PokerListings Pulse #30: ‘LaptopGate’, High-Stakes Action, and the Summer Showdown!

Get Ready for the WPT Global Summer Showdown With Over $8,000,000 GTD!

The WPT Global Summer Showdown already kicked off yesterday, and from the looks of it, it’s promising to be a more than valuable period for online poker players.

The WPT Global Summer Festival is happening from July 28^th to August 18^th, offering over $8 million in prizes across 350 tournaments. The Main Event is the $3,500 Championship, with winners’ names added to the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup.

The festival features daily tournaments with various entry fees, including a $75,000 Freeroll on August 25^th for players who meet certain criteria. Winners of any festival event get into a $25,000 Champions Freeroll.

If this Summer Showdown is anything to go by, it’s evident that WPT Global takes it mission to boost back value towards players seriously!

Get Ready for the WPT Global Summer Showdown With Over $8,000,000 GTD!

Top 4 Best Poker Rooms for Beginners in 2024

Choosing the right online poker room can be tough, especially for beginners, but four stand out for their beginner-friendly features.

On the one hand, GGPoker offers the “Honeymoon for Newcomers” promotion with missions and rewards up to $350. Then, there’s 888poker with its unique no deposit bonus, giving free tournament tickets.

JackPoker hosts an abundance of freerolls with a total of $200K GTD monthly, while WPT Global limits professional players and bans HUDs to ensure fairness.

If that still wasn’t enough, each room also comes with generous welcome bonuses for new players. So, what are you waiting for?

Top 4 Best Poker Rooms for Beginners in 2024

Neymar Jr. Trades the Field for the Felt at the WSOP 2024

The summer break lets football players from around the world enjoy their free time. Neymar Jr, one of the top Brazilian football players in the world, has a passion for poker. Over the years, his love for the game has resulted in sponsorships with PokerStars and his appearance at World Series Of Poker 2024.

Not only did he play a couple events this year, but he had also joined a massive high stakes cash game!

Check out in this article how he won $360,000 of American hero Alex Keating, during the Hustler Casino Live cash game. Will we see more ‘Samba Play’ in the future at the poker tables of the WSOP?

Check it out in this article!

Neymar Jr. Trades the Field for the Felt at the WSOP 2024

Strategic Tips From Aleksejs Ponakovs

One of the top high-stakes players at this moment, is Latvian Aleksesj Ponakovs.

Recently, he opened up about his poker career in a podcast with another elite poker pro Jonathan Jaffe. In his podcast called ‘GTO Lab‘, Jonathan Jaffe askes Ponakovs about how he entered the poker world in the first place, as well as what helps players rise to the poker top.

As you can already imagine, they also go much deeper into detail, by talking about terms such as exploiting situations, and how to separate instinct from bias.

Check out the article to get to know what Ponakovs has to say. A very interesting story, by one of the top elite players at the moment!

Photo Credit: Danny Maxwell

Strategic Tips From Aleksejs Ponakovs

Jungleman’s Miracle Straight Flush Shocks Hustler Casino Live

Dan “Jungleman” Cates made a stunning straight flush during the June 21^st Hustler Casino Live stream, taking down a $136,550 pot.

Around two and a half hours into the broadcast, Cates used some clever table talk to get a call from poker vlogger Mariano Grandoli, whose nut straight was no match for Cates’ incredible rivered hand.

Despite the loss, Mariano ended the night down only $29,000, while Cates finished with a $69,000 profit. This hand is another memorable moment in their ongoing rivalry on the Hustler Casino livestream. Check out the article to get to know every detail about this great epic poker hand versus Mariano Grandoli!

Jungleman’s Miracle Straight Flush Shocks Hustler Casino Live

Did Jonathan Tamayo Cheat by Using a Solver in the 2024 WSOP Main Event?

It’s the question that kept everyone in the poker world busy this week; Is it cheating to have people in the rail during the final table loaded with a laptop and all the solver software available?

Many poker pro’s had something to say about it, including runner-up of the WSOP 2024 Main Event, Jordan Griff.

Besides Griff, also Alex Keating, Bryan Paris, Sam Greenwood, and sensation expert Doug Polk, went deep into the situation called ‘LaptopGate‘.

Check out what they all had to say right here!

Photo Credit: Hayley Hochstetler

Did Jonathan Tamayo Cheat by Using a Solver in the 2024 WSOP Main Event?

The Winners of the Eighth 10 Events of WSOP 2024

For the entire 2024 World Series Of Poker, we have released the bracelet winners by strings of ten at the time.

This time we saw Shiina Okamoto taking down the ladies event, where she finished runner-up the year before!

Scott Seiver, who added yet another bracelet (3) to his resume of his 2024 episode, and poker buddies Jimmy Setna and Jason James who topped the Tag-Team event!

Check out the full list of the 8th string of ten bracelet winners during the World Series Of Poker 2024!

Photo Credit: Eloy Cabacas and Regina Cortina

The Winners of the Eighth 10 Events of WSOP 2024

Discover RedStar Poker’s Exciting Summer Promotions and Festival Series Qualifiers

RedStar Poker, an online poker site operating since 2005, offers a range of gaming options, including poker, casino, and sports betting.

Currently, they have several exciting promotions, including their Episode 10 – €2,500,000 GTD Summer Festival (available on the entire iPoker Network), which features daily tournaments and missions with various buy-ins, running until August 6^th.

Additionally, they have the Avatar Hunt Dragon promotion, where players can unlock new avatars and emoticons by completing simple tasks, running until August 25th.

Moreover, RedStar Poker is hosting qualifiers for The Festival in Malta, providing players a chance to win a package to the live event in Portomaso Casino, Malta, from September 9^th to 15^th, 2024.

The package includes the main event buy-in, hotel accommodation, a hospitality package, and spending money, valued at €1,850 in total. For more details on all promotions and qualifiers, players are encouraged to visit RedStar Poker’s website.

Discover RedStar Poker’s Exciting Summer Promotions and Festival Series Qualifiers