Poker Tournament News
In Florida, the question of what to do with former greyhound tracks has confounded owners for several years. Since greyhound racing was banned in 2021, the roughly dozen tracks in the state have had to be repurposed, as the Fort Myers Greyhound Track did in converting to a poker room, bowling alley, and sports field… Read more »
If you want an example of how fortunes can change quickly in poker, you need not look further than the 2025 U.S. Poker Open. After not even appearing on the leaderboard at the halfway point of the 2025 USPO, Shannon Shorr stormed from the back of the room to stun those in the competition by… 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 »
It is arguably the pinnacle event on the PokerGO Tour (save for the PGT Championship in December), and the battle for the 2025 U.S. Poker Open overall title is already a tight one. Halfway through the eight-tournament schedule, Matthew Wantman has taken firm advantage of his victory in Event #4 to hold a slim lead… Read more »
In just over a month (May 27, to be exact), the poker world will descend on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for the 2025 World Series of Poker. The 2025 WSOP will hold its $10,000 Championship Event (the “Main Event”) from July 2 through July 16, and a Florida poker room is looking to… Read more »
It is one of the most controversial things in the poker world – the delayed final table that the World Poker Tour employs for broadcasting purposes. These tables, which feature tournaments that, in some cases, had a final table determined more than a month prior, have become a staple of the WPT roster of events.… Read more »
In what turned out to be a series of runs, it became the last run that was the best. Powering his way to the championship of the penultimate $15,000 tournament, Jesse Lonis capped an outstanding run at the PokerGO Tour Studios in Las Vegas with a deep run in the $25,000 Main Event. Along with… Read more »
It is said that the true test of a poker player is their abilities in games other than Texas Hold’em. If that is the case, then David ‘Chino’ Rheem is making a case to be considered amongst the best who have graced the baize. At the halfway mark of the PokerGO Tour Pot Limit Omaha… Read more »
Hey, a $4,000 profit is still pretty nice When a poker tournament ends with 15 players remaining, it is generally safe to assume that the event was some sort of satellite tournament. Perhaps it awarded 15 seats to a bigger tourney, or maybe 14 seats and the 15th-place finisher won a little cash. But in… Read more »
One of the unique things about PokerStars is that they are consistently looking to innovate for the poker playing clientele. Come this April, one of the longest-lived online poker operations in the world will make its first foray into the live poker world in the U.S. The inaugural PokerStars Open Series will kick off the… Read more »
Back to Commerce The 2025 World Series of Poker is just over two months away and while the schedule has been set for a while, there was still one detail left to settle: the Tournament of Champions. The WSOP announced this week that this year’s Tournament of Champions will once again be at The Commerce… Read more »
It may not seem like it, but the 2025 season of the World Poker Tour has been traversing the world. They did make it back to the States this week for their first event, the WPT Rolling Thunder at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in California. That tournament is in the books and, after a deal… Read more »
When it comes to mixed game formats, there is little discussion about who the preeminent players are. Michael Mizrachi, with three titles in the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship at the World Series of Poker, comes to mind, as does Poker Hall of Famer and fellow three-time PPC winner Brian Rast. Another name can now be… Read more »
At one time, it was one of the featured events on the schedule for the World Poker Tour. After several years off the roster of tournaments featured by the WPT, the Bay 101 Shooting Star is set to return to the fold. In October, the one that started the “bounty” tournament craze will once again… Read more »
When it comes to casinos, a poker room is not a necessity, but it is a nice touch. Especially if there isn’t any sanctioned poker activity within a few hundred miles of you, a casino operating a poker game is sure to draw a significant amount of action. Such a situation has occurred at the… Read more »
Right in front of their noses Maurice Hawkins won the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Horseshoe Baltimore this week to earn his 18th career ring, tied for the most all-time with Ari Engel. Controversy has erupted around his victory, however, as it turns out that a mistake by the dealer gave him… Read more »
Day 1: Totally Borked It’s never fun when technical difficulties disrupt online poker tournaments, but sometimes, things don’t go your way. The world is an imperfect place. But when it happens multiple times over the course of a week, players can and will get restless. On Monday, GGPoker was forced to cancel the $5 million… Read more »
Another tournament poker season is underway and, as typical for the two major ratings systems, there is no consensus. Because of the way that these two organizations allot their points, there is a major conflict in ranking the Poker Player of the Year. That is why there are twelve months to the year, however, and… 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 »
Stomped the competition Joey Weissman completely owned the 2025 PokerGO Cup this past week and a half, officially being crowned the series champion on Thursday. For his accomplishments, he earned the PokerGO Cup trophy and a $25,000 PokerGO Tour (PGT) passport, good for buy-ins to PGT events. As PokerGO called it, Weissman’s romp through the… Read more »
First phased Sunday Million in PokerStars history As PokerStars approaches the 19th anniversary of its iconic Sunday Million tournament, the online poker room has announced that it is now “Sunday Million Season.” Sunday Million Season will span six weeks, February 23 to April 6, culminating with the $6 million guaranteed Sunday Million 19th Anniversary event.… 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 »
That’s quite the haul It is quite the accomplishment to win a single World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit ring, but how about three? And how about three in one Circuit stop? That is exactly what William Stanford pulled off this past weekend, catapulting his career ring total from four to seven in just a… Read more »
Cool half-milly Though the calendar turned to 2025 two weeks ago, the 2024 PokerGO Tour (PGT) season still had some unfinished business this weekend in the form of the PGT $1,000,000 Championship. Most of the 40 qualifying players and ten Dream Seat winners participated in the final tournament of the season and when the dust… 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 »
