World Series of Poker news.
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 »
Online actions follow him into live play When is the last time you saw someone disqualified from a live tournament for something that had nothing to do with what was going on in the tournament room? It just so happened that this scenario played out this past weekend, when high-stakes poker pro Tony “Ren” Lin… Read more »
Not a fan of more closed tournaments As tournament poker evolves, festival organizers continue to experiment with new types of events, constructing a schedule that will get the most people to the tables. This past weekend, Event #15 of the WSOP Circuit stop at Harrah’s Cherokee was something we haven’t seen all that often: a… Read more »
15 events, sky-high guarantees The World Series of Poker has revealed the full schedule for the 2025 WSOP Paradise, to be held at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas from December 4 through December 18. There will be 15 gold bracelet events across the two weeks. “This year’s lineup delivers an unbeatable mix of world-class… Read more »
Hellmuth upset about math Shaun Deeb, ever the tournament grinder, won his second World Series of Poker Player of the Year (POY) title this summer, just beating out triple-bracelet winner Benny Glaser and Main Event and Poker Players Championship king Michael Mizrachi. But not everyone is happy that Deeb won it, especially 17-time bracelet winner… 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 »
Overwhelming chip lead When Jeff Platt asked Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi on Tuesday night what it would take to close out the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event final table on Wednesday, Mizrachi jokingly said, “An hour.” He was right. In one of the most dominant runs in Main Event final table history, Mizrachi… Read more »
Why even say anything? Lon McEachern earned the nickname “the voice of poker” for his long-standing run as the play-by-play announcer of ESPN’s coverage of the World Series of Poker. He has been nominated for the Poker Hall of Fame. He’s seen a lot in the poker world, which is the reason why many were… Read more »
While the 2025 World Series of Poker continues to roll on for a few more days, the $10,000 Main Event is on a break as the nine members of the final table get a much-needed rest Monday to prepare for the stretch run. It is one of the stronger groups in recent memory and is… 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 »
Should’ve had a long dinner Tournament poker’s old age is “a chip and a chair,” meaning as long as you still have chips, you still have a chance to win. You may be down to your final chip, but anything can happen in poker. Strange things happen every day. So what’s the opposite of “a… 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 »
Miss 100% of the shots you don’t take Seven has long been known as a lucky number in gambling, and it certainly seems to be living up to its name at this summer’s 2025 World Series of Poker. On Thursday, Shaun Deeb won his seventh career WSOP bracelet, claiming the crown in the $100,000 Pot-Limit… Read more »
All-in and a pause Between the alleged chip dumping scandal during the Millionaire Maker event and the start of the Main Event, another minor controversy at the World Series of Poker caught the attention of the poker community over the weekend. Poker pro, coach, and vlogger Lexi Gavin-Mather uploaded a video to YouTube showcasing her… 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 »
Yaginuma, Carroll will still receive prize money Though it stopped short of saying collusion or chip dumping occurred, the World Series of Poker has announced that there will be no winner of the $1,500 Millionaire Maker event and no bracelet will be awarded. The two final players and the ones at the center of the… 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 »
Payouts pending We have our first big controversy of the 2025 World Series of Poker and it is quite the doozy. On Thursday, the WSOP announced that it has launched an investigation into the conclusion of the big $1,500 Millionaire Maker event and has withheld the top two payouts and the bracelet. Though the WSOP… Read more »
The United States may be sitting under a “heat dome” right now, but nobody on Earth is hotter than the UK’s Benny Glaser. Over the weekend, Glaser became just the seventh player in World Series of Poker history to win three gold bracelets in a single WSOP. Glaser took the crown in Event #56: $2,500… Read more »
