of freeroll tournaments.

The first $150,000 will be allocated to the earlier mentioned $100K leaderboard and the $50K Champion for Champions Freeroll, while all other rakes will be divided over Gold, Silver, and Bronze Freerolls (50%/30%/20%). On an additional note, the only tournaments where you can gather points for this will be marked with # in the tournament lobby.

Tier	GTD	Information
Bronze Tier	$100K GTD	available for players who managed to play 25+ tournaments or spending between $500 and $2,499.99 in rake
Silver Tier	$160K GTD	available for players who managed to play 50+ tournaments or spending between $2,500 and $9,999.99 in rake.
Gold Tier	$225K GTD	available for players who managed to play 100+ or spending over $10,000 in rake

WPT Global Player of The Year

If that wasn’t enough to convince you to check out the WPT Spring Festival, players will also earn points towards the WPT Global Player of The Year ranking. The winner will secure $100,000 in cash prizes, including seats at four of the WPT Main Tour Championships in 2025.

For all the latest on WPT Global and all other poker news, check out our social media below!

We’ve all been waiting for the moment when GGPoker would reveal the tournament schedule of their next GGPoker World Festival 2024, the world’s biggest online poker series. What we already knew is that they would boost the total guaranteed prize pool up to $250,000,000, but how the schedule looks like? What are the key tournaments this year out of the 374 tournaments in total?

In 2023, the GGPoker World Festival became extremely popular among poker players. The first edition, with a total prize pool of $200,000,000 GTD , went across a whopping 232 events, all with buy-ins from $2.50 up to $25,500. It included a $5 Mystery Bounty Grand Opening event and a $10,300 buy-in event with $10M GTD! One of the highlights of the series was the $1,500 GG World Festival 2023 Main Event, guaranteeing a massive $8M!

Now, in 2024, GGPoker will shake up the poker world even more with a $250,000,000 GTD World Festival series. While they’re already offering some of the greatest online tournaments throughout the year, this series is not one to miss. Let’s get to it!

GGPoker World Festival 2024 – Highlighted Events

Date	Time	Event Name	Buy-In	GTD
May 5	12:30	Zodiac Mini MILLION$ [Final Day]	¥21	$140,000
May 5	18:30	Short Deck Mystery MILLION$ [Final Stage]	$5.25	$100,000
May 5	20:30	Omaholic Bounty Mini MILLION$ [Final Stage]	$5.40	$200,000
May 6	18:30	Global MILLION$ Mystery Bounty Million [Final]	$5.25	$1,000,000
May 12	12:30	Zodiac Bounty MILLION$ Special Edition [Final]	¥215	$280,000
May 12	18:30	Short Deck MILLION$ [Final Day]	$50	$200,000
May 12	20:30	Omaholic Mystery MILLION$ [Final Stage]	$52.50	$400,000
May 13	18:30	Global MILLION$ World Festival [Day 2]	$50	$2,024,000
May 19	12:30	Zodiac MILLION$ Turbo Edition [Day 2]	¥888	$350,000
May 19	18:30	Short Deck Bounty MILLION$ [Final]	$525	$300,000
May 19	20:30	Omaholic Bounty MILLION$ HR Edition [Final Stage]	$525	$500,000
May 20	18:30	Global MILLION$ Mystery Bounty [Final]	$525	$10,000,000
May 26	12:30	Zodiac Asia Championship [Bounty, Final Stage]	¥1,500	$1,100,000
May 26	18:30	Short Deck Championship [Final Day]	$1,500	$500,000
May 26	20:30	Omaholic Championship [Day 2]	$1,500	$1,000,000
May 27	18:30	GG World Championship [Day 2]	$1,500	$10,000,000
Jun 2	12:00	GGMillion$ Zodiac Edition	¥25,500	$700,000
Jun 2	18:00	GGMillion$ Short Deck Edition [3-Stack]	$25,500	$500,000
Jun 2	18:00	GGMillion$ Omaholic Edition	$25,500	$1,000,000
Jun 3	20:00	GGMillion$ Super Main Event [Day 2]	$10,300	$10,000,000
Jun 9	12:30	Zodiac MILLION$ Closer [Bounty Turbo, Final]	¥215	$280,000
Jun 9	18:30	Short Deck MILLION$ Closer [Bounty Turbo, Final]	$215	$250,000
Jun 9	20:30	Omaholic MILLION$ Closer [Bounty Turbo, Final]	$215	$500,000
Jun 10	18:30	Global MILLION$ Mystery Closer [Final Stage]	$210	$5,000,000

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GGPoker hasn’t let any type of player down with this online tournament series. A whopping number of 374 unique tournaments, divided over four tiers, will be available within the first week only!

The $10M Omaholic Series is still in full swing! Events going with buy-ins between $20 and $10,000, including a $1M Mystery Bounty Event. The leaderboard will also present its winners, who will win a share of the $100,000 in prizes.

In the competitive world of poker, the Mediterranean Poker Party (MPP) and the EAPT series are set to converge in the first week of May, drawing countless players to the beautiful island of Cyprus. Among them, a considerable number have earned their seats through the virtual felts of GGPoker or by battling it out in live satellite tournaments.

