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Since announcing the upcoming North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas festival taking place Nov. 1-10, PokerStars has given players several opportunities to win Gold Pass packages valued at $10,000. Now PokerStars has announced another opportunity for those in the United States to win a coveted Gold Pass to NAPT Las Vegas simply by listening to both the PokerNews Podcast and Life Outside Poker Podcast! Keep on reading to learn what you need in order to be entered to win.

Poker Masters: First Six-Figure Score for Jeremy Becker; Third Title for Jonathan Little Rising poker star Jeremy Becker and popular coach Jonathan Little are among the latest winners in the Poker Masters series at PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas.

The 2024 Poker Masters Presented by PokerStars NAPT continues on this week inside the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas after several players picked up trophies and seven-figure scores during the first half of the series. The series kicked off with two qualifiers battling it out in Event #1: $5,100 No-Limit Hold’em as Spencer Champlin came out on top for $160,475.. Later winners in the series included rising prodigy Jeremy Becker and poker coach Jonathan Little, who continued his PokerGO Studio domination with his third PGT title of the year.

PokerStars Awarding NAPT Gold Passes During Poker Masters PokerStars NAPT is the presenting sponsor for the PGT Poker Masters series and will be awarding $10000 Gold Passes to NAPT Las Vegas. Get the details here.

The 2024 Poker Masters series kicked off yesterday at PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas with Event #1: $5,100 No-Limit Hold’em, and with the start of the series came the news that the series will be presented by the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT). The Poker Masters series runs Sept. 10-19 and features eight tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $5,100 to $25,200. In addition to the coveted Purple Jacket and a $25,000 PGT Passport, the series will now award a Gold Pass to NAPT Las Vegas taking place Nov. 1-10.

Max Pinnola Wins Pennsylvania State Poker Championship; Takes Home NAPT Gold Pass Max Pinnola is the 2024 Pennsylvania State Poker Championship $2200 Event champion a result worth a cool $103000.

After four Day 1 flights with 243 entrants, the 34 players who advanced all came together for Day 2 of $2,200 Event #3 at Pennsylvania State Poker Championship here at Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia. The PokerStars sponsored event created a total prize pool of $500,000 resulting in Max Pinnola emerging victorious for a whopping $103,000 score. Pinnola and Matthew Sabia (2nd - $93,000) agreed on an ICM chop after 30 minutes of heads-up play. Stacks were nearly even in chips, both with almost 6,000,000 respectively.

Four-Way Deal Rounds Out $1100 Event #2 Pennsylvania State Poker Championship Intense final table action at the Pennsylvania State Poker Championship saw key eliminations and a four-way deal deciding the top winners.

After four Day 1 flights with 499 entrants, 63 players advanced to Day 2 of the $1,100 Event #2 at the 2024 Pennsylvania State Poker Championship, hosted at Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia. Sponsored by PokerStars, the event generated a prize pool of $479,040, culminating in a four-way deal to determine the winners. Final Table Payouts Place Name Country Prize 1 Jonas Wexler United States *$58,555 2 Kevin Roche United States *$59,763 3 Jose Waybright United States *$57,546 4 William Chisholm United States *$55,206 5 Christopher Csik United States $22,480 6 Julian Penza United States $18,740 7 Ryan Tillmann United States $15,600 8 Keith Crowder United States $12,490 9 Joseph Iannacone United States $9,380 Wexler Gets the NAPT Gold Pass After the chop, Jonas Wexler emerged as the chip leader, securing a prize of $58,780. Wexler, a seasoned player with over $1.2 million in poker earnings, is a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and boasts seven WSOP Circuit rings.

Loose Cannon Lily Newhouse Praises Nadya Magnus After PokerStars Big Game on Tour Loose Cannon Lily Newhouse called her Big Game on Tour appearance a dream and praised former Loose Cannon Nadya Magnus

The latest series of The Big Game on Tour has reached its conclusion, with Loose Cannon Lily Newhouse battling it out over the course of 150 hands against tough opposition to see if she could play with some of the world’s best. If you haven’t seen how she got on in the last episode — click here for the summary of the last episode or head to the PokerStars YouTube channel to find out.

