For the first time in the history of the award, it is time to start talking about the World Series of Poker Player of the Year race before May! In a major change to the competition, the recently completed WSOP Europe is now part of the POY mix. Naturally, the winner of the WSOP-E Main… Read more »
Battling his way through a 2,617-entry field and a difficult nine-handed final table, Lithuania’s Marius Kudzmanas emerged as the champion of the 2026 World Series of Poker Europe’s €5,000 Main Event. Despite starting the final table deep on the leaderboard, Kudzmanas was able to battle past such notables as European Poker Tour champion Thomas Eychenne… Read more »
Same place, different venue. If that makes sense, which it doesn’t. The World Series of Poker has announced that WSOP Paradise is on the move to a new home. It’s still in the Bahamas, but rather than at Atlantis Paradise Island like it has been for its first three years, WSOP Paradise is moving a… Read more »
It takes some doing to be kicked out of a World Series of Poker event. You can stink to high heaven, trash talk constantly, and just piss off everybody around you and you will still usually get to stay in your seat. So Birger Larsen getting himself disqualified from a WSOP Europe event on Tuesday… Read more »
As the 2026 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event nears its conclusion, many are already looking ahead to the traditional WSOP in Las Vegas, beginning at the end of next month. On Wednesday, Caesars Entertainment released the schedule for this year’s WSOP Online bracelet events. There will be 30 online gold bracelet tourneys this… Read more »
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The field at the 2026 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event has been whittled down from its original 2,167 entries to the final 25 contestants. Leading the way are a couple of unknown entities in the poker world, but known entities such as Chris Hunichen and Day Two chip leader Thomas Eyechenne are still… Read more »
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Poker Strategy
While the uninitiated might think of poker as just “playing cards,” for many it is a game of warfare that demands strategic thinking. Some tomes discuss optimal strategies, but few address chip usage. A new trend in tournament poker is sparking discussion, to the point that it could come up at the 2026 meeting of… Read more »
Online Poker
PokerStars to Merge Into FanDuel in US, Add Pennsylvania to Shared Liquidity
Welcome to the party, Pennsylvania PokerStars has announced that it will become part of FanDuel in the United States later this year. Players will use a single FanDuel account and wallet for all verticals FanDuel offers, including sportsbook, casino, and poker. PokerStars will still be on a separate, dedicated app that will have to be… Read more »
Soft Landing: Podcast Duo Dara O’Kearney and David Lappin Join Paddy Power, PokerStars
Snatched up quickly Irish poker pros, podcasters, writers, and overall personalities David Lappin and Dara O’Kearney have had quite the roller coaster for the better part of a year. On June 1, Unibet’s sponsorship of their Global Poker Award-winning podcast, “The Chip Race,” ended after nearly a decade. The duo was left wondering if their… Read more »
GGPoker Sets Dubious Record With Largest Tournament Overlay in Online Poker History
Missed it by that much Last year, GGPoker’s GGMasters anniversary event did not go so well, as technical problems caused the tournament to be canceled. This year, it wasn’t great for GGPoker for different reasons, as it ended with an overlay of $1.8 million, the largest overlay in online poker history. The sixth anniversary event… Read more »
Poker Pro Thomas Clack Loses Grosvenor Poker Sponsorship for Having RTA Open While Playing Online
Zero tolerance Grosvenor Poker has announced that poker pro Thomas Clack has been dropped as a sponsored player after he was suspended by the site’s platform, the iPoker Network. In a Facebook post, Grosvenor Poker was as vague as could be about the decision, not even naming Clack as the person it was talking about:… Read more »
Poker Legislation
Changes Coming to California Cardrooms Over Table Games
California is one of the states that has had cardrooms for most of its history. Since 1854, when the California Grand Casino opened in Pacheco, poker has been established in the state. It took off in 1984, when the General Assembly ordered the Attorney General to regulate the state’s cardrooms, and was further regulated in… Read more »
Virginia Bill Introduced to Legalize Online Gambling, Including Poker
Up to three sites per operator A bill has been filed in Virginia that would legalize poker, along with other forms of internet gaming, in the state. Introduced by Northern Virginia Democrat Marcus Simon on Tuesday, HB161 would place online gambling under the regulatory authority of the Virginia Lottery Board. There appear to be multiple… Read more »
Sports Betting Alliance Sues Chicago Over Licensing, Taxation
Need licenses, but none issued The City of Chicago may be in court as the calendar turns to the New Year. On Tuesday, the Sports Betting Alliance (SBA), an advocacy group formed by the country’s major sportsbooks, sued the city over a new licensing and taxation structure that is supposed to take effect on Thursday,… Read more »
