From January 9 through February 12, Venetian Las Vegas played host to the 2023 DeepStack Showdown, which was a 57-event series that offered millions in guarantees

All told, the series catered to 7,274 entrants (not including satellite entries) and awarded $3,544,569 in prize money. The series, which also hosted a pair of Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) events, crowed winners such as Robin Visser, who first won Event #11: $500 NLH Epic Stack for $10,939 and then three days later won Event #18: $300 NLH Bounty for $2,868. Likewise, George Heim of Anchorage, Alaska won two titles in Event #17: $400 NLH Epic Stack for $9,058 and Event #21: $500 NLH Epic Stack for $9,761.

Others to claim titles were Steve Federspiel (Event #12: $400 Big O for $3,746), Peter Hengsakul (Event #27: $400 NLH Epic Stack for $7,068), and Spencer Champlin (Event #49: $600 NLH Monster Stack for $21,075.

Here are some other notable winners from the series.

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Kao Saechao Wins Three Titles!

Back on January 4 in the DeepStack Poker NYE Series, Washington’s Kao Saechao won Event #47: $400 NLH Monster Stack for $9,546. By the end of the month, he was capturing an incredible three more titles during the DeepStack Showdown.

Less than a week after his first win of the month, Saechao topped an 87-entry field to win Event #3: $400 NLH Epic Stack for $9,271. Five days later, he was back at it navigating his way through a 39-entry field to win Event #14: $400 PLO for $5,143.

Finally, Saechao topped a 35-entry field on January 30 to win Event #40: $300 NLH Bounty for $2,900.

Event #3 Final Table Results

Fuentes & Romero Win MSPT Venetian Titles

The firstMSPT Venetian tournament of the series was at the $1,100 buy-in price point and it was Zack Fuentes topping a 665-entry field to win the tournament for $117,060.

Straight after, a $1,600 MSPT Venetian took place and that tournament attracted 721 runners. After three long days of play, PokerCoaching.com coach James Romero came out on top to win $171,167 after a heads-up deal with Zach Donovan, who took home $150,000 for finishing in second place.

“It feels great man, I finally have a lion trophy,” Romero told MSPT officials after the win. “I’ve been a poker pro for 15 years, a live pro for about 5 of those years,” when talking about his background in high-stakes poker tournaments. “I now have a trophy from every hotel and it feels good man.”

$1,600 MSPT Venetian Final Table Results

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Mike “BrockLesnar” Holtz Victorious in Epic Stack

On January 25, Event #32: $500 NLH Epic Stack attracted 138 runners and offered up a $58,236 prize pool that was paid out to the top 15 finishers. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Jaime Sanchez (11th – $1,083), Peter Hengsakul (13th – $996), and Kimberly Olenak (14th – $996).

At the final table, it was Mike Holtz defeating Rob Goldstein in heads-up play to win the title and $16,597 prize. If that name sounds familiar it’s probably because you recognize him from his online prowess, specifically on WSOP.com where he plays under the name “BrockLesnar.”

He was the 2021 WSOP.com Player of the Year – he spoke to PokerNews about that accomplishment here – and then in October of last year, he won the WSOP Online Event #17: $777 NLH Lucky 7s by defeating Jordyn “ThLstCrdBndr” Miller during a short heads-up battle. That gave him his first bracelet and $76,157. Now, Holtz has a live title on his poker résumé.

Event #32 Final Table Results

2023 DeepStack Showdown Winners

What’s Coming Up Next?

The Venetian is already hosting their DeepStack Extravaganza I, which kicked off on February 13 and will run through March 5. That series will offer more than $1.5 million in guaranteed prize pools across 35 events.

Click here for a look at the full DeepStack Extravaganza I schedule.

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Ashley Adams has been playing poker for 50 years and writing about it since 2000. He is the author of hundreds of articles as well as Winning 7-Card Stud (Kensington 2003). It’s fair to say he knows a thing or two about poker, live poker especially. We asked Adams to give our readers an insight into the various poker chip sets you can buy for your poker home game, and he duly obliged

_{This article was originally written by Ashley Adams in August 2016. Last update: February 2023.}

An age-old saying goes like this: “The guy who invented gambling was brilliant, but the guy who invented chips was a genius.”

The reason behind this saying is that chips remove from gambling the real world of money. Gamblers tend to have short memories. Once they purchase chips, they quickly forget their real-world value, making losses on the green felt seem relatively painless — at least until they go to cash out.

Home poker has largely embraced this concept. Games that used to be played with silver change and paper money are now often played with the best poker chips. If you’re hosting a home game, you may well be considering the purchase of a cool poker chip set.

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The best poker chip sets contain:

• A set of 500 poker chips
• Poker chips in three or four colors for different denominations
• A deal button
• A Big Blind button
• A Small Blind button
• Two decks of French cards

A poker chip set for the home like this should be enough for your typical game of one to two tables. Finding the best poker chips for home games depends on your tastes and budget.

Here’s a summary of what’s out there to help you find the perfect chips for your game. To get a good sense of your options, I suggest you check out the online stores specializing in poker supplies.

Cheap Poker Chips: Plastic Chips

At the very lowest end of the chip market are the very lightweight, 2-gram or so, thin plastic poker chips that many of us played with as kids or in high school and college. They are typically sold in packs of 100, often in red, white, and blue.

These chips are available in nearly every large pharmacy and grocery store, usually in the same area where they sell packs of playing cards. They’ll cost you $2.50 to $3.95 or so. If you look around, you might find them in the dollar stores, but they will be low-quality.

You can buy plastic poker chips online, too. In these cases, these are your best options:

These cheap plastic poker chips are acceptable in a pinch or with young or inexperienced players who have never been to a public poker room or casino. But they feel and sound so much cheaper than you find in a casino or poker room that they may be inadequate for your more serious players.

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Imitation Clay Poker Chips

One step up, and what I first purchased in the early ’90s when I started playing in casinos around the United States, are solidly colored, imitation clay poker chips.

These poker chips for home games are made of heavy plastic weighing 8 grams a chip or so. Excellent imitation clay poker chips for home games are often marketed as “super diamond chips.” They can be purchased online for between $.06 and $.10 per chip and sell in “sleeves” of 25 single-color chips.

These are the best poker chips of this kind:

These imitation clay poker chips are perfect for your home game, especially if you are running multi-table tournaments and want to afford a lot of chips for relatively little money. Since they lack any striping, spotting, or design, some players might not prefer them. But I’ve used mine in large tournaments and home games for 25 years and never had a complaint (at least not to my face).

Clay Composite Chips

Slightly more expensive, and by far the most common chips sold to poker players today, are the metal-filled, clay composite chips, with many different designs, strips, and spots. Clay poker chips are usually sold as part of a chip set, including an inexpensive aluminum carrying case.

These can also be purchased in sleeves of 25 from some companies but are typically sold in units of 500 or 1,000 as part of a poker chip set for home games. These clay composite chips come in an extensive range of prices.

The 500-chip sets, for example, can be purchased online for anywhere from $39 or so up to $300 (not including shipping), based on the chip’s quality, design, and weight. Each chip weighs anywhere from 11 to 14 grams.

Pick one of these if you are looking for the best poker chips and want a top chip set for home games. You can’t go wrong with any of them.

I’ve noticed that the clay composite chips tend to be of unacceptably poor quality at the very bottom of that price range.

I once purchased a 1,000-chip set for $90 and paid $45 to ship them (they’re heavy, and shipping is generally expensive). The chips arrived with 20 red chips equaling the height of only 19 white chips. They had many other defects in them as well. I had to send them back for a refund — and got stuck with one way of the shipping costs.

If you are ordering these metal-filled chips, I recommend you order no cheaper chip than the ones selling for about $150 for 1,000.

Customized Ceramic Poker Chips

The next step up is the Ceramic poker chips that sell for about $.40-$.75 or so each.

