We have come a long way from January in the different Player of the Year races. Everyone started 2025 with visions of it being “their” year. Many of those dreams have gone up in smoke, but some will have a pathway to either the CardPlayer Magazine, Global Poker Index, or PokerGO Tour Player of the… Read more »
After the 2025 World Series of Poker, Jesse Lonis was riding high on the different Player of the Year races in poker. The thought that Lonis’ lead was insurmountable has begun to crumble, however, as we enter the homestretch of the 2025 Player of the Year races. With just weeks to go before the end… Read more »
The PokerGO Tour PLO Series II is displaying the skills of the four-card masters this week in Las Vegas. Over the weekend, Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel picked up his first PGT title of 2025 in Event #3, while Ben Lamb put his name in the mix for the PLO Series II championship. In… Read more »
It may seem like the PokerGO Tour has just gotten finished with an event…and that would be because they just did! Only two weeks ago, the PGT wrapped the 2025 Poker Masters, and on Wednesday, they started their semi-annual festivities regarding Omaha Hold’em in the PLO Series II. It has been a case of the… Read more »
There was plenty of drama as the final players came to the felt for the finale to the 2025 Poker Masters, the $25,000 Main Event. Four men had a chance at taking the overall title for the festival and capturing the Purple Jacket, making the seven-handed final table critical to that outcome. In the end,… Read more »
The 2025 Poker Masters has once again lived up to its prestige, generating million-dollar prize pools. What it hasn’t done, however, is hand out its biggest prize, the Purple Jacket, signifying the overall champion. The $25,000 Main Event is currently underway, but before that, Nguyen Le and Justin Saliba tossed their hats in the ring… Read more »
The final two $10,000 tournaments on the 2025 Poker Masters schedule are in the books, and they crowned two familiar faces. Alex Foxen would use his victory in Event #6 to not only put his name in the mix for the Poker Masters Purple Jacket but also to put his name on top of the… Read more »
The streaming service PokerGO has delivered many a new “made for streaming” tournament series for poker fans. There seems to be one format, however, that PokerGO has not broached yet – a team competition. Here is a proposal for a team format that PokerGO might be able to get behind, and we’re going to name… Read more »
The long post-World Series of Poker slumber is just about over. The World Poker Tour is back in action (albeit overseas), while the European Poker Tour is live again in Barcelona. The PokerGO Tour is also preparing to restart the second half of its 2025 season, with the battle at the top of the PokerGO… 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 »
For those who believe that the PokerGO Tour is hibernating during the 2025 World Series of Poker, you might want to think again. Instead of pausing operations, the PGT will incorporate many of the events from the summertime festival as part of their 2025 schedule. Depending on the finishes in these tournaments, the entirety of… Read more »
We are a week away from the 2025 World Series of Poker. The Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas are prepping for action, wheeling out the massive piles of tournament chips for poker’s greatest tournament and evaluating the dealers’ acumen. The players are also getting ready, as many competitors are looking to move up the ladder… Read more »
In what turned out to be a series of runs, it became the last run that was the best. Powering his way to the championship of the penultimate $15,000 tournament, Jesse Lonis capped an outstanding run at the PokerGO Tour Studios in Las Vegas with a deep run in the $25,000 Main Event. Along with… Read more »
While the overall finish might have been anticlimactic, the Championship Event of the 2024 PGT PLO Series turned out to be an exciting one. Seth Davies was able to hold off the Event #8 champion, Eelis Parssinen, to take down the $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship Event. The runner-up in the tournament, Samuli Sipila, may… Read more »
The 2024 PokerGO Cup is moving into its final few events, but just as exciting as the poker at the tables is the race for the overall PokerGO Cup title. In that battle, Jonathan Little sits atop the standings, but there are two tournaments left for someone to rise to pass Little. One of those… Read more »
With the advent of a new calendar year, that also brings a new tournament poker season for the poker world. Around the world, players will square off over the baize to battle it out for massive amounts of money (of course), but some of these combatants will also be in a fight to determine the… Read more »
While the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, may no longer be part of the World Poker Tour’s official schedule, this premier poker destination continues to host high-profile tournaments that attract world-class fields. Last week, the Foxens power couple, Alex and Kristen, dominated the $25,000 High Roller event, while the $3,500 Main… Read more »
We are only a few weeks into the 2024 tournament poker season, but one thing is quite evident – two players are looking to put their stamp on the upcoming season. Kristen and Alex Foxen have been doing well in the initial action of 2024, with Kristen picking up a tournament win at the PokerGO… Read more »
One thing you have to say about the PokerGO Tour is that they don’t waste any time. Just as soon as Daniel Smiljkovic finished off the 2023 PokerGO Tour season by winning the PGT Championship, the circuit almost immediately named Isaac Haxton as the PGT Player of the Year. Just as soon as the ink… Read more »
The Main Event of the World Series of Poker Paradise in the Bahamas is underway right now, but the excitement from Saturday is what folks are still buzzing about around the Atlantis. In Event #7, the $50,000 Super High Roller tournament, Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel was able to capture the victory in an… Read more »
We’re down to the final six weeks of 2023 and the two Player of the Year races in tournament poker look to have come down to two men. Both men have been among the Top Five for most of the year if not the Top Two, so it isn’t a surprise that they are vying… Read more »
With much of the European poker world occupied with the start of the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, there has been a handful of players that have peeled off to Las Vegas for the second running of the PokerGO Tour PLO Series II. Two men, Bryce Yockey and Joao… Read more »
The PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas have been bustling of late, with the Poker Masters in September and now the eighth running of the Super High Roller Bowl. The $300,000 buy-in tournament has once again drawn the crème of the tournament poker world – or at least those who could conjure up $300,000 to get… Read more »
It’s been a busy weekend around the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas. The 2023 Poker Masters has been playing through this last weekend of September, crowning three champions in the race for their Purple Jacket. That battle will certainly come down to the last event of the series, a $50,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event,… Read more »
It was a day off on Sunday for the 2023 Poker Masters, but that doesn’t mean that the buzz had died down from its action. Saturday saw the crowning of the Event #2 champion, while Event #3 opened play. In both cases, the tournaments failed to come up to the numbers that were established by… Read more »