However, it’s the innovative twist on satellite qualification of these live tournaments that’s really turning heads.

Brandon Sheils, hailing from Birmingham (UK), was a participants of the special live satellite at the Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club in Nottingham between the 9th and 14th of April. For a buy-in of £340, all players were looking to take home the biggest part of the guaranteed prize pool of £100,000 (+added $10K MPP package).

Once the mystery bounties were in play, Brandon and his table mate Yiannis Liperis, busted out someone from the tournament. Both were allowed to take one of the envelopes, but Yiannis gave his prize to Brandon. While Brandon first took a bounty prize of £450 for himself, he grabbed the $10K MPP package for Yiannis.

Schedule MPP | EAPT Grand Final 2024 (Cyprus)

Date	Buy-in	Tournament Name	GTD Prize Pool
Thu 2 – Sat 4 May	$1,100	No Limit Hold’em – Luxon Pay Mystery Bounty	$1,000,000
Sat 4 – Tue 7 May	$2,200	No Limit Hold’em – EAPT Grand Final	$2,000,000
Sun 5 – Mon 6 May	$10,400	Pot-Limit Omaha – MPP High Roller*	$500,000
Mon 6 – Tue 7 May	$25,500	No-Limit Hold’em – MPP Super High Roller*	$1,000,000
Mon 6 – Sun 12 May	$5,300	No Limit Hold’em – MPP Main Event	$5,000,000
Tue 7 – Wed 8 May	$25,500	No-Limit Hold’em – MPP Super High Roller*	$1,000,000
Wed 8 – Thu 9 May	$51,000	No-Limit Hold’em – MPP Super High Roller*	$2,000,000
Thu 9 – Sun 12 May	$1,100	No Limit Hold’em – EAPT Cyprus	$500,000
Fri 10 – Sat 11 May	$10,400	No Limit Hold’em – MPP High Roller	$1,000,000
Sun 12 May	$10,400	No Limit Hold’em – MPP 6-Max High Roller	$500,000

*Highlighted Tournaments have just recently been added

'I'm gonna look so disappointed when I get a massive one for someone else'.

Brandon Shiels was one of the first players to pull from the Flight To MPP Mystery Bounty drum today, he also pulled an envelop for friend and tablemate Yiannis Liperis.

One of them won £450 cash,… pic.twitter.com/Hty9LkwJhc
— Dusk Till Dawn (@DTD_Club) April 14, 2024

Further into the tournament, Brandon got two more opportunities to grab one of the MPP packages. It turned out to be a good day for him, as he pulled another £10K package this time!

After pulling a $10K MPP package for tablemate Yiannis Liperis in the early stages yesterday, Brandon Shiels had two more Mystery Bounty pulls at the business end of the tournament…

Karma was restored as he pulled £2K cash & the other $10,000 package!

Find out more about the… pic.twitter.com/iP8iQtIGHW
— Dusk Till Dawn (@DTD_Club) April 15, 2024

This was reason enough for PokerListings to get a hold of the lucky winner, who we’ve been following for quite some time. Brandon Sheils is probably best known for streaming online poker, as well as creating content such as poker tutorials for his social media channels.

Melvin, PokerListings: Hi Brandon! We’ve been following you for as while now on social media. It’s thanks to these channels, we found out you had an interesting way of collecting two full packages for the MPP event in Cyprus. Can you share how you experienced this epic run?

Brandon: ”My friend Yiannis (Liperis) didn’t want to be filmed so he told me to pick his envelope and I had one too myself. So we agreed to swap some action and I pick my bounty first, then his. I picked £450 for myself and for him the $10k pack with around 30 players left. Then after we swapped more for future bounties, but he busted and with 6 left. I had 2 more bounties after that and pulled the next $10k pack for myself.”

Melvin, PokerListings: People who follow you on social media, have a view of your poker career as you are sharing your runs and travels. Besides interacting with the crowd and live streaming what you’ve done, you also came up with new video content on your YouTube Channel. Is there something we can expect in this regard during, or ramping up, to the MPP event?

Brandon: ”I’m always in two minds about vlogging as when I did it for the WSOP, it was very time consuming and the videos didn’t do as well as other more simple ones have. I could make one video for the trip depending on how the experience is, but I’ve not committed to anything mentally yet.”

Melvin, PokerListings: When looking at the schedule of MPP, what are key tournaments for you to play? And what aspects do you consider when choosing the tournaments that you will be playing? Of course, you have the package, but in case of any other tournaments you will play.

Brandon: ”Good structures, big prize pools and buy in range. I’ll play the two $1k events, the $2k, and the $5k. I will re-enter if needed as I sell action to make the bigger games affordable and if I’m there it’s to maximise volume.”

Melvin, PokerListings: The last edition of the MPP event in Cyprus dates back to 2022. This year, the EAPT event will have its Grand Final during this series as well. Have you heard about the EAPT before? From May 17-27 they will be at the Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham. What’s important for you when selecting live events?

