A sports enthusiast, Ryan helps cover sports betting news from around the country, highlighting some of the more interesting events going on in the USA.
The 2022 PokerNews Cup recently came to an end after five days. It had 1,245 entrants who exceeded its $1 million guarantee and formed a $1,207,650 prize pool. This was the biggest prize pool in Golden Nugget's history.
KT Park, a New York-based poker player, defeated 455 players in the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event No. 52:$2,500 Nine-Game Mix 6-Handed and won $219,799.
ARIA Resort and Casino recently held the BetMGM Poker Championship $3,500 Main Event that Joey Weissman won after beating Paul Hoefer in a heads-up match.
Jonathan Pastore is the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event No. 46: $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em (NLHE) champion. Its final table started at 3:00 p.m. PT.
The PokerNews Cup returned to Golden Nugget Las Vegas on June 24, having a $1,100 buy-in and $1,000,000 guaranteed main event. Andy Rich, Poker Operations' director, made this possible by issuing 100 seats in the tournament.
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) launch in Michigan (MI) has boosted the state's online poker rooms as Pokerfuse estimates show that they generated $2.5 million in May.
Fabian Brandes finished as a runner-up in the $25,000 Buy-In Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) High Roller tournament nine days ago. Yet, he beat 718 entrants in the $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Max event.
Bally's and Paris Las Vegas hosted the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event No. 41:$1,000 Super Bounty No-Limit Hold'em. It had 2,227 entries who formed a $1,313,930 prize pool.
Event No.35:$2,500 Mixed Big Bet had three days of intense action. Yet, Drew Scott lost to Lok Chan in a heads-up battle at the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.