Poker Tournament News
The latest effort from PokerGO to create a tournament poker schedule is its “Stairway to Millions,” honestly not an original idea (more on this in a moment). The “Stairway to Millions” kicked off on Wednesday with its first tournament at ARIA Resort & Casino and, to PokerGO’s credit, it actually turned out to be a… Read more »
Now he just needs the earnings title If you register for a high stakes poker tournament and see Michael Addamo there, I highly advise you to turn around and go home or turn off your computer. He is going to win it. On Tuesday, he continued his insane run, winning the $10,300 GGPoker Super MILLION$… Read more »
In an occurrence that might have the “powers that be” at PokerGO reevaluating their decision, the final tournament of the first 2022 PokerGO Tour event, at The Venetian in Las Vegas, is in the books. With only 20 entries coming to the fore, Ali Imsirovic was able to take the title, booking his first win… Read more »
Friday saw the continuation of festivities in the Venetian DeepStacks tournament schedule and, in particular, the PokerGO Tour’s Venetian High Rollers events. Up for the players on Friday was the $15,000 No Limit Hold’em version of events and it featured what has become commonplace for the events during this run. One, there was a smallish… Read more »
Fresh off of crowning their 2021 champion, the PokerGO Tour is back for their second run. The 2022 version of the “High Roller” circuit opened action at the Venetian in Las Vegas earlier this week, replete with those who a $10,000 buy in (minimum) is a pittance. One thing that has not changed, however, are… Read more »
WSOP Circuit We have emerged from our holiday season cocoons into the light of the year 2022 and as such, live poker tournaments are getting ready to kickoff once again. With the omicron variant of COVID-19 causing new virus cases, hospitalizations, and deaths to skyrocket in the United States and around the world, things could… Read more »
As we enter a New Year – hey, at least it was not like poker’s “lost year” – there are some situations to tidy up. The Player of the Year awards for the two major outlets, CardPlayer Magazine and the Global Poker Index, could save some money this year by just combining into one award,… Read more »
Total domination It wasn’t even close. Ali Imsirovic was named the 2021 PokerGO Tour Player of the Year this week, something that looked like an inevitability for months. For his accomplishment, Imsirovic wins $200,000 on behalf of Guaranteed Rate, the PokerGO Tour’s sponsor. Now, I’m not going to get into how Player of the Year… Read more »
The poker calendar is not always bound to the regular calendar. There is usually a pause around the holidays, but December is often no different in the poker world than January. The World Poker Tour, for instance, crossed calendar years. The new PokerGO Tour, however, goes January to December and as such, just concluded its… Read more »
Omicron variant spreading quickly As the world rushes headlong into yet another COVID-19 wave, this time thanks to the omicron variant, we are all experiencing the challenges of simultaneously trying to be safe and live our lives. After live tournaments were cancelled for the vast majority of 2020, they have come back with a vengeance… Read more »
Poker is a game that requires 100% mental fortitude at all times. The scary thing about that is that everything could be going swimmingly for hours, for days, and then one slip up – be it a mental lapse or an unlucky deal – could send you spiraling. And even if that one moment doesn’t… Read more »
The 2021 World Series of Poker Europe is down to the final stretch, as just seven players remain out of 688 total entries. The original intent going into Tuesday’s Day 4 was to call it a night when only six players still had chips, and they had time to get there, but in the end,… Read more »
The record-breaking 2021 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event is nearing the end, as just 32 players remain of the original 688 entries. Bulgaria’s Dimitar Yosifov is the chip leader at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, with 5.880 million chips in his stack. After Yosifov, it is a virtual tie for second place… Read more »
Pencil in March 2022 PokerStars has announced new dates for the recently postponed European Poker Tour Prague festival. Originally scheduled to start this week, EPT Prague has officially been moved to next year, March 5-16, 2022, at Hilton Hotel Prague in the Czech Republic. “We know that there is a huge demand from the PokerStars… Read more »
They are down to the final six players at the 2021 World Poker Tour Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Main Event in Hollywood, Florida and it is a close race at the top of the leaderboard. Sitting in the pole position going into Wednesday’s final table is Harout Ghazarian with 17.4 million chips. But… Read more »
Forgotten with all the excitement of the World Series of Poker Main Event and the winding down of the WSOP in general (even by me!) was that the World Poker Tour got back in action this past week. Currently underway is the WPT Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Main Event in Hollywood, Florida.… Read more »
After a year of poker that was primarily dominated by High Roller events, it should not come as a surprise that one of the High Roller regulars is poised to take the major Player of the Year awards. Ali Imsirovic’s play on those High Roller circuits has been nothing short of stunning, giving him a… Read more »
There are a tremendous number of people who are looking forward to the November/December period for tournament poker in Europe. That is, they “were” looking forward to the events; as new COVID variants emerge, it is leading to the altering of the tournament poker schedule across Europe, including the abbreviation of the 2021 World Series… Read more »
Another highlight performance We were all unsure what to expect with the return of the World Series of Poker this year. One thing we did get was a ton of amazing performances. From Main Event champ Koray Aldemir to Player of the Year Josh Arieh to final table record breaker Phil Hellmuth, the 2021 WSOP… Read more »
Aldemir absolutely cruising Austrian, a Brit, and a Yankee walk into a bar…and buy everybody drinks. This might have been the scene last night if Koray Aldemir, Jack Oliver, and George Holmes didn’t feel the need to get some rest, as the three of them are guaranteed to be a combined $15.3 million richer as… Read more »
With every World Series of Poker, and the WSOP Main Event, in particular, there comes controversy. Of course, this year the big to do was about COVID-19 safety requirements. Last year, controversy surrounded the surprise online/live hybrid Main Event after there had already been what people thought was a Main Event on GGPoker. But those… Read more »
Turkey Day poker in the US PokerStars is the king of tournament series, so now is as good a time as ever for the site to introduce a new tournament series. On Wednesday, Stars revealed Fall Fest in the United States, with separate tournaments in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan running November 20-29. It’s all… Read more »
PLO master Just days after Adam Friedman made history by winning his third straight $10,000 Dealer’s Choice title at the World Series of Poker, Tommy Le accomplished a feat of his own. On Tuesday, Le won Event #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship for the second time. His first bracelet in the event came in 2017;… Read more »
Everyone has been excited by the 2021 World Series of Poker. The schedule has run without incident, even being able to shift on the fly with the announcement of two new Day Ones for the Championship Event due to international restrictions for COVID being eased. But poker players always have to be looking for that… Read more »
Rewriting the record books yet again Though Phil Hellmuth’s meltdown at a final table last week has overshadowed his stellar poker play so far at the World Series of Poker, it kind of felt inevitable that he was going to have a breakthrough. And a breakthrough he had on Sunday, winning Event #31: $1,500 No-Limit… Read more »