Nevada Jacks is the most popular brand of these chips. These also come in sets of 500 or 1,000.

An excellent ceramic poker set of the best home poker chips are known for their brilliant colors and sharp detail. These are the best poker chips to buy. They are not metal filled and don’t make the metal clanging sound when they bump together. Players rave about them.

The most expensive, regularly produced variety of chips are the casino-quality clay chips made by the Paulson company, typified by the Top Hat and Cane design. These chips cost roughly $1.25 a chip, or from $1,100 to $1,400 for a set of 1,000.

If you want your home poker chips to be like those in a casino and don’t mind paying for them, these are for you. The best ceramic poker chips for home games are:

There is another option to consider. Some chip manufacturers will customize your chips with your design. These can come as a “hot stamped” imprint, as a printed label that is permanently affixed to the chip, or in the case of ceramic chips, the design can be built into the chip itself. Prices for this option vary widely, so shop around if this interests you.

Poker Chip Cases

Remember, you’ll want a case to store and transport your poker chip set. There are a few options in this department as well.

The most common are these thin aluminium or vinyl attaché cases.

These are most frequently made with room for 500 chips and a few extra spaces for cards. Chip cases also accommodate 250, 350, 750, and 1,000 chips.

They sell for between $20-$50 and can vary some in quality, though it’s usually next to impossible to tell from the pictures which ones are more sturdily made. Look for reinforcements in the corners.

Also, the 1,000 capacity chip case, when filled with chips, will be too heavy for some to carry around easily.

You might be better off ordering two 500s instead. There is also a 2,000-chip case that comes with wheels for easier transportation. If you run tournaments or move your game from place to place, you might be tempted to get it, but I don’t recommend it. From everything I’ve read and heard, it is not built with sufficient sturdiness to survive much use. Tales of handles and wheels falling off upon first use are a legend.

There are a few other chip case options. One is a clear lucite chip case. It is built for 1,000 chips, stacked in chip racks of 100 each, and sells for about $50.

This is very useful if you run tournaments and want to quickly have your chips organized for simple distribution to a large group of people.

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It’s also incredibly sturdy, easy to stack, and doesn’t dent, scratch, or deteriorate from regular use (unlike the aluminum and vinyl cases described above). It’s what I use, and I highly recommend it.

Finally, for those who care about how your chip cases look, there are some charming wooden storage boxes. They tend to be cube-shaped, come in a dark finish, and have shiny, small metal handles, one on each side of the box.

They aren’t easy to carry, so it would be awkward and inappropriate if you transported your chips regularly. But they do look nice sitting on a shelf. They sell for about $50 separately, but like all other chip cases, they are often included in the price of a chip set.

Other Recommendations

I would immediately rule out the cheap plastic poker chips and the cheapest metal-filled chips. Beyond that, however, there isn’t much difference in how your poker-playing guests will react to the chips.

I’ve played in home games with the best ceramic poker chips, and with Paulson’s. They were beautiful to hold. But while I noticed the quality, no one else seemed to care. I’ve found that poker players are typically so completely engaged in how much they are up or down that the look of their chips is the last thing they care about.

That being said, you might care about that and might take great pride in having a stunning set of chips that remind you of those you play with at a casino. One last item to consider is that only a few brick-and-mortar stores sell a wide variety of poker chips (The Gambler’s General Store in Las Vegas is a great exception).

Amazon, Target, Walmart, and a few other retail chains may have boxed sets for sale, but the chips themselves will still be hidden. That means, for the most part, you’ll probably be looking online at an image of a chip — not the real thing — when you contemplate a purchase.

Therefore, I recommend that before you buy a complete set of chips, especially an expensive one, you either purchase or ask the company to send you some sample chips for free. Catalogs, computer screens, and the like don’t do a chip justice. You’ll need to see, hold, and use the chip itself. Sure, it may cost you $5 or $10 to get a small sample set of chips from the manufacturer. But that’s a much less costly option than ordering chips you don’t want and having to return them.

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Make it two EPT titles for Chris Brewer here at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris, as the High Roller regular took down the €50,000 Super High Roller for a massive €959,520.

Brewer defeated Jules Dickerson heads-up to earn his biggest-ever career tournament score, which when converted to U.S. dollars equates to more than $1,000,000 — Brewer’s first seven-figure score.

After seven hours of play to get to heads-up, the match lasted less than half an hour, despite Brewer and Dickerson having virtually identical 40 big blind stacks. Brewer won the only significantly-sized pot of heads-up play, which was a massive one, as the champion made quad eights versus Dickerson’s full house, leaving his opponent with crumbs before completing the victory one hand later.

€50,000 EPT Paris 2023 Super High Roller Results

“It feels great,” said Brewer after the win. “It was a pretty tough field. I mean, I ran amazing, and it was really fun to get to win twice this week.”

When asked just how much better his second win this week felt, he noted the significance of this event.

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Chris Brewer Wins the 2023 EPT Paris €25,000 Single-Day High Roller (€357,180)

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“Yeah, this one feels better. I mean, the other one is a single-day 25K. This is a big one. It’s also the biggest cash I’ve ever had by a pretty big margin.”

That cash indeed far surpasses Brewer’s previous largest of $442,213, which was for a fourth place finish in a 2022 WSOP $25,000 High Roller. He earned €357,180 for his €25,000 High Roller win just four days ago.

The Day’s Action

When play began Tuesday, 11 players returned, with just nine of them guaranteed a slice of the €3,198,720 prize pool from the tournament’s 68 entries.

The bubble burst within 15 minutes of the day’s start, as the Canadian contingent of Sam Greenwood and Timothy Adams were the two players to bust short of the money.

Greenwood lost with an inferior ace to Dickerson, and then Adams ran his kings into the aces of Thomas Muehloecker preflop just a couple of hands later. From there, the remaining nine had locked up €92,800 each, but the big money still lay ahead.

It took about an hour and a half to see the first elimination in the money, as Juan Pardo was sent to the rail by Pedro Marques just before the first break of the day.

Once the players returned from break, it wasn’t eliminations that were the story, it was the slide of Dickerson, who had extended his chip lead from the start of the day to nearly 5,000,000 chips at one point. After the break, however, a series of lost pots saw him relinquish the lead, making it anyone’s tournament to win.

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It appeared for a while as though this may have been Pedro Marques’ day, as he scored the next elimination by catching a three-outer against Muehloecker to send the Austrian home in eighth place, then flopped a full house in a huge pot with Steve O’Dwyer which led to the EPT legend’s ouster in seventh place.

Following Dimitar Danchev’s exit in sixth, Marques scored another knockout by busting Frenchman Gregoire Auzoux in fifth place to take the chip lead with four players left.

From that point though, the stacks evened again and it was actually Marques who was the next to hit the rail as he jammed his king-ten into Nick Petrangelo’s ace-king to end his day in disappointing fashion.

While Petrangelo (pictured) had grabbed a solid chip lead with that elimination, the level times were cut in half three-handed, leading to some huge swings, including a horrible beat for Petrangelo, when his pocket nines got rivered by Dickerson’s pocket deuces to flip the lead back to Dickerson. Petrangelo couldn’t regain his footing from there and he was ousted in third by Brewer to get the tournament heads-up.

Dickerson entered heads-up with a slight lead, but Brewer quickly closed the gap before their massive confrontation that led directly to Brewer’s victory.

Chris Brewer’s European Poker Tour Victories

This concludes our coverage of the €50,000 Super High Roller here at EPT Paris 2023. Congratulations to Chris Brewer for his second title of the series and his third EPT High Roller title overall.

