Poker Tournament News
The 2026 Venetian DeepStack Championship at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas distributed $22,947,285 in prize money across 121 numbered events, running from May 21 through August 2, according to PokerNews. The series drew 28,595 entries excluding satellites and carried more than $16 million in guarantees. Among the notable individual results reported by PokerNews, Adel Kabbani… Read more »
Han Feng has been eliminated from the World Series of Poker Main Event final table in fifth place after a dramatic river card ended his run, earning $2,250,000 for his finish, PokerNews reported. According to PokerNews, Feng was down to eight big blinds when he moved all-in holding pocket aces. Lauri Saaskilahti called with pocket… Read more »
Chengyu Liao, an Istanbul-based non-professional who said he flew to North Cyprus specifically for the weekend to play poker, won the $7,500 High Roller at the 2026 NOIR Poker Series at Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa, taking home $300,000 in first-place prize money, according to PokerNews. PokerNews reported that the final day began… Read more »
German native Julian Selinger completed a remarkable heads-up comeback to claim the 2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €1,500 Main Event at the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel and Olympic Park Casino in Estonia, according to PokerNews. Selinger defeated Dutchman Roy van der Reijnst after a four-hour heads-up battle to take the title, a WSOP Circuit Main Event… Read more »
Take your time, no rush With the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event final table kicking off in just three days, the WSOP has implemented a rule change. Announced on social media, the WSOP has decided that there will not be “shot clock” at the final table. In the social media post, the WSOP… Read more »
Bryn Kenney secured a seven-figure result at the $100,000 King’s Charity Super High Roller at the King’s Poker Cup in Jeju, South Korea, pushing his cumulative live tournament earnings past $90 million and extending his lead atop The Hendon Mob all-time money list, according to PokerNews. PokerNews reported that Kenney and Jesse Lonis reached a… Read more »
Just like the old days For the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Series of Poker is airing on the ESPN family of networks. Starting Tuesday night, ESPN and ESPN2 will broadcast episodes of the 2026 WSOP Main Event, culminating with the Main Event final table in early August. Ninety-nine of the… Read more »
There has been a great deal of controversy over the World Series of Poker’s Player of the Year race, but it has done one thing: completely reworked the two overall POYs in the game. A completely new list of contenders – save for a couple – has announced their intentions for the year-long race. The… Read more »
All eyes on me Perhaps it is a little unfortunate that in writing about someone who won a cherished World Series of Poker bracelet, much or most of the focus is on the runner-up. But when the runner-up is Phil Hellmuth, that’s a big part of the story, like it or not. On Wednesday night,… Read more »
Hurtling towards the finish As the 2026 World Series of Poker winds down and we wait for the Main Event final table, there are still a handful of bracelets to be awarded. One of those went to David Peters last night, who won Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em for $1,001,391. Reflecting on a less-than-satisfying… Read more »
The attention of the poker world might be on the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event, which started Thursday, but let’s not forget that there are still other WSOP tournaments going on. Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu won one such tournament, the $100,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha event, for the eighth bracelet of… Read more »
The company you keep It seems Nines are lucky this summer. On Tuesday, Shaun Deeb won 2026 World Series of Poker Event #74: $1,500 8-Game Mix for his ninth career WSOP bracelet. His accomplishment comes just a day after Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi won his ninth WSOP title and just a few days after Benny… Read more »
Call of the year? In just her second-ever World Series of Poker event, Skye Chen won the 2026 WSOP Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship, outlasting Aubrey Williams in a thrilling heads-up contest. It was the largest Ladies event in WSOP history, with 1,475 entrants, eclipsing last year’s record of 1,368 entrants. After Lisa Teebagy was eliminated… Read more »
Benny Glaser has had a heck of a poker career, but boy, this past year has been something. Among other accomplishments, in 2025, he became just the seventh player in history to win three bracelets in a single World Series of Poker. And now, he has won the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship, the most… Read more »
Eagle eyes on the action Tuesday marked the end of the 2026 World Series of Poker $500 Colossus event, one of the most popular tournaments on the schedule, as it offers the chance at a huge payday for just a $500 buy-in. Justin Smith celebrated his win last night, shocked that he was able to… Read more »
That time of the year is upon the poker world once again. The 2026 World Series of Poker kicks off bright and early (for poker players, anyway) at noon on Tuesday, and the throngs will descend on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas like seventeen-year cicadas waiting to breed. Event #1, the $500 Mini-Mystery Millions,… Read more »
Annual poker celebration It’s that time of year again. Winter is in the rearview mirror and outdoor temps are comfortable, so it is time to spend the next month and a half in the air conditioning, playing poker. That’s right, the 2026 World Series of Poker kicks off on Tuesday, May 26 at Horseshoe Las… Read more »
When it comes to the PokerGO Tour, everyone knows the big events. The PokerGO Cup, the U.S. Poker Open, and the Poker Masters are the first tournaments that come to mind. But many do not realize that almost a quarter of the qualifying tournaments for the PGT come from one event – the World Series… Read more »
Last week, we looked at the two major Player of the Year races, provided by CardPlayer Magazine and the Global Poker Index. There are a couple of other POY battles that people are interested in, however. On one, the leader has been dominant during the “high roller” tournaments, but the other shows that the steady… Read more »
At the start of the final table for the European Poker Tour’s Monte Carlo Main Event, it looked like nobody could top Austria’s Bernhard Binder. With a dominant chip lead, the railbirds in Sporting Monte-Carlo figured they were there for a coronation rather than a competition. As they say, however, that is why they play… Read more »
Five days of poker at the Sporting Monte-Carlo in Monaco have seen a field of over 1,000 players whittled down to the final eight. The European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Main Event final table is upon us, with a player looking to go for the long run to the title. Chip leader Bernhard Binder, who… Read more »
Say what? The Asian Poker Tour (APT) Taipei wrapped up over the weekend, but not before a really weird hand played out during the heads-up portion of the NT$120,000 No Limit Hold’em High Roller event. It was Ritwik Khanna versus Trung Quan Nguyen, Nguyen healthily in the lead, 22 million chips to 9.7 million. Nguyen… Read more »
In the race for the Player of the Year in poker, there has been one name that has dominated over the others: Brandon Wilson. On the CardPlayer Magazine POY, Wilson has been able to move out to a dominant lead, while the Global Poker Index POY rankings have his lead a bit smaller, but still… Read more »
After a six-year hiatus and uncertainty if it would ever return, the Aussie Millions is back. Running April 24 to May 10, the poker festival that used to be one of the most popular on the poker calendar has not been played since 2020. The Aussie Millions (officially the Aussie Millions Poker Championship Presented by… Read more »
While it was a historic final table for the PokerGO Tour’s 2026 U.S. Poker Open, David Coleman was having none of it. Coming into the final table with the chip lead, Coleman put up with much of the attention going to the three ladies who assumed seats against him on Wednesday afternoon. With that said,… Read more »
