World Series of Poker news.
Same place, different venue. If that makes sense, which it doesn’t. The World Series of Poker has announced that WSOP Paradise is on the move to a new home. It’s still in the Bahamas, but rather than at Atlantis Paradise Island like it has been for its first three years, WSOP Paradise is moving a… Read more »
For the first time in the history of the award, it is time to start talking about the World Series of Poker Player of the Year race before May! In a major change to the competition, the recently completed WSOP Europe is now part of the POY mix. Naturally, the winner of the WSOP-E Main… Read more »
Battling his way through a 2,617-entry field and a difficult nine-handed final table, Lithuania’s Marius Kudzmanas emerged as the champion of the 2026 World Series of Poker Europe’s €5,000 Main Event. Despite starting the final table deep on the leaderboard, Kudzmanas was able to battle past such notables as European Poker Tour champion Thomas Eychenne… Read more »
It takes some doing to be kicked out of a World Series of Poker event. You can stink to high heaven, trash talk constantly, and just piss off everybody around you and you will still usually get to stay in your seat. So Birger Larsen getting himself disqualified from a WSOP Europe event on Tuesday… Read more »
As the 2026 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event nears its conclusion, many are already looking ahead to the traditional WSOP in Las Vegas, beginning at the end of next month. On Wednesday, Caesars Entertainment released the schedule for this year’s WSOP Online bracelet events. There will be 30 online gold bracelet tourneys this… Read more »
The field at the 2026 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event has been whittled down from its original 2,167 entries to the final 25 contestants. Leading the way are a couple of unknown entities in the poker world, but known entities such as Chris Hunichen and Day Two chip leader Thomas Eyechenne are still… Read more »
Maurice Hawkins recently won his 24th career World Series of Poker Circuit ring, taking down the first event at the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, Illinois. Hawkins celebrated his record-extending win with a social media post of himself with the ring and the words, “Not a run. Not luck. This is what dominance looks like.”… Read more »
Apparently, complaining about the lack of visibility works… The 2026 World Series of Poker Europe’s €5,000 Main Event has completed the three-Day Ones and its Day Two proceedings, and they have not wasted any time. The money bubble has popped in the tournament late Monday night (Czech time), and every member of the 356-player field… Read more »
The 2026 World Series of Poker Europe got underway this week, and with it came a controversy on social media. Spearheaded by poker pros David Lappin and Steve O’Dwyer, the conversation revolved around the possibility that dealers were not getting paid as much as promised. On March 31, Lappin posted a poll, asking, “If 4%… Read more »
If you have been quietly going about your life for the last few days, you might have missed that the 2026 World Series of Poker Europe has started. It would have been easy to miss it; the tournament schedule has been under radio silence unless you have a particular app for updates. This move, a… Read more »
In a stunning announcement this afternoon, officials with GGPoker and the World Series of Poker stated that the $10,000 World Championship Event – the “Main Event,” won by Poker Hall of Famer Michael Mizrachi last year – will be returning to the cable broadcast channel. After a five-year absence, poker fans will once again be… Read more »
Welcome back Annette Obrestad is a poker legend, even though she hasn’t been active on the poker scene in nearly a decade and has yet to even reach her 40th birthday. The one-time teenage poker phenom, though, has announced her return to competitive poker, confirming that she will play at the 2026 World Series of… Read more »
Main Event final table schedule still a question mark When GGPoker released the schedule for the 2026 World Series of Poker last week, it gave the public almost all the information it needed on the summer poker spectacular. A couple pieces were missing: the exact schedule for the final table and the broadcast viewing options… Read more »
Worldwide chase Players who grind to try to finish atop the World Series of Poker Player of the Year leaderboard may have to log some frequent flier miles this year. In its 2026 schedule release, the WSOP announced changes to the POY race, namely that it will now expand beyond Las Vegas. The announcement wasn’t… Read more »
GGPoker has announced the complete schedule for the 2026 World Series of Poker, slated to run May 26 to July 15 at both Paris Las Vegas and Horseshoe Las Vegas on the Strip. “Our favorite time of year is around the corner, and we cannot wait to once again welcome the poker world back to… Read more »
In what would turn out to be an actual “battle of the ages,” the youngest player at the final table of the 2025 WSOP Super Main Event was able to outlast the oldest player on the felt. 27-year-old Bernhard Binder defeated the start-of-day chip leader, 78-year-old Jean-Noel Thorel, in what was a thrilling heads-up battle.… Read more »
The slowroll. You don’t see it that often in big-time poker events anymore, but when you do, hoo boy. It is considered one of the most unsportsmanlike things one can do at a poker table, frowned upon by just about everyone except the slowroller. But hey, if you’re going to try to put your opponent… Read more »
It has been a weeklong run to reach the final eight of the $25,000 2025 WSOP Super Main Event, but the members of that table are now set. It is an international final table featuring players from six countries (the U.S. is the only one with more than one player, at three). Leading the way… Read more »
The 2025 World Series of Poker Paradise, currently underway at Atlantis in the Bahamas, has become notable this year, and it can be debated whether it is a good thing or a blight on poker. The $60 million guaranteed Super Main Event, with a $25,000 buy-in, has drawn the lion’s share of attention, rather than… Read more »
Back in the saddle, it seems The term “indefinite suspension” does not necessarily mean forever, but it typically means “a long time,” at the very least. Define it how you will, poker pro Ren Lin’s indefinite suspension from the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and GGPoker lasted less than two months. Lin is currently playing… Read more »
Most people go to the Bahamas for the sunshine and warm temperatures, especially this time of year. For poker denizens, however, they are in the Bahamas to try to take their share of the millions of dollars offered by the World Series of Poker. The 2025 WSOP Paradise is in full swing with several events… Read more »
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 »