Many poker players dream of hitting the big time, playing for high stakes where they can win hundreds if not thousands of dollars on the turn of a card. Jumping into high-stakes cash games is not something you should ever consider because those games are shark tanks, and those sharks will eat you alive. The micro stakes are the perfect place for online poker players to cut their teeth and learn the nuances of this crazy game, but even they can become frustrating if you feel trapped and unable to break out of them. Thankfully, the WPT Global Blog team has compiled some tips to help you break out of the micro stakes.

Micro stakes cash games have all the ingredients to allow you to grow as a poker player. As a general rule, weaker, inexperienced players frequent the micro stakes, and it is against those players that you will always win the most from. Sure, you will win less money due to the stakes involved, but, more importantly, you’ll lose less money when you make a mistake or an opponent invariably misplays a hand and sucks out on you.

Some players find themselves stuck in a rut when it comes to climbing out of the micro stakes. How often have you heard friends or family members bemoaning their luck at the tables, and saying they should move up where they respect their raises? Here’s a little: if you can’t beat lesser-skilled opponents, you do not stand a snowball in hell’s chance of surviving in mid-to-high-stakes games.

The WPT Global Blog team has highlighted five key areas to work on if you are struggling to get out of the micros and follow your poker dreams.

Follow a Solid Bankroll Management Plan

Aside from a lack of skill, not following bankroll management is one of the main reasons a poker player goes bust or finds themselves twiddling their thumbs in micro stakes games. Your bankroll, which is only made up of money you can afford to lose, allows you to soak up the inevitable losses you will endure.

Be disciplined and stick to your bankroll management rules. You may use a 50 buy-in rule, meaning you need 50 buy-ins to play a particular stake. Say you are playing $0.05/$0.10 with a $500 bankroll and make a couple of hundred dollars. It may be tempting to jump into a $0.10/$0.25 or even a $0.25/$0.50 game while under-rolled. Don’t do it. While taking occasional shots at higher stakes can work, any losses will be greater, and you could find yourself worse off than when you started, thus extending your time in the micro-stakes.

Delve deeper into the world of bankroll management

Know Your Foe

No-Limit Hold’em is a game played with incomplete information. We only discover our opponents’ hole cards if they choose to reveal them to us or at showdown. This means every action we take is guess work, but you can study your opponents to make educated guesses about their possible holdings. Knowing an opponent’s tendencies will help you make more accurate decisions at the tables.

“There are a host of resources available online to hone skills developed at the low levels, and they will prepare you for playing against more sophisticated opponents. If you play on sites that allow HUDs (heads-up displays) and tracking software, there’s no reason not to utilize those tools. If not, play only the number of simultaneous tables that allow you to really pay attention to your opponents’ play, such as frequency and aggression tendencies, and make notes.”

Check out these WPT Global tips for playing a LAG style

Pay Attention to Your Preflop Calling Ranges

A common mistake shared by the micro-stakes community is calling preflop raises with too wide of a range. They see an opponent raise and decide to call because it is only $0.15 to see a flop at the $0.02/$0.05 level. This glaring mistake is made time and time again, and turns out to be extremely costly. Small leaks are often more damaging than glaring mistakes.

For example, let’s imagine that every time you fold every time you make a royal flush, and your opponent moves all-in. This ridiculous mistake may cost you $10 or $20 per year because of how infrequent it would happen, yet it everyone would consider it a huge error on your part. Now think about calling raises too loosely for $0.15 at a time. You may do this 10, 20, even 30 times per day for a year. That seemingly insignificant leak is costing you hundreds of dollars annually.

How can you counter that? First, tighten your preflop calling ranges. Second, as WPT Global’s blog suggests, look at your chips in big blinds, not monetary amounts.

“Look at the price of your preflop calls in terms of big blinds, and start to review your cash sessions in terms of big blinds won or lost per hour. A super loose-passive style quickly shows itself to be unprofitable.”

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Stop Paying Off Nits and Rocks

Opponents that play an ultra-tight passive style are often called rocks or nits. They differ from tight-aggressive players in that they play an even tighter range of hands and only every bet or raise when they have the goods, usually the nuts. Nits can get under your skin and become annoying to play against, but only if you continually call their bets and raises, and that is your own fault!

“A nit will fold most hands, only entering pots with super-strong hands, and paying off this type of player – who more often or not has the nuts or a draw to them – is avoidable. Especially on the river where the likelihood of your mid-strength hand is no good and should be folded, no matter how tempting it is to “look him up.”

Bluff Weaker Players on the Turn and River

The WPT Global Blog suggest taking advantage of opponents’ tendencies and firing the occasions bluff on the turn and river when scare cards arrive and it is unlikely they have helped your foe.

“Tight-passive or those loose-passive players that give up after the flop are ideal candidates for well-time bluffs. Getting those players heads-up, their predictability is to your benefit, as you can represent strength when potential draws come, or the board pairs, etc, especially when you are in position and a check is rarely trapping.

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Why Not Try the Micro Stakes Games at WPT Global Today?

Why not put what you have learned about the micros to the test during your next session at WPT Global? The online poker site has busy cash games where you can test new strategies, in addition to a massive selection of tournaments of all buy-in levels.

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Both tournaments and cash games count towards bonus unlocking; new players have 90 days from the date of first deposit to unlock and claim the full bonus amount.

Antonio Esfandiari has been a regular on High Stakes Poker over the years, and on Tuesday night the partially retired poker pro made his Season 10 debut on PokerGO, and wasted no time splashing chips around.

Bill Perkins, Roger Sippl, and Robert Sanchez also appeared on the poker show for the first time this year. They were joined by Jennifer Tilly and Bobby Baldwin, both of whom were the only returning players from previous Season 10 episodes.

Perkins, Esfandiari Tangle in Big Pots

Right off the bat, Esfandiari and his pal Perkins, the wealthy hedge fund manager and University of Iowa grad, went to battle. In the first hand, on an eight-high board, the “Magician” fired out a $4,000 bet with middle pair and was raised to $18,000 by Perkins and his top pair.

Esfandiari couldn’t find a fold and then both players checked when a high-card hit the turn, but then Perkins went for value on the river (a ) with just a pair of eights, and was able to get paid off to scoop a sizable early pot.

Moments later, the same two competitors tangled in the pot of the day. Sippl had raised to $3,000 in early position with before being three-bet to $10,000 in late position by Esfandiari and his . Perkins, in the straddle with , came over the top to $40,000, forcing the original raiser to muck his cards.

With action back on Esfandiari, he decided to gamble and moved all in for $159,000 and received a quick call. Both players agreed to run it twice, and the first board came out , guaranteeing that Perkins wouldn’t lose the pot, at the very least.

The second run out was completely different as Esfandiari hit quads on the turn to seal the deal, and they chopped up the $342,000 pot. Shortly after, Esfandiari pulled off a solid bluff with king-high, convincing Sippl to fold middle-pair in a $50,000 pot.

Tilly Bounces Back

On last week’s episode of High Stakes Poker, actress Jennifer Tilly couldn’t catch a break and fell victim to the card-catching table bullies. This week, however, she ran much better. Well, except for one hand where Sippl bluffed her off queen-high preflop with the old seven-deuce.

Tilly began her run with two pair against Esfandiari, who showed aggression semi-bluffing with a gut-shot straight draw that didn’t come through on the river. On the next hand, with in the hole, the “Bride of Chucky” star made a great call with ace-high on the river when Perkins bet $15,000 into a pot of just $8,000 on a missed straight draw (king-high). One hand later, she rivered a straight against Esfandiari and Sanchez to take down a pot of $37,000.

The bluff of the day went to Perkins, who took advantage of Baldwin’s tight style of play. On a board of , Baldwin bet out $20,000 with and then folded to a raise to $60,000 despite having a spade. Perkins had top pair with but was drawing to just four outs on the river.

High Stakes Poker Season 10 returns next week on PokerGO at 5 p.m. PT with Episode 6.

Crazy High Stakes Poker Chop Pot

Past High Stakes Poker Recaps

Check out our past recaps from Season 10 of High Stakes Poker on PokerGO:

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New Jersey is one of the top states to be if you’re a poker player, whether you play online or live.