Brandon: ”I only heard of them recently but I likely will play at DTD for that event. For me it depends how accessible and buy-in range/prize pool/how I’m feeling. DTD is around one hour drive, so it’s easy enough but if a lot of the events take place on Sundays, I tend to avoid them in favor of playing online.

I go all in for the Vegas WSOP festival for live poker and pick and choose others through the year. If day 3 of an event is the Sunday or day 2 starts at 12 and is already in the money, then I’m much more likely to play as I won’t miss online Sunday unless deep into the event already.”

Melvin, PokerListings: You’ve been playing poker professionally for a while now, right? You seem like, or at least give the impression, that you keep it all in order quite well. What keeps your mind at ease when it comes to swings in poker. Are there any poker players you’re most impressed by and why?

Brandon: ”Yeah, I play professional from the get-go, 18 years old. I guess it’s about focusing on being present and grateful and catching yourself whenever you notice bad narratives start to form that won’t serve you. I’ve played from abundance and from entitlement and the difference is huge in terms of how well I play and feel.

I try to put in as much practice as possible on and off the table to maintain this. Meditation, journaling, good sleep, exercise, good study routine, reasonable bank roll management and breaks. It’s more learning to be in tune with yourself.

I also advocate psychedelic therapy a lot and owe a lot of my success to it but it’s a method not much known yet! As for players I’m impressed by it’s anyone who can put the time and effort in despite bad variance and downswings over long periods of time. I respect pads a lot (Patrick Leonard) as he works very hard and gives out so much free content + likes to help others.

But in terms of more live poker faces it’s more the people you haven’t heard of yet that are still turning up and maintaining their sanity and cheerfulness I do specifically like the crazy guys too that put people in difficult spots and find bluffs that are very hard to find like your Michael Addamo’s of the world.”

Stay Tuned With PokerListings

We will keep you posted about all the results throughout the Mediterranean Poker Party and the EAPT Grand Final in Cyprus. Brandon Sheils is just one of many qualifiers who will be joining the felt at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel in Cyprus, and hopefully he’ll take his epic poker story even further! In the upcoming week, we’ll look into another qualifying story, so stay tuned!

The sixteenth week of 2024 has been packed with poker action all over the world. From Hollywood to Bratislava, and from online streaming to the social media channels. PokerListings has summed up last week’s most notable events, making sure you don’t miss out on any of the most recent action.

WPT Global Warm Up Series $2,5 GTD (Apr 19-28) – Rake Free!

WPT Global has set some pretty high goals for itself, becoming a serious contender for the title of reigning online poker client within a relatively short timeframe! From the beginning of the year, they have powered up their engines, leaving no poker stone unturned.

As April is on its last legs, this means the RAKE-FREE tournaments promotion at WPT Global is coming to an end. However, there’s still time to make the most out of it, as the WPT Global Warm Up Series is in full swing until the 27th of April.

Find out everything you need to know about this massive online poker series in our latest WPT Global article. After all, the $300,000 GTD Championship still has opening flights available until the very last day of the Warm Up Series!

PokerListings Highlights – Your Favorite Online Poker Streamers

With PokerListings we’re giving you a unique way of checking how your favorite online poker streamers have been doing lately at the virtual tables. Names like Bert ‘Girafganger7’ Stevens, Jeff Boski, Aaron Barone, Benjaming Spragg, and the Staples brothers, are commonly mentioned.

Keep our social media in sight, because you don’t wanna miss out on the latest info regarding your favorite players!

Qualify Online for the World Series of Poker 2024

GGPoker is currently the biggest online poker client available. So, it should come as a shock that when they started collaborating with the World Series of Poker, the site began to offer satellites for the legendary WSOP Main Event left, right, and center.

At PokerListings, we’ve created a satellite guide for you, where you’ll be informed about your options to qualify online. Still keep in mind that It’s not just GGPoker who offers qualifiers, you can also get your hands on WSOP packages through ClubGG and WSOP.COM, depending on your country of residence.

At his point, it’s highly possible that the WSOP Main Event of 2024 will break the record when it comes to total prize pool and amount of entries. Will you become the new WSOP Main Event Champion? Your journey starts right here!

Full Article: GGPoker Road to Vegas

Social Media is a deciding aspect of just about everyone’s lives at this point, and the same goes for poker players. One downside of it is the fact that social media can cultivate a very cruel environment, forcing people to put their social media activity to a minimum.

Our content writer Vasilisa Zyryanova went into the archives of three poker players, to give you just a couple examples. So, in this article, you’ll find stories from three prominent players in the poker industry; Vanessa Kade, online streamer ‘Questje’, and Benjamin ‘BenCB’ Rolle who all talk about their own highs and lows with social media.

Full Article: Poker Players and Social Media

Rolling Towards Glory: The Finale of the 888poker CampionChips

It’s no secret that online series are available on every single online poker operator. However, for the Micro Stakes player, this isn’t so often the case. That’s partially why 888poker came up with the Micro Roller ChampionChips series which will be endind today with their final ‘Closing Events’.

