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 »
Later this week, the 55th Annual World Series of Poker will begin its play. The Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas will be abuzz as both professional and the greenest amateur players look to claim poker’s biggest prize. There is also another prize on the line for these players – ranking points on the two major… Read more »
Sunday was a day off for the 2024 U. S. Poker Open, a part of the PokerGO Tour, but it just whets the appetite for what is to come. Saturday night saw the conclusion of Event #5, while Event #6’s final table will take place on Monday. After those two tournaments, there will only be… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
In breaking down the Player of the Year race for both the CardPlayer Magazine and the Global Poker Index, it did cross our minds – how is the race for women in poker? There is only one “official” Ladies’ Player of the Year race, and it is a doozy as plenty of notable names are… 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 »
The first event of the 2023 Poker Masters is in the books and it turned out to be a bit of a surprise. While there were plenty of familiar faces around the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas for the first $10,000 of this year’s series, the final table was dominated by a list of newcomers… Read more »
