The second event of the 2020 World Series of Poker played out similarly to the first. One of poker’s brightest shining stars made a deep run, the final table included a well-respected player who originally cut their teeth in the online arena before finding live success and the eventual winner was a bit of mystery… Continue reading WSOP: Louis ‘PokeThese’ Lynch Wins Event #2, $169K

Jason Somerville and PokerStars are parting ways. The poker player and content creator extraordinaire announced the news via a video on social media on New Year’s Day 2020.

Is it 2003 all over again? That was the year Chris Moneymaker made poker history when he famously won the World Series of Poker Main Event. Moneymaker earned his way to the big dance via an $86 satellite tournament on PokerStars and turned that into a life-changing $2.5 million payday. On Sunday, Moneymaker confirmed to… Continue reading Moneymaker, Somerville Win WSOP Main Event Seats Via $80 Satellites

Everyone has a bad beat story, and no one wants to hear it. This is especially true for John Snyder, the recipient of what just may be one of the worst bad beats of 2019 thus far.

After tabulating the votes of over 130 Nomination Panel members, the Global Poker Index, along with their partner PokerCentral, has unveiled the nominations in thirteen of the 20 categories of the first ever Global Poker Awards.

The PokerStars Players NL Hold’em Championship kicked off Sunday at the Atlantis Resort & Casino in the Bahamas. Anticipation for the event was through the roof in the days leading up to its start, and the energy only heightened as the hundreds of poker players shuffled into the tournament room before the start of play.… Continue reading Players Say PSPC Brings WSOP Main Event Feel To the Bahamas

“I’d love to be a poker player forever. I would love to do what Doyle Brunson did, obviously who wouldn’t?” You may not recognize him now that he chopped off all of his hair, trimmed his bushy beard, and has a swollen black eye from a bike-riding adventure gone wrong, but Arlie Shaban is showing up everywhere… Continue reading Laboring Away, Arlie Shaban Dreams of Being a Poker Player Forever

Ricky ‘ratedGTO’ Guan was recently announced as a new member to Team RIU, the group of streamers hand-picked by Run It Up Studios founder Jason Somerville. If you’ve played on a regulated poker site within the US, especially in New Jersey, you’ve likely tangled with Guan, or at least you know of him.

Staking arrangements are commonplace in poker, and for the most part things tend to work out. That said, there are disagreements between parties that do occur, such as the recent dispute with Cate Hall and Chad Power involving a $60,000 makeup figure. The best way to resolve these issues may not be so commonly known,… Continue reading Somerville, Mercier, Wade Talk Best Practices for Staking Deals

There was plenty of action during the fifth full day of the PokerStars 2018 World Championship of Online Poker. Fourteen total tournaments were in action on Friday and six new WCOOP Champions were crowned.

When PokerStars announced the Platinum Pass program in late 2017, they promised to find unique and interesting ways to give the $30,000 packages away. Over the last six months, players have won them by winning PokerStars-branded live events, random draws at those same events and through online play as well.

The Aussie Millions is always one of the premier events on the poker schedule each and every year. The prestige of the Aussie Millions Main Event was supplemented in recent years by the addition of Jason Somerville and his Twitch channel to the broadcast. Somerville and RunItUp.tv are back and better in ever for 2018… Continue reading Aussie Millions Partners with Jason Somerville to Stream Main Event

For the last six years American poker players have watched as PokerStars-branded live events took place in countries around the world other than their own. Not since Black Friday, when the North American Poker Tour was in the midst of an event at Mohegan Sun, has PokerStars held a live event on U.S. soil. That… Continue reading Moneymaker Excited for Inaugural PokerStars Festival New Jersey

The world’s largest poker site is back with a live tournament series on United States soil for the first time in years. Starting on October 29, PokerStars Festival New Jersey kicks off with 40 events to be played in a weeklong span at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. As part of this series, PokerStars… Continue reading Jason Somerville Brings Run It Up To PokerStars Festival New Jersey

Boasting over 13 million views and nearly 200,000 follows to his Run It UP poker stream on Twitch, Jason Sommerville is by far the most popular poker broadcaster on the site. While his average shows attract several thousand fans apiece, that number can skyrocket when the Team PokerStars Pro finds himself at a final table,… Continue reading Mercier and Somerville Team Up for WCOOP Super High Roller Stream