It was quite the eventful weekend in Cyprus as the World Poker Tour came to town. The 2026 WPT Cyprus would fail to draw enough players to crack its $2 million guarantee but, as it always has, the WPT stepped up and ate the difference. Perhaps what was more impressive was that the Day 1A… Read more »
Things have been quiet on the World Poker Tour of late. After a stop earlier in August in Florida, the WPT has packed up the circus and moved onto the Chamada Prestige Hotel & Spa in Cyprus for their next big event. The 2026 WPT Cyprus is underway as we speak, as it looks to… Read more »
In the late stages of the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event, WSOP officials took an unusual step. With the money bubble popped, many players still insisted on lengthy tanks, in appearance to consider their action but in reality to try to level up on the money board. This brought the “doom switch” for… Read more »
In a tournament that moved underneath the radar – seriously, there wasn’t much on it before or during play – the World Poker Tour has crowned a new champion. At the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Hollywood, FL, Ian Cohen rode his start-of-day chip lead to the title. Most impressive, however, was the… Read more »
The United States and Israel only attacked Iran less than a week ago, but there has already been unspeakable tragedy in the region. More than 1,000 civilians have reportedly been killed in the strikes, including nearly 200 children. Beyond the horror that will continue to unfold at ground level, there has been and will be… Read more »
Over the weekend, the World Poker Tour continued the celebration of its 2025 season by playing through three Day Ones of the 2025 WPT World Championship. While the prize pool might not be as eye-watering as those in other locales, the players didn’t seem to care as they built nearly a $20 million prize pool.… Read more »
While the uninitiated might think of poker as just “playing cards,” for many it is a game of warfare that demands strategic thinking. Some tomes discuss optimal strategies, but few address chip usage. A new trend in tournament poker is sparking discussion, to the point that it could come up at the 2026 meeting of… Read more »
We have come a long way from January in the different Player of the Year races. Everyone started 2025 with visions of it being “their” year. Many of those dreams have gone up in smoke, but some will have a pathway to either the CardPlayer Magazine, Global Poker Index, or PokerGO Tour Player of the… Read more »
Swift justice GGPoker has made a quick decision on how it will handle the players involved in a real-time assistance cheating incident during the final table of the $10,000 GGMillion$. On Wednesday, a week after the situation occurred, GGPoker announced that “RealOA,” the player who won the tournament, is permanently banned from GGPoker, the World… Read more »
Probably not the right person to threaten Poker pro Jordan Cristos has one title and over $900,000 on the World Poker Tour (WPT), but his chances of ever playing in a Tour event look dubious. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the 38-year-old Cristos has been in jail since June for threatening a judge and… Read more »
Over the course of poker’s televised history, there have been plenty of excellent “made-for-television” creations. There have also been those that were a bit questionable. Where the latest partnership will go may yet be seen, but the World Poker Tour and Creator Television, a stable of “content creators,” have joined forces to create a new… Read more »
The long post-World Series of Poker slumber is just about over. The World Poker Tour is back in action (albeit overseas), while the European Poker Tour is live again in Barcelona. The PokerGO Tour is also preparing to restart the second half of its 2025 season, with the battle at the top of the PokerGO… Read more »
The poker world is saddened today by the passing of a legend. Former World Series of Poker Lead Tournament Director and Poker Hall of Famer Jack McClelland has passed away from undisclosed causes. McClelland was 74 years old and, with his passing, another of the links to the “old school” poker world has left this… Read more »
We have been focusing quite a bit on the all-time money leaders in the world of poker of late. Why? This is the way that we in the poker world keep score. You can also go by the number of World Series of Poker bracelets won, or World Poker Tour or European Poker Tour final… Read more »
People have been wondering why we have been focusing so much on the all-time money leaders in the world of poker. The reason is that this is the way that we keep score in this endeavor. Sure, you can also go by the number of World Series of Poker bracelets won, or World Poker Tour… Read more »
This is what is known as the “lull” in the tournament poker calendar. It is after the completion of the World Series of Poker, but it is before any real tournament action has resumed. Thus, we get sidetracked by little things like this, a playful spat between World Poker Tour Executive Tournament Director Matt Savage… Read more »
When the schedule came out for 2025, many people noted how one of the preeminent stops on the European Poker Tour, Paris, was left off the roster of events. At the time, EPT officials cited the political situation in France as the reason for not returning to the “City of Lights.” Those differences have apparently… Read more »
Year-end spectacular The World Poker Tour (WPT) has announced the dates for its most anticipated and final event of the season, the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. The entire festival will run December 2-22, while the WPT World Championship Event itself will be December 13-21. The $10,400 buy-in title event will have three… Read more »
The 2025 World Series of Poker is in the books, and the results from the 100-tournament schedule are now being seen on the different Player of the Year races. One thing is constant, however – that Jesse Lonis is having one of the finest seasons in his poker career. Lonis is not only atop the… Read more »
It is a question that has puzzled some of the greatest minds in tournament poker. Just how much is TOO much? How many buy-ins should be allowed, how many chips should be used, and how to deal the cards (yes, the “slide” has now taken over from the “pitch” method). But the biggest one is… Read more »
It’s been an arduous trek…but we have reached the end! In the world of poker, there is only one scoreboard that matters – how much money have you won? With this fact in mind (and as the 2025 World Series of Poker reaches its climax), Poker News Daily has headed over to The Hendon Mob… Read more »
While the 2025 World Series of Poker was in full swing, the World Poker Tour wanted to try to steal a bit of thunder from poker’s biggest tournament. For the WPT, that meant wrapping up two tournaments over the weekend that were subjected to delays so they could be filmed in Las Vegas for future… Read more »
In the world of poker, there is only one scoreboard that matters – how much money have you won? With this fact in mind (and before the start of the 2025 World Series of Poker), Poker News Daily has headed over to The Hendon Mob poker database with a critical question: Who are the all-time… Read more »
In the world of poker, there is only one scoreboard that matters – how much money have you won? With this fact in mind (and before the start of the 2025 World Series of Poker), Poker News Daily has headed over to The Hendon Mob poker database with a critical question: Who are the all-time… Read more »
There was a time when the World Series of Poker was sacrosanct on the tournament poker schedule. In the 21st century, however, that thought has gone out the window as several entities are looking to get a boost from poker’s longest-running tournament. Count the World Poker Tour into that mix as they will journey to… Read more »
