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 »
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 »
It is hard to believe we are already six weeks into the tournament poker calendar circa 2024, but the action has been frantic on the PokerGO Tour. Events are already in the books on that circuit, with one player in particular dominating the initial action. Just as important, however, is the achievement of another player… Read more »
He was one of four men who had a chance to take home the overall championship of the 2024 PokerGO Cup. He was also the least likely contenders, coming into the final table as one of the short stacks of six talented players. In the end, however, Jonathan Little emerged as the “last man standing”… Read more »
David Coleman has been having an excellent start to the 2024 tournament poker season, but David Peters is trying to keep pace with him. Peters, the victor in Event #1 of the 2024 PokerGO Cup, earned his second title during the series by taking down Event #6 on Friday evening at ARIA. In winning that… Read more »
It has been an outstanding start to the 2024 tournament poker season for David Coleman. Leading the way in the Player of the Year race (the CardPlayer one, as the Global Poker Index is not “live” yet), Coleman added some more points to his 2024 resume by taking down Event #6 at the 2024 PokerGO… 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 »
The 2022 Poker Masters is heading into its Main Event conclusion, but that is not stopping the jousting for position prior to that conclusion. In Event #9, Sean Winter emerged as the champion of the $25,000 tournament. Along with the win, Winter takes over as the leader in the race for the Purple Jacket (the… Read more »
It has been an issue in poker overall – and in online poker especially – for decades. How do you ensure that those who cheat in the game are punished fully for the transgressions that a person, a team, or a group has committed? Long there has been discussion about the subject, but not much… Read more »
The 2021 World Series of Poker is still creeping along, using the days after the conclusion of the $10,000 Championship Event to wrap up some unfinished business (or, perhaps, to milk a little more out of the cow). The High Roller tournaments have been the featured events over the weekend, with two of them actually… Read more »
While many may have thought that the 2021 World Series of Poker concluded with Koray Aldemir’s dominant run to the World Championship, there are some odds and ends that remain to be cleared up. One tournament on the schedule yet is the $250,000 “Super High Roller” No Limit Hold’em event, which naturally was a star-studded… Read more »
It looks as though there is going to be overtime in the 2021 Poker Masters. After Michael Addamo and Mikita Badziakouski took down the final two preliminary events on Friday and Saturday, the $100,000 Main Event of the 2021 Poker Masters was scheduled to be a one-day event. That was changed after 29 entries came… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is pulling into the home stretch of its final event on the Main Tour for the 2019 calendar year. The WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas is down to its final 22 players, with each table filled with tough competition and newcomers looking to make… Read more »
As usual, the World Poker Tour’s final event for the 2019 calendar year has once again drawn out the players looking for a Christmas present. The WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic is in full swing, having built a 1035 entry field with one of the few $10,000 buy-in events left on their schedule. There… Read more »
In arguably one of the most dominant displays of poker in some time, Sam Soverel completed the objective he came to Las Vegas with. Not only did Soverel capture the championship of the 2019 Poker Masters Main Event, he also earned the Purple Jacket, significant of the overall champion of the series. In reaching that… Read more »
The 2019 Poker Masters is winding down, with the $50,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event reaching its final table. Six men will be in contention for the championship, with only five of them actually earning any money for their efforts. Something that isn’t up for grabs with this tournament is the overall champion of the… Read more »
With the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl only a couple of weeks away, Poker Central – through their streaming outlet PokerGO – is airing a new documentary filmed in partnership with CakeWorks. The seven-part series is called “INSIDERS: Super High Roller Bowl 2018” and focuses on three participants in this year’s festivities at ARIA in… Read more »
