Seven is an important number in the gambling world. It is featured on classic slot machines, it is a key number in the game of craps, and it’s a critical threshold in football betting. And, of course, it has long been considered a lucky number. That holds especially true in the 2025 World Series of… Read more »
The 2025 World Series of Poker continues to motor along through the steamy June days, but one thing has been determined. Following input from the public, the nominees for the 2025 Poker Hall of Fame have been announced. Ten people have been selected, but only one person will be announced publicly just ahead of the… Read more »
Approximately a third of the way through the 2025 World Series of Poker schedule, the Player of the Year race is shaping up quite nicely. Of course, if someone is going to win two bracelets in the early action, they are going to put themselves in a position to win the 2025 WSOP POY battle.… Read more »
Esteemed company As the World Series of Poker adds more tournaments every year, it has become less crazy to see someone win two bracelets in a single WSOP. It’s still an amazing feat – winning one bracelet is tremendous – but doing it over the course of 100 events is quite different than doing it… 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 »
That’s some run-good Look, I don’t begrudge other people their success or bemoan another person’s luck, but boy, I’ll admit that it’s a little difficult to see Thomas “PaigowKing” Zanot run so pure on gambling jackpots. I’m not mad. I’m not mad. Now, I don’t know what Zanot’s luck has been like in other parts… 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 »
For those who believe that the PokerGO Tour is hibernating during the 2025 World Series of Poker, you might want to think again. Instead of pausing operations, the PGT will incorporate many of the events from the summertime festival as part of their 2025 schedule. Depending on the finishes in these tournaments, the entirety of… Read more »
For some, it feels like the beginning of summer camp. For others, it is more akin to Christmas. But the fact remains that the World Series of Poker is the preeminent poker tournament festival in the history of the game. Tuesday marks the start of the 56th annual rendition of the tournament, and there is… 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 »
We are a week away from the 2025 World Series of Poker. The Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas are prepping for action, wheeling out the massive piles of tournament chips for poker’s greatest tournament and evaluating the dealers’ acumen. The players are also getting ready, as many competitors are looking to move up the ladder… Read more »
For women in poker, few summits are left to climb. Sure, there is the World Series of Poker’s “Main Event,” which has not seen a woman make the final table since Barbara Enright’s stirring run in 1995. However, a historical first was achieved last week in Montenegro, with Canada’s Xuan Liu becoming the first woman… 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 »
With the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) just a couple weeks away, PokerGO has unveiled its livestreaming schedule for the year’s most anticipated poker festival. The broadcasts begin May 31, a few days after the start of the 2025 WSOP, and will go almost every day through the end of the Series. PokerGO will… Read more »
A few clicks and done It’s 2025 and the World Series of Poker may have finally streamlined the tournament registration process. On Tuesday, the WSOP announced the launch of WSOP+, an app it says will “revolutionize the participant experience at the WSOP.” “WSOP+ will further elevate the WSOP experience for all of our players,” said… 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 »
To be brutally honest, the 2024 World Series of Poker, and the $10,000 Championship Event (the “Main Event”) did not end well. The fiasco regarding Jonathan Tamayo’s win in the event – with a rail full of computers and professional players advising him – was a black eye to the sport, one that still hasn’t… Read more »
Poker is a game that, in the U.S. at least, an estimated sixty million people enjoy. It has entranced politicians, actors, musicians, athletes, and writers for its complexity and challenge. But who has been the best “celebrity” poker player? Let us examine some of the candidates for the top honor. Best Politician Poker Player Everyone… Read more »
Get him a tryout with the Carolina Panthers We all know we’ve wanted to do it at some point in our poker lives. The temptation has been there. The vast majority of us, fortunately, have self-restraint and the understanding that we live in a society. On Sunday at the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC)… Read more »
A week straight is too much In what will likely come as a shock to the poker community, 17-time gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth has announced that he will not participate in the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event. In a two-minute video posted to social media, the 1989 Main Event champion explained that… Read more »
100 gold bracelet events GGPoker has released the schedule for the 2025 World Series of Poker, the first edition of the classic poker series under the online poker room’s ownership. Running May 27 through July 16, the WSOP will span 100 events at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip.… Read more »
It may have taken a day longer than what officials scheduled, but the victor of the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice World Championship, Event #13 on the 2024 World Series of Poker roster, has been determined. Coming back this afternoon with the chip lead, four-time WSOP bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi became a five-time winner after dispatching Michael… Read more »
Pays more than chips to knock someone out In the few years that it has existed, the $1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker has been a huge hit. It not only sports a $1 million guaranteed prize for the winner, but is also a bounty tournament, which always makes… Read more »
There are about a million World Series of Poker tournaments running simultaneously right now, even after two finished up Sunday night. Both of those events saw players win their second bracelets, but neither Bryce Yockey nor Nick Guagenti is satisfied to stop there. Bryce Yockey can sure play Omaha Bryce Yockey won his first WSOP… Read more »
At long last, the 2024 World Series of Poker is upon us, with Tuesday marking the first of over a month and a half of wall-to-wall poker action in Las Vegas. Just like last year – and for the foreseeable future – the WSOP is being held on the Strip at both Horseshoe and Paris.… Read more »