If you don’t live in Atlantic City or have no means of travel to AC, online poker will be your best option if you’re looking for legal games within the Garden State. Or, you can cross over the border to Philadelphia where you’ll find popular card rooms such as Parx and Rivers Casino.

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Where to Play Live Poker in New Jersey

The live poker scene in New Jersey isn’t as booming as it once was. Atlantic City has just three poker rooms, and if you’re expecting a little nostalgia hoping to fleece some tourists or bluff Johnny Chan at the Trump Taj Mahal, one of the most iconic poker rooms in the country, you’ll be disappointed. The “Taj” not only doesn’t have a poker room anymore, the casino no longer exists.

But there are still three solid places to play poker in Atlantic City, most notably the Borgata, an MGM Resorts property that has played host to numerous major tournaments over the years including World Poker Tour events.

Borgata has 52 poker tables, making it one of the biggest card rooms in the northeast. It is also the only place in Atlantic City at this time that has both cash games and daily tournaments. Additionally, Borgata is the only legal poker room in the state that is open 24/7.

The two other rooms in Atlantic City — both open 11 a.m.-6 a.m. — are the Tropicana and Harrah’s, a Caesars Entertainment hotel casino. These two casinos each have 10 poker tables and only offer cash games, mostly of the low-stakes variety.

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Where to Play Online Poker in New Jersey

If you aren’t satisfied with the live poker options in New Jersey, or just hate playing live poker in general, the Garden State is one of just five US states with legal online poker sites in operation (Nevada, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Michigan being the others).

The sites are operated by some of the most reputable online poker companies in the world, including PokerStars, BetMGM, WSOP.com, 888poker, Partypoker, and Borgata.

You can even compete for World Series of Poker bracelets without getting on a plane and traveling to Las Vegas. Each summer, WSOP.com in New Jersey hosts an online bracelet series, giving players in the northeast an opportunity to win the most coveted piece of jewelry in poker straight from the comfort of their own homes.

Legal online poker first launched in the state back in 2013 and has been thriving ever since. Revenue across the sites has been steady and fairly consistent, with 2022 proving to be another strong year for the internet poker industry in New Jersey.

New Jersey 2022 Online Poker Revenue Breakdown

How can we get more women in the game? It’s a question often asked by poker pundits. While venues and tours work on answering that question, another outlet is asking a slightly different question – how can we use poker to embolden women in the real world.

That outlet is PokerDivas, which is dedicated to helping professional women (and men) become bold and decisive at the conference table through the skills they acquire at the poker table.

As they say on their website, pokerdivas.com: “Did you know that you’ve been playing poker your whole life even if you’ve never played a hand of cards? It’s not about gambling, it’s about building confidence, learning to read people, becoming a better negotiator, and being assertive and bold.”

PokerDivas was created in 2006 by Ellen Leikind, an entrepreneur and corporate innovator. Her mission is to show how you can win in life and business using the strategies of poker even if you have never played the game.

Leikind, who wrote the book Poker Woman: How to Win at Love, Life, and Business using the Principles of Poker, has been carrying on the mission for the past 17 years, making it one of the longest-running women-focused poker initiatives in the history of the game.

Q&A with Ellen Leikind

PokerNews recently had the opportunity to chat with Leikind about PokerDivas:

PokerNews: You began playing poker as a teenager. What got you interested in the game? What made you revisit it?

Leikind: My mom taught me poker when I was a kid. Instead of baking and cooking after school we played poker. Back then it was 5-card draw and 7-Card Stud. I got back to the poker table after taking a hiatus from 15 years in corporate America. I finally had some free time and I love cards so I looked for a poker game. Believe it or not, I found one on Craigslist that was run by a woman. It took me three months to actually get the nerve to show up. It was eight guys, the host, and myself.

What inspired you to start PokerDivas after years of having another very successful career launching over a billion dollars in successful beauty products?

I started PokerDivas 15 years ago because I saw how women were being excluded from Poker much like they were from golf. That was very obvious in Corporate America. Golf was the sport du jour and Poker was up and coming in the same way. After attending a Poker PR networking event with less than a hand full of women in a roomful of 100, I said I am going to start a company — Poker for professional women.

I saw how the game gave me confidence, got me more comfortable taking risks, and gave me access to people I would not normally come into contact with. Poker is a boys’ club much like Corporate America and I love empowering women with a male-dominated sport. It feels great to be a pioneer in empowering professional women with this game.

There’s been an ebb and flow to poker-you came into this business in the post-Moneymaker flush peak of poker. Now there’s increased in-person demand at tournaments after the pandemic eased up its restrictions. How do you see the “business” of poker progressing in 2023?

People definitely want to get out and play live. You see that in the casinos, card rooms and we see it with our corporate clients. The great thing about the game is that everyone has access to it. Live and virtually. I think interest will continue to grow.

We’ve spoken about how golf was a prime networking arena that women didn’t necessarily have access to in 2005-06, and poker is similar, shall we say, “lost” opportunity for women to build relationships with potential work partners, or other business opportunities. Do you see your company and your credo as a way of opening up that opportunity to other women, as well as in the corporate venue?

Our PokerDivas program will definitely open the opportunity for more women to participate in the game. You don’t need to be a pro to play and enjoy it. Having the basic skills and confidence to sit at the table is what’s important. It gives you access to people and a great way to network and socialize. Many business opportunities have been made at the Poker table.

How’ve you witnessed the evolution or stagnation of women in poker?

I feel this year has seen a quiet, seismic shift-do you feel that with corporate culture as well? There has been more of an effort to be inclusive of women in the game and to make Poker and the Corporate world more female-friendly. Special events geared toward women have been plentiful and are a good start.

The question becomes is it for show or is there a real interest in integrating women into the game? There have to be meaningful efforts made after these women’s events to create changes that are impactful and produce a long-term inclusive environment at the poker table and the conference table. One-and-done events are just not going to do it.

The Muck: Why Don’t More Women Play Poker?

For many years, women have been seen as an untapped market for poker, but the numbers haven’t shifted much, until the WPT Championship. Do you see their business model as one to aspire to for other tournaments?

That is true, it is an untapped market. The number of women playing big poker events remains in the 4-5% range. Pretty close to the 8% of female CEO’s, we see in the Fortune 500. Having said that, just because women are not playing in big tourneys doesn’t mean they are not in the game.

There is so much to be learned from poker like reading people, dealing with different personalities, learning to have confidence and being the bettor, along with connecting and having fun. They may prefer to play for different reasons than winning a big tournament. Whether online, in small home games, or attending charity tournaments.

Do you see women as more naturally risk-adverse, or is that a condition of our culture? Is this part of the reason you see poker as a tool to encourage more risk-taking, more aggression, and asserting our power as women?

I’ve traveled around the world talking about this, in seminars and in my book Poker Woman, How to Win in Love, Life, and Business using the Principles of Poker. I think most women would benefit by becoming more frequent risk-takers. I see it at our co-ed PokerDivas Teambuilding and Leadership corporate events. Women go all in less frequently, bet in smaller amounts and bluff less.

It is likely a combination of culture, how we are brought up and wiring. I’m not talking about reckless risk taking just for the adrenaline rush but calculated risks with good odds and high upside. Playing poker helps people get comfortable taking risks. That’s why I am so passionate about getting women into the poker mindset and learning to bet on themselves.

Your mission with PokerDivas seems to be to help other women access the skills and prowess necessary to succeed in business, negotiation, targeted risk assessment, and helping access and harness their own worth in the business field. How’s this company helped make this mission a reality and who taught you those skills in your life?

Yes. The PokerDivas program has empowered many women to take their seat at any table and get what they want and are worth. Learning to play to win as opposed to avoid losing. Strength versus fear. We have worked with hundreds of companies and tens of thousands of women to teach them the strategy of the game and give them a taste of what it’s like to sit at the poker table.