Another event which is being played out to a winner is the Mystery Bounty Main Event, which guaranteed a massive $100,000 in prize money! Check out the live stream of 888poker for sure, when you want to find out who will turn a mere buy-in of $25 into (ten) thousands of dollars.

Full Article: 888poker CampionChips

Isaac Haxton: From Chess Prodigy to Poker Legend

Isaac Haxton, a wizards of live- and online poker in the last decade, has been a roll in 2023. But how did it all begin for ‘ikepoker’? What goals did he set for himself when he started playing online and which experiences did he overcome to reach to the level where is at today?

While going from chess prodigy to well-respected poker professional may seem like a logical step to most people, is it really the case? Check out the article to find out more about the career of the current #8 of the All-Time Money List.

Full Article: Isaac Haxton

PokerListings Short Videos – Epic Showdown in Biggest Live Events

Every poker tournament in the world has thousands and thousands of hands being played out. One sick beat after the other, great moves all around. PokerListings will show you some of world’s epic hand showdowns in poker, with big names involved in massive decisions at prominent online- and live (high stakes) games.

Spot the Poker Pro: Cameos in Film, TV, and Music Videos

Poker is a game known all across the world, including the glamorous world of Hollywood. So, it’s no surprise that prominent poker star in (poker) movies, video clips, and documentaries now and again. Names like Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan, Barrie Greenstein, Sam Farha, and Antonion Esfandiari have all made a name for themselves in some of the great productions of Hollywood.

In this article, you will find out which poker players have dipped their toes in showbizz, and which movies and soundtracks are worthwhile for true poker fans.

Full Article: Spot the Poker Pro

Sykora Wins 38th Banco Masters, Tana Delle Tigri off to a Good Start

The Banco Masters was down to its 38th edition at the Banco Casino in Bratislava, Slovakia. The event, with a Main Event buy-in of just €170, guarantees a whopping prize pool of €250,000 and is available to poker players from around the world.

Christian Sykora, living in neighboring Austria, took home the title alongside an epic payout of €36,370! The next edition is planned for May 13-20, so don’t miss out on this if you value a great live poker event with a low buy-in structure!

At this very moment, the ‘Tanna Delle Tigri’ is the next event being hosted by Banco Casino. Yet another great live poker series, going with a massive total prize pool of €400,000.

Full Article: Banco Masters and Tanna Delle Tigri

For all the latest stakes, tournaments, and just about everything poker, check out our social media!

The Banco Masters Edition #38 crowned its winner, Cristian Sykora. The Austrian player defeated a field of 1,388 entries to add a significant amount of €36,370 to his bankroll. A massive result, coming in 2nd in chips at the final day of the event, where the final table consisted out of eight different nationalities!

The Banco Masters, a product of Bratislava’s Banco Casino, was just down to its 38th edition. During the opening flight, there was the question of whether they would reach the guaranteed prize pool of €250,000.

Artur Meburnutov from Ukraine went into the final day as the commanding chip leader, but after a couple of unlucky feats, he ended up finishing in 4th place. In the end, that ended up being the only surprise of the final day, before the battle for the title of the Banco Masters Main Event Champion took place.

Banco Casino: Banco Masters Winner Cristian Sykora — Cristian Sykora

Have you missed out on this event, and would like to compete in another Banco Masters editions as well? The next edition is coming up soon; May 13-20. (Special promotions included!)

Rank	Player	Chip Count	Final Result	Prize Money
1	Artur Meburnutov	14,325,000	4^th	€11,820
2	Christian Sykora	11,575,000	1^st	€36,370
3	Erik Oestergaard	8,225,000	2^nd	€24,520
4	Irinel Sorin Lica	6,550,000	3^rd	€16,720
5	Kristian Previsic	5,525,000	5^th	€8,820
6	Christos Neofytou	4,175,000	7^th	€4,820
7	Alessio Liscia	3,100,000	8^th	€3,720
8	Ioannis Nanos	1,775,000	6^th	€6,520

Tanna Delle Tigri (April 18-28)

Banco Casino is a factory on its own when it comes to live poker events. Where one event is ending, the next one is already popping up! This time the Tanna Delle Tigri event is being hosted by Banco Casino, along with a massive guaranteed prize pool of €400,000 across all the events, with €250,000 being reserved for the €250 Main Event.

One of the first events was the TdT Warm Up event with a prize pool of €50,000. The guarantee had not been reached, meaning that €13,000 had to be put in by Banco Casino themselves. The event would end after three player made the final deal. Mladen Stonjanovic, Radoslav Hrino, and Aleksander Petrovic all received a bit over €6,000 for their efforts.

Banco Casino: Mladen Stojanovic — Mladen Stojanovic

Main Event Tana Delle Tigri (€250,000 GTD)

As from tomorrow, the Main Event will kick off. As per usual at Banco Casino, there are plenty of opening flights (8) where players can try to build up a reasonable stack for Day 2, being played on Saturday 27th of April. The jury is still out when it comes to reaching the guarantee or not, so if you are around Bratislava in the coming week; Banco Casino is the place you would want to be!

