It's been another whirlwind year for poker, with some of the game's biggest-ever stories breaking within the last 12 months.
In order to save you from digging through the PokerNews archives, it's time for us to bring you our top ten stories of the year. They may not have been the biggest, they may not be the most controversial, but with the help of this series we'll bring you a bite-sized recap of 2023 right through to New Year's Eve
So sit back and relax as we kick off the collection today with the live poker boom that has taken place in the post-covid era that we now found ourselves living in!