Washington, D.C. Mayor Renews Attempts to Legalize Poker
“Long-term economic growth” After trying and failing just a few months ago, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is giving the legalization of poker in the District another go. On Tuesday, the Executive Office of the Mayor issued a press release previewing legislation included in what she calls her “Growth Agenda,” one of which would make… Read more »
Poker Girls
LIPS Tour Celebrating Women in Poker with Nevada State Ladies’ Poker Championship, Team Event
The Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) Tour has been at the forefront of…
Poker Documentary Series “Last Call” Focuses on Women in Poker
When the subject of women and poker is discussed, many think that there…
Public Nominations Open for Women in Poker Hall of Fame
There have been many things impacted by the issues over the past few…
Kristen Bicknell and partypoker End Sponsorship Deal
There was a day when poker sponsorships were handed out like coupons for…
Gossip
Maurice Hawkins Wins 24th WSOP Circuit Ring, Shaun Deeb and Dan Cates Unimpressed
Maurice Hawkins recently won his 24th career World Series of Poker Circuit ring,…
New Poker Comedy “Un$uited,” Starring Casino Influencer, Ready for Television
Poker has long had a convoluted history when it comes to comedic or…
The Lodge Card Club to Remain Closed Indefinitely, Employees Laid Off
Future is cloudy Two weeks ago, The Lodge Card Club in Austin, Texas…
Poker tournaments
Talk of the Town: Kristen Foxen Folds Kings Pre-Flop at Triton Poker Main Event Final Table
For most poker players, pocket Kings is a play-no-matter-what hand pre-flop. But most poker players aren’t Kristen Foxen. This week, Foxen did just that at the final table of the Triton Poker Jeju $100K Main Event, stirring debate in the poker community as to whether or not she made the right play. There were just… Read more »
Sam Soverel, Jeremy Ausmus, and Jordan Glazer Capture Titles in Smallish PGT PLO Series Events
The 2026 PokerGO Tour PLO Series is steaming right along, and perhaps that has been a bit problematic. In the last three events, the tournaments were concluded in a single day rather than over two days because the fields weren’t there to support a two-day event. Sam Soveral, Jeremy Ausmus, and Jordan Glazer couldn’t care… Read more »
Bruno Furth Tops ‘Chino’ Rheem to Capture Event #1 Win at 2026 PGT PLO Series
They started the day at the top of the leaderboard, and Bruno Furth and David ‘Chino’ Rheem would end the day there. In Event #1 of the 2026 PokerGO Tour PLO Series, it was Furth who came out on top over Rheem to take the trophy. It wasn’t without a fight, either, as both men… Read more »
Bruno Furth Leads Final Table of Event #1 at PGT PLO Series; ‘Chino’ Again in the Hunt
The PokerGO Tour is once again in action, this time traveling down the street in Las Vegas to the Venetian for their 2026 PGT Pot Limit Omaha Series. The series, set to run to March 29, is completely dedicated to the four-card variety of Hold’em, and it has drawn some power players to its opening… Read more »
Site News
PokerStars Announces Schedule for 2023 World Championship of Online Poker
As if there isn’t enough live poker going on to keep players happy, PokerStars is offering the latest version of their World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Beginning on September 10, PokerStars will be offering a massive 110-event schedule that covers virtually every discipline that is available in the world of poker. Not only does… Read more »
Responses Pour In On Full Tilt Poker License Revocation
The shockwaves of yesterday’s decision by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) to revoke the e-gaming license of Full Tilt Poker continue to be felt across the poker world. Following the announcement of the decision by the AGCC – where the executive director of the organization, Andre Wilsenach, said that Full Tilt Poker “fundamentally misled… Read more »
PokerStars WCOOP 2011 Schedule Announced
As the saying goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” While the online poker industry has been attempting to weather a serious storm over the last few months, one constant still remains: the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). The world’s largest online poker room (smaller, but still the largest)… Read more »
Tom Dwan Addresses $1 Million Promise
On April 19, four days after the U.S. Department of Justice seized the three major online poker rooms, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Phil Galfond turned to Twitter to try and calm the storm. The two poker superstars each guaranteed $1 million from their own pockets if PokerStars and Full Tilt didn’t pay back players, and… Read more »
Phil Gordon Dismissed from Full Tilt Poker Class-Action Lawsuit
After being included in a class-action lawsuit filed against Full Tilt Poker last month, Phil Gordon immediately went to work to clear his name from any illegal activity involving the embattled company. He hired Maurice Suh of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher of Los Angeles to press a civil suit filed by a group of poker… Read more »
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