Luke Rothschild Records Career Cash in Pennsylvania State Poker Championship Opener %!s()

Action has concluded in the $550 PSPC Event #1 at the Pennsylvania State Poker Championship. Luke Rothschild has emerged from the pack victorious with a career-high $47,474 score. The seven Day 1 starting flights saw a total of 890 entrants, 113 players made it to Day 2 and secured a minimum cash of $725. The prize pool generated a whopping $412,960 and when it was all said and done, five players decided on an ICM chop.

NAPT Las Vegas Schedule Released $3M GTD Main Event Headlines Series Follow PokerNews to get coverage of the 2024 NAPT Las Vegas

The fourth season of the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) run by Pokerstars is well underway and the action only continues to heat up with the recent schedule release for its marquee stop in Las Vegas. Running from Friday November 1st through Sunday November 10th at Resorts World Las Vegas, the series is not one to miss as it features a whopping 36 tournaments in the span of a week and a half.

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Since announcing the upcoming North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas festival taking place Nov. 1-10, PokerStars has given players several opportunities to win Gold Pass packages valued at $10,000. That includes three Gold Passes that were awarded during the 2024 Maryland State Poker Championship earlier this month. Now PokerStars has announced another opportunity to win a coveted Gold Pass to NAPT Las Vegas by playing daily fantasy sports on FanDuel. Not only that, but the promotions gives players a chance to audition for The Big Game on Tour.

Can Sam Grafton Bluff Maria Ho Off Aces in The Big Game on Tour? PokerStars The Big Game on Tour is one of the most popular poker shows and PokerNews brings you all the big hands and stories from the series.

The penultimate episode of The Big Game on Tour’s inaugural season has arrived, and Lily Newhouse is fighting to break even after a remarkable comeback in the previous session. With just a few dozen hands left before the season wraps up, can the Loose Cannon finally enter the black? Meanwhile, Maria Ho found herself in a tense showdown with PokerStars ambassador Sam Grafton, facing a tough river decision holding pocket aces. Curious to see how it all unfolded? Don’t miss the PokerNews breakdown of Episode 9 of The Big Game on Tour.

Book Your Seat in the NAPT Las Vegas Main Event for Just $5.50 on PokerStars Poker players can qualify for the North American Poker Tour Las Vegas Main Event with a large number of satellites for the price of a cup of coffee on PokerStars.

Following the successful return of the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) in Las Vegas last year, PokerStars announced in May that the NAPT will return to Resorts World, Las Vegas, this November for another ten-day poker extravaganza. Continuing the excitement from previous events, the platform is once again seeking a new group of Loose Cannons, as the festival will film additional episodes of The Big Game on Tour. The series is highlighted by the NAPT Las Vegas Main Event, which has a $5,300 buy-in. Last year’s champion, Sami Bechahed, topped the 1,095-entry field and took home a substantial $268,945.

Gazzola Denies PokerStars Talbot in Maryland State Poker Championship $2200 Main Event Ben Gazzola won the 2024 Maryland State Poker Championship after defeating PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot in heads-up play to win $110578 and a a NAPT Gold Power Pass.

Ben Gazzola emerged victorious in the $2,200 Main Event at the Maryland State Poker Championship, taking home a first-place prize of $110,578. From Hagerstown, MD, Gazzola outlasted PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot in heads-up. Talbot, known in the poker world as “tonkaaaa,” secured a runner-up prize of $73,719. Gazzola’s victory marks a career milestone. His Main Event win set a new personal best and almost doubled his previous $155,555 in live tournament earnings. In addition to the cash prize, Gazzola received a much-wanted PokerStars Gold Pass, valued at $10,000. This includes a $5,300 buy-in to the NAPT Las Vegas Main Event, a seven-night stay at Resorts World Las Vegas, and $1,800 in travel expenses.

2024 NAPT Las Vegas Gold Passes Come With This AMAZING Extra Perk Win your way to Las Vegas with the NAPT Gold Pass and the PokerStars Power Path

It’s fast becoming one of poker’s must-have items, and now there’s an extra reason to try and get your hands on a coveted NAPT Gold Pass. A $10,300 NAPT Gold Pass sees players win entry to the NAPT Las Vegas Main Event, seven nights’ accommodation for them and a guest along with spending money, and plenty of Gold Passes have already been won. However, today sees the launch of the PokerStars NAPT Las Vegas Power Path campaign, giving players the opportunity to win their way to Vegas through the innovative online program.

