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 only tournament series that has not, to this point, named a Player of the Year or Champion is the PokerGO Tour. Perhaps because of the tournament glut right at the end of the year, the PGT chose to hold two tournaments – their PGT Championship and the PGT LastChance 2023 – in January 2024.… Read more »
As we come to the close of another year, it is always good to look back at the previous twelve months, in particular at the tournament poker grind. There were plenty of challengers in the two major Player of the Year races, but there was only one man who took control of the standings early… Read more »
The 2023 World Poker Tour World Championship festivities are coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been a great deal of action around Wynn Las Vegas. The $1 million buy-in Big One for OneDrop concluded on Wednesday night, with four men extremely happy to have stuck around for it. While that… 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 the second running of its Mixed Game tournament series in the rearview mirror, the PokerGO Tour set its sights on another overlooked (at least here in the States) version of poker. Pot Limit Omaha will take to the stage of the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas as the PLO Series II begins its ten-event… Read more »
The $100,000 Super High Roller Bowl Pot-Limit Omaha is down to its seven-handed final table. Leading the way in the debut of this nosebleed stakes event is Isaac Haxton with 4.495 million chips. And by leading the way, we mean so far ahead that he can’t even see the Peloton. Haxton’s closest competitor entering Wednesday’s… Read more »
When you come to the final table of a poker tournament holding more than half the chips in play, you’re pretty much expected to win the tournament. That’s the exact situation that Isaac Haxton found himself in on Saturday at the Super High Roller Bowl VIII, and he didn’t disappoint. On his way, he picked… 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 »
We’re coming into the final quarter of the 2023 Player of the Year races on the tournament poker circuit, and it looks as if the major leaderboards have become a two-man race. While Bin Weng has asserted himself to take over the lead on both boards, “Nacho” Barbero has been able to keep close to… Read more »
The PokerGO Tour, the made-for-streaming tournament series that was created by PokerGO, went on hiatus during the run of the 2023 World Series of Poker. With that tournament in the rearview mirror – and a bunch of big-money events on the way – the PGT has announced the second half of their 2023 schedule. It… Read more »
Now that the dust has settled from the 2023 World Series of Poker, it is time to get back to the battles that the tournament poker world is facing. The 100-plus events (counting the online tournaments) of the 2023 WSOP definitely affected the standing in both major Player of the Year races. The problem is… Read more »
It is the second Sunday of action at the 2023 World Series of Poker and there have been bracelets flying out of the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas rapidly. This afternoon at the WSOP, former WSOP Player of the Year Josh Arieh joined the highly exclusive “Five-Timers” club. In other action, the “Gladiators of Poker”… Read more »
Isaac Haxton has absolutely shot out of the gates in 2023. In the first quarter of the year (plus a day), he has won $5,154,740 in live poker tournaments, the first player to hit the $5 million mark. He eclipsed that plateau on Sunday, April 1, when he won Event #8: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em at… Read more »
The intensity is ramping up as the buy-ins rise in the 2023 U. S. Poker Open in Las Vegas. Two more champions have been crowned, both in $15,000 tournaments, while two previous champions of the 2023 USPO are prepared to square off to vie for a second win in the series. That is critically important,… Read more »
We’re now six weeks into the 2023 tournament poker season and one thing is coming evident. The effect of the “High Roller” tournaments, especially the PokerGO Tour, is not as pronounced as it has been in the past. This has allowed some of the tournament poker grinders outside of the “high roller” world to step… Read more »
Friday night was the conclusion of the 2023 PokerGO Cup, but there was plenty still on the line. The four men who made the final table of the Main Event were there to divvy up the $1.3 million prize pool. There was also the trivial matter of the overall champion of the PokerGO Cup, who… Read more »
It was a busy Thursday around the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas. Punnat Punsri was able to defeat the two Daniels, Colpoys and Negreanu, to take down Event #7 and book a mid-six-figure win. While that was going on, the Main Event of the 2023 PokerGO Cup, the $50,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament, set up… Read more »
Battling through an eight-hour final table featuring some of the toughest high-stakes players in the world, Isaac Haxton emerged victorious in the fifth running of the Super High Roller Bowl. In taking down the $300,000 buy in event, Haxton pocketed over a $3 million payday for his efforts. Come in as The Leader, Leave as… Read more »
After putting his name on the High Roller map in capturing the previous event on the 2018 Poker Masters schedule, Ali Imsirovic has reinforced that status in going “back-to-back” and winning Event #6. In taking down the $50,000 No Limit Hold’em championship, Imsirovic has also put a stranglehold on the overall leaderboard, making it so… Read more »
On the whole, behavior by players at the World Series of Poker is good. While there might be occasions that arguments, disagreements and other altercations break out, floor staff and security are usually quick to snuff it out. Two situations have come to light recently, however, which demonstrate either the difficulty of the floor personnel’s… Read more »
