Leaving the industry in the dust GGPoker has been the undisputed king of online poker for several years now, but on Sunday, it put its stamp on it. That afternoon, the poker site tweeted that it had flown past the 500,000 concurrent player milestone, specifically hitting 565,015, easily a new online poker record. But wait,… Read more »
Ahead of the start of the 2024 World Series of Poker, Caesars Digital and WSOP officials have announced a revamp of their online poker site, WSOP.com. Under the new moniker WSOP Online, the new site will allow the three states that allow online poker play – Nevada, New Jersey, and Michigan – to take part… Read more »
Bert “girafganger7” Stevens is no stranger to online tournament success. After all, he once commanded the top spot in the PocketFives online poker rankings. He has won loads of big tournaments, including the GGPoker Super MILLION$ Main Event and two EPT Online events (he was the first player to accomplish the latter). But this week’s… Read more »
GGPoker has revealed the schedule for the upcoming 2023 WSOP Online. Running August 20 to October 2, WSOP Online will offer 33 official gold bracelet events and $60 million in guaranteed prize pools. WSOP Online debuted in 2020, when the traditional, live World Series of Poker had to be canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic… Read more »
When the World Series of Poker introduced online bracelet events years ago, many people scoffed at the idea, decrying the step away from traditional, live, poker. But like most things, people got used to it and now the online events are a normal part of the WSOP. And, of course, the great thing about them… Read more »
All thanks to the poker software Out with the old, in with the new. The World Series of Poker has replaced Event #4 on its WSOP Online schedule for Michigan and Pennsylvania, switching from a $400 Progressive Knockout bracelet event to a $500 Mystery Bounty tournament. Just like progressive knockout tournaments were all the rage… Read more »
The online crusher crushed yet again. On Tuesday, Simon Mattsson went into the final table of the 2022 WSOP Online Main Event on GGPoker as the chip leader and finished as the only one with chips, winning nearly $2.8 million and an official World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Mattsson, who is best known by… Read more »
Millions still there for the taking The 2022 WSOP Online on GGPoker is down to the end, with just the $5,000 Main Event as the last bracelet event still to be completed. The tournament will play out its final table on Tuesday, as just nine players remain, all vying for the $2.8 million first prize.… Read more »
Note: This article was originally published 8/23/22, but technical issues required it to be re-posted. A million bucks is a nice incentive The 2022 World Series of Poker Online is currently underway at GGPoker and while the Main Event is always the tournament people look forward to in any tournament series, the most highly anticipated… Read more »
It was only about a month ago that the 2022 World Series of Poker concluded, but the fun is on once again, as the WSOP Online 2022 is underway at GGPoker. Running August 14 through September 27, WSOP Online will feature 33 official gold bracelet events with buy-ins ranging from $100 to $100,000. The first… Read more »
Poker legend Erik Seidel won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in 1992. He won his eighth and last in 2007. It has been a long bracelet draught for the Poker Hall of Famer, but that draught ended Tuesday, as Seidel won Event #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller of the 2021 WSOP Online… Read more »
The international portion of the 2021 WSOP Online over on GGPoker got underway Sunday and with it came one of the largest fields in World Series of Poker history. Bartlomiej “chester20o” Swieboda won the very first event, outlasting a field of 30,810 entries to win Event #1: $50 The Return No-Limit Hold’em and $161,111. “The… Read more »
In late April, we found out that the international portion of the 2021 WSOP Online was going to start on August 1, but the schedule had yet to be determined. Nothing like waiting until the last minute. On Tuesday, GGPoker announced the 33-bracelet schedule for its portion of the WSOP Online, slated for August 1… Read more »
Details still trickling in The schedule for this year’s World Series of Poker is rounding into shape. We already know the lineup for the domestic portion of the WSOP Online 2021 and while we do not know the exact slate for the international segment, we now have a little more info. According to a press… Read more »
Last night, I wrote that Norman Chad is just about the last person in the poker world you would want to see get COVID-19 (I don’t want anyone to, but that’s not the point), but unfortunately, he did. Using a little parallel article structure for a moment, the last person in the poker world I… Read more »