Hartigan Talks Player Dynamics and Holy Shit Moments as The Big Game on Tour Returns The PokerStars Big Game on Tour will return for 2024 with more episodes filmed at the North American Poker Tour Las Vegas festival this Autumn

It’s official. After its return in 2023 following a 12-year hiatus, PokerStars has confirmed that The Big Game on Tour is back again this year, with more episodes to be filmed at the NAPT Las Vegas festival. Ten episodes of the show were filmed last year, with the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Maria Ho, Lex Veldhuis and Sam Grafton all taking part. The show features a lucky Loose Cannon who receives $50,000 and has to survive 150 hands playing $50/$100 with a table of poker pros, ambassadors, and celebrities.

Nick Kocman Captures Career-Best Score as Maryland State Poker Championship Kicks Off Nick Kocman defeated Alan Gendelman heads-up to win the Maryland State Poker Championship $600 Kickoff Event at Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland

Action has concluded in the $600 Kickoff Event here at the Maryland State Poker Championship hosted by Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland and sponsored by PokerStars. Nick Kocman has emerged victorious, earning his biggest score to date with a massive payout of $77,869. The six Day 1 starting flights saw a total 892 entries, 115 of which returned for Day 2. Kocman navigated through the sizable field on his path to capture a majority of the $456,704 prize pool, along with the two trophies to place on his mantle.

Veldhuis Makes $109 PLO Main Event Final Day; Goh Leads $10300 NLHE Main Event There was plenty of action on PokerStars as the World Championship of Online Poker continued with Main Events close to crowning winners in all six events

There was action everywhere you looked on Monday night as all six WCOOP Main Events continued on PokerStars, and titles continued to be won in the most prestigious online poker festival around. Team easywithaces and Team tonkaaaa picked up titles courtesy of Patrick “pads1161” Leonard and Niklas “Lena900” Astedt respectively. This was Leonard’s second of the year and Astedt’s fourth, with both players winning the 11th WCOOP titles of their careers.

Unstoppable! Fantastic FAL1st Captures 5th Title of WCOOP 2024 The fifth victory of he 2024 WCOOP by FALS1st has all but secured the WCOOP League title for Team peace&loove.

They say it’s not over until it’s over, but it looks like the WCOOP League trophy will be heading the way of Team peace&loove after four gruelling weeks of competition. Sebastian Huber’s team were 1,090 points ahead of their nearest rivals going into Sunday’s events and now have a 1,140-point lead thanks partly to the incredible “FAL1st” taking down his fifth WCOOP event of the 2024 series. “FAL1st” was one of 393 entrants in WCOOP 113-H: $530 NLHE 7-Max Hyper Turbo Mystery Supersonic, a twist on the usual Sunday Supersonic. A $201,991 prize pool was created, and “FAL1st” reeled in $21,212 of that princely sum.

Astedt Wins 10th Career WCOOP Title as Tonkaaa Bags Fifth of 2024! Niklas Astedt wins his tenth WCOOP title as the massive 2024 PokerStars WCOOP Main Events get ready to shuffle up and deal.

Players enjoyed a welcomed day from the 2024 PokerStars World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) grind on September 27 but returned to the virtual felt the following day full of renewed vigor. The biggest event needing wrapping up was Day 2 of the $10,300 NLHE NLHE PKO Thursday Thrill High Roller, and one of online poker’s biggest names took it down: Niklas “Lena900” Astedt. Astedt, part of Team tonkaaaa in the WCOOP League, became only the sixth PokerStars player in history to reach ten career WCOOP titles. The Swede finds himself among elite company, with Benny “RunGodlike” Glaser (15), Tobias “Senkel92” Leknes (13), Joao “Naza114” Vieira (12), and Patrick “pads1161” Leonard the other players into double-digit WCOOP victories.

