On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Jeff Platt and Chad Holloway kick off the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP), which is underway now in Las Vegas!

They also talk about Michael Addamo winning the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl VI, Daniel Negreanu busting in Level 1 of that tournament, Niklas Åstedt winning the GGPoker Super MILLION$ for a record-tying fourth time, and Corey Paggeot winning three MICOOP events in four days.

Special shoutout to the Golden Nugget, which kicked off their popular The Grand Poker Series in downtown Las Vegas this week. Get all the details on that series here.

Time Stamps *Time|Topic* 00:24 | Welcome to the show 00:40 | The 2021 World Series of Poker is here! 02:00 | WSOP sticking w/ $5 million GTD in “The Reunion” 02:45 | How will things proceed logistically? 04:05 | How do you prove your vaccination status? 05:00 | The Grand Poker Series kicks off at the Golden Nugget 07:40 | Team PokerNews makes their 2021 WSOP predictions 09:15 | Velo sponsoring 2021 WSOP Player of the Year 13:38 | Chad & Jeff draft their 2021WSOP teams 17:50 | Corey Paggeot claims three MICOOP titles 19:16 | GGPoker set to announce a new ambassador soon 19:56 | Sponsor: GGPoker 21:00 | Niklas Åstedt wins GGPoker Super MILLION$ for 4th time 22:53 | Michael Addamo wins $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl VI 26:00 | Daniel Negreanu busts Level 1 of the SHRB – here’s how it happened 32:15 | Where were Phil Ivey and Phil Hellmuth?