Poker Tournament News
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 »
History continues to be made at the PokerGO Tour’s 2026 U.S. Poker Open in Las Vegas. From the PokerGO Studios at ARIA, the $25,000 Main Event held its Day One festivities on Tuesday, and the players came out in droves for the action. At the end of the day, history was made on the felt… Read more »
For the past week, the PokerGO Tour’s festivities around the 2026 U.S. Poker Open have been active, and it has provided some potential moments of history. Today marks the start of the Main Event of the USPO, the $25,000 concluding tournament, and it is expected that there might be a larger field of combatants for… Read more »
One of the toughest things to do in the poker world is ride a streak to the championship. Jeremy Druckman started off the 2026 PGT PLO Series at Venetian $10,000 Main Event in the Top Ten of the 57 entries and, after two days of play, found himself as the chip leader of the five… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Wrapping up an exciting ten days of poker, the 2026 PokerGO Cup has concluded. Taking the championship of the $15,000 Main Event was Andrew Lictenberger, who emerged from the 52-entry field to take the title. But the Player of the Series – literally – was Brock Wilson, who not only made the final table of… Read more »
Some of the best poker players – or maybe it is players with deep pockets? – have been mixing it up over the past few days at ARIA Resort Casino in Las Vegas. The 2026 PokerGO Cup has crowned four more champions over the past few days, but there is still a lot to play… Read more »
It may have started last week, but the 2026 PokerGO Cup has a long way to go before it crowns its overall champion. The $3,000 Showcase and three one-day $5,000 tournaments took up space in the PokerGO Studios at ARIA in Las Vegas last week, but this week is when the real action begins. In… Read more »
After taking some time off over the weekend, the 2026 PokerGO Cup, being held at the PokerGO Studios at ARIA in Las Vegas, is set to resume on Monday with the first of its $10,000 tournaments. Prior to their rest period, poker professionals Justin Saliba and Brock Wilson won single-day tournaments, with fields a little… Read more »
The first of a series of one-day tournaments is in the books at the 2026 PokerGO Cup. These tournaments reflect a change in the PGT’s format, which usually sees a two-day tournament rather than cramming it into one day of action. It didn’t seem to keep the players away, however, as they played into Thursday… Read more »
The United States and Israel only attacked Iran less than a week ago, but there has already been unspeakable tragedy in the region. More than 1,000 civilians have reportedly been killed in the strikes, including nearly 200 children. Beyond the horror that will continue to unfold at ground level, there has been and will be… Read more »
One of the “signature” events of the PokerGO Tour is their yearly venture with the PokerGO Cup. The 2026 version of the tournament schedule is underway, with the champion being crowned in Event #1, the $3,000 PokerGO Cup Showcase. After three days of battle, it was Kent Stephens emerging with his first-ever PGT title, defeating… Read more »