Stay Informed About Banco Casino Events

At PokerListings, the Banco Casino has got their own hub page on the website www.pokerlistings.com. If you haven’t checked out the latest news, this is the page which will easily bring you up to speed.

If you prefer to check the news via social media instead, check out our social channels listed below.

The Micro Roller ChampionChips at 888poker are in full swing, with the grand final coming up in two days, when day 2 is being played out of the $25 Mystery Bounty Main Event with $100,000 GTD. There are still fourteen tournaments to be played within this series, so get out there and have fun!

888poker is currently the place to be for players who aim for tournaments in a low buy-in range. The Micro Roller ChampionShips is the ideal place for players to crown themselves as winner of a grand micro event, where the top prizes can be decisive for the line in their poker careers.

If you haven’t got an account yet at 888poker, then now surely is the right moment to jump in. The $25 Mystery Bounty Main Event has got plenty of opening flights left before day 2 will start in two days from now.

Tournament	GTD Prize Pool	Factual Prize Pool	Winner	First Prize
#1 Mystery Bounty	$12,000	$16,340	Lindabay	$2,156.86
#2 Mystery Bounty	$8,000	$10,035	K7AlexK7	$827.84
#3 Mystery Bounty	$3,000	$3,345	duduzeras968	$363.44
#4 Mystery Bounty	$40,000	$40,000	vntuan63	$3,314.16
#8 PKO	$2,000	$2,487	NRB42	$371.68
#16 Mystery Bounty	$10,000	$12,420	Str3k4	$1,128.63
#17 Mystery Bounty	$3,000	$3,471	scrikktqq	$355.96
#18 Mystery Bounty	$10,000	$12,180	dfeehily	$1,391.11

Micro Roller ChampionChip Continues

The Mystery Bounty Main Event of the Micro Roller ChampionChip currently got a total amount of entries of 2,415, covering roughly 60% of the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. Currently, it’s Irish player ‘swig207‘ who accumulated most of the chips so far in one of the opening flights (348,264), followed by Romanian ‘map2586‘ (328,694). Job well done, as the initial starting stack is 12,000 chips.

The opening flights will run until the end of blind level 19 or until 13% of the field is left. Day 2, will start with blinds 1250/2500/300 and every level takes 12 minutes. As well, the mystery bounties will kick in straight from the beginning of Day 2, where the guaranteed top prizes will be $10,000/$4,000/$2,000. Of course, these prizes can increase depending if the guarantee of the tournament will be reached.

Good luck to all the players, and see you at the virtual tables!

Remaining Schedule of the Micro Rollers ChampionChips:

Date	Time (GMT)	Event	Buy-In	GTD
Sat 20 Apr	4:00 p.m.	#19 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max	$16.50	$10,000
	5:00 p.m.	#20 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max Micro	$2.20	$2,000
	6:00 p.m.	#21 – Mystery Bounty 6-max Mini	$5.50	$5,000
Sun 21 Apr	4:00 p.m.	#22 – Mystery Bounty	$11	$12,000
	5:00 p.m.	#23 – Mystery Bounty Mini	$5.50	$8,000
	5:30 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Micro	$3.30	$3,000
	6:00 p.m.	#25 – Mystery Bounty High Roller	$55	$40,000
	7:00 p.m.	#26 – Mystery Bounty Mini Event	$3.50	$10,000
Mon 22 Apr	4:00 p.m.	#27 – Big Shot	$11	$8,000
	4:30 p.m.	#28 – Big Shot Micro	$3.30	$2,000
	5:00 p.m.	#29 – Big Shot Mini	$8.80	$4,000
	8:00 p.m.	#30 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 2	$25	$100,000
Tue 23 Apr	4:00 p.m.	#32 – Closing Event Mystery Bounty Micro	$3.30	$3,000
	5:00 p.m.	#33 – Closing Event Mystery Bounty	$8.80	$5,000
	7:00 p.m.	#30 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table		$100,000

The Main Event of the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) is the holy grail of the entire poker industry. The 2024 Main Event edition is planned between July 3 to 17, at the Horseshoe and Paris Casino in Las Vegas. Players from all around the world have the ambition to compete at this Main Event, but where can you qualify online for this event?

The Main Event of the 55th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) promises to be the biggest in history. The WSOP and GGPoker once again joined forces to achieve this goal. The record of the biggest Main Event in history dates back to 2006, when good old Jamie Gold surprised everyone by taking home the World Title.

Where seasoned pros go to Vegas for the entire series of the WSOP, there are also many recreational players out there who are going to try to follow the steps of previous winners like Chris Moneymaker. The buy-in of $10,000 might be an obstacle, unless you manage to qualify online for the event. And these online qualifications are exactly what we are going to discuss in a bit more detail.

Qualifier Guide for Ontario

To qualify for the WSOP Main Event on GGPoker from Ontario, first, ensure you have access to the GGPoker platform tailored for Ontario residents. Create and fund your GGPoker account with real money. Then, participate in qualifiers such as step-satellites and freerolls, with buy-ins starting from $20.

