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It has been a long year on the tournament poker circuit. There have been some tremendous highlights (here’s looking at you, Michael Mizrachi!) and some questionable conduct by others (the less “table talk,” the better). But now it comes down to three different tournaments battling for the eyes – and wallets – of the tournament… Read more »
It has become one of the most controversial gambling scandals in professional sports. A Basketball Hall of Famer, former World Champion, and respected commentator and coach, charged with money laundering and wire fraud amid involvement with alleged organized crime figures in a scam that involved millions of dollars and an elaborate cheating scheme. Facing all… Read more »
We have come a long way from January in the different Player of the Year races. Everyone started 2025 with visions of it being “their” year. Many of those dreams have gone up in smoke, but some will have a pathway to either the CardPlayer Magazine, Global Poker Index, or PokerGO Tour Player of the… Read more »
This afternoon, the poker community learned of the passing of one of its legends, and it was not a person who ever picked up a chip. Noted photographer Ulvis Alberts, whose iconic portrait-style photographs of poker’s greatest players and other celebrities are renowned worldwide, passed away from undisclosed causes. Alberts was eighty-three years old. “A… Read more »
At the start of action featuring the final six players from the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas Main Event, it looked to be Thomas Boivin’s tournament to lose. Boivin held a massive lead over Jennifer Shahade and, if there was a sentimental favorite among the railbirds, it was the chess Grandmaster looking for… Read more »
After five days of battle on the green baize at Resorts World Las Vegas, the final table has been determined in the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas Main Event. It may appear that it is Thomas Boivin’s tournament to lose, as he has built a massive stack of 12.545 million chips for battle… Read more »
If you hadn’t noticed, Las Vegas has been a little busy of late with poker tournament action. The PokerGO Tour has had a couple of events run, but last week, the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) entered the fray, with a $50,000 Super High Roller tournament and a $5,000 Main Event that offered something… Read more »
After the 2025 World Series of Poker, Jesse Lonis was riding high on the different Player of the Year races in poker. The thought that Lonis’ lead was insurmountable has begun to crumble, however, as we enter the homestretch of the 2025 Player of the Year races. With just weeks to go before the end… Read more »
Five men came back on Wednesday afternoon, ready to determine the champion of the 2025 Super High Roller Bowl $100,000 Pot Limit Omaha tournament, and a surprise was in store for all. Coming out of the middle of the pack, John Riordan battled from a deficit in heads-up play against the start-of-day chip leader, Sam… Read more »
Hot on the heels of the completion of their PLO Series II event over the weekend, the PokerGO Tour jumped back into the Omaha pool to start the week. After two days of battle, the Super High Roller Bowl: $100,000 Pot Limit Omaha extravaganza has worked its way down to the final five players. Leading… Read more »
As the poker world debated the merits of playing in high-stakes poker games over the weekend, the PokerGO Tour went about the business of concluding its latest series. The 2025 PGT PLO Series II came to a close with a $25,000 Main Event, and it brought out 68 entries for the four-card variant of the… Read more »
The fight for the championship of the 2025 PokerGO Tour PLO Series II is heating up, and so is Sean Winter. After coming up short in two consecutive events, Winter would finally break through in his third bite at the apple. After Winter’s victory in Event #5 (and Bryce Yockey’s win in Event #6), Winter… Read more »
The PokerGO Tour PLO Series II is displaying the skills of the four-card masters this week in Las Vegas. Over the weekend, Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel picked up his first PGT title of 2025 in Event #3, while Ben Lamb put his name in the mix for the PLO Series II championship. In… Read more »
Reevaluated the economics In a stunning turn of events, MGM has withdrawn from the race for one of three casino licenses for downstate New York. In a press release, MGM Yonkers, Inc. said, “….the competitive and economic assumptions underpinning our application have shifted, altering our return expectations on the proposed $2.3 billion investment.” “The newly… Read more »
It has been a good run of late for Polish poker professional Tomasz Brzezinski. Two months ago at the European Poker Tour Main Event in Barcelona, Brzezinski battled for the championship before coming up short in finishing fourth (with a €493,250 check to console him for his loss). This time around at the EPT Malta… Read more »
Lied about having inside information Poker pro Cory Zeidman has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for defrauding sports bettors out of millions of dollars over the course of a decade and a half. After initially denying the accusations, Zeidman pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud in December… Read more »
Over the course of poker’s televised history, there have been plenty of excellent “made-for-television” creations. There have also been those that were a bit questionable. Where the latest partnership will go may yet be seen, but the World Poker Tour and Creator Television, a stable of “content creators,” have joined forces to create a new… Read more »
There was plenty of drama as the final players came to the felt for the finale to the 2025 Poker Masters, the $25,000 Main Event. Four men had a chance at taking the overall title for the festival and capturing the Purple Jacket, making the seven-handed final table critical to that outcome. In the end,… Read more »
The 2025 Poker Masters has once again lived up to its prestige, generating million-dollar prize pools. What it hasn’t done, however, is hand out its biggest prize, the Purple Jacket, signifying the overall champion. The $25,000 Main Event is currently underway, but before that, Nguyen Le and Justin Saliba tossed their hats in the ring… Read more »
The final two $10,000 tournaments on the 2025 Poker Masters schedule are in the books, and they crowned two familiar faces. Alex Foxen would use his victory in Event #6 to not only put his name in the mix for the Poker Masters Purple Jacket but also to put his name on top of the… Read more »
It has been a busy week around the PokerGO Studios at ARIA in Las Vegas. A trio of players have earned titles during the 2025 Poker Masters, allowing them to stake their claim to the vaunted Purple Jacket. Leading that race right now is Mitchell Halverson, who has started with three strong finishes in tournaments… Read more »
Two events are now in the books at the 2025 Poker Masters, including the championship of the $1,000,000 Showcase. In that tournament, David Coleman would rage through the field in capturing the first title of the 2025 Poker Masters. On Tuesday, Event #2’s finale was entered into the books, with Mike Zulker picking up the… Read more »
The first event of the 2025 Poker Masters, the $1,000,000 Showcase, has been battling over three days now. After two opening days saw the guarantee smashed, Sunday’s action began to hand out some of the prize pool that had been generated. By the end of the action tonight, Andrew Ostapchenko and David Coleman were the… Read more »
It is one of the crown jewels of the PokerGO Tour schedule. For the tenth time, Poker Masters has hit the stage at the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas, and they are kicking it off with a bang. Event #1 of the schedule is a $1 million guaranteed, $5,000 buy-in tournament, and as expected, the… Read more »
The PokerGO Tour had a rather rough ride with their PGT Bounty Blitz “made for streaming” tournament. The fields for that schedule of $5000 tournaments never cracked fifty players in any event, but the PGT got the sour taste out of their mouths with a stirring tournament at Venetian Las Vegas. Battling through a stacked… Read more »
