Poker Tournament News
This is what is known as the “lull” in the tournament poker calendar. It is after the completion of the World Series of Poker, but it is before any real tournament action has resumed. Thus, we get sidetracked by little things like this, a playful spat between World Poker Tour Executive Tournament Director Matt Savage… Read more »
When the schedule came out for 2025, many people noted how one of the preeminent stops on the European Poker Tour, Paris, was left off the roster of events. At the time, EPT officials cited the political situation in France as the reason for not returning to the “City of Lights.” Those differences have apparently… Read more »
If you recall, during the 2025 World Series of Poker, we ran down every state in the U.S., detailing the top three money earners by where the players came from. It was an intriguing listing, with a few surprises, and one astute reader had a thought. “How about doing this for Canada?” that reader asked…so… Read more »
If you recall, during the 2025 World Series of Poker, we ran down every state in the U.S., detailing the top three money earners by where the players came from. It was an intriguing listing, with a few surprises, and one astute reader had a thought. “How about doing this for Canada?” that reader asked…so… Read more »
It didn’t take long for the bracket to be set for the $25,000 buy-in National Heads-Up Poker Championship (NHUPC) since the tournament’s revival was announced early this week. On Thursday night, the 64-player draw was held at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, with the participants eagerly awaiting what their paths to the championship will… Read more »
Go get Peacock A fan-favorite poker show from the heyday of poker television is set to make its triumphant return. On Monday, PokerGO and PokerStars announced that they are bringing back the National Heads-Up Poker Championship (NHUPC), which went off the air more than a decade ago. The NHUPC will debut on the Peacock streaming… Read more »
If you recall, during the 2025 World Series of Poker, we ran down every state in the U.S., detailing the top three money earners by where the players came from. It was an intriguing listing, with a few surprises, and one astute reader had a thought. “How about doing this for Canada?” that reader asked…so… Read more »
The 2025 World Series of Poker is in the books, and the results from the 100-tournament schedule are now being seen on the different Player of the Year races. One thing is constant, however – that Jesse Lonis is having one of the finest seasons in his poker career. Lonis is not only atop the… Read more »
With the close of the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event (and its final “preliminary” tournaments), we have come to the end of this year’s series. But one thing was up for grabs until the end of the road, and that was the WSOP Player of the Year race. In the end, the masterful… Read more »
Most of the time in a poker tournament, the crème DOESN’T rise to the top. Poker is an egalitarian process, uncaring of how many times you have won or whether you have even played the game at all. At the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event – the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship… Read more »
The 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event – the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship – continued its fortnight march on Wednesday at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. There was some unfinished business from Tuesday that had to be completed – popping the money bubble – but, with $90 million awaiting the survivors,… Read more »
It is a question that has puzzled some of the greatest minds in tournament poker. Just how much is TOO much? How many buy-ins should be allowed, how many chips should be used, and how to deal the cards (yes, the “slide” has now taken over from the “pitch” method). But the biggest one is… Read more »
The money bubble may be about to burst in the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event, but the hype is apparently not enough, as the WSOP has announced the dates for the third running of WSOP Paradise. Hosted jointly by the owner of the WSOP brand, GGPoker, and Triton Poker, WSOP Paradise will span… Read more »
It was a celebratory day at the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event – the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship – at least at the start of the day. The field came together for the first time under one roof and stopped short of the money bubble on Day Three. Between the start… Read more »
The 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event – the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship – began last week, and there has been a great deal of joviality to this point. Players have come to the tables, survived their first hands – or, in some cases, first all-ins – and have enjoyed the thrill… Read more »
It’s been an arduous trek…but we have reached the end! In the world of poker, there is only one scoreboard that matters – how much money have you won? With this fact in mind (and as the 2025 World Series of Poker reaches its climax), Poker News Daily has headed over to The Hendon Mob… Read more »
The 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event – the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship – is now underway. The halls of the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas are throbbing with people running around, trying either to set up their seat in poker’s most prestigious event or lamenting their departure from it. Day 1A… Read more »
It has been a long summer, with several historic events that have occurred, but the time that all poker players look forward to has finally arrived. The 2025 World Series of Poker has slogged through eighty tournaments (and still has another twenty to go), and the pinnacle tournament on the schedule is looking to get… Read more »
It was arguably one of the most historic weekends in the history of the World Series of Poker. In two separate events, players would make their mark by achieving something that had never been done in the history of poker’s most storied event. As a result, Michael Mizrachi and Shiina Okamoto have etched their names… Read more »
If it sounds like the same song, different verse, you would not be mistaken. Once again, Michael ‘The Grinder’ Mizrachi is leading the way at the 2025 World Series of Poker’s $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship. With seven players remaining (including for the first time a female competitor), Mizrachi has a better than average chance at… Read more »
In about two weeks, Event #92, the $1979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty tournament, will take place during the 2025 World Series of Poker. As a matter of ceremony, the newest inductee for the Poker Hall of Fame will be named before the start of the tournament (for which all Hall members have a free… Read more »
The 2025 World Series of Poker continues to motor along through the steamy June days, but one thing has been determined. Following input from the public, the nominees for the 2025 Poker Hall of Fame have been announced. Ten people have been selected, but only one person will be announced publicly just ahead of the… Read more »
Approximately a third of the way through the 2025 World Series of Poker schedule, the Player of the Year race is shaping up quite nicely. Of course, if someone is going to win two bracelets in the early action, they are going to put themselves in a position to win the 2025 WSOP POY battle.… Read more »
In the world of poker, there is only one scoreboard that matters – how much money have you won? With this fact in mind (and before the start of the 2025 World Series of Poker), Poker News Daily has headed over to The Hendon Mob poker database with a critical question: Who are the all-time… Read more »
In the world of poker, there is only one scoreboard that matters – how much money have you won? With this fact in mind (and before the start of the 2025 World Series of Poker), Poker News Daily has headed over to The Hendon Mob poker database with a critical question: Who are the all-time… Read more »