Our program has changed the odds for women in their favor. We have many success stories of women asking for promotions, engaging in and winning negotiations, writing books, starting businesses, and going out and taking risks that pay off. And it goes beyond professionally – through the years, I’ve heard from many people who have participated in my events that they used these strategies in their personal lives. Whether it was starting and ending relationships, negotiating with their kids, parents and landlords, or making life changes.

On a personal level for me, it was poker strategy that gave me the confidence and skills to take the leap from Corporate America to entrepreneurship. My mom taught me the game and my dad was always pushing me to speak up, go after what I wanted and play to win. He had a poker mindset even though he never played the game.

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Date Time (ET) Event Buy-in Guarantee

Tue 21 Feb 17:15 MB Festival #6 – $1,200 Mystery Bounty 11 $11 $1,200

  18:00 MB Festival – $100 Mystery Bounty 1 $1 $100

  18:15 MB Festival – $250 Mystery Bounty 3.3 $3.30 $250

  19:00 MB Festival – $2,000 Mystery Bounty 22 $22 $2,000

  19:30 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 5.5 $5.50 $500

  19:30 MB Festival #7 – $12,000 Mystery Bounty 109 $109 $12,000

  21:15 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 8.8 $8.80 $500

  22:00 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 16.5 $16.50 $1,000

  23:00 MB Festival – $200 Mystery Bounty 2.2 $2.20 $200

Wed 22 Feb 17:15 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 11 $11 $1,000

  18:00 MB Festival – $100 Mystery Bounty 1 $1 $100

  18:15 MB Festival – $250 Mystery Bounty 3.3 $3.30 $250

  19:00 MB Festival #8 – $2,500 Mystery Bounty 8-Max $22 $2,500

  19:30 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 5.5 $5.50 $500

  19:30 MB Festival – $10,000 Mystery Bounty $109 $10,000

  21:15 MB Festival #9 – $800 Mystery Bounty 8-Max $8.80 $800

  22:00 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 16.5 $16.50 $1,000

  23:00 MB Festival – $200 Mystery Bounty 2.2 $2.20 $200

Thu 23 Feb 17:15 MB Festival #10 – $1,200 Mystery Bounty 11 $11 $1,200

  18:00 MB Festival – $100 Mystery Bounty 1 $1 $100

  18:15 MB Festival – $250 Mystery Bounty 3.3 $3.30 $250

  19:00 MB Festival – $2,000 Mystery Bounty 22 $22 $2,000

  19:30 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 5.5 $5.50 $500

  19:30 MB Festival #11 – $12,000 Mystery Bounty 109 $109 $12,000

  21:15 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 8.8 $8.80 $500

  22:00 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 16.5 $16.50 $1,000

  23:00 MB Festival – $200 Mystery Bounty 2.2 $2.20 $20

Fri 24 Feb 17:15 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 11 $11 $1,000

  18:00 MB Festival – $100 Mystery Bounty 1 $1 $100

  18:15 MB Festival – $250 Mystery Bounty 3.3 $3.30 $250

  19:00 MB Festival – $2,000 Mystery Bounty 22 $22 $2,000

  19:30 MB Festival #12 – $600 Mystery Bounty Deepstack 5.5 $5.50 $600

  19:30 MB Festival – $10,000 Mystery Bounty 109 $109 $10,000

  21:15 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 8.8 $8.80 $500

  22:00 MB Festival #13 – $1,500 Mystery Bounty Deepstack 16.5 $16.50 $1,500

  23:00 MB Festival – $200 Mystery Bounty 2.2 $2.20 $200

Sat 25 Feb 17:15 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 11 $11 $1,000

  18:00 MB Festival – $100 Mystery Bounty 1 $1 $100

  18:15 MB Festival – $250 Mystery Bounty 3.3 $3.30 $250

  19:00 MB Festival – $2,000 Mystery Bounty 22 $22 $2,000

  19:30 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 5.5 $5.50 $500

  19:30 MB Festival – $10,000 Mystery Bounty 109 $109 $10,000

  21:15 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 8.8 $8.80 $500

  22:00 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 16.5 $16.50 $1,000

  23:00 MB Festival – $200 Mystery Bounty 2.2 $2.20 $200

Sun 26 Feb 17:15 MB Festival #14 – $1,500 Mini Mystery Bounty Micro Sunday Special $11 $1,500

  18:00 MB Festival – $100 Mystery Bounty 1 $1 $100

  18:15 MB Festival – $250 Mystery Bounty 3.3 $3.30 $250

  19:00 MB Festival – $2,000 Mystery Bounty 22 $22 $2,000

  19:00 MB Festival #15 – $6,000 Mystery Bounty Mini Sunday Special $55 $6,000

  19:30 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 5.5 $5.50 $500

  21:15 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 8.8 $8.80 $500

  22:00 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 16.5 $16.50 $1,000

  23:00 MB Festival – $200 Mystery Bounty 2.2 $2.20 $200

Mon 27 Feb 17:15 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 11 $11 $1,000

  18:00 MB Festival – $100 Mystery Bounty 1 $1 $100

  18:15 MB Festival – $250 Mystery Bounty 3.3 $3.30 $250

  19:00 MB Festival #16 – $2,500 Mystery Bounty 22 $22 $2,500

  19:30 MB Festival #17 – $600 Mystery Bounty 5.5 $5.50 $600

  19:30 MB Festival – $10,000 Mystery Bounty 109 $109 $10,000

  20:00 MB Festival #18 – $40,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Warmup – Day 2* $109 $40,000

  21:15 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 8.8 $8.80 $500

  22:00 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 16.5 $16.50 $1,000

  23:00 MB Festival – $200 Mystery Bounty 2.2 $2.20 $200

Tue 28 Feb 17:15 MB Festival #19 – $1,200 Mystery Bounty 8-Max $11 $1,200

  18:00 MB Festival – $100 Mystery Bounty 1 $1 $100

  18:15 MB Festival – $250 Mystery Bounty 3.3 $3.30 $250

  19:00 MB Festival – $2,000 Mystery Bounty 22 $22 $2,000

  19:30 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 5.5 $5.50 $500

  19:30 MB Festival #20 – $12,000 Mystery Bounty 8-Max $109 $12,000

  21:15 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 8.8 $8.80 $500

  22:00 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 16.5 $16.50 $1,000

  23:00 MB Festival – $200 Mystery Bounty 2.2 $2.20 $200

Wed 1 Mar 17:15 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 11 $11 $1,000

  18:00 MB Festival – $100 Mystery Bounty 1 $1 $100

  18:15 MB Festival – $250 Mystery Bounty 3.3 $3.30 $250

  19:00 MB Festival #21 – $2,500 Mystery Bounty 6-Max $22 $2,500

  19:30 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 5.5 $5.50 $500

  19:30 MB Festival – $10,000 Mystery Bounty 109 $109 $10,000

  21:15 MB Festival #22 – $800 Mystery Bounty 6-Max $8.80 $800

  22:00 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 16.5 $16.50 $1,000

  23:00 MB Festival – $200 Mystery Bounty 2.2 $2.20 $200

Thu 2 Mar 17:15 MB Festival #23 – $1,200 Mystery Bounty 11 $11 $1,200

  18:00 MB Festival – $100 Mystery Bounty 1 $1 $100

  18:15 MB Festival – $250 Mystery Bounty 3.3 $3.30 $250

  19:00 MB Festival – $2,000 Mystery Bounty 22 $22 $2,000

  19:30 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 5.5 $5.50 $500

  19:30 MB Festival #24 – $12,000 Mystery Bounty 109 $109 $12,000

  21:15 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 8.8 $8.80 $500

  22:00 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 16.5 $16.50 $1,000

  23:00 MB Festival – $200 Mystery Bounty 2.2 $2.20 $200

Fri 3 Mar 17:15 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 11 $11 $1,000

