A retired firefighter and Santa Clarita native cashed out at nearly $218,000 in Las Vegas at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on Sunday. Steven (Vito) Genovese won the $217,921 first-place prize and his first WSOP gold bracelet by surviving the 4,303-entrant field in event 56: Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold’em.  “It feels amazing! I was pinching myself the ...

The Saugus High cheer team is hosting a poker tournament in order to raise money to help the team pay for its travel to competitions