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 »
Shuffle up and watch the deal Two rivals teaming up for the good of the people. Crazy, I know, but that’s what’s happening with GGPoker and PokerStars this summer. GGPoker, the world’s largest online poker room, owns the World Series of Poker. PokerGO is the exclusive broadcaster, via its subscription livestream service, of the 2025… 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 »
Schulman among the elite With 100 events, the 2025 World Series of Poker is going to have loads of first-time winners. It’s a life-changing moment, and often life-changing money for every single one of them. On the other end of the spectrum, there are always seasoned veterans who bag a bracelet to add to their… 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 »
Ok, so next year, then Three months ago, 17-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth said he was not going to play in the 2025 WSOP Main Event. But this week, he seems to have had a change of heart, as he has announced he will, in fact, participate in the most famous… 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 »
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 »
New poker options in time for World Series We are now officially to the point where we can say the 2025 World Series of Poker is this month. The highlight of the festival is, of course, the 100 gold bracelet events, but the WSOP is also fantastic for cash game players, as there is tons… 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 »
One of a possible 53 tournaments on his schedule You know those “something that makes you feel old” posts on social media? Well how about this: Daniel Negreanu, the man known as “Kid Poker” is 50 years old and qualifies for the Seniors Event at the 2025 World Series of Poker. And according to a… 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 »
German poker professional Tom Fuchs capped off an extraordinary year by winning the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise $50,000 High Roller event. The tournament, held on December 19, 2024, attracted 130 entries, culminating in a prize pool of $6.5 million. Fuchs’s victory not only earned him $1,292,000 but also marked his first WSOP gold… 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 »
Choose wisely The 2024 World Series of Poker starts tomorrow and with it, so does the chase for the WSOP Player of the Year title. But before you plan out your 50-event POY grind schedule, the WSOP announced on Sunday that it has changed the rules for the series-end award. In years past, those who… Read more »
Fans of Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow have been waiting for a treatment of his life for quite some time. A ghost-written autobiography in 2012 told the story from Matusow’s perspective, but it seemed that the four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner was still hiding some things. Fast forward a decade later and a documentary… Read more »
Payout scale smoothed With the World Series of Poker just a week away, the WSOP has announced that payout structures have been changed, with a minimum cash for most events now equaling two times the buy-in. This flattens the payouts a bit, reducing the awards for the top finishers, but benefiting many more players at… Read more »
We’re less than a month and a half away from the 2024 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and as much as many of us would like to attend, that’s just not going to happen. But PokerGO is there to pick up the slack, announcing livestreaming coverage that will include over 300 hours of… Read more »