  18:00 MB Festival – $100 Mystery Bounty 1 $1 $100

  18:15 MB Festival – $250 Mystery Bounty 3.3 $3.30 $250

  19:00 MB Festival – $2,000 Mystery Bounty 22 $22 $2,000

  19:30 MB Festival #25 – $600 Mystery Bounty Deepstack 5.5 $5.50 $600

  19:30 MB Festival – $10,000 Mystery Bounty 109 $109 $10,000

  21:15 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 8.8 $8.80 $500

  22:00 MB Festival #26 – $1,500 Mystery Bounty Deepstack 16.5 $16.50 $1,200

  23:00 MB Festival – $200 Mystery Bounty 2.2 $2.20 $200

Sat 4 Mar 17:15 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 11 $11 $1,000

  18:00 MB Festival – $100 Mystery Bounty 1 $1 $100

  18:15 MB Festival – $250 Mystery Bounty 3.3 $3.30 $250

  19:00 MB Festival – $2,000 Mystery Bounty 22 $22 $2,000

  19:30 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 5.5 $5.50 $500

  19:30 MB Festival – $10,000 Mystery Bounty 109 $109 $10,000

  21:15 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 8.8 $8.80 $500

  22:00 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 16.5 $16.50 $1,000

  23:00 MB Festival – $200 Mystery Bounty 2.2 $2.20 $200

Sun 5 Mar 17:15 MB Festival #27 – $1,500 Micro Mystery Bounty Mini Closing Ceremony $11 $1,500

  18:00 MB Festival – $100 Mystery Bounty 1 $1 $100

  18:15 MB Festival – $250 Mystery Bounty 3.3 $3.30 $250

  19:00 MB Festival #28 – $6,000 Mystery Bounty Closing Ceremony $55 $6,000

  19:30 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 5.5 $5.50 $500

  21:15 MB Festival – $500 Mystery Bounty 8.8 $8.80 $500

  22:00 MB Festival – $1,000 Mystery Bounty 16.5 $16.50 $1,000

  23:00 MB Festival – $200 Mystery Bounty 2.2 $2.20 $200

Mon 6 Mar 19:30 MB Festival #29 – $10,000 Mystery Bounty MINI Main Event – Day 2 $22 $10,000

  20:00 MB Festival #30 – $100,000 Mystery Bounty MAIN EVENT – Day 2 $250 $100,000

The record-breaking €1,100 France Poker Series (FPS) Paris Main Event wrapped up after a relatively short Day 4 that saw Alan Goasdoue defeating fellow Frenchman Jean-Luc Labryga after a brief heads-up battle to take home the shimmering silver trophy and €287,830.

Goasdoue, a 23-year-old who has been playing poker since he was 18 and professionally for the last five months, had just $39,562 in Hendon Mob earnings when he decided to play the European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris festival after satelliting into the FPS Main.

€1,100 FPS Paris Main Event Final Table Results

“Even though I came into today’s final with the last stack, I stayed focused”

Despite entering the day as the shortest stack, Goasdoue managed to ladder past several players — including fellow French natives Thibault Reverdito (7th – €44,990) and Roger Taieb (4th – €98,870) and fellow Europeans Oleksii Natoptanyi (6th – €58,490), Christopher Dowling (5th – €76,050) and Elias Fisz (3rd – €128,530) — before ultimately overcoming start-of-day chip leader Labryga.

“I’m pretty calm right now,” Goasdoue said in a winner’s interview. “Everything has been going well for me since the beginning of the tournament and I’ve always managed to survive with double-up when I was dominated.

Even though I came into today’s final with the last stack, I stayed focused. I figured out how my heads-up opponent was playing and I was also lucky to win.”

Final Table Action

The FPS Paris Main Event, one of the first events to kick off the inaugural EPT Paris stop, attracted a massive 2,071 runners and a prize pool of €1,988,160 to break the previous FPS Main attendance record set at 2022 EPT Prague. The field likely would have been even larger if not for capacity limitations at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile.

Seven players returned to finish out the final table on Day 4 after the late-night elimination of Vasyl Zabrodskyy, whose pocket sixes couldn’t hold up against the eventual runner-up’s ace-jack.

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Labryga was a Day 1 chip leader before entering Day 4 with the biggest stack and his run-good was just beginning. In the first level of play, Labryga got it in on the flop with just ace-high against the top pair of Reverdito, but a runner-runner straight sent Reverdito to the rail in seventh place.

After the respective eliminations of Natoptanyi and Dowling, Labryga picked up aces to be far in front of the nines of Taieb, who had playfully teased Labryga throughout the final table before his fourth-place exit.

Goasdoue stayed quiet throughout most of the day’s action but that changed when he picked up pocket nines and looked up a shove by Fisz with ace-eight, who couldn’t improve to fall in third and set up a French heads-up battle.

Labryga and Goasdoue, the oldest and youngest players at the final table, entered heads-up play nearly even in chips but Goasdoue quickly took a lead after making a few hands, including two full houses. Labryga was down to a short stack when he open-jammed on the button holding ace-eight and Goasdoue looked him up with nines, which proved to be the holding of the day as they once again held up to earn Goasdoue the victory.

The career-best score marked the PokerStars qualifier’s first major live score just a few months after transitioning from online poker.

“My goal was to play more live events in the future,” said Goasdoue. “I’ve known for a long time that I’m capable of a big performance. Now I’ve ticked the box, as they say! I said at the beginning of the tournament that I was going to put one bullet the FPS and win, then one bullet in the EPT (Main Event) and win. So I’m halfway there!”

Date Time (GMT) Buy-in Event Guarantee

Wed, Feb 22 17:00 $11 $10,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 11 $10,000

Wed, Feb 22 18:00 $1 $1,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 1 $1,500

Wed, Feb 22 18:15 $8.8 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 8.80 $5,000

Wed, Feb 22 18:30 $55 $15,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 55 $15,000

Wed, Feb 22 19:00 $22 MB Festival #08 – $15,000 Mystery Bounty 6-Max Mini 22 $15,000

Wed, Feb 22 19:00 $5.5 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 5.50 $5,000

Wed, Feb 22 19:30 $109 MB Festival #09 – $20,000 Mystery Bounty 6-Max 109 $20,000

Wed, Feb 22 21:00 $2.2 $2,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 2.20 $2,000

Wed, Feb 22 21:15 $55 $4,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 6-Max 55 $4,500

Wed, Feb 22 22:30 $16.5 $2,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty Dash 16.5 $2,500

Wed, Feb 22 23:30 $33 $2,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty Dash 33 $2,500

Wed, Feb 22 01:00 $8.8 $1,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty 8.80 $1,500

Thu, Feb 23 06:00 $11 $1,200 MB Festival – Early Mystery Bounty 11 $1,200

Thu, Feb 23 11:00 $33 $3,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 33 $3,000

Thu, Feb 23 17:00 $11 $10,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 11 $10,000

Thu, Feb 23 18:00 $1 $1,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 1 $1,500

Thu, Feb 23 18:15 $8.8 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 8.80 $5,000

Thu, Feb 23 18:30 $55 MB Festival #10 – $20,000 Mystery Bounty 55 $20,000

Thu, Feb 23 19:00 $22 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 22 $12,000

Thu, Feb 23 19:30 $5.5 MB Festival #11 – $6,000 Mystery Bounty 5.5 $6,000

Thu, Feb 23 19:30 $109 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 109 $12,000

Thu, Feb 23 21:00 $2.2 $2,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 2.20 $2,000

Thu, Feb 23 21:15 $55 $4,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 6-Max 55 $4,500

Thu, Feb 23 22:30 $16.5 $2,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty Dash 16.5 $2,500