Progress through the qualifiers to win a package to the WSOP Main Event, which typically includes the buy-in, accommodation, travel expenses, and exclusive perks. Once you win a package, redeem it according to GGPoker’s instructions, prepare for the Main Event, and enjoy the experience of competing in one of the most prestigious poker tournaments in the world.

Ontario WSOP 2024 Package

CAD $13,500 WSOP Main Event Buy-in
CAD $1,350 for Accommodation
CAD $1,350 for travel expenses
Exclusive GG Platinum Lounge access
Special Gift Package by GGPoker/WSOP

Qualifier Guide for Regulated US States

It’s possible to qualify for the WSOP 2024 Main Event online in a handful of US states. Currently Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Delaware, and New Jersey, are all open for players to qualify through WSOP.com. For as little as $1 you can make your way up to the gambling capital of Las Vegas. Every Saturday and Sunday, depending on which state you reside in, you have the chance of winning a full event package.

Once you win an online satellite for the event, you will be given $10,000 worth in chips. This means that you can also use them for other purposes than the Main Event. Take for example 10x $1K events or 2x $5K events, it’s all up to you. This online opportunity only hosts the tournament buy-in, so it excludes accommodation or travel expenses.

On top of the usual tournament-structured online qualifiers, you will also have the chance of competing in the so called ‘Seat Sprints’ and other ‘All-In Satellites’. The last option gives you a chance of competing for the Main Event Entry by playing rake-free games.

Regulated US States WSOP 2024 Package

$10,000 in chips (to be used for any of the WSOP events

Head to the World Series of Poker With GGPoker

GGPoker is once again part of the WSOP, and it’s doing it bigger than ever before! Players from the UK, Canada, and all other countries where GGPoker is available have the opportunity to qualify online through the poker client of GGPoker.

We already mentioned the Road to Vegas promotion before, where players can grind their way up from as little as $1, or even freeroll tournaments. The satellite tree consists of several steps, all leading up to the grand package for the WSOP 2024, worth $12,000. Not only is the Main Event entry included, you will also have funds left for travel and accommodation.

GGPoker has also stated that if someone who qualifier through their online client ends up winning the WSOP 2024 Main Event, they will add another $1,35M to the brand-new World Champion’s bank account. Where last year hundreds of players managed to qualify online through GGPoker, they are aiming to double the numbers for this year’s campaign!

GGPoker Road to Vegas WSOP 2024 Package

$10,000 Main Event buy-in
$1,000 for accommodation (transferred to player’s account)
$1,000 for travel expenses (transferred to player’s account)
Promo discount for accommodation at Ceasars Entertainment properties
GG merchandise
No-queueing direct registration pass
Exclusive GG Platinum Lounge access

ClubGG offers Great Value for WSOP Main Event

ClubGG is offering their players a chance of joining the WSOP 2024 Main Event through their own platform. From all over the world players can sign up for ClubGG and participate to be in the running for several WSOP Packages. The WSOP 2024 ClubGG Main Event package is similar to the package for GGPoker qualifiers, covering the buy-in, travel expenses, access to the GGPoker Lounge, and a special gift packages of GGPoker and WSOP.

ClubGG WSOP 2024 Package

$10,000 Main Event buy-in
$2,000 for travel expenses
GG merchandise
Exclusive GG Platinum Lounge access

NB: Players who qualify through GGPoker/ClubGG for the Main Event have a chance to win a $1,000,000 bonus on top of the first-place prize. To be eligible, they must visibly display a GGPoker/ClubGG patch at all times. In 2022, GGPoker sent 129 players and ClubGG sent 49 players to the Main Event. Espen Uhlen Jorstad, a GGPoker qualifier, won the Main Event and $10 million. With GGPoker committing to send at least 1000 qualifiers this year, the chances of another success story are high.

WSOP Main Event 2024

Date	Day	Flight
Wednesday, July 3	Day 1	A
Thursday, July 4	Day 1	B
Friday, July 5	Day 1	C
Saturday, July 6	Day 1	D
Sunday, July 7	Day 2	ABC
Monday, July 8	Day 2	D
Tuesday, July 9	Day 3
Wednesday, July 10	Day 4
Thursday, July 11	Day 5
Friday, 12	Day 6
Saturday, July 13	Day 7
Sunday, July 14	Plays down to 9 players
Monday, July 15	Day Off
Tuesday, July 16	Final Table
Wednesday, July 17	Final Table

WPT Global recently joined the top of the popularity charts in the online poker industry. One of the main reasons for this result is the full transparency to its players. Guided by President of WPT Global Alex Scott, they are ready more as ever before. Today, the $2,5M GTD WPT Global Warm Up series will start- Rake Free!

Get ready for the WPT Global Warm Up Festival, kicking off from April 19-27! It’s the perfect warm-up before the Spring Festival arrives, offering a variety of KO and Progressive KO tournaments like No-Limit Hold’em and Short-Deck to suit every online poker player.

The flagship events of the $2.5 million GTD Warm Up Series are:

$300,000 Guaranteed $220 Championship: With 17 starting flights, giving you daily shots to qualify for the final day on April 27.
$22 Mini Championship: Featuring an $80,000 Guaranteed prize pool and 14 starting flights leading up to Day 2 on April 27.

