Earl Burton

The 2026 World Series of Poker is underway, but fans might have been left in the dark trying to find information about it. The WSOP, in its infinite wisdom (/off sarcasm), has decided that people don’t need to read about what is going on without downloading an app that is notoriously wonky and difficult to…

The 2026 World Series of Poker has begun in Las Vegas, but no broadcast of the tournament action has hit the air yet. The first event to be broadcast will be on Friday, when the WSOP will air the play from the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up World Championship on YouTube. When that action kicks…

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,…

The worlds of celebrities and poker have often come together in the 21st-century entertainment scene. Many remember the “golden age” of these types of programming, such as Celebrity Poker Showdown, which featured actors, comedians, and other entertainers playing poker for charitable causes. This still exists today (witness the Creator Poker Championship) and will be further…

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…

While they are on break for the 2026 World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour is actively setting its schedule for the second half of 2026. The WPT has announced that, for one of its second-half tournaments, the carnival will return to Sydney, Australia, with the Star Sydney as host. The Star Sydney will…

It is about ten days from the start of the 2026 World Series of Poker, but officials from the WSOP and GGPoker are already looking to get ahead of some potential issues from last year. By introducing new standards into the rulebook, the WSOP is trying to get ahead of issues like promotions and players…

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…

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…

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…

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…

In a tournament that moved underneath the radar – seriously, there wasn’t much on it before or during play – the World Poker Tour has crowned a new champion. At the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Hollywood, FL, Ian Cohen rode his start-of-day chip lead to the title. Most impressive, however, was the…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…