Thu, Feb 23 23:30 $33 $2,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty Dash 33 $2,500

Thu, Feb 23 01:00 $8.8 $1,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty 8.80 $1,500

Thu, Feb 23 TBD $109 MB Festival #18 – $150,000 Mystery Bounty 8-Max (Day 1s are running 23.02-27.02) $150,000

Fri, Feb 24 06:00 $11 $1,200 MB Festival – Early Mystery Bounty 11 $1,200

Fri, Feb 24 11:00 $33 $3,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 33 $3,000

Fri, Feb 24 17:00 $11 $10,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 11 $10,000

Fri, Feb 24 18:00 $1 $1,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 1 $1,500

Fri, Feb 24 18:15 $8.8 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 8.80 $5,000

Fri, Feb 24 18:30 $55 $15,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 55 $15,000

Fri, Feb 24 19:00 $22 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 22 $12,000

Fri, Feb 24 19:00 $5.5 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 5.50 $5,000

Fri, Feb 24 19:30 $109 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 109 $12,000

Fri, Feb 24 21:00 $2.2 $2,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 2.20 $2,000

Fri, Feb 24 21:15 $55 $4,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 6-Max 55 $4,500

Fri, Feb 24 22:30 $16.5 $2,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty Dash 16.5 $2,500

Fri, Feb 24 23:30 $33 $2,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty Dash 33 $2,500

Fri, Feb 24 01:00 $8.8 $1,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty 8.80 $1,500

Fri, Feb 24 TBD $109 MB Festival #18 – $150,000 Mystery Bounty 8-Max (Day 1s are running 23.02-27.02) $150,000

Sat, Feb 25 06:00 $11 $1,200 MB Festival – Early Mystery Bounty 11 $1,200

Sat, Feb 25 11:00 $33 $3,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 33 $3,000

Sat, Feb 25 17:00 $11 $10,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 11 $10,000

Sat, Feb 25 18:00 $1 $1,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 1 $1,500

Sat, Feb 25 18:15 $8.8 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 8.80 $5,000

Sat, Feb 25 18:30 $55 MB Festival #12 – $20,000 Mystery Bounty 55 $20,000

Sat, Feb 25 19:00 $22 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 22 $12,000

Sat, Feb 25 19:00 $5.5 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 5.50 $5,000

Sat, Feb 25 19:30 $109 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 109 $12,000

Sat, Feb 25 21:00 $2.2 $2,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 2.20 $2,000

Sat, Feb 25 21:15 $55 $4,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 6-Max 55 $4,500

Sat, Feb 25 22:30 $16.5 $2,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty Dash 16.5 $2,500

Sat, Feb 25 23:30 $33 $2,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty Dash 33 $2,500

Sat, Feb 25 01:00 $8.8 $1,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty 8.80 $1,500

Sat, Feb 25 TBD $109 MB Festival #18 – $150,000 Mystery Bounty 8-Max (Day 1s are running 23.02-27.02) $150,000

Sun, Feb 26 06:00 $11 $1,200 MB Festival – Early Mystery Bounty 11 $1,200

Sun, Feb 26 11:00 $33 $3,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 33 $3,000

Sun, Feb 26 17:00 $11 MB Festival #13 – $20,000 Mystery Bounty 11 8-Max $20,000

Sun, Feb 26 18:00 $1 $1,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 1 $1,500

Sun, Feb 26 18:15 $8.8 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 8.80 $5,000

Sun, Feb 26 18:30 $55 MB Festival #14 – $50,000 Mystery Bounty 55 8-Max $50,000

Sun, Feb 26 19:00 $5.5 MB Festival #15 – $15,000 Mystery Bounty 5.5 8-Max $15,000

Sun, Feb 26 19:00 $22 $25,000 MB Festival – Sunday Mystery Bounty 22 8-Max $25,000

Sun, Feb 26 19:30 $525 $35,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 525 $35,000

Sun, Feb 26 21:00 $2.2 $2,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 2.20 $2,000

Sun, Feb 26 21:15 $55 $4,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 6-Max 55 $4,500

Sun, Feb 26 22:30 $16.5 $2,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty Dash 16.5 $2,500

Sun, Feb 26 23:30 $33 $2,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty Dash 33 $2,500

Sun, Feb 26 01:00 $8.8 $1,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty 8.80 $1,500

Sun, Feb 26 TBD $109 MB Festival #18 – $150,000 Mystery Bounty 8-Max (Day 1s are running 23.02-27.02) $150,000

Mon, Feb 27 06:00 $11 $1,200 MB Festival – Early Mystery Bounty 11 $1,200

Mon, Feb 27 11:00 $33 $3,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 33 $3,000

Mon, Feb 27 17:00 $11 MB Festival #16 – $15,000 Mystery Bounty 11 6-Max $15,000

Mon, Feb 27 18:00 $1 $1,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 1 $1,500

Mon, Feb 27 18:15 $8.8 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 8.80 $5,000

Mon, Feb 27 18:30 $55 $15,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 55 $15,000

Mon, Feb 27 19:00 $22 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 22 $12,000

Mon, Feb 27 19:00 $5.5 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 5.50 $5,000

Mon, Feb 27 19:30 $109 MB Festival #17 – $15,000 Mystery Bounty 109 6-Max $15,000

Mon, Feb 27 20:00 $109 MB Festival #18 – $150,000 Mystery Bounty 8-Max (Day 2) $150,000

Mon, Feb 27 21:00 $2.2 $2,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 2.20 $2,000

Mon, Feb 27 21:15 $55 $4,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 6-Max 55 $4,500

Mon, Feb 27 22:30 $16.5 $2,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty Dash 16.5 $2,500

Mon, Feb 27 23:30 $33 $2,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty Dash 33 $2,500

Mon, Feb 27 01:00 $8.8 $1,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty 8.80 $1,500

Mon, Feb 27 TBD $109 MB Festival #18 – $150,000 Mystery Bounty 8-Max (Day 1s are running 23.02-27.02) $150,000

Tue, Feb 28 06:00 $11 $1,200 MB Festival – Early Mystery Bounty 11 $1,200

Tue, Feb 28 11:00 $33 $3,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 33 $3,000

Tue, Feb 28 17:00 $11 $10,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 11 $10,000

Tue, Feb 28 18:00 $1 $1,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 1 $1,500

Tue, Feb 28 18:15 $8.8 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 8.80 $5,000

Tue, Feb 28 18:30 $55 MB Festival #19 – $20,000 Mystery Bounty 55 Turbo Deep 6-Max $20,000

Tue, Feb 28 19:00 $22 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 22 $12,000

Tue, Feb 28 19:00 $5.5 MB Festival #20 – $6,000 Mystery Bounty 5.5 Turbo Deep 6-Max $6,000

Tue, Feb 28 19:00 – MB Festival #18 – $150,000 Mystery Bounty 8-Max (FT) $150,000

Tue, Feb 28 19:30 $109 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 109 $12,000

Tue, Feb 28 21:00 $2.2 $2,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 2.20 $2,000

Tue, Feb 28 21:15 $55 $4,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 6-Max 55 $4,500

Tue, Feb 28 22:30 $16.5 $2,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty Dash 16.5 $2,500

Tue, Feb 28 23:30 $33 $2,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty Dash 33 $2,500

Tue, Feb 28 01:00 $8.8 $1,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty 8.80 $1,500

Wed, Mar 1 06:00 $11 $1,200 MB Festival – Early Mystery Bounty 11 $1,200

Wed, Mar 1 11:00 $33 $3,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 33 $3,000

Wed, Mar 1 17:00 $11 MB Festival #21 – $15,000 Mystery Bounty 11 8-Max $15,000

Wed, Mar 1 18:00 $1 $1,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 1 $1,500

Wed, Mar 1 18:15 $8.8 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 8.80 $5,000

