It has been a wonderful week for Japan’s Tamon Nakamura, who on Tuesday won his second tournament of the 2022 U.S. Poker Open. In taking the title in Event #6: $15,000 8-Game, he claimed the $239,700 first prize, beating the legendary Phil Hellmuth heads-up. As is common on the PokerGO Tour and its high roller… Read more »
Although you would have trouble saying that their tournaments are a true test of skills (let us be honest – a tournament that draws eighteen players is a home game, not a topflight event), the PokerGO Tour cannot be knocked for trying to make it LOOK like they are a big deal. They are one… Read more »
High Roller events suit him just fine For someone who has professed to not playing many high roller poker tournaments, Michael Wang certainly looked every bit of a high stakes veteran, winning the $15,000 PokerGO Stairway to Millions Event #5 on Monday for $219,300. And because he finished in the money, he automatically qualified for… Read more »
The latest effort from PokerGO to create a tournament poker schedule is its “Stairway to Millions,” honestly not an original idea (more on this in a moment). The “Stairway to Millions” kicked off on Wednesday with its first tournament at ARIA Resort & Casino and, to PokerGO’s credit, it actually turned out to be a… Read more »
In an occurrence that might have the “powers that be” at PokerGO reevaluating their decision, the final tournament of the first 2022 PokerGO Tour event, at The Venetian in Las Vegas, is in the books. With only 20 entries coming to the fore, Ali Imsirovic was able to take the title, booking his first win… Read more »
Fresh off of crowning their 2021 champion, the PokerGO Tour is back for their second run. The 2022 version of the “High Roller” circuit opened action at the Venetian in Las Vegas earlier this week, replete with those who a $10,000 buy in (minimum) is a pittance. One thing that has not changed, however, are… Read more »
There have always been arguments about who the best player in the world might be. One thing that usually has not been argued, however, is who the best player in a given calendar year might be. Organizations like CardPlayer Magazine and the Global Poker Index have done magnificent work to trying to figure out who… Read more »
Total domination It wasn’t even close. Ali Imsirovic was named the 2021 PokerGO Tour Player of the Year this week, something that looked like an inevitability for months. For his accomplishment, Imsirovic wins $200,000 on behalf of Guaranteed Rate, the PokerGO Tour’s sponsor. Now, I’m not going to get into how Player of the Year… Read more »
The poker calendar is not always bound to the regular calendar. There is usually a pause around the holidays, but December is often no different in the poker world than January. The World Poker Tour, for instance, crossed calendar years. The new PokerGO Tour, however, goes January to December and as such, just concluded its… Read more »
Stairway to Millions steps tournament PokerGO has announced the first quarter schedule for the 2022 season of the PokerGO Tour. Beginning January 5 with the $10,000 No-Limit Venetian High Roller, the initial schedule includes half a dozen stops. One of those stops is the new Stairway to Millions at the ARIA Resort & Casino in… Read more »
Had to wait for Soverel It looked like it was going to happen, but we still had to wait a little while on Tuesday to be sure. David Peters has won the U.S. Poker Open Championship at the U.S. Poker Open for the second year in a row. Despite Peters’ dominance over the past week,… Read more »
Some old, some new As the live poker tournament world begins to inch toward normality, PokerGO has announced the launch of a new live poker tour called the PokerGO Tour. Along with the Tour comes a new player ranking system, with $100,000 on the line for the season’s points leader. PokerGO has revealed five live… Read more »