And for the big finish, WPT Global has added a massive High Roller event, and a whopping crazy $110 PKO event:

$200,000 Guaranteed $2,100 High Roller PKO
$100,000 Guaranteed Crazy Sunday $110 PKO

You can snag your Warm Up Championship Seat for just $5.50 through satellites running daily.

Full Schedule – WPT Global Warm Up 2024

Plus, there are exciting rewards waiting for you:

Double Buy-In Rewards: Winners of any Warm Up Festival event get double their buy-in amount in Spring Festival tickets.
Champion of Champions Freeroll: All event winners qualify for a freeroll to win a $12,400 Spring Festival package, with generous packages for second and third place too.
Final Table Bonus: Make it to any festival final table and gain entry into a Second Chance Freeroll, where you could win back your festival buy-ins up to $5,000.

And they are not done just yet! Every tournament cash counts for the WPT Global Player of the Year ranking! The winner walks away with a $100,000 cash prize, online goodies, and seats to four WPT Main Tour Championships in 2025!

While we were in webpage maintenance mode over the past week, we bounced back as soon as we could. Of course, all in hopes you wouldn’t miss out on any breaking news in the world of live- and online poker! The recap of week #15 includes quite a few topics, which could just elevate your poker career to the next level!

GGPoker Reveals Dates for World Festival 2024

GGPoker recently revealed a new edition of their World Festival online series for 2024. Last year the total guaranteed prize pool was set at $200,000,000, but this year, they will go even bigger! A whopping $250,000,000 is guaranteed across numerous events being held daily in four different buy-in categories.

A decade ago, online series would be organized about five times a year per operator. However, we’ve experienced a huge boom just over the past couple of years. GGPoker’s World Festival made its debut in 2023 and became extremely popular among online players even before it even started.

While we do not have the full tournament schedule available yet, keep an eye on our social media channels which will inform you once it’s out there!

Full Article: World Festival 2024

888poker Micro Rollers ChampionChips

Last Sunday, Micro Rollers from all around the online poker world headed to 888poker for the start of the Micro Rollers ChampionChips. The tournament series, with more than 30 unique events within just nine days, started with the Opening Events. One of them was the $40,000 GTD Opening Mystery Bounty High Roller with a buy-in of $55.

German player ‘vntuan63’ managed to secure the victory and collected a total of $3,314.16, including bounties. But it was Argentinian ‘wilkpo12’ who had the biggest smile on his face in the end by finishing 7th, having collected the biggest mystery bounty and cashed in total for over $4,000!

Read more about the event in the original article, and check out the full schedule to see if any of the events fit in your agenda!

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Qualify for The Festival Series Rozvadov With iPoker

The Festival Series Rozvadov is just one month away, and qualifiers are running all over the place. One of the top online poker entities in the world, the iPoker Network, came up with a grand promotion for the live event of The Festival Series.

With over 55,000 euros in guaranteed prizes across ten seat-only tournaments and five weekly finals, the chances of you jumping on the train to the capital of European live poker are becoming more and more realistic.

Check out the full article of The Festival Series below, and most importantly, take a look at their live poker tournament schedule with over 60+ unique tournaments in various poker formats including 2-7 Triple Draw, Pineapple poker, Mystery bounty, HORSES, 8-Game, and Stud!

WSOP 1970 – Where It All Began

All eyes are set on the World Series Of Poker 2024, and this counts for PokerListings as well! By going back to the history of the WSOP, we will let you relive the events which went into the history books!

In this article, we start with the first-ever World Series being organized in 1970. Over 54 years ago, everything was different when it came to what games were available, how to sign up for the tournaments, and which trophies were available.

One thing is certain, bracelets were not handed out in 1970! Read all about it below.

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Why Do Successful Poker Players Love Solvers?

Solvers and online poker seem go hand-in-hand these days. So, why do the top poker professionals and online regulars like solvers so much and what makes them so important to become successful in poker?

In 2013, Timofey ‘TrueTeller’ Ostroumov came up with the idea of developing the first ever solver called – the Nash Equilibrium for No-Limit Hold’em.

In the article below we dive more into the world of solvers, to give you an idea of what to expect when applying such tools as a solver basically is.

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The Festival Series in Rozvadov is gearing up to bring together players with all sorts of backgrounds from around the world. Mixed games lovers, Hold’em fans, recreational players, as well as professionals, all have a great experience ahead of them at the King’s Casino, the heart of Europe’s live poker.

This live event is known to many players for a couple of reasons. Not only do they offer an incredible amount of 60+ tournaments within a short timeframe, but poker is not the main objective of the event, whereas the side activities are as much of important. Most of the poker players who are travelling, like to meet up with other passionate poker players, in which The Festival Series is a great experience for achieving as such, giving a ‘family vibe’ to the entire event.

iPoker Network Launches Massive Promotion

Already starting from April 8th, players can buckle up and go on their journey to Rozvadov through a series of flighted satellite tournaments with the iPoker Network. These tournaments offer a great mix from Freebuy Satellites to Step 1 and Step 2 satellites, flowing into the opening D-1 flights, held multiple times a day. Survive this final opening flight, and you secure your spot in the Weekly Final, where an impressive 28 packages will be up for grabs through a timespan of five weeks.