Wed, Mar 1 18:30 $55 $15,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 55 $15,000

Wed, Mar 1 19:00 $22 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 22 $12,000

Wed, Mar 1 19:00 $5.5 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 5.50 $5,000

Wed, Mar 1 19:30 $109 MB Festival #22 – $15,000 Mystery Bounty 109 8-Max $15,000

Wed, Mar 1 21:00 $2.2 $2,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 2.20 $2,000

Wed, Mar 1 21:15 $55 $4,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 6-Max 55 $4,500

Wed, Mar 1 22:30 $16.5 $2,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty Dash 16.5 $2,500

Wed, Mar 1 23:30 $33 $2,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty Dash 33 $2,500

Wed, Mar 1 01:00 $8.8 $1,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty 8.80 $1,500

Wed, Mar 1 TBD $160 MB Festival – $300,000 Main Event (Day 1s are running 01.03-06.03) $300,000

Thu, Mar 2 06:00 $11 $1,200 MB Festival – Early Mystery Bounty 11 $1,200

Thu, Mar 2 11:00 $33 $3,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 33 $3,000

Thu, Mar 2 17:00 $11 $10,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 11 $10,000

Thu, Mar 2 18:00 $1 $1,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 1 $1,500

Thu, Mar 2 18:15 $8.8 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 8.80 $5,000

Thu, Mar 2 18:30 $55 MB Festival #23 – $20,000 Mystery Bounty 55 $20,000

Thu, Mar 2 19:00 $22 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 22 $12,000

Thu, Mar 2 19:00 $5.5 MB Festival #24 – $6,000 Mystery Bounty 5.5 $6,000

Thu, Mar 2 19:30 $109 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 109 $12,000

Thu, Mar 2 21:00 $2.2 $2,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 2.20 $2,000

Thu, Mar 2 21:15 $55 $4,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 6-Max 55 $4,500

Thu, Mar 2 22:30 $16.5 $2,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty Dash 16.5 $2,500

Thu, Mar 2 23:30 $33 $2,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty Dash 33 $2,500

Thu, Mar 2 01:00 $8.8 $1,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty 8.80 $1,500

Thu, Mar 2 TBD $160 MB Festival – $300,000 Main Event (Day 1s are running 01.03-06.03) $300,000

Fri, Mar 3 06:00 $11 $1,200 MB Festival – Early Mystery Bounty 11 $1,200

Fri, Mar 3 11:00 $33 $3,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 33 $3,000

Fri, Mar 3 17:00 $11 $10,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 11 $10,000

Fri, Mar 3 18:00 $1 $1,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 1 $1,500

Fri, Mar 3 18:15 $8.8 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 8.80 $5,000

Fri, Mar 3 18:30 $55 $15,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 55 $15,000

Fri, Mar 3 19:00 $22 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 22 $12,000

Fri, Mar 3 19:00 $5.5 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 5.50 $5,000

Fri, Mar 3 19:30 $109 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 109 $12,000

Fri, Mar 3 21:00 $2.2 $2,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 2.20 $2,000

Fri, Mar 3 21:15 $55 $4,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 6-Max 55 $4,500

Fri, Mar 3 22:30 $16.5 $2,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty Dash 16.5 $2,500

Fri, Mar 3 23:30 $33 $2,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty Dash 33 $2,500

Fri, Mar 3 01:00 $8.8 $1,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty 8.80 $1,500

Fri, Mar 3 TBD $160 MB Festival – $300,000 Main Event (Day 1s are running 01.03-06.03) $300,000

Sat, Mar 4 06:00 $11 $1,200 MB Festival – Early Mystery Bounty 11 $1,200

Sat, Mar 4 11:00 $33 $3,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 33 $3,000

Sat, Mar 4 17:00 $11 $10,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 11 $10,000

Sat, Mar 4 18:00 $1 $1,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 1 $1,500

Sat, Mar 4 18:15 $8.8 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 8.80 $5,000

Sat, Mar 4 18:30 $55 MB Festival #25 – $20,000 Mystery Bounty 55 8-Max $20,000

Sat, Mar 4 19:00 $22 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 22 $12,000

Sat, Mar 4 19:00 $5.5 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 5.50 $5,000

Sat, Mar 4 19:30 $109 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 109 $12,000

Sat, Mar 4 21:00 $2.2 $2,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 2.20 $2,000

Sat, Mar 4 21:15 $55 $4,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 6-Max 55 $4,500

Sat, Mar 4 22:30 $16.5 $2,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty Dash 16.5 $2,500

Sat, Mar 4 23:30 $33 $2,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty Dash 33 $2,500

Sat, Mar 4 01:00 $8.8 $1,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty 8.80 $1,500

Sat, Mar 4 TBD $160 MB Festival – $300,000 Main Event (Day 1s are running 01.03-06.03) $300,000

Sun, Mar 5 06:00 $11 $1,200 MB Festival – Early Mystery Bounty 11 $1,200

Sun, Mar 5 11:00 $33 $3,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 33 $3,000

Sun, Mar 5 17:00 $11 MB Festival #26 – $20,000 Mystery Bounty 11 6-Max $20,000

Sun, Mar 5 18:00 $1 $1,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 1 $1,500

Sun, Mar 5 18:15 $8.8 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 8.80 $5,000

Sun, Mar 5 18:30 $55 MB Festival #27 – $50,000 Mystery Bounty 55 6-Max $50,000

Sun, Mar 5 19:00 $5.5 MB Festival #28 – $15,000 Mystery Bounty 5.5 6-Max $15,000

Sun, Mar 5 19:00 $22 $25,000 Mystery Bounty 22 $25,000

Sun, Mar 5 19:30 $525 $35,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 525 $35,000

Sun, Mar 5 21:00 $2.2 $2,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 2.20 $2,000

Sun, Mar 5 21:15 $55 $4,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 6-Max 55 $4,500

Sun, Mar 5 22:30 $16.5 $2,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty Dash 16.5 $2,500

Sun, Mar 5 23:30 $33 $2,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty Dash 33 $2,500

Sun, Mar 5 01:00 $8.8 $1,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty 8.80 $1,500

Sun, Mar 5 TBD $160 MB Festival – $300,000 Main Event (Day 1s are running 01.03-06.03) $300,000

Mon, Mar 6 06:00 $11 $1,200 MB Festival – Early Mystery Bounty 11 $1,200

Mon, Mar 6 11:00 $33 $3,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 33 $3,000

Mon, Mar 6 17:00 $11 MB Festival #29 – $15,000 Mystery Bounty 11 $15,000

Mon, Mar 6 18:00 $1 $1,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 1 $1,500

Mon, Mar 6 18:15 $8.8 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 8.80 $5,000

Mon, Mar 6 18:30 $55 $15,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 55 $15,000

Mon, Mar 6 19:00 $22 $12,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 22 $12,000

Mon, Mar 6 19:00 $5.5 $5,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 5.50 $5,000

Mon, Mar 6 19:30 $109 MB Festival #30 – $15,000 Mystery Bounty 109 $15,000

Mon, Mar 6 20:00 – MB Festival – $300,000 Main Event (day 2) $300,000

Mon, Mar 6 21:00 $2.2 $2,000 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 2.20 $2,000

Mon, Mar 6 21:15 $55 $4,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty 6-Max 55 $4,500

Mon, Mar 6 22:30 $16.5 $2,500 MB Festival – Mystery Bounty Dash 16.5 $2,500

Mon, Mar 6 23:30 $33 $2,500 MB Festival – Late Mystery Bounty Dash 33 $2,500

Mon, Mar 6 TBD $160 MB Festival – $300,000 Main Event (Day 1s are running 01.03-06.03) $300,000

Tue, Mar 7 19:00 – MB Festival – $300,000 Main Event (FT) $300,000