What a way to celebrate another “trip around the sun!” The latest $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament is in the books for the 2023 Poker Masters, and birthday boy Andrew Lichtenberger emerged as the champion. Lichtenberger took down Brian Kim in the showdown of the 85-entry field, taking home a nice present of $204,000… Read more »
The third of four Day Ones at the 2023 World Series of Poker Championship Event is in the books, and it is leading towards what could be a historic moment. Christopher Brammer packed up a stack of 366,100 chips in what has, to date, been the largest day of action at the WSOP. That is… Read more »
It is the third weekend of action at the 2023 World Series of Poker, and there is action everywhere you look at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. A trio of bracelets were handed out on Friday night, while one of the largest buy-in tournaments in WSOP history opened action. Saturday will be the day… Read more »
It was a day of surprises at the 2022 World Series of Poker Championship Event. Instead of playing up to the money bubble, the players at the tournament decided to just go ahead and pop that bubble late on Saturday night. Three people were eliminated, splitting up the 1300th place money ($15,000), while Aaron Mermelstein… Read more »
The 2022 World Series of Poker has been, for the most part, one in which the players have fully supported. After two years of a reduced capacity, the 2022 festival truly marks the first time that the international poker community has been able to gather, this year in the new home of the WSOP at… Read more »
It may not feel like it, but we have come to the final couple of weeks of the 2022 World Series of Poker. The indicator of this is that Sunday will mark the start of the crown jewel of the schedule, the $10,000 Championship Event. The first of three-Day Ones will take to the felt… Read more »
The 2022 World Series of Poker has been groundbreaking in several areas. The throngs that have returned to the new home of the WSOP, Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas, have brought outstanding poker to fans. Early Friday morning, another page was written in the history books as Dan Cates became the first back-to-back champion of… Read more »
If you will remember last week when we talked about the 2022 World Series of Poker Player of the Year race, you should recall that I said, “this entire list could change in a couple of weeks.” I was wrong…it only took ONE week for it to be completely upended, with a new overall leader… Read more »
The first weekend of the 2022 World Series of Poker is ready to go on Friday, with two tournaments down to their final day of action. The first “big” preliminary tournament will also take to action, while the “big” high roller event will work down to its final four. It sets up for a busy… Read more »
While many may have thought that the 2021 World Series of Poker concluded with Koray Aldemir’s dominant run to the World Championship, there are some odds and ends that remain to be cleared up. One tournament on the schedule yet is the $250,000 “Super High Roller” No Limit Hold’em event, which naturally was a star-studded… Read more »
Putting on a display of poker prowess that has not been seen in some time, Germany’s Koray Aldemir completed the task that he started at the beginning of November. In a dominant fashion, Aldemir rode the chip lead he had built at the start of the final table of the 2021 WSOP Championship Event to… Read more »
Aldemir absolutely cruising Austrian, a Brit, and a Yankee walk into a bar…and buy everybody drinks. This might have been the scene last night if Koray Aldemir, Jack Oliver, and George Holmes didn’t feel the need to get some rest, as the three of them are guaranteed to be a combined $15.3 million richer as… Read more »
The 2021 World Series of Poker Championship Event is wheeling its way into the final days of the event. After Day 5 action, there are only 96 players remaining from the original field of 6650 players. Once again near the top of the leaderboard is Day 4 chip leader Damon Colillas, but he does not… Read more »
The latest event on the European Poker Tour, their former “season ending” event at the Casino de Monte Carlo, is off and running in the principality of Monaco. Starting off the festivities has been the €100,000 Super High Roller Event, which has played out its first two days on Saturday and Sunday. By the end… Read more »
Back for its second run despite less than stellar numbers from 2018, the “made for streaming” event known as the U. S. Poker Open has opened up play. Streaming over PokerGO, the first two events are in the books, with the numbers showing improvement as Stephen Chidwick and Jordan Cristos walked away with the gold.… Read more »
As most of the States of America and Europe shiver their way through another winter, there are hundreds of players (and perhaps their loved ones) heading to more pleasant climes. If it is the start of January, it is time for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, which begins on Saturday. Kicking it Off with a Bang… Read more »
All week they’ve been battling, but the end is coming for the 2018 World Series of Poker €10,000 Main Event. At the start of Day 5, a chance at history exists as former World Champion Ryan Riess is still in contention; if he were to win, he would become only the second player to ever… Read more »
The 2018 Poker Masters schedule has completed after a week of intense High Roller poker action. In the Main Event, David Peters was able to emerge as the champion after some changes had to be made to the proceedings, while the overall champion was determined early on in a battle of five men for the… Read more »
“It’s going to be difficult for anyone to come from beneath Stasiewicz and challenge for the final table, but Day 2 chip leader Oleg Titov (488K) and Mateos (236K) are ones to watch if it is to happen.” That was one of our final sentences from yesterday’s report on the 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main… Read more »
After another long day of battle on the green baize at the Atlantis Resort Spa on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, David Peters has taken control of the 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event with 16 players remaining. In fact, he is the only player over the three million mark in chips, with nearly a… Read more »
The money bubble popped during Day 3 at the 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure on Thursday, with the first payouts from the $5.8 million prize pool being handed out. There are some that are looking a bit deeper into the payout schedule, however, as poker professional and former Poker Player of the Year David Peters is… Read more »
With roughly six weeks to go in the tournament poker season, there is virtually only one question left: can Bryn Kenney, who has led the various Player of the Year races since the start of the year, hold onto those leads as the year comes to a close? On the CardPlayer Magazine Player of the… Read more »