PokerStars Player Turns $1.50 Power Path Ticket Into WCOOP Title and $36K Danish PokerStars player AresVaettur won a Power Path Silver Pass for only $1.50 used it to become a WCOOP champion and won $36161.

Those who have been following PokerNews’ World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) round-ups may have seen Danish player “AresVaettur” in the table of results. The Dane took down WCOOP 63-M: $530 NLHE 6-Max Turbo for $36,161, an impressive prize but one that many likely scanned past. However, there is more to this victory than meets the eye because “AresVaettur,” a PokerStars regular, was only playing in this tournament because he turned a $1.50 Power Path ticket into a WCOOP ticket bundle. Today, “AreVaettur,” Toke Gerding Jensen to his friend, talks exclusively to PokerNews.

Play with PokerNews Podcast Hosts in Resorts World Meet-Up Game Ahead of NAPT Play with the hosts of the PokerNews Podcast and Life Outside Poker in a meet-up game at Resorts World Las Vegas on Oct. 12. Get the details here.

Want to have some fun with the hosts of the PokerNews Podcast and Life Outside Poker? Well, now is your chance. A PokerNews meet-up game will take place on Saturday, October 12 at Resorts World Las Vegas in anticipation of its hosting of next month’s North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas festival. PokerNews Podcast co-hosts Chad Holloway, Kyna England and Mike Holtz will attend, as will Life Outside Poker host Connor Richards, not to mention any poker friends they may rope into making an appearance.

Parker tonkaaaa Talbot Hungry for More As WCOOP Enters Last Rest Day The WCOOP Main Events start this weekend so get ready for some exciting online poker action on PokerStars as the WCOOP League reaches its conclusion

Unlucky for some, but for 13 players who were crowned champions last night, it was a very special night of World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) action on PokerStars! The festival takes its final rest day today, with action resuming on Saturday where all eyes will be on Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot to see if he could win an incredible fifth WCOOP title this year. Meanwhile, Team peace&loove once again outscored their nearest rivals and now hold more than an 1,000-point lead in the WCOOP League standings, surely cementing their victory in the inaugural contest.

Get Ready for Some Fun in the Sun with PokerStars EPT Cyprus PokerNews is at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus stop providing all the live updates an player interviews. See the full schedule and whats in store.

With EPT Barcelona now in the rearview mirror, PokerStars is gearing up for the next chapter of the European Poker Tour. The upcoming stop sees the brand return to Cyprus for the second time, following last year’s highly successful debut event that was a huge hit with players. The 2024 edition, which runs from October 9-20, promises to be just as spectacular. Set against the stunning backdrop of the five-star Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa, it’s the ultimate destination for anyone seeking the excitement of a grand live poker holiday.

Sebastian Huber Bags Second WCOOP Win as Team peace&loove Close In On League Title Sebastian Hubers second career WCOOP victory has helped his Team peace&loove inch ever closer to the WCOOP League title.

After Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis captured his first World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) title earlier in the series, and Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot added another four to his tally, Sebastian “peace&loove” Huber is the latest Team PokerStars member to become a 2024 WCOOP champion. Huber has racked up over 50 cashes during the current WCOOP, but none will ever be as memorable as his result in the WCOOP 88-L: $11 H.O.R.S.E. 6-Max because that is the event where Huber captured his second WCOOP victory. Huber last won a WCOOP event in 2022, taking down the $5.50 No-Limit Hold’em 7-Max PKO.

Mateos Reels in Fifth WCOOP Title; FAL1st Bags Fourth of Series Get yourself up to date with the latest news and results from the 2024 PokerStars World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP).

It was an action-packed night at the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), with 22 new champions crowned and several familiar faces reclaiming their spots in the winner’s circle. For the first time since 2020, high-stakes phenom Adrian “Amadi_017” Mateos emerged victorious in a WCOOP event. The future Poker Hall of Famer captured his fifth WCOOP title, boosting his point tally for Team easywithaces. Meanwhile, “FAL1st,” a player who has been consistently making headlines in recent weeks, secured his fourth title of this year’s series. This latest win further extended his commanding lead on the overall WCOOP leaderboard. With an impressive 2,195 points, he continues to be the MVP for Team peace&loove, whose dominance in the WCOOP League shows no signs of slowing down.