The Festival Rozdavod 2024: iPoker Network Promotion

These exclusive full packages include the Main Event Buy-In of €550, six nights in comfortable accommodation at the 5-star King’s Hotel, complete with access to the casino buffet, and a hospitality package. With travel arrangements not included, winners will be contacted by the operator through which they qualified, so they can start planning their trip towards the next upcoming event of The Festival Series.

Seat-Only Qualifiers

For those aiming solely for the Main Event, Seat-Only qualifiers offer a direct path. Starting from as low as €0.20, players can climb the ladder through Step tournaments, leading to the Final Seat-Only tournaments held every Friday and Monday. Two types of finals, with buy-ins of €25 and €50, will award a total of 20 guaranteed seat-only tickets over ten tournaments.

Feeder Satellites – Value For Everyone!

What many poker players are not aware of these days, is the feeder satellites towards these package finals or seat-only tournaments. As PokerListings, we believe that it’s our goal to bring these value opportunities towards our readers. So here it goes!

For the upcoming four remaining weeks, dozens of feeder satellites are planned daily between 16:00 and 23:30 CET. For as little as €0.20, you can work towards bigger step satellites such as the €3 or €5 satellites.

Buy-In	When	Prize	GTD
€0.20	5x per day	€3 ticket	Multi Tickets GTD
€0.50	3x per day	€5 ticket	Multi Tickets GTD
€3	9x per day	€10/15/25 ticket	Multi Tickets GTD
€5	2x per day	€50 ticket	3x €50 GTD
€10	3x per day	€100 Day-1 Ticket	2x €100 GTD
€15	2x per day	€100 Day-1 Ticket	2x €100 GTD

These feeder satellites have a combined buy-in of €100 daily. Meaning, that if you had already managed to secure just one €100 ticket victory, you would break even.

From here onwards it’s the real grind which will start. Namely the Daily €100 Day-1 satellite. In this tournament, available at four different times across the evening, the goal is to build a fair amount of chips during 15 blind levels of play.

Once you have made it through, you will be qualified for the weekly final, which is being held every single Sunday for the next four remaining weeks. Massive guaranteed prize pools are available as it shows us that the iPoker Network guarantees 4/5/5/6/8 packages worth €1,600 respectively!

Some of these feeder satellites mentioned above are for the Seat-Only satellites. These tournaments have their finals every Friday and Monday of the week. Hereby is an overview of all final satellites:

Tournament	Buy-In	When	GTD
Day-1	€100	4x per day	Phase Structure
Day-2	€-	Sunday	4/5/5/6/8 x €1,600 GTD
Seat-Only	€25	Friday	2x €550 Seats GTD
Seat-Only	€50	Monday	2x €550 Seats GTD

The Festival Series Debuts at Rozvadov in 2024

Leaning on the great staff and location of the King’s Casino, the European hub of live poker, The Festival Series promises to be as action-packed with tournaments as ever before. From the flagship €550 Main Event with a staggering €500,000 guaranteed prize pool to the €250 The Hendon Mob Championship (€200,000 GTD) and the €300 Mystery Bounty (€100,000 GTD), there’s something for everyone. Additionally, the festival offers over 60 unique tournaments, including mixed games and Cash Game Challenges streamed live on Twitch and YouTube.

The Festival Razvodov 2024: King's Casino

Join the PokerListings Tournament!

PokerListings has been involved in The Festival Series for quite some time. Now, in quite a different set-up, PokerListings will host a great No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a great tournament structure. Where previously, the PokerListings Championship often came in the shape of a multi-day event, this time it’s a one-day event.

The Festival Nottingham PokerListings Championship — Colin Lovelock – Winner of the PokerListings Championship Nottingham ‘23

Considering one of many extra promotions of The Festival Series, going by the name of ‘Player of the Series’, it is to be expected that this tournament might become a great tournament for collecting enough points to scoop that victory and honourable title!

Tournament Name: PokerListings 30K Texas NL
Date: 8th of June – 19:00 CET
Buy-in: €225 + €25
Format: No-Limit Hold’em – Re-entry
Prize Pool: €30,000 GTD
Blind levels: 20 Minutes
Late registration: Until the end of Level 8

Hospitality Events

If you are tired of poker or just want to relax for a moment, you can join in on one of the many hospitality events, where you have the opportunity to meet other players from a different perspective. And this is what describes The Festival Series in a fashionable way, harmony and fun are as important aspects of the event as poker is to them.

Casino Games are also a great part of the event. Usually in games like Roulette, Blackjack, and Slot Machines, the casino is your opponent. Martin ‘Franke’ von Zweigbergk, owner of The Festival Series, loves competition and gave a great twist to these games. This time the casino is not your opponent, but other players will be the ones you need to beat, to make your way up towards profits.

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