The World Poker Tour’s visit to Oklahoma continued through Sunday as the money bubble popped in their $3500 Main Event. After the Day 1B players were counted, the $2 million guaranteed prize pool was topped, by a healthy margin, and the money started flowing. After Day Two, a former champion of this event, James Mackey,… Read more »
With the end of the 2024 U. S. Poker Open last week, the 2024 PokerGO Tour season seemed to be at a good point to examine the standings. After a couple of tournament series off because they were not his games (Omaha and the Mixed Game series), David Coleman dropped out of the lead in… Read more »
The 2024 U. S. Poker Open is now in the books, and the finale presented a bit of drama on the way to crowning champions. In the $25,000 Championship Event, Stephen Chidwick outlasted a tough final table to capture the title. Chidwick’s efforts would land him in second place in the overall race, however, as… Read more »
The 2024 U. S. Poker Open has reached the halfway mark following the conclusion of Event #4 on Friday night. On Thursday, Dan Smith made rapid work of the final table as he stormed to the title. Friday brought another championship on the PokerGO Tour for David Coleman, who is looking to get back to… Read more »
The 2024 U. S. Poker Open is alive once again! The PokerGO Studios at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas is the place for all the poker action over the next ten days, and the players are not wasting any time getting down to business. On Tuesday, Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel continued… Read more »
The PokerGO Tour is back in action at ARIA in Las Vegas, but this time around it isn’t for anything remotely related to Texas Hold’em. This time around it is all about the Omaha version of the game, as the 2024 PGT Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) Series kicks off a festival of tournaments (and the… Read more »
In the race for the 2024 Poker Player of the Year, the two major ranking systems have seen a complete changeover. A few weeks ago, the PokerGO Tour’s events – and their champions – dominated the standings. As we get ready to complete the first quarter of 2024, another tournament schedule on the international circuit… 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 »
It may not be a part of the World Poker Tour’s schedule anymore, but the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, is still holding its high-profile events – and getting power-packed fields to go along with it. Last week the Foxens, Alex and Kristen, ravaged the $25,000 High Roller event, and the… Read more »
Much of North America is in the grasp of a winter storm, but the action has been hot at the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas. The five-tournament 2024 PGT Kickoff has been the focus of attention this weekend, with two tournaments wrapping up their action. On Saturday, Dylan Weisman broke through with a big win… 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 »
The PokerGO Tour’s PLO Series II is down to its final events, but not until some dominant performances were capped on Saturday and Sunday. In both Event #7, a $10,000 PLO tournament, and Event #8, the $10,000 PLO Hi/Lo tournament, the player who entered the final table with the chip lead was able to win… 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 »
One of the premiere locations on the East Coast for poker has rejoined the game, and it has been an enormous success. After more than two years out of action, the Borgata in Atlantic City has opened back up its poker operations, celebrated with its brand-new tournament schedule. “The Return” has been all that, with… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is back in action with their Season XX schedule, and it is a big one. The WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open is underway at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL, and the players have flooded the floor for the first of two-Day Ones. One player who will… Read more »
The inaugural “Stairway to Millions” tournament schedule at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas has certainly lived up to its potential. Meant to give players the opportunity to get into host PokerGO’s “High Roller” tournaments, the “Stairway to Millions” has actually had some decent player numbers as the value of the event went up.… Read more »
Sometimes, the crème does rise to the top. Continuing his streak in PokerGO’s “Stairway to Millions” series at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Chance Kornuth not only cashed in the third of three events on the calendar, but he also won his second tournament on the roster. This victory for Kornuth in Event… Read more »
The 2021 World Series of Poker Championship Event is wheeling its way into the final days of the event. After Day 5 action, there are only 96 players remaining from the original field of 6650 players. Once again near the top of the leaderboard is Day 4 chip leader Damon Colillas, but he does not… Read more »
The first bracelets have been awarded at the 2021 World Series of Poker. In the Casino Employees Event, a dealer from Caesars Palace was able to outlast the final fifty players in the traditional starting event of the WSOP. In a special charity event for COVID relief, a top pro was able to take home… Read more »
With the return of tournament poker to the poker community, the different Player of the Year races have also sprung back to life. One thing has remained the same, however. The different “High Roller” events have made for an unbalanced leaderboard, as evidenced by high roller regular Ali Imsirovic’s ascension to the top of both… Read more »
Hard to believe that it has been ten years since the Global Poker Index has been utilized in the world of poker. From its humble beginnings in 2011 as a method of ranking players to be eligible for a long since gone poker tour, the Global Poker Index has now become one of the best… Read more »
